Wednesday, Nov. 2. 11 a.m.

East County Education Center

2221 Broadbirch Dr., Silver Spring

Montgomery County Marc Elrich and Montgomery College President Jermaine F. Williams will be joined by County Council President Gabe Albornoz, County Councilmembers and community and civic leaders to announce plans for the opening of the College's East County Education Center (ECEC).

 The announcement is a result of the vision of the County Executive and support from the County Council. The facility is a 55,193-square-foot space that will feature classrooms, training labs and student advising space, while offering credit and noncredit courses. The plan for the center is to provide educational support for residents that will ultimately work in the current and future businesses in the eastern area of the County.

WHEN: Wednesday, Nov. 2 at 11 a.m.

WHERE: 2221 Broadbirch Drive, Silver Spring

WHO:

·       Dr. Jermaine F. Williams, Montgomery College president

·       Marc Elrich, Montgomery County Executive

·       Gabe Albornoz, Montgomery County Council president

·       Craig Rice, chair of County Council's Education and Culture Committee 

·       Nancy Navarro, County Councilmember

·       Will Jawando, County Councilmember

·       Dr. Afie Mirshah-Nayar, principal, Paint Branch High School

·       Dr. Anthony Stahl, president, Adventist Health Care White Oak Medical Center

·       Peter Myo Khin, chair of East County Citizens Advisory Board

·       Montgomery College students

WHAT: Event to announce the opening of Montgomery College’s East County Education Center. The target date to provide services is Fall 2023. Montgomery College expects to serve more than 1,000 students in the first year.  

Montgomery College currently has three campuses (Germantown, Rockville, Takoma Park/Silver Spring) and two training centers in Gaithersburg and Wheaton. The ECEC will be the largest of the college’s three centers and nearly four times larger than the Gaithersburg site. The new center is the first step in the college’s expansion into East County. 

The center will bring the college’s unique services and academic programs to the residents of the East County to expand access in this underserved region and to serve as an anchor institution in the community. 

The college will offer both credit and noncredit classes at the ECEC in fields of interest to prospective students and community members, targeting skill gaps in key industry sectors such as healthcare and IT. Programmatic highlights will include:

• Small Business/Entrepreneurship
• Cybersecurity/IT
• Allied Healthcare classes
• Early Childhood Education
• English for speakers of other languages (ESL)
• General Education (credit courses)
• Raptor Central, the student support services one-stop shop for admissions and enrollment