The Greater Philadelphia Area
Monday, March 4, 2013
12:30pm until 1:20pm
Speech Communication adjunct lecturer Eva Blackwell will discuss “Careers in Media” on Monday, March 4 from 12:30-1:20 p.m. in the South Hall Community Room, West Campus, Pottstown. Blackwell has many years of experience in various aspects of broadcast media, primarily in the Philadelphia area. The workshop is free and is open to all students.
Wednesday, February 13, 2013
12:30pm until 1:20pm
POTTSTOWN, PA — Montgomery County Community College’s West Campus Speaker Series will present a talk on “Things You Don’t Know About Financial Aid” in the South Hall Community Room, 101 College Drive, Pottstown. Holly Parker from MCCC’s Financial Aid Office will provide a basic overview of financial aid, including:
the impact of being a No Show in a class or withdrawing from a class;
types of loan debt that students accrue;
how students can get credit to pay for books;
how students can borrow books until their financial aid comes through;
types of financial aid;
how to apply for scholarships
The presentation is free and is open to the public and will include time for Q & A.
Montgomery County Community College will host the first of three spring semester Community Observatory Nights on Wednesday, Feb. 20, from 7-9 p.m.in its state-of-the-art Observatory and on the Observation Deck, weather permitting. The Observatory is located on the third floor of the College’s Advanced Technology Center, Central Campus, 340 DeKalb Pike, Blue Bell. Please call the observatory hotline, 215-641-6460, an hour before the scheduled event for information about cancellation.
Community nights are free of charge and are open to the public, and astronomy clubs are welcome. Students from the College’s Introduction to Astronomy course volunteer during the event to share their knowledge and assist visitors with using the telescope and viewing equipment.
The Observatory and Observation Deck are features of the College’s 60,000 square-foot Advanced Technology Center. The Observatory features a 16-inch MEADE Schmidt-Cassegrain research-level telescope and a 90-mm Coronado telescope for safe observation of the sun. All of the instruments are controllable both in the classroom as well as in the Observatory itself. Through a fiber network, images can be downloaded for further study and comparison and can be used in online courses.