Montgomery College Awarded Grant To Help First Generation College Students

MONTGOMERY, MD. (WJZ)– The U.S. Department of Education announced that Montgomery College volition person a national TRIO Educational Opportunity Center assistance of $1,368,965 implicit the adjacent 5 years.

The college volition person $273,793 per year.

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TRIO EOC volition annually service astatine slightest 1,000 first-generation, low-income, non-bachelor’s grade holders arsenic good arsenic veterans and their families in Montgomery County.

The EOC is looking to summation the fig of big participants who enroll successful postsecondary acquisition institutions.

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They volition assistance usher them done the assemblage enrollment process including admission, fiscal assistance applications and preparing for placement exams.

“We are precise grateful for the continuation of this national assistance that allows Montgomery College’s TRIO EOC program to help adult students earn college degrees,” said Dr. Charlene Dukes, interim president of Montgomery College.

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For further information, delight contact Montgomery College TRIO EOC Program Director, Beverly Coleman, astatine 240-567-5644 oregon by email astatine Beverly.Coleman@montgomerycollege.edu.

CBS Baltimore Staff