Commencement 2022 Celebrates Student Success, Perseverance

President Jermaine F. Williams officiated his first—and Montgomery College’s 75th—commencement exercises May 19 and 20 at the Rockville Campus. Two days of 80-plus-degree-heat did not deter nearly 1,200 of the 3,200 graduates and their families and friends from attending the ceremonies.

Dr. Williams thanked the class for their persistence about wanting an in-person ceremony. “Just three months ago we had not planned to hold this ceremony in person,” he said. “But then we heard from so many of you. We heard how much students wanted to celebrate their arrival at this day, so we pulled out all the stops to make it happen.”

College administrators and staff quickly pivoted to plan two ceremonies (recognizing graduates by last names A-L and M-Z) on the Rockville Campus parking lot. Vendors set up a grand stage measuring 40 feet high by 86 feet wide, which included two large video boards. Three more video boards were positioned in the guest and overflow viewing sections. A total of 3,500 chairs were used for graduates and their guests.

Dr. Williams briefly addressed the graduates about transcending limits. “Transcendence means to rise above or go beyond the limits [of something],” he said. “I believe this is what higher education is supposed to do: to show you what lies beyond your limits.”

在典礼上，威廉姆斯称赞了蒙哥马利学院2022届毕业生的无限潜力，他们的年龄从16岁到60多岁不等。世界杯摩洛哥vs克罗地亚欧赔威廉姆斯认可了校委会学者Gerardo Paul Rendon (Rockville校区)、Kenisha Salvary (Takoma Park/Silver Spring校区)和yanxinchristina Yang (Germantown校区)，他们都以4.0的平均绩点毕业。这些学生将获得现金奖励，用于未来的学费或他们选择的教育目的。

This year, 269 Montgomery County Public Schools students earned a Montgomery College degree—and their high school diploma—through innovative dual enrollment programs. These programs have grown exponentially since the first class of eight dual enrollment program students graduated in 2018.

在其他显著的成就中，三位毕业生，安娜·l·查孔、玛尔特·Medalebem Sanjol和伊芙·埃利亚斯·斯托维尔，获得了著名的杰克·肯特·库克转学奖学金，这是一项为寻求在四年制学院或大学完成学士学位的全国顶尖社区大学学生提供的高选择性奖学金。

To watch the ceremonies, visitmontgomerycollege.edu/events/commencement.