1,555 Montco CC Students To Graduate Thursday

BLUE BELL, PA -- Montgomery County Community College will hold its 49th Commencement exercises on Thursday, May 19.

The procession will begin at 6:45 p.m., with the ceremony starting at 7 p.m. The event is held in the large tent behind College Hall at MCCC’s Central Campus, 340 DeKalb Pike, Blue Bell.

Parking is available in the Morris Road lot.

SPEAKERS AND DISTINGUISHED GUESTS:

Montgomery County Commissioners Josh Shapiro, Valerie Arkoosh and Joseph Gale

MCCC President Dr. Kevin Pollock

MCCC Board of Trustees, including Chairman Michael D’Aniello

Keynote Speaker: Craig Adams, President and CEO, PECO

Student Speaker: Jacqueline Ramos – a Baking and Pastry Arts major from MCCC’s Culinary Arts Institute

GRADUATION STATS

Total Graduates: 1,555

Total Degrees/Certificates: 1,597

Central Campus (Blue Bell): 1,036

West Campus (Pottstown): 382

Virtual Campus (online): 45 – largest group in history

Culinary Arts Institute (Lansdale): 30 – largest group in history

Police Academy: 62

Average Age: 28 (oldest is 70; youngest is 18)

Veterans: 34

Phi Theta Kappa Honors Society: 294

International Students: 17 (from 10 different countries)

Mustangs Athletes: 32 – largest group in history

Started as Dual Enrollment students while still in high school: 133 – largest group in history