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November is a month of big change. It is a month of color changing leaves, earlier sunsets, and dropping temperatures but why not get to hone in and experience an exciting change like a new career with knowledge gained in this year’s Career Month at Montgomery College?

Montgomery College is pulling out all the stops by hosting a Career Month at the Germantown Campus. The college, knowing that November is National Career Development Month, hosts an annual series of events that promotes, and encourages career development for its students.

This week, on Thursday, November 7, there will be an event focusing on students looking to gain some more insight on career trajectory in the medical by meeting with advisors from University of Maryland College Park. This will be held to talk about admission and course requirements for various medical majors.

The 12 events hosted throughout the month will give students many opportunities to grow professionally by holding seminars where students can learn to improve their resume writing skills, polish their etiquette, meet with advisors from nearby universities about career projection and even learn about possible careers in their respective majors.

Things got going early with the kickoff events being hosted on Tuesday, October 29 and Wednesday, October 30 in the HS Bookstore Lobby and HT Lobby, respectively. These kickoff events gave students the opportunity to meet with members of the Germantown Campus Career Team. The team members are comprised of staff from various departments on campus.

The other 2 campuses are hosting their own set of events for the month but their event calendar was not posted online so updates will have to be sought out by seeing the posters for the events posted around each campus and seeing updates on all of the college’s media outlets.

Make sure to follow campus developments on Montgomery College’s website, the events blog (Inside MC), the Rockville campus’ student run newspaper (The Advocate), and all of the college’s social media platforms (Twitter, Facebook, and Instagram).

Montgomery College: www.montgomerycollege.edu/

Inside MC: insidemc.montgomerycollege.edu/

The Advocate: www.mcadvocate.com

MC Twitter:  @montgomerycoll

MC Facebook: www.facebook.com/montgomerycollege

Montgomery College’s Rockville Campus will be hosting a game event on Wednesday, October 23 in the Theatre Arts Building (TA). The game in focus will be Factuality. This interactive board game created by Natalie Gillard has reached and impacted thousands of individuals since its creation.

The game itself lasts no longer than 90 minutes and touches on several social issues through the eyes of 8 different characters. The 12 categories in which they discuss issues (listed on the game’s official website) are:

racial discrimination

religious discrimination

redlining & gentrification

gender discrimination

(mental) health discrimination

race & gender pay gaps

incarceration & bail disparities

sexual orientation discrimination

education inequity

class

accessibility

intersectionality

The board game has participants discuss amongst one another, learn from one another, and teach each another about structural inequalities that the game’s characters face. The key to this being successful is that each participant picks a character that is different from how they see themselves. The 8 characters differ greatly because they are of multiple genders and of various ethnic backgrounds. The racial groups that these characters fall under are Asian, White, African American, and Latinx. The website notes that the characters also has various sexual orientations and different religious affiliations as well. Factuality discussions will be structured by the characters’ “series of fact based advantages and limitations based on the intersection of their race, gender, sexual orientation, faith, and class.”

For more information on the game, make sure to visit the game’s website, www.factualitythegame.com. The About tab will feature the game breakdown with a character overview visual.

Make sure to follow campus developments on Montgomery College’s website, the events blog (Inside MC), the Rockville campus’ student run newspaper (The Advocate), and all of the college’s social media platforms (Twitter, Facebook, and Instagram).

Montgomery College: www.montgomerycollege.edu/

Inside MC: insidemc.montgomerycollege.edu/

The Advocate: www.mcadvocate.com

MC Twitter:  @montgomerycoll

MC Facebook: www.facebook.com/montgomerycollege