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			// JS Code that is used in all stories but which does not need to be loaded each time any given web
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			function ConvertSpecialChars (fieldCtrl)
				{
					fieldCtrl.value = ConvertSpecialCharsCore (fieldCtrl.value);
					return true;
				}

			// Need this function so we can call the conversion outside of the DOM context, i.e., on raw strings.
			function ConvertSpecialCharsCore (textToConvert)
				{
					var convertedHTML = textToConvert;

					if (!document.mainForm.converted_characters_source)
						{
							alert ("Character conversion cannot be used unless the form field converted_characters_source is defined.");
							return false;
						}
					if (!document.mainForm.converted_characters_target)
						{
							alert ("Character conversion cannot be used unless the form field converted_characters_target is defined.");
							return false;
						}
					var sourceCharArray = document.mainForm.converted_characters_source.value.split("|");
					var targetCharArray = document.mainForm.converted_characters_target.value.split("|");
					
					for (var x = 0; x < sourceCharArray.length; x++)
						{
			//				alert ("Replacing [" + String.fromCharCode(sourceCharArray[x]) + "] with [" + targetCharArray[x] + "]");
							while (-1 != convertedHTML.indexOf(String.fromCharCode(sourceCharArray[x])) )
								convertedHTML = convertedHTML.replace (String.fromCharCode(sourceCharArray[x]), targetCharArray[x]);
						}

					return convertedHTML;
				}
				
			function FillInEmailonInitialSubmit()				{					var fullName = document.mainForm.submitter_name.value.replace(/^\s+|\s+$/g,"");					var nameParts = fullName.split(" ");					var email = document.mainForm.submitter_email.value.replace(" ", "");										if ("" != fullName)						{			//				document.mainForm.submitter_email.value = firstname.toLowerCase() + "." + lastname.toLowerCase() + "@montgomerycollege.edu";							var emailToAdd = "";							for (var x = 0; x < nameParts.length; x++)								{									if ("" == emailToAdd)										emailToAdd = nameParts[x].replace(/^\s+|\s+$/g,"") + "";									else										emailToAdd += "." + nameParts[x].replace(/^\s+|\s+$/g,"");								}							if ("" != emailToAdd)								{									emailToAdd += "@montgomerycollege.edu";									document.mainForm.submitter_email.value = emailToAdd.toLowerCase();									document.mainForm.submitter_phone_ac.value = "240";									document.mainForm.submitter_phone_pr.value = "567";									document.mainForm.submitter_phone_l4.focus();									document.mainForm.submitter_phone_l4.select();								}						}					return true;				}	
			function ApplyCorrection (originalWord, wordIndex, subWordIndex, selectObject, startOfWordToReplace, endOfWordToReplace)
				{
					if (IsValidStory ())
						{
			//				alert ("Original word is [" + originalWord + "]\nWord Index is [" + wordIndex + ", " + subWordIndex + "]\nReplacement is [" + selectObject[selectObject.selectedIndex].value + "]");
							document.mainForm.wordIndexToChange.value = wordIndex;
							document.mainForm.subWordIndexToChange.value = subWordIndex;
							document.mainForm.replacementWord.value = selectObject[selectObject.selectedIndex].value;
							document.mainForm.startOfWordToReplace.value = startOfWordToReplace;
							document.mainForm.endOfWordToReplace.value = endOfWordToReplace;
							document.mainForm.SubmittingLevel.value = 'ApplyCorrection';
							ControlSubmitStoryButtons (true);
							DisableSpellingButtons ();
							document.mainForm.submit();
						}
				}

			function IfThisUncheckedDefaultCategoryCantBeChecked (checkboxCtrl, rcdidValue)
				{
					if (!checkboxCtrl.checked)
						{
							var y = 0;
							while ( (y < document.mainForm.default_category.length) && (!checkboxCtrl.checked) )
								{
									if (parseInt(document.mainForm.default_category[y].value) == rcdidValue)
										{
											if (document.mainForm.default_category[y].checked)
												{
													alert ("This category must be assigned to this story in order for it to be the default category.\n\nIf you wish to remove this category assignment from this story, please choose a different default category first.");
													checkboxCtrl.checked = true;
												}
										}
									y++;
								}
						}
					return true;
				}
				
			function ValidSelectionMade (thisSelectObject, msg)
				{
					if (thisSelectObject.selectedIndex > 0)
						return true;
					return FocusOnFieldAndDie (thisSelectObject, msg);
				}
			
			function SilentIsValidEmail (possibleEmailAddress)
				{
					var str = possibleEmailAddress;
					
					var at="@";
					var dot=".";
					var lat=str.indexOf(at);
					var lstr=str.length;
					var ldot=str.indexOf(dot);
			
					if (str.indexOf(at)==-1)
						return false;
			
					if (str.indexOf(at)==-1 || str.indexOf(at)==0 || str.indexOf(at)==lstr)
						return false;
			
					if (str.indexOf(dot)==-1 || str.indexOf(dot)==0 || str.indexOf(dot)==lstr)
						return false;
			
					if (str.indexOf(at,(lat+1))!=-1)
						return false;
			
					if (str.substring(lat-1,lat)==dot || str.substring(lat+1,lat+2)==dot)
						return false;
			
					if (str.indexOf(dot,(lat+2))==-1)
						return false;
			
					if ((str.indexOf(" ")!=-1) || (str.indexOf(";")!=-1))
						return false;
			
					return true;
				}
			
			function IsValidEmail (fieldCtrl, msg)
				{
					var str = fieldCtrl.value;
			
					if ("" == Trim(str))
						return true;
			
					if (!SilentIsValidEmail (str))
						return FocusOnFieldAndDie (fieldCtrl, msg);
			
					return true;
				}
			
			function AtLeastOneFieldFilled (fieldCtrl1, fieldCtrl2, msg)
				{
					if ("" != Trim (fieldCtrl1.value))
						return true;
					if ("" != Trim (fieldCtrl2.value))
						return true;
					return FocusOnFieldAndDie (fieldCtrl1, msg);
				}
			
			function LimitText (textAreaCtrl, maxCharsAllowed)
				{
					if (textAreaCtrl.value.length > maxCharsAllowed)
						textAreaCtrl.value = textAreaCtrl.value.substring (0, maxCharsAllowed);
				}
			
			function DisableApprovalButtons()
				{
					document.mainForm.ApproveButton.disabled = true;
					document.mainForm.RejectButton.disabled = true;
				}
			
			function DisableButtonsEditOrPublish ()
				{
					DisableAttachmentButtons ();
					TrytoControlButtonByID ("previewButton", true);
					TrytoControlButtonByID ("saveButton", true);
					TrytoControlButtonByID ("cancelButton", true);
					TrytoControlButtonByID ("spellCheckButton", true);
					TrytoControlButtonByID ("ApproveButton", true);
					TrytoControlButtonByID ("RejectButton", true);
				}
			
			function PreviewChanges ()
				{
					if (IsValidStoryEditOrPublish ())
						{
							document.mainForm.SubmittingLevel.value='Preview';
							DisableButtonsEditOrPublish ();
							document.mainForm.submit();
						}
				}
			
			function IsValidStoryEditOrPublish ()
				{
					ConvertSpecialChars (document.mainForm.story_headline);
					ConvertSpecialChars (document.mainForm.story_summary);
					ConvertSpecialChars (document.mainForm.story_body);
			
					if (!AtLeastOneCategoryChosen ())
						{
							alert ("Please select at least one story category.");
							return false;
						}
					if 
						(
							FieldNotEmpty (document.mainForm.story_headline, "Please provide a story headline.") &&
							FieldNotEmpty (document.mainForm.story_body, "Please provide a story body.")
							&& AtLeastOneFieldListedMustBeFilled ("publish_date_1|publish_date_2|publish_date_3|publish_date_4|publish_date_5", "Please specify at least one publishing date.")
							&& DateWithDashesIsPresentOrFutureDate (true, document.mainForm.publish_date_1, "Publish date 1 must be current date or future date.")
							&& DateWithDashesIsPresentOrFutureDate (true, document.mainForm.publish_date_2, "Publish date 2 must be current date or future date.")
							&& DateWithDashesIsPresentOrFutureDate (true, document.mainForm.publish_date_3, "Publish date 3 must be current date or future date.")
							&& DateWithDashesIsPresentOrFutureDate (true, document.mainForm.publish_date_4, "Publish date 4 must be current date or future date.")
							&& DateWithDashesIsPresentOrFutureDate (true, document.mainForm.publish_date_5, "Publish date 5 must be current date or future date.")
							&& FieldsListedByNameHaveUniqueValues (true, "publish_date_1|publish_date_2|publish_date_3|publish_date_4|publish_date_5", "Publishing dates must be unique.")
						)
						return true;
					return false;
				}
			
			function PublishDateNotInPast ()
				{
					// Note that this function is used in both editing and publishing.  When we allowed for the publish
					// date to appear on the edit screen, we had to use a hidden form field to preserve the value between
					// page reloads.  This form field being present would have triggered the error below if we did not
					// check to make sure we were actually publishing the story first.
					if (("publishSpecificStory" == document.mainForm.name) && (document.mainForm.publish_date))
						return DateWithDashesIsPresentOrFutureDate (false, document.mainForm.publish_date, "Publishing date must be equal to or greater than today's date.")
					return true;
				}
			
			function ExpiryDateNotInPast ()
				{
					// Works similar to PublishDateNotInPast except it checks the expiration date.
					if (("publishSpecificStory" == document.mainForm.name) && (document.mainForm.expiration_date))
						return DateWithDashesIsPresentOrFutureDate (false, document.mainForm.expiration_date, "Expiration date must be equal to or greater than today's date.")
					return true;
				}
			
			function PublishDateLessThanOrEqualToExpiryDate ()
				{
					if (("publishSpecificStory" == document.mainForm.name) && (document.mainForm.expiration_date) && (document.mainForm.publish_date))
						return FirstDateLessThanOrEqualToSecondDate (document.mainForm.publish_date, document.mainForm.expiration_date, "Publish date must be less than or equal to expiration date.")
					return true;
				}
			
			function SaveChanges ()
				{
					if (IsValidStoryEditOrPublish ())
						{
							document.mainForm.SubmittingLevel.value='Save';
							DisableButtonsEditOrPublish ();
							document.mainForm.submit();
						}
				}
			
			function CancelEditing ()
				{
					if (confirm ("Are you sure you want to cancel editing?  All of your changes except for those made to attachments will be lost."))
						StorySelection();
				}
			
			function RejectStory ()
				{
					if (confirm ("Are you sure you want to reject this story?"))
						{
							document.mainForm.SubmittingLevel.value='Reject';
							DisableButtonsEditOrPublish ();
							document.mainForm.submit();
						}
				}
			
			function ApproveStory ()
				{
					if (IsValidStoryEditOrPublish ())
						{
							if (confirm ("Are you sure you want to approve this story?"))
								{
									document.mainForm.SubmittingLevel.value='Approve';
									DisableButtonsEditOrPublish ();
									document.mainForm.submit();
								}
						}
				}
			
			function RemoveAttachmentEditOrPublish (nameOfFile)
				{
					if (IsValidStoryEditOrPublish ())
						{
							if (confirm ("Are you sure you wish to remove this attachment?"))
								{
									document.mainForm.SubmittingLevel.value = 'RemoveAttachment';
									document.mainForm.attachmentToRemove.value = nameOfFile;
									DisableButtonsEditOrPublish ();
									document.mainForm.submit();
								}
						}
				}
			
			function SpellCheckEditOrPublish()
				{
					if (IsValidStoryEditOrPublish ())
						{
							document.mainForm.SubmittingLevel.value='SpellCheck';
							DisableButtonsEditOrPublish ();
							document.mainForm.submit();
						}
				}
			
			function FocusOnFieldAndDieReplaceOldValue (desiredDefaultValue, fieldCtrl, msg)
				{
					alert (msg);
					try
						{
							fieldCtrl.value = desiredDefaultValue;
							fieldCtrl.focus();
							fieldCtrl.select();
						}
					catch (err)
						{
						}
					return false;
				}
			
			function DateWithDashesIsPresentOrFutureDate (allowBlankValue, inDateCtrl, msg)
				{
					if ((allowBlankValue) && ("" == Trim (inDateCtrl.value)))
						return true;
			
					// This function should be called after verifying that inDateCtrl contains a valid MM-DD-YYYY date.
					var dateParts = inDateCtrl.value.split("-");
			
					var enteredDate = new Date (dateParts[2], dateParts[0] - 1, dateParts[1], 23, 59, 59);
					var currentDate = new Date ();
					// alert ("entered date is [" + enteredDate + "]");
					if (enteredDate >= currentDate)
						return true;
					return FocusOnFieldAndDie (inDateCtrl, msg);
				}
			
			function FirstDateLessThanOrEqualToSecondDate (inDateCtrl1, inDateCtrl2, msg)
				{
					// Assumes both dates are valid MM-DD-YYYY dates.
					if (("" == Trim(inDateCtrl1.value)) || ("" == Trim(inDateCtrl2.value)))
						return true;
			
					var dateParts = inDateCtrl1.value.split("-");
					var firstDate = new Date (dateParts[2], dateParts[0] - 1, dateParts[1], 12, 0, 0);
					
					dateParts = inDateCtrl2.value.split("-");
					var secondDate = new Date (dateParts[2], dateParts[0] - 1, dateParts[1], 12, 0, 0);
					
					if (firstDate <= secondDate)
						return true;
					return FocusOnFieldAndDie (inDateCtrl1, msg);
				}
			
			function IsValidDateWithDashesAndFixValue (allowBlankField, desiredDefaultDate, inDateCtrl, msg)
				{
					if ( (allowBlankField) && ("" == Trim (inDateCtrl.value)) )
						return true;
			
					var dateParts = inDateCtrl.value.split("-");
					if (3 != dateParts.length)
						return FocusOnFieldAndDieReplaceOldValue (desiredDefaultDate, inDateCtrl, msg);
			
					var foundNonNum = false;
					var x = 0;
					var ch = "";
					while ((!foundNonNum) && (x < dateParts[0].length))
						{
							ch = dateParts[0].substring (x, x+1);
							if (!IsCharNumeric (ch))
								return FocusOnFieldAndDieReplaceOldValue (desiredDefaultDate, inDateCtrl, msg);
							x++;
						}
			
					x = 0;
					foundNonNum = false;
					while ((!foundNonNum) && (x < dateParts[1].length))
						{
							ch = dateParts[1].substring (x, x+1);
							if (!IsCharNumeric (ch))
								return FocusOnFieldAndDieReplaceOldValue (desiredDefaultDate, inDateCtrl, msg);
							x++;
						}
			
					x = 0;
					foundNonNum = false;
					while ((!foundNonNum) && (x < dateParts[2].length))
						{
							ch = dateParts[2].substring (x, x+1);
							if (!IsCharNumeric (ch))
								return FocusOnFieldAndDieReplaceOldValue (desiredDefaultDate, inDateCtrl, msg);
							x++;
						}
			
					var mm = dateParts[0] - 0;
					var dd = dateParts[1] - 0;
					var yy = dateParts[2] - 0;
			
					if ((mm < 1) || (mm > 12))
						return FocusOnFieldAndDieReplaceOldValue (desiredDefaultDate, inDateCtrl, msg);
			
					var daysInMonths = new Array (31, 28, 31, 30, 31, 30, 31, 31, 30, 31, 30, 31);
			
					if (((0 == (yy % 4)) && (0 != (yy % 100))) || (0 == (yy % 400)))
						daysInMonths[1] = 29;
			
					if ((dd < 1) || (dd > daysInMonths[mm-1]))
						return FocusOnFieldAndDieReplaceOldValue (desiredDefaultDate, inDateCtrl, msg);
			
					return true;
				}
			
			function CopyPublishDateToExpirationDate ()
				{
					// This function is used when a single publishing date option is configured.
					document.mainForm.expiration_date.value = document.mainForm.publish_date.value;
				}
	//]]>
</script>
<link rel="stylesheet" href="//code.jquery.com/ui/1.12.1/themes/base/jquery-ui.css"/>
<script src="//code.jquery.com/ui/1.12.1/jquery-ui.js"></script>

				<!-- Probably should vary this based on the number of stories being displayed. -->
									<section aria-label="breadcrumb section">
									<div class="breadcrumbs">
										<ul class="breadcrumbs__list">
											<li><a href="{$index-php-file}" class="breadcrumbs_crumb-link">Home</a></li>
											<!--<li><a href="#" class="breadcrumbs_crumb-link">Submit News</a></li>-->
											<li><span class="breadcrumbs__current-crumb">Submit a Story</span></li>
										</ul>
									</div>
									</section>
									
									
				<main class="detail-page-container details" id="main-content">
					<div class="universal-page-container">
						<div class="universal-page-container__top layout-container layout-container--with-sidebar page-container--has-sidebar">
							<div class="layout-container__block">
								<div class="layout-container__block__wrapper">
									
									
									
									  <div class="page-headline">
                        <h1 class="hero-banner__headline page-headline-alt h1">Submit a Story</h1>
                        <div class="page-headline__sub-header">
                           <h2 class="page-headline__sub-header h4">Deadline for Story Submission is 3pm.</h2> 
                        </div>
                     </div> 
                     
                     
									<div class="section-padding-horizontal">
										<div class='bodyText'>
										 
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	{
		try
			{
				if (disabling)
					document.getElementById(ctrlID).disabled = true;
				else
					document.getElementById(ctrlID).disabled = false;
			}
		catch (err)
			{
				// Do nothing.
			}
	}

function TrBGOver(inCtrl)
	{
		inCtrl.style.background = '#99CCFF';
	}

function TrBGOut(inCtrl)
	{
		inCtrl.style.background = '#ffffff' ;
	}

function NoEnterAllowed (inCtrl)
	{
		// N.B. This function only works withe onkeypress event.
//		alert ("Keycode is [" + keyCode + "]");

		if (13 == window.event.keyCode)
			{
//				alert ("Enter Pressed");
				window.event.keyCode = 0;
			}
	}

function Trim (inStr)
	{
		// This function takes a string and removes all the *spaces* from either side.
		var outStr = "";
		var x, ch;
		
		// Trim left side spaces
		for (x = 0; x < inStr.length; x++)
			{
				ch = inStr.substring(x, x+1);
				if (" " != ch)
					{
						outStr = inStr.substring(x, inStr.length);
						break;
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		for (x = outStr.length - 1; x >= 0; x--)
			{
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						outStr = outStr.substring (0, x + 1);
						break;
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		return outStr;
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function NoOp ()
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function FocusOnFieldAndDie (fieldCtrl, msg)
	{
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		try
			{
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				fieldCtrl.select();
			}
		catch (err)
			{
			}
		return false;
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function FieldNotEmpty (fieldCtrl, msg)
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		if ("" == Trim (fieldCtrl.value))
			return FocusOnFieldAndDie (fieldCtrl, msg);
		return true;
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function IsCharNumeric (inChar)
	{
		var ch = inChar;
		if (("0" == ch) || ("1" == ch) || ("2" == ch) || ("3" == ch) || ("4" == ch) || ("5" == ch) || ("6" == ch) || ("7" == ch) || ("8" == ch) || ("9" == ch))
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function IsNumeric (fieldCtrl, msg, allowBlanks)
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		if (allowBlanks && ("" == possibleNumber))
			return true;

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		while (x < possibleNumber.length)
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						if (dotCount < 1)
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						else
							return FocusOnFieldAndDie (fieldCtrl, msg);
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						else if (!IsCharNumeric (ch))
							return FocusOnFieldAndDie (fieldCtrl, msg);
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function IsNonNegativeNumber (fieldCtrl, msg)
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		if ("" == possibleNumber)
			return true;

		var dotCount = 0;
		var x = 0;
		var ch = "";

		while (x < possibleNumber.length)
			{
				ch = possibleNumber.substring (x, x+1);
				if ("." == ch)
					{
						if (dotCount < 1)
							dotCount++;
						else
							return FocusOnFieldAndDie (fieldCtrl, msg);
					}
				else
					{
						if (!IsCharNumeric (ch))
							return FocusOnFieldAndDie (fieldCtrl, msg);
					}
				x++;
			}
		return true;
	}

function IsValidPhoneNumber (areaCodeCtrl, prefixCtrl, lastFourCtrl, msg)
	{
		// Don't bother if all fields are blank.
		if (("" == areaCodeCtrl.value) && ("" == prefixCtrl.value) && ("" == lastFourCtrl.value))
			return true;

		// At this point, we know at least one field is filled in.  All 3 must be filled in, now
		// check if at least one field is blank, if this is the case, then return an error.
		// Check each control separately to ensure we focus on the appropriate field if there is
		// a problem.
		if (("" == areaCodeCtrl.value) || (3 != Trim (areaCodeCtrl.value).length))
			return FocusOnFieldAndDie (areaCodeCtrl, msg);
		if (("" == prefixCtrl.value) || (3 != Trim (prefixCtrl.value).length))
			return FocusOnFieldAndDie (prefixCtrl, msg);
		if (("" == lastFourCtrl.value) || (4 != Trim (lastFourCtrl.value).length))
			return FocusOnFieldAndDie (lastFourCtrl, msg);

		// At this point, we know all 3 fields are not blank.  Check if the characters in each
		// are numeric.
		var x = 0;
		var ch = "";
		while (x < areaCodeCtrl.value.length)
			{
				ch = areaCodeCtrl.value.substring (x, x+1);
				if (!IsCharNumeric (ch))
					return FocusOnFieldAndDie (areaCodeCtrl, msg);
				x++;
			}

		x = 0;
		ch = "";
		while (x < prefixCtrl.value.length)
			{
				ch = prefixCtrl.value.substring (x, x+1);
				if (!IsCharNumeric (ch))
					return FocusOnFieldAndDie (prefixCtrl, msg);
				x++;
			}

		x = 0;
		ch = "";
		while (x < lastFourCtrl.value.length)
			{
				ch = lastFourCtrl.value.substring (x, x+1);
				if (!IsCharNumeric (ch))
					return FocusOnFieldAndDie (lastFourCtrl, msg);
				x++;
			}
		return true;
	}

function IsValidPassword (fieldCtrl, msg)
	{
		if ("" == fieldCtrl.value.replace(" ", ""))
			return true; 
		if (fieldCtrl.value.length < 8)
			return FocusOnFieldAndDie (fieldCtrl, msg);
		var x = 0;
		var ch = "";
		var foundNum = false;
		while ( !foundNum && (x < fieldCtrl.value.length) )
			{
				ch = fieldCtrl.value.substring (x, x+1);
				if (IsCharNumeric (ch))
					foundNum = true;
				x++;
			}
		if (!foundNum)
			return FocusOnFieldAndDie (fieldCtrl, msg);
		return true;
	}

function ContainsDisallowedText (forbiddenText, fieldCtrl, msg)
	{
		if (-1 == fieldCtrl.value.indexOf (forbiddenText))
			return true;
		return FocusOnFieldAndDie (fieldCtrl, msg);
	}

function StringFieldsEqual (fieldCtrl1, fieldCtrl2, msg)
	{
		if ((fieldCtrl1.value) == (fieldCtrl2.value))
			return true;
		return FocusOnFieldAndDie (fieldCtrl1, msg);
	}

function DisableAllButtons (thisFormObject)
	{
		var agt=navigator.userAgent.toLowerCase();
		if ((-1 != agt.indexOf("firefox")) || (-1 != agt.indexOf("safari")))
			{
				// Do nothing... firefox and safari hate when you disable the same button that
				// calls this function.  Until we come up with a better workaround, just do nothing
				// here.  Maybe window.event might help?
			}
		else
			{
				var temp = "";
				for (var x = 0; x < thisFormObject.length; x++)
					{
						// In Firefox, anything defined as a <button> is always of type "submit".
						// In IE, anything defined as a <button> is always of type "button".
						if (("button" == thisFormObject.elements[x].type) || ("submit" == thisFormObject.elements[x].type))
								thisFormObject.elements[x].disabled = true;
					}
			}
	}

function ProcessLogoff ()
	{
		document.mainForm.thingToDo.value = "Logoff";
		document.mainForm.submit();
		return true;
	}

function GoToMenu()
	{
		document.mainForm.action = "menu.php";
		document.mainForm.submit();
	}

function AtLeastOneFieldListedMustBeFilled (inStr, msg)
	{
		// inStr takes a bar-delimited string containing field names in a given form.
		// We break up the string by bars, then see if at least one of the fields
		// contains non-whitespace text.

		var pieceToCheck = "";
		var offendingObjectName = "";
		
		// If no bars are in the string then we check the single field.
		if (-1 == inStr.indexOf ("|"))
			{
				pieceToCheck = Trim(eval ("document.mainForm." + inStr + ".value"));
				if ("" == pieceToCheck)
					{
						offendingObjectName = "document.mainForm." + inStr;
						return FocusOnFieldAndDie (eval (offendingObjectName), msg)
					}
				return true;
			}

		var pieces = inStr.split ("|");
		var allBlank = true;
		var x = 0;
		
		while (allBlank && (x < pieces.length))
			{
				pieceToCheck = Trim(eval ("document.mainForm." + pieces[x] + ".value"));
				if ("" != Trim (pieceToCheck))
					allBlank = false;
				x++;
			} // while (allBlank && (x < pieces.length))
		if (allBlank)
			{
				offendingObjectName = "document.mainForm." + pieces[0];
				return FocusOnFieldAndDie (eval (offendingObjectName), msg)
			}
		return true;
	}

function FieldsListedByNameHaveUniqueValues (allowBlankFields, inStr, msg)
	{
		// inStr takes a bar-delimited string containing field names in a given form.
		// We break up the string by bars, then see if the value in that string is 
		// unique for all the fields listed.

		if (-1 == inStr.indexOf ("|"))
			return true;

		var pieces = inStr.split ("|");
		
		var allUnique = true;
		var x = 0;
		var pieceToCompare = "";
		var otherPiece = "";
		var offendingObjectName = "";
		while (allUnique && (x < pieces.length))
			{
				pieceToCompare = Trim(eval ("document.mainForm." + pieces[x] + ".value"));
				var y = 0;
				while (allUnique && (y < pieces.length))
					{
						if (x != y)
							{
								otherPiece = Trim(eval ("document.mainForm." + pieces[y] + ".value"));
								if (otherPiece == pieceToCompare)
									{
										if ((allowBlankFields) && ("" == otherPiece) && ("" == pieceToCompare))
											{
												// Do nothing ...
											}
										else // if ((allowBlankFields) && ("" == otherPiece) && ("" == pieceToCompare))
											{
												allUnique = false;
												offendingObjectName = "document.mainForm." + pieces[y];
											} // if ((allowBlankFields) && ("" == otherPiece) && ("" == pieceToCompare))
									} // if (otherPiece == pieceToCompare)
							} // if (x != y)
						y++;
					} // while (allUnique && (y < pieces.length))
				x++;
			} // while (allUnique && (x < pieces.length))
		if (allUnique)
			return true;
		return FocusOnFieldAndDie (eval (offendingObjectName), msg)
	}

function IfCheckboxCheckedThenSelectValueCantBeThis (checkboxCtrl, selectCtrl, illegalValue, msg)
	{
		if ( (checkboxCtrl.checked) && (illegalValue == selectCtrl[selectCtrl.selectedIndex].value) )
			return FocusOnFieldAndDie (selectCtrl, msg);
		return true;
	}	//]]>
</script>
<script type='text/javascript'>
	//<![CDATA[
// ===================================================================
// Author: Matt Kruse <matt@mattkruse.com>
// WWW: http://www.mattkruse.com/
//
// NOTICE: You may use this code for any purpose, commercial or
// private, without any further permission from the author. You may
// remove this notice from your final code if you wish, however it is
// appreciated by the author if at least my web site address is kept.
//
// You may *NOT* re-distribute this code in any way except through its
// use. That means, you can include it in your product, or your web
// site, or any other form where the code is actually being used. You
// may not put the plain javascript up on your site for download or
// include it in your javascript libraries for download. 
// If you wish to share this code with others, please just point them
// to the URL instead.
// Please DO NOT link directly to my .js files from your site. Copy
// the files to your server and use them there. Thank you.
// ===================================================================

/* 
AnchorPosition.js
Author: Matt Kruse
Last modified: 10/11/02

DESCRIPTION: These functions find the position of an <A> tag in a document,
so other elements can be positioned relative to it.

COMPATABILITY: Netscape 4.x,6.x,Mozilla, IE 5.x,6.x on Windows. Some small
positioning errors - usually with Window positioning - occur on the 
Macintosh platform.

FUNCTIONS:
getAnchorPosition(anchorname)
  Returns an Object() having .x and .y properties of the pixel coordinates
  of the upper-left corner of the anchor. Position is relative to the PAGE.

getAnchorWindowPosition(anchorname)
  Returns an Object() having .x and .y properties of the pixel coordinates
  of the upper-left corner of the anchor, relative to the WHOLE SCREEN.

NOTES:

1) For popping up separate browser windows, use getAnchorWindowPosition. 
   Otherwise, use getAnchorPosition

2) Your anchor tag MUST contain both NAME and ID attributes which are the 
   same. For example:
   <A NAME="test" ID="test"> </A>

3) There must be at least a space between <A> </A> for IE5.5 to see the 
   anchor tag correctly. Do not do <A></A> with no space.
*/ 

// getAnchorPosition(anchorname)
//   This function returns an object having .x and .y properties which are the coordinates
//   of the named anchor, relative to the page.
function getAnchorPosition(anchorname) {
	// This function will return an Object with x and y properties
	var useWindow=false;
	var coordinates=new Object();
	var x=0,y=0;
	// Browser capability sniffing
	var use_gebi=false, use_css=false, use_layers=false;
	if (document.getElementById) { use_gebi=true; }
	else if (document.all) { use_css=true; }
	else if (document.layers) { use_layers=true; }
	// Logic to find position
 	if (use_gebi && document.all) {
		x=AnchorPosition_getPageOffsetLeft(document.all[anchorname]);
		y=AnchorPosition_getPageOffsetTop(document.all[anchorname]);
		}
	else if (use_gebi) {
		var o=document.getElementById(anchorname);
		x=AnchorPosition_getPageOffsetLeft(o);
		y=AnchorPosition_getPageOffsetTop(o);
		}
 	else if (use_css) {
		x=AnchorPosition_getPageOffsetLeft(document.all[anchorname]);
		y=AnchorPosition_getPageOffsetTop(document.all[anchorname]);
		}
	else if (use_layers) {
		var found=0;
		for (var i=0; i<document.anchors.length; i++) {
			if (document.anchors[i].name==anchorname) { found=1; break; }
			}
		if (found==0) {
			coordinates.x=0; coordinates.y=0; return coordinates;
			}
		x=document.anchors[i].x;
		y=document.anchors[i].y;
		}
	else {
		coordinates.x=0; coordinates.y=0; return coordinates;
		}
	coordinates.x=x;
	coordinates.y=y;
	return coordinates;
	}

// getAnchorWindowPosition(anchorname)
//   This function returns an object having .x and .y properties which are the coordinates
//   of the named anchor, relative to the window
function getAnchorWindowPosition(anchorname) {
	var coordinates=getAnchorPosition(anchorname);
	var x=0;
	var y=0;
	if (document.getElementById) {
		if (isNaN(window.screenX)) {
			x=coordinates.x-document.body.scrollLeft+window.screenLeft;
			y=coordinates.y-document.body.scrollTop+window.screenTop;
			}
		else {
			x=coordinates.x+window.screenX+(window.outerWidth-window.innerWidth)-window.pageXOffset;
			y=coordinates.y+window.screenY+(window.outerHeight-24-window.innerHeight)-window.pageYOffset;
			}
		}
	else if (document.all) {
		x=coordinates.x-document.body.scrollLeft+window.screenLeft;
		y=coordinates.y-document.body.scrollTop+window.screenTop;
		}
	else if (document.layers) {
		x=coordinates.x+window.screenX+(window.outerWidth-window.innerWidth)-window.pageXOffset;
		y=coordinates.y+window.screenY+(window.outerHeight-24-window.innerHeight)-window.pageYOffset;
		}
	coordinates.x=x;
	coordinates.y=y;
	return coordinates;
	}

// Functions for IE to get position of an object
function AnchorPosition_getPageOffsetLeft (el) {
	var ol=el.offsetLeft;
	while ((el=el.offsetParent) != null) { ol += el.offsetLeft; }
	return ol;
	}
function AnchorPosition_getWindowOffsetLeft (el) {
	return AnchorPosition_getPageOffsetLeft(el)-document.body.scrollLeft;
	}	
function AnchorPosition_getPageOffsetTop (el) {
	var ot=el.offsetTop;
	while((el=el.offsetParent) != null) { ot += el.offsetTop; }
	return ot;
	}
function AnchorPosition_getWindowOffsetTop (el) {
	return AnchorPosition_getPageOffsetTop(el)-document.body.scrollTop;
	}
	//]]>
</script>
<script type='text/javascript'>
	//<![CDATA[
// ===================================================================
// Author: Matt Kruse <matt@mattkruse.com>
// WWW: http://www.mattkruse.com/
//
// NOTICE: You may use this code for any purpose, commercial or
// private, without any further permission from the author. You may
// remove this notice from your final code if you wish, however it is
// appreciated by the author if at least my web site address is kept.
//
// You may *NOT* re-distribute this code in any way except through its
// use. That means, you can include it in your product, or your web
// site, or any other form where the code is actually being used. You
// may not put the plain javascript up on your site for download or
// include it in your javascript libraries for download. 
// If you wish to share this code with others, please just point them
// to the URL instead.
// Please DO NOT link directly to my .js files from your site. Copy
// the files to your server and use them there. Thank you.
// ===================================================================

// HISTORY
// ------------------------------------------------------------------
// May 17, 2003: Fixed bug in parseDate() for dates <1970
// March 11, 2003: Added parseDate() function
// March 11, 2003: Added "NNN" formatting option. Doesn't match up
//                 perfectly with SimpleDateFormat formats, but 
//                 backwards-compatability was required.

// ------------------------------------------------------------------
// These functions use the same 'format' strings as the 
// java.text.SimpleDateFormat class, with minor exceptions.
// The format string consists of the following abbreviations:
// 
// Field        | Full Form          | Short Form
// -------------+--------------------+-----------------------
// Year         | yyyy (4 digits)    | yy (2 digits), y (2 or 4 digits)
// Month        | MMM (name or abbr.)| MM (2 digits), M (1 or 2 digits)
//              | NNN (abbr.)        |
// Day of Month | dd (2 digits)      | d (1 or 2 digits)
// Day of Week  | EE (name)          | E (abbr)
// Hour (1-12)  | hh (2 digits)      | h (1 or 2 digits)
// Hour (0-23)  | HH (2 digits)      | H (1 or 2 digits)
// Hour (0-11)  | KK (2 digits)      | K (1 or 2 digits)
// Hour (1-24)  | kk (2 digits)      | k (1 or 2 digits)
// Minute       | mm (2 digits)      | m (1 or 2 digits)
// Second       | ss (2 digits)      | s (1 or 2 digits)
// AM/PM        | a                  |
//
// NOTE THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN MM and mm! Month=MM, not mm!
// Examples:
//  "MMM d, y" matches: January 01, 2000
//                      Dec 1, 1900
//                      Nov 20, 00
//  "M/d/yy"   matches: 01/20/00
//                      9/2/00
//  "MMM dd, yyyy hh:mm:ssa" matches: "January 01, 2000 12:30:45AM"
// ------------------------------------------------------------------

var MONTH_NAMES=new Array('January','February','March','April','May','June','July','August','September','October','November','December','Jan','Feb','Mar','Apr','May','Jun','Jul','Aug','Sep','Oct','Nov','Dec');
var DAY_NAMES=new Array('Sunday','Monday','Tuesday','Wednesday','Thursday','Friday','Saturday','Sun','Mon','Tue','Wed','Thu','Fri','Sat');
function LZ(x) {return(x<0||x>9?"":"0")+x}

// ------------------------------------------------------------------
// isDate ( date_string, format_string )
// Returns true if date string matches format of format string and
// is a valid date. Else returns false.
// It is recommended that you trim whitespace around the value before
// passing it to this function, as whitespace is NOT ignored!
// ------------------------------------------------------------------
function isDate(val,format) {
	var date=getDateFromFormat(val,format);
	if (date==0) { return false; }
	return true;
	}

// -------------------------------------------------------------------
// compareDates(date1,date1format,date2,date2format)
//   Compare two date strings to see which is greater.
//   Returns:
//   1 if date1 is greater than date2
//   0 if date2 is greater than date1 of if they are the same
//  -1 if either of the dates is in an invalid format
// -------------------------------------------------------------------
function compareDates(date1,dateformat1,date2,dateformat2) {
	var d1=getDateFromFormat(date1,dateformat1);
	var d2=getDateFromFormat(date2,dateformat2);
	if (d1==0 || d2==0) {
		return -1;
		}
	else if (d1 > d2) {
		return 1;
		}
	return 0;
	}

// ------------------------------------------------------------------
// formatDate (date_object, format)
// Returns a date in the output format specified.
// The format string uses the same abbreviations as in getDateFromFormat()
// ------------------------------------------------------------------
function formatDate(date,format) {
	format=format+"";
	var result="";
	var i_format=0;
	var c="";
	var token="";
	var y=date.getYear()+"";
	var M=date.getMonth()+1;
	var d=date.getDate();
	var E=date.getDay();
	var H=date.getHours();
	var m=date.getMinutes();
	var s=date.getSeconds();
	var yyyy,yy,MMM,MM,dd,hh,h,mm,ss,ampm,HH,H,KK,K,kk,k;
	// Convert real date parts into formatted versions
	var value=new Object();
	if (y.length < 4) {y=""+(y-0+1900);}
	value["y"]=""+y;
	value["yyyy"]=y;
	value["yy"]=y.substring(2,4);
	value["M"]=M;
	value["MM"]=LZ(M);
	value["MMM"]=MONTH_NAMES[M-1];
	value["NNN"]=MONTH_NAMES[M+11];
	value["d"]=d;
	value["dd"]=LZ(d);
	value["E"]=DAY_NAMES[E+7];
	value["EE"]=DAY_NAMES[E];
	value["H"]=H;
	value["HH"]=LZ(H);
	if (H==0){value["h"]=12;}
	else if (H>12){value["h"]=H-12;}
	else {value["h"]=H;}
	value["hh"]=LZ(value["h"]);
	if (H>11){value["K"]=H-12;} else {value["K"]=H;}
	value["k"]=H+1;
	value["KK"]=LZ(value["K"]);
	value["kk"]=LZ(value["k"]);
	if (H > 11) { value["a"]="PM"; }
	else { value["a"]="AM"; }
	value["m"]=m;
	value["mm"]=LZ(m);
	value["s"]=s;
	value["ss"]=LZ(s);
	while (i_format < format.length) {
		c=format.charAt(i_format);
		token="";
		while ((format.charAt(i_format)==c) && (i_format < format.length)) {
			token += format.charAt(i_format++);
			}
		if (value[token] != null) { result=result + value[token]; }
		else { result=result + token; }
		}
	return result;
	}
	
// ------------------------------------------------------------------
// Utility functions for parsing in getDateFromFormat()
// ------------------------------------------------------------------
function _isInteger(val) {
	var digits="1234567890";
	for (var i=0; i < val.length; i++) {
		if (digits.indexOf(val.charAt(i))==-1) { return false; }
		}
	return true;
	}
function _getInt(str,i,minlength,maxlength) {
	for (var x=maxlength; x>=minlength; x--) {
		var token=str.substring(i,i+x);
		if (token.length < minlength) { return null; }
		if (_isInteger(token)) { return token; }
		}
	return null;
	}
	
// ------------------------------------------------------------------
// getDateFromFormat( date_string , format_string )
//
// This function takes a date string and a format string. It matches
// If the date string matches the format string, it returns the 
// getTime() of the date. If it does not match, it returns 0.
// ------------------------------------------------------------------
function getDateFromFormat(val,format) {
	val=val+"";
	format=format+"";
	var i_val=0;
	var i_format=0;
	var c="";
	var token="";
	var token2="";
	var x,y;
	var now=new Date();
	var year=now.getYear();
	var month=now.getMonth()+1;
	var date=1;
	var hh=now.getHours();
	var mm=now.getMinutes();
	var ss=now.getSeconds();
	var ampm="";
	
	while (i_format < format.length) {
		// Get next token from format string
		c=format.charAt(i_format);
		token="";
		while ((format.charAt(i_format)==c) && (i_format < format.length)) {
			token += format.charAt(i_format++);
			}
		// Extract contents of value based on format token
		if (token=="yyyy" || token=="yy" || token=="y") {
			if (token=="yyyy") { x=4;y=4; }
			if (token=="yy")   { x=2;y=2; }
			if (token=="y")    { x=2;y=4; }
			year=_getInt(val,i_val,x,y);
			if (year==null) { return 0; }
			i_val += year.length;
			if (year.length==2) {
				if (year > 70) { year=1900+(year-0); }
				else { year=2000+(year-0); }
				}
			}
		else if (token=="MMM"||token=="NNN"){
			month=0;
			for (var i=0; i<MONTH_NAMES.length; i++) {
				var month_name=MONTH_NAMES[i];
				if (val.substring(i_val,i_val+month_name.length).toLowerCase()==month_name.toLowerCase()) {
					if (token=="MMM"||(token=="NNN"&&i>11)) {
						month=i+1;
						if (month>12) { month -= 12; }
						i_val += month_name.length;
						break;
						}
					}
				}
			if ((month < 1)||(month>12)){return 0;}
			}
		else if (token=="EE"||token=="E"){
			for (var i=0; i<DAY_NAMES.length; i++) {
				var day_name=DAY_NAMES[i];
				if (val.substring(i_val,i_val+day_name.length).toLowerCase()==day_name.toLowerCase()) {
					i_val += day_name.length;
					break;
					}
				}
			}
		else if (token=="MM"||token=="M") {
			month=_getInt(val,i_val,token.length,2);
			if(month==null||(month<1)||(month>12)){return 0;}
			i_val+=month.length;}
		else if (token=="dd"||token=="d") {
			date=_getInt(val,i_val,token.length,2);
			if(date==null||(date<1)||(date>31)){return 0;}
			i_val+=date.length;}
		else if (token=="hh"||token=="h") {
			hh=_getInt(val,i_val,token.length,2);
			if(hh==null||(hh<1)||(hh>12)){return 0;}
			i_val+=hh.length;}
		else if (token=="HH"||token=="H") {
			hh=_getInt(val,i_val,token.length,2);
			if(hh==null||(hh<0)||(hh>23)){return 0;}
			i_val+=hh.length;}
		else if (token=="KK"||token=="K") {
			hh=_getInt(val,i_val,token.length,2);
			if(hh==null||(hh<0)||(hh>11)){return 0;}
			i_val+=hh.length;}
		else if (token=="kk"||token=="k") {
			hh=_getInt(val,i_val,token.length,2);
			if(hh==null||(hh<1)||(hh>24)){return 0;}
			i_val+=hh.length;hh--;}
		else if (token=="mm"||token=="m") {
			mm=_getInt(val,i_val,token.length,2);
			if(mm==null||(mm<0)||(mm>59)){return 0;}
			i_val+=mm.length;}
		else if (token=="ss"||token=="s") {
			ss=_getInt(val,i_val,token.length,2);
			if(ss==null||(ss<0)||(ss>59)){return 0;}
			i_val+=ss.length;}
		else if (token=="a") {
			if (val.substring(i_val,i_val+2).toLowerCase()=="am") {ampm="AM";}
			else if (val.substring(i_val,i_val+2).toLowerCase()=="pm") {ampm="PM";}
			else {return 0;}
			i_val+=2;}
		else {
			if (val.substring(i_val,i_val+token.length)!=token) {return 0;}
			else {i_val+=token.length;}
			}
		}
	// If there are any trailing characters left in the value, it doesn't match
	if (i_val != val.length) { return 0; }
	// Is date valid for month?
	if (month==2) {
		// Check for leap year
		if ( ( (year%4==0)&&(year%100 != 0) ) || (year%400==0) ) { // leap year
			if (date > 29){ return 0; }
			}
		else { if (date > 28) { return 0; } }
		}
	if ((month==4)||(month==6)||(month==9)||(month==11)) {
		if (date > 30) { return 0; }
		}
	// Correct hours value
	if (hh<12 && ampm=="PM") { hh=hh-0+12; }
	else if (hh>11 && ampm=="AM") { hh-=12; }
	var newdate=new Date(year,month-1,date,hh,mm,ss);
	return newdate.getTime();
	}

// ------------------------------------------------------------------
// parseDate( date_string [, prefer_euro_format] )
//
// This function takes a date string and tries to match it to a
// number of possible date formats to get the value. It will try to
// match against the following international formats, in this order:
// y-M-d   MMM d, y   MMM d,y   y-MMM-d   d-MMM-y  MMM d
// M/d/y   M-d-y      M.d.y     MMM-d     M/d      M-d
// d/M/y   d-M-y      d.M.y     d-MMM     d/M      d-M
// A second argument may be passed to instruct the method to search
// for formats like d/M/y (european format) before M/d/y (American).
// Returns a Date object or null if no patterns match.
// ------------------------------------------------------------------
function parseDate(val) {
	var preferEuro=(arguments.length==2)?arguments[1]:false;
	generalFormats=new Array('y-M-d','MMM d, y','MMM d,y','y-MMM-d','d-MMM-y','MMM d');
	monthFirst=new Array('M/d/y','M-d-y','M.d.y','MMM-d','M/d','M-d');
	dateFirst =new Array('d/M/y','d-M-y','d.M.y','d-MMM','d/M','d-M');
	var checkList=new Array('generalFormats',preferEuro?'dateFirst':'monthFirst',preferEuro?'monthFirst':'dateFirst');
	var d=null;
	for (var i=0; i<checkList.length; i++) {
		var l=window[checkList[i]];
		for (var j=0; j<l.length; j++) {
			d=getDateFromFormat(val,l[j]);
			if (d!=0) { return new Date(d); }
			}
		}
	return null;
	}
	//]]>
</script>
<script type='text/javascript'>
	//<![CDATA[
// ===================================================================
// Author: Matt Kruse <matt@mattkruse.com>
// WWW: http://www.mattkruse.com/
//
// NOTICE: You may use this code for any purpose, commercial or
// private, without any further permission from the author. You may
// remove this notice from your final code if you wish, however it is
// appreciated by the author if at least my web site address is kept.
//
// You may *NOT* re-distribute this code in any way except through its
// use. That means, you can include it in your product, or your web
// site, or any other form where the code is actually being used. You
// may not put the plain javascript up on your site for download or
// include it in your javascript libraries for download. 
// If you wish to share this code with others, please just point them
// to the URL instead.
// Please DO NOT link directly to my .js files from your site. Copy
// the files to your server and use them there. Thank you.
// ===================================================================

/* 
PopupWindow.js
Author: Matt Kruse
Last modified: 02/16/04

DESCRIPTION: This object allows you to easily and quickly popup a window
in a certain place. The window can either be a DIV or a separate browser
window.

COMPATABILITY: Works with Netscape 4.x, 6.x, IE 5.x on Windows. Some small
positioning errors - usually with Window positioning - occur on the 
Macintosh platform. Due to bugs in Netscape 4.x, populating the popup 
window with <STYLE> tags may cause errors.

USAGE:
// Create an object for a WINDOW popup
var win = new PopupWindow(); 

// Create an object for a DIV window using the DIV named 'mydiv'
var win = new PopupWindow('mydiv'); 

// Set the window to automatically hide itself when the user clicks 
// anywhere else on the page except the popup
win.autoHide(); 

// Show the window relative to the anchor name passed in
win.showPopup(anchorname);

// Hide the popup
win.hidePopup();

// Set the size of the popup window (only applies to WINDOW popups
win.setSize(width,height);

// Populate the contents of the popup window that will be shown. If you 
// change the contents while it is displayed, you will need to refresh()
win.populate(string);

// set the URL of the window, rather than populating its contents
// manually
win.setUrl("http://www.site.com/");

// Refresh the contents of the popup
win.refresh();

// Specify how many pixels to the right of the anchor the popup will appear
win.offsetX = 50;

// Specify how many pixels below the anchor the popup will appear
win.offsetY = 100;

NOTES:
1) Requires the functions in AnchorPosition.js

2) Your anchor tag MUST contain both NAME and ID attributes which are the 
   same. For example:
   <A NAME="test" ID="test"> </A>

3) There must be at least a space between <A> </A> for IE5.5 to see the 
   anchor tag correctly. Do not do <A></A> with no space.

4) When a PopupWindow object is created, a handler for 'onmouseup' is
   attached to any event handler you may have already defined. Do NOT define
   an event handler for 'onmouseup' after you define a PopupWindow object or
   the autoHide() will not work correctly.
*/ 

// Set the position of the popup window based on the anchor
function PopupWindow_getXYPosition(anchorname) {
	var coordinates;
	if (this.type == "WINDOW") {
		coordinates = getAnchorWindowPosition(anchorname);
		}
	else {
		coordinates = getAnchorPosition(anchorname);
		}
	this.x = coordinates.x;
	this.y = coordinates.y;
	}
// Set width/height of DIV/popup window
function PopupWindow_setSize(width,height) {
	this.width = width;
	this.height = height;
	}
// Fill the window with contents
function PopupWindow_populate(contents) {
	this.contents = contents;
	this.populated = false;
	}
// Set the URL to go to
function PopupWindow_setUrl(url) {
	this.url = url;
	}
// Set the window popup properties
function PopupWindow_setWindowProperties(props) {
	this.windowProperties = props;
	}
// Refresh the displayed contents of the popup
function PopupWindow_refresh() {
	if (this.divName != null) {
		// refresh the DIV object
		if (this.use_gebi) {
			document.getElementById(this.divName).innerHTML = this.contents;
			}
		else if (this.use_css) { 
			document.all[this.divName].innerHTML = this.contents;
			}
		else if (this.use_layers) { 
			var d = document.layers[this.divName]; 
			d.document.open();
			d.document.writeln(this.contents);
			d.document.close();
			}
		}
	else {
		if (this.popupWindow != null && !this.popupWindow.closed) {
			if (this.url!="") {
				this.popupWindow.location.href=this.url;
				}
			else {
				this.popupWindow.document.open();
				this.popupWindow.document.writeln(this.contents);
				this.popupWindow.document.close();
			}
			this.popupWindow.focus();
			}
		}
	}
// Position and show the popup, relative to an anchor object
function PopupWindow_showPopup(anchorname) {
	this.getXYPosition(anchorname);
	this.x += this.offsetX;
	this.y += this.offsetY;
	if (!this.populated && (this.contents != "")) {
		this.populated = true;
		this.refresh();
		}
	if (this.divName != null) {
		// Show the DIV object
		if (this.use_gebi) {
			document.getElementById(this.divName).style.left = this.x + "px";
			document.getElementById(this.divName).style.top = this.y + "px";
			document.getElementById(this.divName).style.visibility = "visible";
			}
		else if (this.use_css) {
			document.all[this.divName].style.left = this.x;
			document.all[this.divName].style.top = this.y;
			document.all[this.divName].style.visibility = "visible";
			}
		else if (this.use_layers) {
			document.layers[this.divName].left = this.x;
			document.layers[this.divName].top = this.y;
			document.layers[this.divName].visibility = "visible";
			}
		}
	else {
		if (this.popupWindow == null || this.popupWindow.closed) {
			// If the popup window will go off-screen, move it so it doesn't
			if (this.x<0) { this.x=0; }
			if (this.y<0) { this.y=0; }
			if (screen && screen.availHeight) {
				if ((this.y + this.height) > screen.availHeight) {
					this.y = screen.availHeight - this.height;
					}
				}
			if (screen && screen.availWidth) {
				if ((this.x + this.width) > screen.availWidth) {
					this.x = screen.availWidth - this.width;
					}
				}
			var avoidAboutBlank = window.opera || ( document.layers && !navigator.mimeTypes['*'] ) || navigator.vendor == 'KDE' || ( document.childNodes && !document.all && !navigator.taintEnabled );
			this.popupWindow = window.open(avoidAboutBlank?"":"about:blank","window_"+anchorname,this.windowProperties+",width="+this.width+",height="+this.height+",screenX="+this.x+",left="+this.x+",screenY="+this.y+",top="+this.y+"");
			}
		this.refresh();
		}
	}
// Hide the popup
function PopupWindow_hidePopup() {
	if (this.divName != null) {
		if (this.use_gebi) {
			document.getElementById(this.divName).style.visibility = "hidden";
			}
		else if (this.use_css) {
			document.all[this.divName].style.visibility = "hidden";
			}
		else if (this.use_layers) {
			document.layers[this.divName].visibility = "hidden";
			}
		}
	else {
		if (this.popupWindow && !this.popupWindow.closed) {
			this.popupWindow.close();
			this.popupWindow = null;
			}
		}
	}
// Pass an event and return whether or not it was the popup DIV that was clicked
function PopupWindow_isClicked(e) {
	if (this.divName != null) {
		if (this.use_layers) {
			var clickX = e.pageX;
			var clickY = e.pageY;
			var t = document.layers[this.divName];
			if ((clickX > t.left) && (clickX < t.left+t.clip.width) && (clickY > t.top) && (clickY < t.top+t.clip.height)) {
				return true;
				}
			else { return false; }
			}
		else if (document.all) { // Need to hard-code this to trap IE for error-handling
			var t = window.event.srcElement;
			while (t.parentElement != null) {
				if (t.id==this.divName) {
					return true;
					}
				t = t.parentElement;
				}
			return false;
			}
		else if (this.use_gebi && e) {
			var t = e.originalTarget;
			while (t.parentNode != null) {
				if (t.id==this.divName) {
					return true;
					}
				t = t.parentNode;
				}
			return false;
			}
		return false;
		}
	return false;
	}

// Check an onMouseDown event to see if we should hide
function PopupWindow_hideIfNotClicked(e) {
	if (this.autoHideEnabled && !this.isClicked(e)) {
		this.hidePopup();
		}
	}
// Call this to make the DIV disable automatically when mouse is clicked outside it
function PopupWindow_autoHide() {
	this.autoHideEnabled = true;
	}
// This global function checks all PopupWindow objects onmouseup to see if they should be hidden
function PopupWindow_hidePopupWindows(e) {
	for (var i=0; i<popupWindowObjects.length; i++) {
		if (popupWindowObjects[i] != null) {
			var p = popupWindowObjects[i];
			p.hideIfNotClicked(e);
			}
		}
	}
// Run this immediately to attach the event listener
function PopupWindow_attachListener() {
	if (document.layers) {
		document.captureEvents(Event.MOUSEUP);
		}
	window.popupWindowOldEventListener = document.onmouseup;
	if (window.popupWindowOldEventListener != null) {
		document.onmouseup = new Function("window.popupWindowOldEventListener(); PopupWindow_hidePopupWindows();");
		}
	else {
		document.onmouseup = PopupWindow_hidePopupWindows;
		}
	}
// CONSTRUCTOR for the PopupWindow object
// Pass it a DIV name to use a DHTML popup, otherwise will default to window popup
function PopupWindow() {
	if (!window.popupWindowIndex) { window.popupWindowIndex = 0; }
	if (!window.popupWindowObjects) { window.popupWindowObjects = new Array(); }
	if (!window.listenerAttached) {
		window.listenerAttached = true;
		PopupWindow_attachListener();
		}
	this.index = popupWindowIndex++;
	popupWindowObjects[this.index] = this;
	this.divName = null;
	this.popupWindow = null;
	this.width=0;
	this.height=0;
	this.populated = false;
	this.visible = false;
	this.autoHideEnabled = false;
	
	this.contents = "";
	this.url="";
	this.windowProperties="toolbar=no,location=no,status=no,menubar=no,scrollbars=auto,resizable,alwaysRaised,dependent,titlebar=no";
	if (arguments.length>0) {
		this.type="DIV";
		this.divName = arguments[0];
		}
	else {
		this.type="WINDOW";
		}
	this.use_gebi = false;
	this.use_css = false;
	this.use_layers = false;
	if (document.getElementById) { this.use_gebi = true; }
	else if (document.all) { this.use_css = true; }
	else if (document.layers) { this.use_layers = true; }
	else { this.type = "WINDOW"; }
	this.offsetX = 0;
	this.offsetY = 0;
	// Method mappings
	this.getXYPosition = PopupWindow_getXYPosition;
	this.populate = PopupWindow_populate;
	this.setUrl = PopupWindow_setUrl;
	this.setWindowProperties = PopupWindow_setWindowProperties;
	this.refresh = PopupWindow_refresh;
	this.showPopup = PopupWindow_showPopup;
	this.hidePopup = PopupWindow_hidePopup;
	this.setSize = PopupWindow_setSize;
	this.isClicked = PopupWindow_isClicked;
	this.autoHide = PopupWindow_autoHide;
	this.hideIfNotClicked = PopupWindow_hideIfNotClicked;
	}
	//]]>
</script>
<script type='text/javascript'>
	//<![CDATA[
// ===================================================================
// Author: Matt Kruse <matt@mattkruse.com>
// WWW: http://www.mattkruse.com/
//
// NOTICE: You may use this code for any purpose, commercial or
// private, without any further permission from the author. You may
// remove this notice from your final code if you wish, however it is
// appreciated by the author if at least my web site address is kept.
//
// You may *NOT* re-distribute this code in any way except through its
// use. That means, you can include it in your product, or your web
// site, or any other form where the code is actually being used. You
// may not put the plain javascript up on your site for download or
// include it in your javascript libraries for download. 
// If you wish to share this code with others, please just point them
// to the URL instead.
// Please DO NOT link directly to my .js files from your site. Copy
// the files to your server and use them there. Thank you.
// ===================================================================

// HISTORY
// ------------------------------------------------------------------
// Feb 7, 2005: Fixed a CSS styles to use px unit
// March 29, 2004: Added check in select() method for the form field
//      being disabled. If it is, just return and don't do anything.
// March 24, 2004: Fixed bug - when month name and abbreviations were
//      changed, date format still used original values.
// January 26, 2004: Added support for drop-down month and year
//      navigation (Thanks to Chris Reid for the idea)
// September 22, 2003: Fixed a minor problem in YEAR calendar with
//      CSS prefix.
// August 19, 2003: Renamed the function to get styles, and made it
//      work correctly without an object reference
// August 18, 2003: Changed showYearNavigation and 
//      showYearNavigationInput to optionally take an argument of
//      true or false
// July 31, 2003: Added text input option for year navigation.
//      Added a per-calendar CSS prefix option to optionally use 
//      different styles for different calendars.
// July 29, 2003: Fixed bug causing the Today link to be clickable 
//      even though today falls in a disabled date range.
//      Changed formatting to use pure CSS, allowing greater control
//      over look-and-feel options.
// June 11, 2003: Fixed bug causing the Today link to be unselectable
//      under certain cases when some days of week are disabled
// March 14, 2003: Added ability to disable individual dates or date
//      ranges, display as light gray and strike-through
// March 14, 2003: Removed dependency on graypixel.gif and instead 
///     use table border coloring
// March 12, 2003: Modified showCalendar() function to allow optional
//      start-date parameter
// March 11, 2003: Modified select() function to allow optional
//      start-date parameter
/* 
DESCRIPTION: This object implements a popup calendar to allow the user to
select a date, month, quarter, or year.

COMPATABILITY: Works with Netscape 4.x, 6.x, IE 5.x on Windows. Some small
positioning errors - usually with Window positioning - occur on the 
Macintosh platform.
The calendar can be modified to work for any location in the world by 
changing which weekday is displayed as the first column, changing the month
names, and changing the column headers for each day.

USAGE:
// Create a new CalendarPopup object of type WINDOW
var cal = new CalendarPopup(); 

// Create a new CalendarPopup object of type DIV using the DIV named 'mydiv'
var cal = new CalendarPopup('mydiv'); 

// Easy method to link the popup calendar with an input box. 
cal.select(inputObject, anchorname, dateFormat);
// Same method, but passing a default date other than the field's current value
cal.select(inputObject, anchorname, dateFormat, '01/02/2000');
// This is an example call to the popup calendar from a link to populate an 
// input box. Note that to use this, date.js must also be included!!
<A HREF="#" onClick="cal.select(document.forms[0].date,'anchorname','MM/dd/yyyy'); return false;">Select</A>

// Set the type of date select to be used. By default it is 'date'.
cal.setDisplayType(type);

// When a date, month, quarter, or year is clicked, a function is called and
// passed the details. You must write this function, and tell the calendar
// popup what the function name is.
// Function to be called for 'date' select receives y, m, d
cal.setReturnFunction(functionname);
// Function to be called for 'month' select receives y, m
cal.setReturnMonthFunction(functionname);
// Function to be called for 'quarter' select receives y, q
cal.setReturnQuarterFunction(functionname);
// Function to be called for 'year' select receives y
cal.setReturnYearFunction(functionname);

// Show the calendar relative to a given anchor
cal.showCalendar(anchorname);

// Hide the calendar. The calendar is set to autoHide automatically
cal.hideCalendar();

// Set the month names to be used. Default are English month names
cal.setMonthNames("January","February","March",...);

// Set the month abbreviations to be used. Default are English month abbreviations
cal.setMonthAbbreviations("Jan","Feb","Mar",...);

// Show navigation for changing by the year, not just one month at a time
cal.showYearNavigation();

// Show month and year dropdowns, for quicker selection of month of dates
cal.showNavigationDropdowns();

// Set the text to be used above each day column. The days start with 
// sunday regardless of the value of WeekStartDay
cal.setDayHeaders("S","M","T",...);

// Set the day for the first column in the calendar grid. By default this
// is Sunday (0) but it may be changed to fit the conventions of other
// countries.
cal.setWeekStartDay(1); // week is Monday - Sunday

// Set the weekdays which should be disabled in the 'date' select popup. You can
// then allow someone to only select week end dates, or Tuedays, for example
cal.setDisabledWeekDays(0,1); // To disable selecting the 1st or 2nd days of the week

// Selectively disable individual days or date ranges. Disabled days will not
// be clickable, and show as strike-through text on current browsers.
// Date format is any format recognized by parseDate() in date.js
// Pass a single date to disable:
cal.addDisabledDates("2003-01-01");
// Pass null as the first parameter to mean "anything up to and including" the
// passed date:
cal.addDisabledDates(null, "01/02/03");
// Pass null as the second parameter to mean "including the passed date and
// anything after it:
cal.addDisabledDates("Jan 01, 2003", null);
// Pass two dates to disable all dates inbetween and including the two
cal.addDisabledDates("January 01, 2003", "Dec 31, 2003");

// When the 'year' select is displayed, set the number of years back from the 
// current year to start listing years. Default is 2.
// This is also used for year drop-down, to decide how many years +/- to display
cal.setYearSelectStartOffset(2);

// Text for the word "Today" appearing on the calendar
cal.setTodayText("Today");

// The calendar uses CSS classes for formatting. If you want your calendar to
// have unique styles, you can set the prefix that will be added to all the
// classes in the output.
// For example, normal output may have this:
//     <SPAN CLASS="cpTodayTextDisabled">Today<SPAN>
// But if you set the prefix like this:
cal.setCssPrefix("Test");
// The output will then look like:
//     <SPAN CLASS="TestcpTodayTextDisabled">Today<SPAN>
// And you can define that style somewhere in your page.

// When using Year navigation, you can make the year be an input box, so
// the user can manually change it and jump to any year
cal.showYearNavigationInput();

// Set the calendar offset to be different than the default. By default it
// will appear just below and to the right of the anchorname. So if you have
// a text box where the date will go and and anchor immediately after the
// text box, the calendar will display immediately under the text box.
cal.offsetX = 20;
cal.offsetY = 20;

NOTES:
1) Requires the functions in AnchorPosition.js and PopupWindow.js

2) Your anchor tag MUST contain both NAME and ID attributes which are the 
   same. For example:
   <A NAME="test" ID="test"> </A>

3) There must be at least a space between <A> </A> for IE5.5 to see the 
   anchor tag correctly. Do not do <A></A> with no space.

4) When a CalendarPopup object is created, a handler for 'onmouseup' is
   attached to any event handler you may have already defined. Do NOT define
   an event handler for 'onmouseup' after you define a CalendarPopup object 
   or the autoHide() will not work correctly.
   
5) The calendar popup display uses style sheets to make it look nice.

*/ 

// CONSTRUCTOR for the CalendarPopup Object
function CalendarPopup() {
	var c;
	if (arguments.length>0) {
		c = new PopupWindow(arguments[0]);
		}
	else {
		c = new PopupWindow();
		c.setSize(150,175);
		}
	c.offsetX = -152;
	c.offsetY = 25;
	c.autoHide();
	// Calendar-specific properties
	c.monthNames = new Array("January","February","March","April","May","June","July","August","September","October","November","December");
	c.monthAbbreviations = new Array("Jan","Feb","Mar","Apr","May","Jun","Jul","Aug","Sep","Oct","Nov","Dec");
	c.dayHeaders = new Array("S","M","T","W","T","F","S");
	c.returnFunction = "CP_tmpReturnFunction";
	c.returnMonthFunction = "CP_tmpReturnMonthFunction";
	c.returnQuarterFunction = "CP_tmpReturnQuarterFunction";
	c.returnYearFunction = "CP_tmpReturnYearFunction";
	c.weekStartDay = 0;
	c.isShowYearNavigation = false;
	c.displayType = "date";
	c.disabledWeekDays = new Object();
	c.disabledDatesExpression = "";
	c.yearSelectStartOffset = 2;
	c.currentDate = null;
	c.todayText="Today";
	c.cssPrefix="";
	c.isShowNavigationDropdowns=false;
	c.isShowYearNavigationInput=false;
	window.CP_calendarObject = null;
	window.CP_targetInput = null;
	window.CP_dateFormat = "MM/dd/yyyy";
	// Method mappings
	c.copyMonthNamesToWindow = CP_copyMonthNamesToWindow;
	c.setReturnFunction = CP_setReturnFunction;
	c.setReturnMonthFunction = CP_setReturnMonthFunction;
	c.setReturnQuarterFunction = CP_setReturnQuarterFunction;
	c.setReturnYearFunction = CP_setReturnYearFunction;
	c.setMonthNames = CP_setMonthNames;
	c.setMonthAbbreviations = CP_setMonthAbbreviations;
	c.setDayHeaders = CP_setDayHeaders;
	c.setWeekStartDay = CP_setWeekStartDay;
	c.setDisplayType = CP_setDisplayType;
	c.setDisabledWeekDays = CP_setDisabledWeekDays;
	c.addDisabledDates = CP_addDisabledDates;
	c.setYearSelectStartOffset = CP_setYearSelectStartOffset;
	c.setTodayText = CP_setTodayText;
	c.showYearNavigation = CP_showYearNavigation;
	c.showCalendar = CP_showCalendar;
	c.hideCalendar = CP_hideCalendar;
	c.getStyles = getCalendarStyles;
	c.refreshCalendar = CP_refreshCalendar;
	c.getCalendar = CP_getCalendar;
	c.select = CP_select;
	c.setCssPrefix = CP_setCssPrefix;
	c.showNavigationDropdowns = CP_showNavigationDropdowns;
	c.showYearNavigationInput = CP_showYearNavigationInput;
	c.copyMonthNamesToWindow();
	// Return the object
	return c;
	}
function CP_copyMonthNamesToWindow() {
	// Copy these values over to the date.js 
	if (typeof(window.MONTH_NAMES)!="undefined" && window.MONTH_NAMES!=null) {
		window.MONTH_NAMES = new Array();
		for (var i=0; i<this.monthNames.length; i++) {
			window.MONTH_NAMES[window.MONTH_NAMES.length] = this.monthNames[i];
		}
		for (var i=0; i<this.monthAbbreviations.length; i++) {
			window.MONTH_NAMES[window.MONTH_NAMES.length] = this.monthAbbreviations[i];
		}
	}
}
// Temporary default functions to be called when items clicked, so no error is thrown
function CP_tmpReturnFunction(y,m,d) { 
	if (window.CP_targetInput!=null) {
		var dt = new Date(y,m-1,d,0,0,0);
		if (window.CP_calendarObject!=null) { window.CP_calendarObject.copyMonthNamesToWindow(); }
		window.CP_targetInput.value = formatDate(dt,window.CP_dateFormat);
		}
	else {
		alert('Use setReturnFunction() to define which function will get the clicked results!'); 
		}
	}
function CP_tmpReturnMonthFunction(y,m) { 
	alert('Use setReturnMonthFunction() to define which function will get the clicked results!\nYou clicked: year='+y+' , month='+m); 
	}
function CP_tmpReturnQuarterFunction(y,q) { 
	alert('Use setReturnQuarterFunction() to define which function will get the clicked results!\nYou clicked: year='+y+' , quarter='+q); 
	}
function CP_tmpReturnYearFunction(y) { 
	alert('Use setReturnYearFunction() to define which function will get the clicked results!\nYou clicked: year='+y); 
	}

// Set the name of the functions to call to get the clicked item
function CP_setReturnFunction(name) { this.returnFunction = name; }
function CP_setReturnMonthFunction(name) { this.returnMonthFunction = name; }
function CP_setReturnQuarterFunction(name) { this.returnQuarterFunction = name; }
function CP_setReturnYearFunction(name) { this.returnYearFunction = name; }

// Over-ride the built-in month names
function CP_setMonthNames() {
	for (var i=0; i<arguments.length; i++) { this.monthNames[i] = arguments[i]; }
	this.copyMonthNamesToWindow();
	}

// Over-ride the built-in month abbreviations
function CP_setMonthAbbreviations() {
	for (var i=0; i<arguments.length; i++) { this.monthAbbreviations[i] = arguments[i]; }
	this.copyMonthNamesToWindow();
	}

// Over-ride the built-in column headers for each day
function CP_setDayHeaders() {
	for (var i=0; i<arguments.length; i++) { this.dayHeaders[i] = arguments[i]; }
	}

// Set the day of the week (0-7) that the calendar display starts on
// This is for countries other than the US whose calendar displays start on Monday(1), for example
function CP_setWeekStartDay(day) { this.weekStartDay = day; }

// Show next/last year navigation links
function CP_showYearNavigation() { this.isShowYearNavigation = (arguments.length>0)?arguments[0]:true; }

// Which type of calendar to display
function CP_setDisplayType(type) {
	if (type!="date"&&type!="week-end"&&type!="month"&&type!="quarter"&&type!="year") { alert("Invalid display type! Must be one of: date,week-end,month,quarter,year"); return false; }
	this.displayType=type;
	}

// How many years back to start by default for year display
function CP_setYearSelectStartOffset(num) { this.yearSelectStartOffset=num; }

// Set which weekdays should not be clickable
function CP_setDisabledWeekDays() {
	this.disabledWeekDays = new Object();
	for (var i=0; i<arguments.length; i++) { this.disabledWeekDays[arguments[i]] = true; }
	}
	
// Disable individual dates or ranges
// Builds an internal logical test which is run via eval() for efficiency
function CP_addDisabledDates(start, end) {
	if (arguments.length==1) { end=start; }
	if (start==null && end==null) { return; }
	if (this.disabledDatesExpression!="") { this.disabledDatesExpression+= "||"; }
	if (start!=null) { start = parseDate(start); start=""+start.getFullYear()+LZ(start.getMonth()+1)+LZ(start.getDate());}
	if (end!=null) { end=parseDate(end); end=""+end.getFullYear()+LZ(end.getMonth()+1)+LZ(end.getDate());}
	if (start==null) { this.disabledDatesExpression+="(ds<="+end+")"; }
	else if (end  ==null) { this.disabledDatesExpression+="(ds>="+start+")"; }
	else { this.disabledDatesExpression+="(ds>="+start+"&&ds<="+end+")"; }
	}
	
// Set the text to use for the "Today" link
function CP_setTodayText(text) {
	this.todayText = text;
	}

// Set the prefix to be added to all CSS classes when writing output
function CP_setCssPrefix(val) { 
	this.cssPrefix = val; 
	}

// Show the navigation as an dropdowns that can be manually changed
function CP_showNavigationDropdowns() { this.isShowNavigationDropdowns = (arguments.length>0)?arguments[0]:true; }

// Show the year navigation as an input box that can be manually changed
function CP_showYearNavigationInput() { this.isShowYearNavigationInput = (arguments.length>0)?arguments[0]:true; }

// Hide a calendar object
function CP_hideCalendar() {
	if (arguments.length > 0) { window.popupWindowObjects[arguments[0]].hidePopup(); }
	else { this.hidePopup(); }
	}

// Refresh the contents of the calendar display
function CP_refreshCalendar(index) {
	var calObject = window.popupWindowObjects[index];
	if (arguments.length>1) { 
		calObject.populate(calObject.getCalendar(arguments[1],arguments[2],arguments[3],arguments[4],arguments[5]));
		}
	else {
		calObject.populate(calObject.getCalendar());
		}
	calObject.refresh();
	}

// Populate the calendar and display it
function CP_showCalendar(anchorname) {
	if (arguments.length>1) {
		if (arguments[1]==null||arguments[1]=="") {
			this.currentDate=new Date();
			}
		else {
			this.currentDate=new Date(parseDate(arguments[1]));
			}
		}
	this.populate(this.getCalendar());
	this.showPopup(anchorname);
	}

// Simple method to interface popup calendar with a text-entry box
function CP_select(inputobj, linkname, format) {
	var selectedDate=(arguments.length>3)?arguments[3]:null;
	if (!window.getDateFromFormat) {
		alert("calendar.select: To use this method you must also include 'date.js' for date formatting");
		return;
		}
	if (this.displayType!="date"&&this.displayType!="week-end") {
		alert("calendar.select: This function can only be used with displayType 'date' or 'week-end'");
		return;
		}
	if (inputobj.type!="text" && inputobj.type!="hidden" && inputobj.type!="textarea") { 
		alert("calendar.select: Input object passed is not a valid form input object"); 
		window.CP_targetInput=null;
		return;
		}
	if (inputobj.disabled) { return; } // Can't use calendar input on disabled form input!
	window.CP_targetInput = inputobj;
	window.CP_calendarObject = this;
	this.currentDate=null;
	var time=0;
	if (selectedDate!=null) {
		time = getDateFromFormat(selectedDate,format)
		}
	else if (inputobj.value!="") {
		time = getDateFromFormat(inputobj.value,format);
		}
	if (selectedDate!=null || inputobj.value!="") {
		if (time==0) { this.currentDate=null; }
		else { this.currentDate=new Date(time); }
		}
	window.CP_dateFormat = format;
	this.showCalendar(linkname);
	}
	
// Get style block needed to display the calendar correctly
function getCalendarStyles() {
	var result = "";
	var p = "";
	if (this!=null && typeof(this.cssPrefix)!="undefined" && this.cssPrefix!=null && this.cssPrefix!="") { p=this.cssPrefix; }
	result += "<STYLE>\n";
	result += "."+p+"cpYearNavigation,."+p+"cpMonthNavigation { background-color:#C0C0C0; text-align:center; vertical-align:center; text-decoration:none; color:#000000; font-weight:bold; }\n";
	result += "."+p+"cpDayColumnHeader, ."+p+"cpYearNavigation,."+p+"cpMonthNavigation,."+p+"cpCurrentMonthDate,."+p+"cpCurrentMonthDateDisabled,."+p+"cpOtherMonthDate,."+p+"cpOtherMonthDateDisabled,."+p+"cpCurrentDate,."+p+"cpCurrentDateDisabled,."+p+"cpTodayText,."+p+"cpTodayTextDisabled,."+p+"cpText { font-family:arial; font-size:8pt; }\n";
	result += "TD."+p+"cpDayColumnHeader { text-align:right; border:solid thin #C0C0C0;border-width:0px 0px 1px 0px; }\n";
	result += "."+p+"cpCurrentMonthDate, ."+p+"cpOtherMonthDate, ."+p+"cpCurrentDate  { text-align:right; text-decoration:none; }\n";
	result += "."+p+"cpCurrentMonthDateDisabled, ."+p+"cpOtherMonthDateDisabled, ."+p+"cpCurrentDateDisabled { color:#D0D0D0; text-align:right; text-decoration:line-through; }\n";
	result += "."+p+"cpCurrentMonthDate, .cpCurrentDate { color:#000000; }\n";
	result += "."+p+"cpOtherMonthDate { color:#808080; }\n";
	result += "TD."+p+"cpCurrentDate { color:white; background-color: #C0C0C0; border-width:1px; border:solid thin #800000; }\n";
	result += "TD."+p+"cpCurrentDateDisabled { border-width:1px; border:solid thin #FFAAAA; }\n";
	result += "TD."+p+"cpTodayText, TD."+p+"cpTodayTextDisabled { border:solid thin #C0C0C0; border-width:1px 0px 0px 0px;}\n";
	result += "A."+p+"cpTodayText, SPAN."+p+"cpTodayTextDisabled { height:20px; }\n";
	result += "A."+p+"cpTodayText { color:black; }\n";
	result += "."+p+"cpTodayTextDisabled { color:#D0D0D0; }\n";
	result += "."+p+"cpBorder { border:solid thin #808080; }\n";
	result += "</STYLE>\n";
	return result;
	}

// Return a string containing all the calendar code to be displayed
function CP_getCalendar() {
	var now = new Date();
	// Reference to window
	if (this.type == "WINDOW") { var windowref = "window.opener."; }
	else { var windowref = ""; }
	var result = "";
	// If POPUP, write entire HTML document
	if (this.type == "WINDOW") {
		result += "<HTML><HEAD><TITLE>Calendar</TITLE>"+this.getStyles()+"</HEAD><BODY MARGINWIDTH=0 MARGINHEIGHT=0 TOPMARGIN=0 RIGHTMARGIN=0 LEFTMARGIN=0>\n";
		result += '<CENTER><TABLE WIDTH=100% BORDER=0 BORDERWIDTH=0 CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0>\n';
		}
	else {
		result += '<TABLE CLASS="'+this.cssPrefix+'cpBorder" WIDTH=144 BORDER=1 BORDERWIDTH=1 CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=1>\n';
		result += '<TR><TD ALIGN=CENTER>\n';
		result += '<CENTER>\n';
		}
	// Code for DATE display (default)
	// -------------------------------
	if (this.displayType=="date" || this.displayType=="week-end") {
		if (this.currentDate==null) { this.currentDate = now; }
		if (arguments.length > 0) { var month = arguments[0]; }
			else { var month = this.currentDate.getMonth()+1; }
		if (arguments.length > 1 && arguments[1]>0 && arguments[1]-0==arguments[1]) { var year = arguments[1]; }
			else { var year = this.currentDate.getFullYear(); }
		var daysinmonth= new Array(0,31,28,31,30,31,30,31,31,30,31,30,31);
		if ( ( (year%4 == 0)&&(year%100 != 0) ) || (year%400 == 0) ) {
			daysinmonth[2] = 29;
			}
		var current_month = new Date(year,month-1,1);
		var display_year = year;
		var display_month = month;
		var display_date = 1;
		var weekday= current_month.getDay();
		var offset = 0;
		
		offset = (weekday >= this.weekStartDay) ? weekday-this.weekStartDay : 7-this.weekStartDay+weekday ;
		if (offset > 0) {
			display_month--;
			if (display_month < 1) { display_month = 12; display_year--; }
			display_date = daysinmonth[display_month]-offset+1;
			}
		var next_month = month+1;
		var next_month_year = year;
		if (next_month > 12) { next_month=1; next_month_year++; }
		var last_month = month-1;
		var last_month_year = year;
		if (last_month < 1) { last_month=12; last_month_year--; }
		var date_class;
		if (this.type!="WINDOW") {
			result += "<TABLE WIDTH=144 BORDER=0 BORDERWIDTH=0 CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0>";
			}
		result += '<TR>\n';
		var refresh = windowref+'CP_refreshCalendar';
		var refreshLink = 'javascript:' + refresh;
		if (this.isShowNavigationDropdowns) {
			result += '<TD CLASS="'+this.cssPrefix+'cpMonthNavigation" WIDTH="78" COLSPAN="3"><select CLASS="'+this.cssPrefix+'cpMonthNavigation" name="cpMonth" onChange="'+refresh+'('+this.index+',this.options[this.selectedIndex].value-0,'+(year-0)+');">';
			for( var monthCounter=1; monthCounter<=12; monthCounter++ ) {
				var selected = (monthCounter==month) ? 'SELECTED' : '';
				result += '<option value="'+monthCounter+'" '+selected+'>'+this.monthNames[monthCounter-1]+'</option>';
				}
			result += '</select></TD>';
			result += '<TD CLASS="'+this.cssPrefix+'cpMonthNavigation" WIDTH="10">&nbsp;</TD>';

			result += '<TD CLASS="'+this.cssPrefix+'cpYearNavigation" WIDTH="56" COLSPAN="3"><select CLASS="'+this.cssPrefix+'cpYearNavigation" name="cpYear" onChange="'+refresh+'('+this.index+','+month+',this.options[this.selectedIndex].value-0);">';
			for( var yearCounter=year-this.yearSelectStartOffset; yearCounter<=year+this.yearSelectStartOffset; yearCounter++ ) {
				var selected = (yearCounter==year) ? 'SELECTED' : '';
				result += '<option value="'+yearCounter+'" '+selected+'>'+yearCounter+'</option>';
				}
			result += '</select></TD>';
			}
		else {
			if (this.isShowYearNavigation) {
				result += '<TD CLASS="'+this.cssPrefix+'cpMonthNavigation" WIDTH="10"><A CLASS="'+this.cssPrefix+'cpMonthNavigation" HREF="../'+refreshLink+'('+this.index+','+last_month+','+last_month_year+');"><</A></TD>';
				result += '<TD CLASS="'+this.cssPrefix+'cpMonthNavigation" WIDTH="58"><SPAN CLASS="'+this.cssPrefix+'cpMonthNavigation">'+this.monthNames[month-1]+'</SPAN></TD>';
				result += '<TD CLASS="'+this.cssPrefix+'cpMonthNavigation" WIDTH="10"><A CLASS="'+this.cssPrefix+'cpMonthNavigation" HREF="../'+refreshLink+'('+this.index+','+next_month+','+next_month_year+');">></A></TD>';
				result += '<TD CLASS="'+this.cssPrefix+'cpMonthNavigation" WIDTH="10">&nbsp;</TD>';

				result += '<TD CLASS="'+this.cssPrefix+'cpYearNavigation" WIDTH="10"><A CLASS="'+this.cssPrefix+'cpYearNavigation" HREF="../'+refreshLink+'('+this.index+','+month+','+(year-1)+');"><</A></TD>';
				if (this.isShowYearNavigationInput) {
					result += '<TD CLASS="'+this.cssPrefix+'cpYearNavigation" WIDTH="36"><INPUT NAME="cpYear" CLASS="'+this.cssPrefix+'cpYearNavigation" SIZE="4" MAXLENGTH="4" VALUE="'+year+'" onBlur="'+refresh+'('+this.index+','+month+',this.value-0);"></TD>';
					}
				else {
					result += '<TD CLASS="'+this.cssPrefix+'cpYearNavigation" WIDTH="36"><SPAN CLASS="'+this.cssPrefix+'cpYearNavigation">'+year+'</SPAN></TD>';
					}
				result += '<TD CLASS="'+this.cssPrefix+'cpYearNavigation" WIDTH="10"><A CLASS="'+this.cssPrefix+'cpYearNavigation" HREF="../'+refreshLink+'('+this.index+','+month+','+(year+1)+');">></A></TD>';
				}
			else {
				//result += '<TD CLASS="'+this.cssPrefix+'cpMonthNavigation" WIDTH="22"><A CLASS="'+this.cssPrefix+'cpMonthNavigation" HREF="../'+refreshLink+'('+this.index+','+last_month+','+last_month_year+');"><<</A></TD>\n';
				result += '<TD CLASS="'+this.cssPrefix+'cpMonthNavigation" WIDTH="22"><A CLASS="'+this.cssPrefix+'cpMonthNavigation" onclick="'+refreshLink+'('+this.index+','+last_month+','+last_month_year+');"><<</A></TD>\n';
				result += '<TD CLASS="'+this.cssPrefix+'cpMonthNavigation" WIDTH="100"><SPAN CLASS="'+this.cssPrefix+'cpMonthNavigation">'+this.monthNames[month-1]+' '+year+'</SPAN></TD>\n';
				//result += '<TD CLASS="'+this.cssPrefix+'cpMonthNavigation" WIDTH="22"><A CLASS="'+this.cssPrefix+'cpMonthNavigation" HREF="../'+refreshLink+'('+this.index+','+next_month+','+next_month_year+');">>></A></TD>\n';
				result += '<TD CLASS="'+this.cssPrefix+'cpMonthNavigation" WIDTH="22"><A CLASS="'+this.cssPrefix+'cpMonthNavigation" onclick="'+refreshLink+'('+this.index+','+next_month+','+next_month_year+');">>></A></TD>\n';
				}
			}
		result += '</TR></TABLE>\n';
		result += '<TABLE WIDTH=120 BORDER=0 CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=1 ALIGN=CENTER>\n';
		result += '<TR>\n';
		for (var j=0; j<7; j++) {

			result += '<TD CLASS="'+this.cssPrefix+'cpDayColumnHeader" WIDTH="14%"><SPAN CLASS="'+this.cssPrefix+'cpDayColumnHeader">'+this.dayHeaders[(this.weekStartDay+j)%7]+'</TD>\n';
			}
		result += '</TR>\n';
		for (var row=1; row<=6; row++) {
			result += '<TR>\n';
			for (var col=1; col<=7; col++) {
				var disabled=false;
				if (this.disabledDatesExpression!="") {
					var ds=""+display_year+LZ(display_month)+LZ(display_date);
					eval("disabled=("+this.disabledDatesExpression+")");
					}
				var dateClass = "";
				if ((display_month == this.currentDate.getMonth()+1) && (display_date==this.currentDate.getDate()) && (display_year==this.currentDate.getFullYear())) {
					dateClass = "cpCurrentDate";
					}
				else if (display_month == month) {
					dateClass = "cpCurrentMonthDate";
					}
				else {
					dateClass = "cpOtherMonthDate";
					}
				if (disabled || this.disabledWeekDays[col-1]) {
					result += '	<TD CLASS="'+this.cssPrefix+dateClass+'"><SPAN CLASS="'+this.cssPrefix+dateClass+'Disabled">'+display_date+'</SPAN></TD>\n';
					}
				else {
					var selected_date = display_date;
					var selected_month = display_month;
					var selected_year = display_year;
					if (this.displayType=="week-end") {
						var d = new Date(selected_year,selected_month-1,selected_date,0,0,0,0);
						d.setDate(d.getDate() + (7-col));
						selected_year = d.getYear();
						if (selected_year < 1000) { selected_year += 1900; }
						selected_month = d.getMonth()+1;
						selected_date = d.getDate();
						}
					result += '	<TD CLASS="'+this.cssPrefix+dateClass+'"><A HREF="javascript:'+windowref+this.returnFunction+'('+selected_year+','+selected_month+','+selected_date+');'+windowref+'CP_hideCalendar(\''+this.index+'\');" CLASS="'+this.cssPrefix+dateClass+'">'+display_date+'</A></TD>\n';
					}
				display_date++;
				if (display_date > daysinmonth[display_month]) {
					display_date=1;
					display_month++;
					}
				if (display_month > 12) {
					display_month=1;
					display_year++;
					}
				}
			result += '</TR>';
			}
		var current_weekday = now.getDay() - this.weekStartDay;
		if (current_weekday < 0) {
			current_weekday += 7;
			}
		result += '<TR>\n';
		result += '	<TD COLSPAN=7 ALIGN=CENTER CLASS="'+this.cssPrefix+'cpTodayText">\n';
		if (this.disabledDatesExpression!="") {
			var ds=""+now.getFullYear()+LZ(now.getMonth()+1)+LZ(now.getDate());
			eval("disabled=("+this.disabledDatesExpression+")");
			}
		if (disabled || this.disabledWeekDays[current_weekday+1]) {
			result += '		<SPAN CLASS="'+this.cssPrefix+'cpTodayTextDisabled">'+this.todayText+'</SPAN>\n';
			}
		else {
			result += '		<A CLASS="'+this.cssPrefix+'cpTodayText" HREF="javascript:'+windowref+this.returnFunction+'(\''+now.getFullYear()+'\',\''+(now.getMonth()+1)+'\',\''+now.getDate()+'\');'+windowref+'CP_hideCalendar(\''+this.index+'\');">'+this.todayText+'</A>\n';
			}
		result += '		<BR>\n';
		result += '	</TD></TR></TABLE></CENTER></TD></TR></TABLE>\n';
	}

	// Code common for MONTH, QUARTER, YEAR
	// ------------------------------------
	if (this.displayType=="month" || this.displayType=="quarter" || this.displayType=="year") {
		if (arguments.length > 0) { var year = arguments[0]; }
		else { 
			if (this.displayType=="year") {	var year = now.getFullYear()-this.yearSelectStartOffset; }
			else { var year = now.getFullYear(); }
			}
		if (this.displayType!="year" && this.isShowYearNavigation) {
			result += "<TABLE WIDTH=144 BORDER=0 BORDERWIDTH=0 CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0>";
			result += '<TR>\n';
			result += '	<TD CLASS="'+this.cssPrefix+'cpYearNavigation" WIDTH="22"><A CLASS="'+this.cssPrefix+'cpYearNavigation" HREF="javascript:'+windowref+'CP_refreshCalendar('+this.index+','+(year-1)+');"><<</A></TD>\n';
			result += '	<TD CLASS="'+this.cssPrefix+'cpYearNavigation" WIDTH="100">'+year+'</TD>\n';
			result += '	<TD CLASS="'+this.cssPrefix+'cpYearNavigation" WIDTH="22"><A CLASS="'+this.cssPrefix+'cpYearNavigation" HREF="javascript:'+windowref+'CP_refreshCalendar('+this.index+','+(year+1)+');">>></A></TD>\n';
			result += '</TR></TABLE>\n';
			}
		}
		
	// Code for MONTH display 
	// ----------------------
	if (this.displayType=="month") {
		// If POPUP, write entire HTML document
		result += '<TABLE WIDTH=120 BORDER=0 CELLSPACING=1 CELLPADDING=0 ALIGN=CENTER>\n';
		for (var i=0; i<4; i++) {
			result += '<TR>';
			for (var j=0; j<3; j++) {
				var monthindex = ((i*3)+j);
				result += '<TD WIDTH=33% ALIGN=CENTER><A CLASS="'+this.cssPrefix+'cpText" HREF="javascript:'+windowref+this.returnMonthFunction+'('+year+','+(monthindex+1)+');'+windowref+'CP_hideCalendar(\''+this.index+'\');" CLASS="'+date_class+'">'+this.monthAbbreviations[monthindex]+'</A></TD>';
				}
			result += '</TR>';
			}
		result += '</TABLE></CENTER></TD></TR></TABLE>\n';
		}
	
	// Code for QUARTER display
	// ------------------------
	if (this.displayType=="quarter") {
		result += '<BR><TABLE WIDTH=120 BORDER=1 CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0 ALIGN=CENTER>\n';
		for (var i=0; i<2; i++) {
			result += '<TR>';
			for (var j=0; j<2; j++) {
				var quarter = ((i*2)+j+1);
				result += '<TD WIDTH=50% ALIGN=CENTER><BR><A CLASS="'+this.cssPrefix+'cpText" HREF="javascript:'+windowref+this.returnQuarterFunction+'('+year+','+quarter+');'+windowref+'CP_hideCalendar(\''+this.index+'\');" CLASS="'+date_class+'">Q'+quarter+'</A><BR><BR></TD>';
				}
			result += '</TR>';
			}
		result += '</TABLE></CENTER></TD></TR></TABLE>\n';
		}

	// Code for YEAR display
	// ---------------------
	if (this.displayType=="year") {
		var yearColumnSize = 4;
		result += "<TABLE WIDTH=144 BORDER=0 BORDERWIDTH=0 CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0>";
		result += '<TR>\n';
		result += '	<TD CLASS="'+this.cssPrefix+'cpYearNavigation" WIDTH="50%"><A CLASS="'+this.cssPrefix+'cpYearNavigation" HREF="javascript:'+windowref+'CP_refreshCalendar('+this.index+','+(year-(yearColumnSize*2))+');"><<</A></TD>\n';
		result += '	<TD CLASS="'+this.cssPrefix+'cpYearNavigation" WIDTH="50%"><A CLASS="'+this.cssPrefix+'cpYearNavigation" HREF="javascript:'+windowref+'CP_refreshCalendar('+this.index+','+(year+(yearColumnSize*2))+');">>></A></TD>\n';
		result += '</TR></TABLE>\n';
		result += '<TABLE WIDTH=120 BORDER=0 CELLSPACING=1 CELLPADDING=0 ALIGN=CENTER>\n';
		for (var i=0; i<yearColumnSize; i++) {
			for (var j=0; j<2; j++) {
				var currentyear = year+(j*yearColumnSize)+i;
				result += '<TD WIDTH=50% ALIGN=CENTER><A CLASS="'+this.cssPrefix+'cpText" HREF="javascript:'+windowref+this.returnYearFunction+'('+currentyear+');'+windowref+'CP_hideCalendar(\''+this.index+'\');" CLASS="'+date_class+'">'+currentyear+'</A></TD>';
				}
			result += '</TR>';
			}
		result += '</TABLE></CENTER></TD></TR></TABLE>\n';
		}
	// Common
	if (this.type == "WINDOW") {
		result += "</BODY></HTML>\n";
		}
	return result;
	}
	//]]>
</script>
<script type='text/javascript'>
	//<![CDATA[
		var cal = new CalendarPopup();

// Used with the 2020 layout. 

		function ControlSubmitStoryButtons (disabling)
			{
				TrytoControlButtonByID ("previewButton", disabling);
				TrytoControlButtonByID ("spellCheckButton", disabling);
				TrytoControlButtonByID ("cancelButton", disabling);
				TrytoControlButtonByID ("importButton", disabling);
				TrytoControlButtonByID ("submitButton", disabling);
				TrytoControlButtonByID ("anchor1", disabling);
				TrytoControlButtonByID ("anchor2", disabling);
				TrytoControlButtonByID ("anchor3", disabling);
				TrytoControlButtonByID ("anchor4", disabling);
				TrytoControlButtonByID ("anchor5", disabling);
				TrytoControlButtonByID ("deleteButton1", disabling);
				TrytoControlButtonByID ("deleteButton2", disabling);
				TrytoControlButtonByID ("deleteButton3", disabling);
				TrytoControlButtonByID ("deleteButton4", disabling);
				TrytoControlButtonByID ("deleteButton5", disabling);
				//alert ("Is everything disabled?");
			}

		function CancelStory ()
			{
				if (confirm ("Are you sure you want to cancel this submission?  All of your entered text will be lost."))
					{
						document.mainForm.SubmittingLevel.value='Initial';
						ControlSubmitStoryButtons (true);
						document.mainForm.submit();
					}
				return true;
			}
		
		function IsValidStory ()
			{
				ConvertSpecialChars (document.mainForm.story_headline);
				ConvertSpecialChars (document.mainForm.story_summary);
				ConvertSpecialChars (document.mainForm.story_body); // Is this still needed with TinyMCE?
		
				if 
					(
						
						FieldNotEmpty (document.mainForm.submitter_name, "Please provide your name.") &&
						
						AtLeastOneFieldFilled (document.mainForm.submitter_email, document.mainForm.submitter_phone_ac, "Please provide either your email address or your phone number.") &&
						AtLeastOneFieldFilled (document.mainForm.submitter_email, document.mainForm.submitter_phone_pr, "Please provide either your email address or your phone number.") &&
						AtLeastOneFieldFilled (document.mainForm.submitter_email, document.mainForm.submitter_phone_l4, "Please provide either your email address or your phone number.") &&
						ValidSelectionMade (document.mainForm.story_category, "Please choose a category for this story.") &&
						IsValidEmail (document.mainForm.submitter_email, "Please enter a valid email address or leave this field blank.") &&
						
						IsValidPhoneNumber (document.mainForm.submitter_phone_ac, document.mainForm.submitter_phone_pr, document.mainForm.submitter_phone_l4, "Please provide a valid phone number or leave these fields blank.") &&
						
						FieldNotEmpty (document.mainForm.story_headline, "Please provide a story headline.") &&
						
						// TinyMCE doesn't populate the story_body variable until the form submits...
						//FieldNotEmpty (document.mainForm.story_body, "Please provide a story body.")
						NoOp() // Doing this because I want to preserve the ampersand logic...
						&& AtLeastOneFieldListedMustBeFilled ("publish_date_1|publish_date_2|publish_date_3|publish_date_4|publish_date_5", "Please specify at least one publishing date.")
						&& DateWithDashesIsPresentOrFutureDate (true, document.mainForm.publish_date_1, "Publish date 1 must be current date or future date.")
						&& DateWithDashesIsPresentOrFutureDate (true, document.mainForm.publish_date_2, "Publish date 2 must be current date or future date.")
						&& DateWithDashesIsPresentOrFutureDate (true, document.mainForm.publish_date_3, "Publish date 3 must be current date or future date.")
						&& DateWithDashesIsPresentOrFutureDate (true, document.mainForm.publish_date_4, "Publish date 4 must be current date or future date.")
						&& DateWithDashesIsPresentOrFutureDate (true, document.mainForm.publish_date_5, "Publish date 5 must be current date or future date.")
						&& FieldsListedByNameHaveUniqueValues (true, "publish_date_1|publish_date_2|publish_date_3|publish_date_4|publish_date_5", "Publishing dates must be unique.")
					)
					return true;
				return false;
			}
		
		function PreviewStory ()
			{
				if (IsValidStory ())
					{
						document.mainForm.SubmittingLevel.value='Preview';
						ControlSubmitStoryButtons (true);
						document.mainForm.submit();
					}
			}
		
		function SubmitStory ()
			{
				if (IsValidStory ())
					{
						document.mainForm.SubmittingLevel.value='Commit';
						document.mainForm.action = "commitStoryPublic.php";
						ControlSubmitStoryButtons (true);		
						document.mainForm.submit();
						return true;
					}
			}
		
		function RemoveAttachment (nameOfFile, buttonObject)
			{
				if (IsValidStory ())
					{
						if (confirm ("Are you sure you wish to remove this attachment?"))
							{
								document.mainForm.SubmittingLevel.value = 'RemoveAttachment';
								document.mainForm.attachmentToRemove.value = nameOfFile;
								ControlSubmitStoryButtons (true);		
								document.mainForm.submit();
							}
					}
			}
		
		function SpellCheck()
			{
				if (IsValidStory ())
					{
						document.mainForm.SubmittingLevel.value='SpellCheck';
						ControlSubmitStoryButtons (true);
						document.mainForm.submit();
					}
			}



			// JS Code that is used in all stories but which does not need to be loaded each time any given web
			// page for this site is loaded
			
			function ConvertSpecialChars (fieldCtrl)
				{
					fieldCtrl.value = ConvertSpecialCharsCore (fieldCtrl.value);
					return true;
				}

			// Need this function so we can call the conversion outside of the DOM context, i.e., on raw strings.
			function ConvertSpecialCharsCore (textToConvert)
				{
					var convertedHTML = textToConvert;

					if (!document.mainForm.converted_characters_source)
						{
							alert ("Character conversion cannot be used unless the form field converted_characters_source is defined.");
							return false;
						}
					if (!document.mainForm.converted_characters_target)
						{
							alert ("Character conversion cannot be used unless the form field converted_characters_target is defined.");
							return false;
						}
					var sourceCharArray = document.mainForm.converted_characters_source.value.split("|");
					var targetCharArray = document.mainForm.converted_characters_target.value.split("|");
					
					for (var x = 0; x < sourceCharArray.length; x++)
						{
			//				alert ("Replacing [" + String.fromCharCode(sourceCharArray[x]) + "] with [" + targetCharArray[x] + "]");
							while (-1 != convertedHTML.indexOf(String.fromCharCode(sourceCharArray[x])) )
								convertedHTML = convertedHTML.replace (String.fromCharCode(sourceCharArray[x]), targetCharArray[x]);
						}

					return convertedHTML;
				}
				
			function FillInEmailonInitialSubmit()				{					var fullName = document.mainForm.submitter_name.value.replace(/^\s+|\s+$/g,"");					var nameParts = fullName.split(" ");					var email = document.mainForm.submitter_email.value.replace(" ", "");										if ("" != fullName)						{			//				document.mainForm.submitter_email.value = firstname.toLowerCase() + "." + lastname.toLowerCase() + "@montgomerycollege.edu";							var emailToAdd = "";							for (var x = 0; x < nameParts.length; x++)								{									if ("" == emailToAdd)										emailToAdd = nameParts[x].replace(/^\s+|\s+$/g,"") + "";									else										emailToAdd += "." + nameParts[x].replace(/^\s+|\s+$/g,"");								}							if ("" != emailToAdd)								{									emailToAdd += "@montgomerycollege.edu";									document.mainForm.submitter_email.value = emailToAdd.toLowerCase();									document.mainForm.submitter_phone_ac.value = "240";									document.mainForm.submitter_phone_pr.value = "567";									document.mainForm.submitter_phone_l4.focus();									document.mainForm.submitter_phone_l4.select();								}						}					return true;				}	
			function ApplyCorrection (originalWord, wordIndex, subWordIndex, selectObject, startOfWordToReplace, endOfWordToReplace)
				{
					if (IsValidStory ())
						{
			//				alert ("Original word is [" + originalWord + "]\nWord Index is [" + wordIndex + ", " + subWordIndex + "]\nReplacement is [" + selectObject[selectObject.selectedIndex].value + "]");
							document.mainForm.wordIndexToChange.value = wordIndex;
							document.mainForm.subWordIndexToChange.value = subWordIndex;
							document.mainForm.replacementWord.value = selectObject[selectObject.selectedIndex].value;
							document.mainForm.startOfWordToReplace.value = startOfWordToReplace;
							document.mainForm.endOfWordToReplace.value = endOfWordToReplace;
							document.mainForm.SubmittingLevel.value = 'ApplyCorrection';
							ControlSubmitStoryButtons (true);
							DisableSpellingButtons ();
							document.mainForm.submit();
						}
				}

			function IfThisUncheckedDefaultCategoryCantBeChecked (checkboxCtrl, rcdidValue)
				{
					if (!checkboxCtrl.checked)
						{
							var y = 0;
							while ( (y < document.mainForm.default_category.length) && (!checkboxCtrl.checked) )
								{
									if (parseInt(document.mainForm.default_category[y].value) == rcdidValue)
										{
											if (document.mainForm.default_category[y].checked)
												{
													alert ("This category must be assigned to this story in order for it to be the default category.\n\nIf you wish to remove this category assignment from this story, please choose a different default category first.");
													checkboxCtrl.checked = true;
												}
										}
									y++;
								}
						}
					return true;
				}
				
			function ValidSelectionMade (thisSelectObject, msg)
				{
					if (thisSelectObject.selectedIndex > 0)
						return true;
					return FocusOnFieldAndDie (thisSelectObject, msg);
				}
			
			function SilentIsValidEmail (possibleEmailAddress)
				{
					var str = possibleEmailAddress;
					
					var at="@";
					var dot=".";
					var lat=str.indexOf(at);
					var lstr=str.length;
					var ldot=str.indexOf(dot);
			
					if (str.indexOf(at)==-1)
						return false;
			
					if (str.indexOf(at)==-1 || str.indexOf(at)==0 || str.indexOf(at)==lstr)
						return false;
			
					if (str.indexOf(dot)==-1 || str.indexOf(dot)==0 || str.indexOf(dot)==lstr)
						return false;
			
					if (str.indexOf(at,(lat+1))!=-1)
						return false;
			
					if (str.substring(lat-1,lat)==dot || str.substring(lat+1,lat+2)==dot)
						return false;
			
					if (str.indexOf(dot,(lat+2))==-1)
						return false;
			
					if ((str.indexOf(" ")!=-1) || (str.indexOf(";")!=-1))
						return false;
			
					return true;
				}
			
			function IsValidEmail (fieldCtrl, msg)
				{
					var str = fieldCtrl.value;
			
					if ("" == Trim(str))
						return true;
			
					if (!SilentIsValidEmail (str))
						return FocusOnFieldAndDie (fieldCtrl, msg);
			
					return true;
				}
			
			function AtLeastOneFieldFilled (fieldCtrl1, fieldCtrl2, msg)
				{
					if ("" != Trim (fieldCtrl1.value))
						return true;
					if ("" != Trim (fieldCtrl2.value))
						return true;
					return FocusOnFieldAndDie (fieldCtrl1, msg);
				}
			
			function LimitText (textAreaCtrl, maxCharsAllowed)
				{
					if (textAreaCtrl.value.length > maxCharsAllowed)
						textAreaCtrl.value = textAreaCtrl.value.substring (0, maxCharsAllowed);
				}
			
			function DisableApprovalButtons()
				{
					document.mainForm.ApproveButton.disabled = true;
					document.mainForm.RejectButton.disabled = true;
				}
			
			function DisableButtonsEditOrPublish ()
				{
					DisableAttachmentButtons ();
					TrytoControlButtonByID ("previewButton", true);
					TrytoControlButtonByID ("saveButton", true);
					TrytoControlButtonByID ("cancelButton", true);
					TrytoControlButtonByID ("spellCheckButton", true);
					TrytoControlButtonByID ("ApproveButton", true);
					TrytoControlButtonByID ("RejectButton", true);
				}
			
			function PreviewChanges ()
				{
					if (IsValidStoryEditOrPublish ())
						{
							document.mainForm.SubmittingLevel.value='Preview';
							DisableButtonsEditOrPublish ();
							document.mainForm.submit();
						}
				}
			
			function IsValidStoryEditOrPublish ()
				{
					ConvertSpecialChars (document.mainForm.story_headline);
					ConvertSpecialChars (document.mainForm.story_summary);
					ConvertSpecialChars (document.mainForm.story_body);
			
					if (!AtLeastOneCategoryChosen ())
						{
							alert ("Please select at least one story category.");
							return false;
						}
					if 
						(
							FieldNotEmpty (document.mainForm.story_headline, "Please provide a story headline.") &&
							FieldNotEmpty (document.mainForm.story_body, "Please provide a story body.")
							&& AtLeastOneFieldListedMustBeFilled ("publish_date_1|publish_date_2|publish_date_3|publish_date_4|publish_date_5", "Please specify at least one publishing date.")
							&& DateWithDashesIsPresentOrFutureDate (true, document.mainForm.publish_date_1, "Publish date 1 must be current date or future date.")
							&& DateWithDashesIsPresentOrFutureDate (true, document.mainForm.publish_date_2, "Publish date 2 must be current date or future date.")
							&& DateWithDashesIsPresentOrFutureDate (true, document.mainForm.publish_date_3, "Publish date 3 must be current date or future date.")
							&& DateWithDashesIsPresentOrFutureDate (true, document.mainForm.publish_date_4, "Publish date 4 must be current date or future date.")
							&& DateWithDashesIsPresentOrFutureDate (true, document.mainForm.publish_date_5, "Publish date 5 must be current date or future date.")
							&& FieldsListedByNameHaveUniqueValues (true, "publish_date_1|publish_date_2|publish_date_3|publish_date_4|publish_date_5", "Publishing dates must be unique.")
						)
						return true;
					return false;
				}
			
			function PublishDateNotInPast ()
				{
					// Note that this function is used in both editing and publishing.  When we allowed for the publish
					// date to appear on the edit screen, we had to use a hidden form field to preserve the value between
					// page reloads.  This form field being present would have triggered the error below if we did not
					// check to make sure we were actually publishing the story first.
					if (("publishSpecificStory" == document.mainForm.name) && (document.mainForm.publish_date))
						return DateWithDashesIsPresentOrFutureDate (false, document.mainForm.publish_date, "Publishing date must be equal to or greater than today's date.")
					return true;
				}
			
			function ExpiryDateNotInPast ()
				{
					// Works similar to PublishDateNotInPast except it checks the expiration date.
					if (("publishSpecificStory" == document.mainForm.name) && (document.mainForm.expiration_date))
						return DateWithDashesIsPresentOrFutureDate (false, document.mainForm.expiration_date, "Expiration date must be equal to or greater than today's date.")
					return true;
				}
			
			function PublishDateLessThanOrEqualToExpiryDate ()
				{
					if (("publishSpecificStory" == document.mainForm.name) && (document.mainForm.expiration_date) && (document.mainForm.publish_date))
						return FirstDateLessThanOrEqualToSecondDate (document.mainForm.publish_date, document.mainForm.expiration_date, "Publish date must be less than or equal to expiration date.")
					return true;
				}
			
			function SaveChanges ()
				{
					if (IsValidStoryEditOrPublish ())
						{
							document.mainForm.SubmittingLevel.value='Save';
							DisableButtonsEditOrPublish ();
							document.mainForm.submit();
						}
				}
			
			function CancelEditing ()
				{
					if (confirm ("Are you sure you want to cancel editing?  All of your changes except for those made to attachments will be lost."))
						StorySelection();
				}
			
			function RejectStory ()
				{
					if (confirm ("Are you sure you want to reject this story?"))
						{
							document.mainForm.SubmittingLevel.value='Reject';
							DisableButtonsEditOrPublish ();
							document.mainForm.submit();
						}
				}
			
			function ApproveStory ()
				{
					if (IsValidStoryEditOrPublish ())
						{
							if (confirm ("Are you sure you want to approve this story?"))
								{
									document.mainForm.SubmittingLevel.value='Approve';
									DisableButtonsEditOrPublish ();
									document.mainForm.submit();
								}
						}
				}
			
			function RemoveAttachmentEditOrPublish (nameOfFile)
				{
					if (IsValidStoryEditOrPublish ())
						{
							if (confirm ("Are you sure you wish to remove this attachment?"))
								{
									document.mainForm.SubmittingLevel.value = 'RemoveAttachment';
									document.mainForm.attachmentToRemove.value = nameOfFile;
									DisableButtonsEditOrPublish ();
									document.mainForm.submit();
								}
						}
				}
			
			function SpellCheckEditOrPublish()
				{
					if (IsValidStoryEditOrPublish ())
						{
							document.mainForm.SubmittingLevel.value='SpellCheck';
							DisableButtonsEditOrPublish ();
							document.mainForm.submit();
						}
				}
			
			function FocusOnFieldAndDieReplaceOldValue (desiredDefaultValue, fieldCtrl, msg)
				{
					alert (msg);
					try
						{
							fieldCtrl.value = desiredDefaultValue;
							fieldCtrl.focus();
							fieldCtrl.select();
						}
					catch (err)
						{
						}
					return false;
				}
			
			function DateWithDashesIsPresentOrFutureDate (allowBlankValue, inDateCtrl, msg)
				{
					if ((allowBlankValue) && ("" == Trim (inDateCtrl.value)))
						return true;
			
					// This function should be called after verifying that inDateCtrl contains a valid MM-DD-YYYY date.
					var dateParts = inDateCtrl.value.split("-");
			
					var enteredDate = new Date (dateParts[2], dateParts[0] - 1, dateParts[1], 23, 59, 59);
					var currentDate = new Date ();
					// alert ("entered date is [" + enteredDate + "]");
					if (enteredDate >= currentDate)
						return true;
					return FocusOnFieldAndDie (inDateCtrl, msg);
				}
			
			function FirstDateLessThanOrEqualToSecondDate (inDateCtrl1, inDateCtrl2, msg)
				{
					// Assumes both dates are valid MM-DD-YYYY dates.
					if (("" == Trim(inDateCtrl1.value)) || ("" == Trim(inDateCtrl2.value)))
						return true;
			
					var dateParts = inDateCtrl1.value.split("-");
					var firstDate = new Date (dateParts[2], dateParts[0] - 1, dateParts[1], 12, 0, 0);
					
					dateParts = inDateCtrl2.value.split("-");
					var secondDate = new Date (dateParts[2], dateParts[0] - 1, dateParts[1], 12, 0, 0);
					
					if (firstDate <= secondDate)
						return true;
					return FocusOnFieldAndDie (inDateCtrl1, msg);
				}
			
			function IsValidDateWithDashesAndFixValue (allowBlankField, desiredDefaultDate, inDateCtrl, msg)
				{
					if ( (allowBlankField) && ("" == Trim (inDateCtrl.value)) )
						return true;
			
					var dateParts = inDateCtrl.value.split("-");
					if (3 != dateParts.length)
						return FocusOnFieldAndDieReplaceOldValue (desiredDefaultDate, inDateCtrl, msg);
			
					var foundNonNum = false;
					var x = 0;
					var ch = "";
					while ((!foundNonNum) && (x < dateParts[0].length))
						{
							ch = dateParts[0].substring (x, x+1);
							if (!IsCharNumeric (ch))
								return FocusOnFieldAndDieReplaceOldValue (desiredDefaultDate, inDateCtrl, msg);
							x++;
						}
			
					x = 0;
					foundNonNum = false;
					while ((!foundNonNum) && (x < dateParts[1].length))
						{
							ch = dateParts[1].substring (x, x+1);
							if (!IsCharNumeric (ch))
								return FocusOnFieldAndDieReplaceOldValue (desiredDefaultDate, inDateCtrl, msg);
							x++;
						}
			
					x = 0;
					foundNonNum = false;
					while ((!foundNonNum) && (x < dateParts[2].length))
						{
							ch = dateParts[2].substring (x, x+1);
							if (!IsCharNumeric (ch))
								return FocusOnFieldAndDieReplaceOldValue (desiredDefaultDate, inDateCtrl, msg);
							x++;
						}
			
					var mm = dateParts[0] - 0;
					var dd = dateParts[1] - 0;
					var yy = dateParts[2] - 0;
			
					if ((mm < 1) || (mm > 12))
						return FocusOnFieldAndDieReplaceOldValue (desiredDefaultDate, inDateCtrl, msg);
			
					var daysInMonths = new Array (31, 28, 31, 30, 31, 30, 31, 31, 30, 31, 30, 31);
			
					if (((0 == (yy % 4)) && (0 != (yy % 100))) || (0 == (yy % 400)))
						daysInMonths[1] = 29;
			
					if ((dd < 1) || (dd > daysInMonths[mm-1]))
						return FocusOnFieldAndDieReplaceOldValue (desiredDefaultDate, inDateCtrl, msg);
			
					return true;
				}
			
			function CopyPublishDateToExpirationDate ()
				{
					// This function is used when a single publishing date option is configured.
					document.mainForm.expiration_date.value = document.mainForm.publish_date.value;
				}
	//]]>
</script>
<script type="text/javascript" src="js/tiny_mce/tiny_mce.js"></script>
<script type="text/javascript" src="js/tiny-mce-init.js"></script>
<div class='content-inner clearfix submit-your-news'>
 


<form name='mainForm' method='post' enctype="multipart/form-data">
<div class="form-inline"> 
<input type='hidden' name='attachmentToRemove' value='' />
<input type='hidden' name='wordIndexToChange' value='' />
<input type='hidden' name='subWordIndexToChange' value='' />
<input type='hidden' name='replacementWord' value='' />
<input type='hidden' name='startOfWordToReplace' value='' />
<input type='hidden' name='endOfWordToReplace' value='' />
<input type='hidden' name='converted_characters_source' value="8217|8219|8220|8221|8212|8230|183|8226|8216|171|187|180|169|174|8211|8210|8213" />
<input type='hidden' name='converted_characters_target' value="&#39;|&#39;|&#34;|&#34;|--|...|*|*|&#39;|&#60;&#60;|&#62;&#62;|&#39;|(C)|(R)|-|-|--" />
<input type='hidden' name='allowed_html_tags_source_start' value="&#38;lt;b|&#38;lt;/b|&#38;lt;i|&#38;lt;/i|&#38;lt;u|&#38;lt;/u|&#38;lt;strike|&#38;lt;/strike|&#38;lt;strong|&#38;lt;/strong|&#38;lt;small|&#38;lt;/small|&#38;lt;blockquote|&#38;lt;/blockquote|&#38;lt;ol|&#38;lt;/ol|&#38;lt;ul|&#38;lt;/ul|&#38;lt;li|&#38;lt;/li|&#38;lt;font|&#38;lt;/font|&#38;lt;a|&#38;lt;/a|&#38;lt;embed|&#38;lt;/embed|&#38;lt;param|&#38;lt;object|&#38;lt;/object|&#38;lt;p|&#38;lt;/p|&#38;lt;em|&#38;lt;/em|&#38;lt;center|&#38;lt;/center" />
<input type='hidden' name='allowed_html_tags_source_end' value="&#38;gt;|&#38;gt;|&#38;gt;|&#38;gt;|&#38;gt;|&#38;gt;|&#38;gt;|&#38;gt;|&#38;gt;|&#38;gt;|&#38;gt;|&#38;gt;|&#38;gt;|&#38;gt;|&#38;gt;|&#38;gt;|&#38;gt;|&#38;gt;|&#38;gt;|&#38;gt;|&#38;gt;|&#38;gt;|&#38;gt;|&#38;gt;|&#38;gt;|&#38;gt;|&#38;gt;|&#38;gt;|&#38;gt;|&#38;gt;|&#38;gt;|&#38;gt;|&#38;gt;|&#38;gt;|&#38;gt;" />
<input type='hidden' name='allowed_html_tags_target_start' value="&lt;b|&lt;/b|&lt;i|&lt;/i|&lt;u|&lt;/u|&lt;strike|&lt;/strike|&lt;strong|&lt;/strong|&lt;small|&lt;/small|&lt;blockquote|&lt;/blockquote|&lt;ol|&lt;/ol|&lt;ul|&lt;/ul|&lt;li|&lt;/li|&lt;font|&lt;/font|&lt;a|&lt;/a|&lt;embed|&lt;/embed|&lt;param|&lt;object|&lt;/object|&lt;p|&lt;/p|&lt;em|&lt;/em|&lt;center|&lt;/center" />
<input type='hidden' name='allowed_html_tags_target_end' value="&gt;|&gt;|&gt;|&gt;|&gt;|&gt;|&gt;|&gt;|&gt;|&gt;|&gt;|&gt;|&gt;|&gt;|&gt;|&gt;|&gt;|&gt;|&gt;|&gt;|&gt;|&gt;|&gt;|&gt;|&gt;|&gt;|&gt;|&gt;|&gt;|&gt;|&gt;|&gt;|&gt;|&gt;|&gt;" />
<input type='hidden' name='variable_middles' value="0|0|0|0|0|0|0|0|0|0|0|0|0|0|0|0|0|0|0|0|1|0|1|0|1|0|1|1|0|0|0|0|0|0|0" />
<input type='hidden' name='story_unique_id' value="0eecd658-3002-1ed4-39bf-bafcd5bd0112" />

<input type='hidden' name='SubmittingLevel' value='' />
		

	<div class="col-12 form-row"> 
            
             <label for="Submitter_name" class="block sm-col sm-col-4"><span class="required">*</span>Name: 
								<input name="submitter_name" id="Submitter_name" maxlength="100" class="col-12" value="" onblur='FillInEmailonInitialSubmit();' />
							</label> 
							
							
               <label for="submitter_email" class="block sm-col sm-col-4"><span class="required">*</span>Email:
								<input name="submitter_email" id="submitter_email" maxlength="100" class="col-12" value=""  />
				</label> 
            
            
            
            
            <fieldset style="width: auto; margin-top: 15px; line-height: 1.45; margin-bottom: 0px;"> 
                                 <legend><span class="required">*</span>Phone:</legend>  
                                 
                                  
                                    <label for="submitter_phone_ac" class="" style="margin-top: 0px; padding-right: 5px;"><span class="sr-only">area code</span>
								<input type="text" name="submitter_phone_ac" id="submitter_phone_ac" size="3" maxlength="3"  value="" placeholder="123" style="width: 55px;" />
								 
									</label>    			 
                                    
                                     
                             		<label for="submitter_phone_pr" class="" style="margin-top: 0px; padding-right: 5px;"><span class="sr-only">prefix</span>
										<input type="text" name="submitter_phone_pr" id="submitter_phone_pr" size="3" maxlength="3" value=""  placeholder="123" style="width: 55px;" />
								 
									</label>  
									 
				
				        			<label for="submitter_phone_l4" class="" style="margin-top: 0px; padding-right: 5px;"><span class="sr-only">line number</span>
										<input type="text" name="submitter_phone_l4" id="submitter_phone_l4" size="4" maxlength="4" value="" class="jqtranformdone jqTransformInput" placeholder="1234" style="width: 65px;"  /> 
									</label>        
                                 		
             </fieldset>
                     
        
        </div><!-- END form row -->
        
        
		
	<div class="col-12 form-row">
	
		<div class="block sm-col sm-col-6 story-category-field"  > 
   				<div class="select-field"> 
					<label for="story_category" class="block sm-col sm-col-4 select-field">Category:
					
<select id='story_category' name='story_category' >
	<option value='-1'>Choose a Category</option>
	<option value='15' >Need to Know</option>
	<option value='82' >Public Safety</option>
	<option value='80' >College News</option>
	<option value='78' >Student News</option>
	<option value='28' >MC Foundation</option>
	<option value='83' >Health and Wellness</option>
	<option value='79' >Employee News</option>
	<option value='23' >IT@MC</option>
	<option value='81' >Athletics </option>
	<option value='7' >Other (Do Not Use)</option>
	<option value='38' >EDU - General (Inside MC staff use only)</option>
	<option value='39' >EDU - Event Calendar (Inside MC staff use only)</option>
	<option value='42' >EDU - Admissions (Inside MC staff use only)</option>
	<option value='40' >EDU - Top News Stories (Inside MC staff use only)</option>
	<option value='41' >EDU - Upcoming Events (Inside MC staff use only)</option>
	<option value='68' >EDU - News for Redesign Page</option>
	<option value='70' >Digital Signage (Inside MC staff use only)</option>
</select>
<input type='hidden' name='featured_categories' value="" />
	    			</label>
	    		</div>
	    </div>		
	    
		<label for="story_headline" class="block sm-col sm-col-6 story-category-field"  >Headline:
		<input type="text" value=""  maxlength="100" class="col-12" name="story_headline" id="story_headline"  /> 
		</label>
	</div><!-- END form row -->
	

	<div class="col-12 form-row mt2">
		<label for="mce_editor_0">Story Text:</label>
		<textarea   name='story_body' rows='15' cols='77' onchange="LimitText (this, 5000)" onkeydown="LimitText (this, 5000)" onkeyup="LimitText (this, 5000)" style="width: 100%"></textarea>	</div><!-- END form row -->

	<!-- 
		If we are previewing or spell checking, replace each of the unfilled
		attachment fields with information about the attachment.
	-->
	
	<fieldset class="mt3">
	<legend>Attachments:</legend>

	 
	<table width="100%" summary="story attachments" role="presentation" class="attachment-table">
		<tbody>
				<tr>
					<td>1.</td>
					<td colspan='4'><label for='attachment_1' class='block sm-col sm-col-5 story-category-field'>Attach a File:<input type='file' name='attachment_1' id='attachment_1' class='col-12' value=""/></label>
					<label for='caption_1' class='block sm-col sm-col-7'>Caption:<input type='text'  name='caption_1' id='caption_1'   maxlength='100' class='col-12' value="" /></label></td>
				</tr>
				<tr>
					<td>2.</td>
					<td colspan='4'><label for='attachment_2' class='block sm-col sm-col-5 story-category-field'>Attach a File:<input type='file' name='attachment_2' id='attachment_2' class='col-12' value=""/></label>
					<label for='caption_2' class='block sm-col sm-col-7'>Caption:<input type='text'  name='caption_2' id='caption_2'   maxlength='100' class='col-12' value="" /></label></td>
				</tr>
				<tr>
					<td>3.</td>
					<td colspan='4'><label for='attachment_3' class='block sm-col sm-col-5 story-category-field'>Attach a File:<input type='file' name='attachment_3' id='attachment_3' class='col-12' value=""/></label>
					<label for='caption_3' class='block sm-col sm-col-7'>Caption:<input type='text'  name='caption_3' id='caption_3'   maxlength='100' class='col-12' value="" /></label></td>
				</tr>
				<tr>
					<td>4.</td>
					<td colspan='4'><label for='attachment_4' class='block sm-col sm-col-5 story-category-field'>Attach a File:<input type='file' name='attachment_4' id='attachment_4' class='col-12' value=""/></label>
					<label for='caption_4' class='block sm-col sm-col-7'>Caption:<input type='text'  name='caption_4' id='caption_4'   maxlength='100' class='col-12' value="" /></label></td>
				</tr>
				<tr>
					<td>5.</td>
					<td colspan='4'><label for='attachment_5' class='block sm-col sm-col-5 story-category-field'>Attach a File:<input type='file' name='attachment_5' id='attachment_5' class='col-12' value=""/></label>
					<label for='caption_5' class='block sm-col sm-col-7'>Caption:<input type='text'  name='caption_5' id='caption_5'   maxlength='100' class='col-12' value="" /></label></td>
				</tr>
		</tbody>
	</table>
	
	</fieldset>


<fieldset class="publish-date">
<legend class="mb2">Publish Date(s): <em>Specify up to  5.</em></legend>
	<div class="col-12 form-row">
		<div class="col-12 form-row">
			<label for='datepicker1'>Enter a date (MM-DD-YYYY):</label>
			<input type='text'  id='datepicker1'  name='publish_date_1' value='' size='10' maxlength='10' onblur="IsValidDateWithDashesAndFixValue (true, '', this, 'You must specify a valid date in MM-DD-YYYY format.');" />
		</div>
		<div class="col-12 form-row">
			<label for='datepicker2'>Enter a date (MM-DD-YYYY):</label>
			<input type='text'  id='datepicker2'  name='publish_date_2' value='' size='10' maxlength='10' onblur="IsValidDateWithDashesAndFixValue (true, '', this, 'You must specify a valid date in MM-DD-YYYY format.');" />
		</div>
		<div class="col-12 form-row">
			<label for='datepicker3'>Enter a date (MM-DD-YYYY):</label>
			<input type='text'  id='datepicker3'  name='publish_date_3' value='' size='10' maxlength='10' onblur="IsValidDateWithDashesAndFixValue (true, '', this, 'You must specify a valid date in MM-DD-YYYY format.');" />
		</div>
	</div>
	<div class="col-12 form-row">
		<div class="col-12 form-row">
			<label for='datepicker4'>Enter a date (MM-DD-YYYY):</label>
			<input type='text'  id='datepicker4'  name='publish_date_4' value='' size='10' maxlength='10' onblur="IsValidDateWithDashesAndFixValue (true, '', this, 'You must specify a valid date in MM-DD-YYYY format.');" />
		</div>
		<div class="col-12 form-row">
			<label for='datepicker5'>Enter a date (MM-DD-YYYY):</label>
			<input type='text'  id='datepicker5'  name='publish_date_5' value='' size='10' maxlength='10' onblur="IsValidDateWithDashesAndFixValue (true, '', this, 'You must specify a valid date in MM-DD-YYYY format.');" />
		</div>
	</div>
</fieldset>

	<div class="col-12 form-row">
		<label for="submitters_comments" class="form-row">Your Comments:
		<textarea name='submitters_comments' rows='4'   class="col-12" onchange="LimitText (this, 300)" onkeydown="LimitText (this, 300)" onkeyup="LimitText (this, 300)" id="submitters_comments"></textarea>
		</label>
	</div>
	
<script type='text/javascript'>
	//<![CDATA[
		document.mainForm.publish_date_1.value = "10-20-2026";
	//]]>
</script>
<script type='text/javascript'>
	//<![CDATA[
		$(function() {
			$( "#datepicker1" ).datepicker({
				showOn: "button",
				buttonImage: "images/calendar-22x25-purple.gif",
				buttonImageOnly: true,
				dateFormat: 'mm-dd-yy'
			});
		});
	//]]>
</script>
<script type='text/javascript'>
	//<![CDATA[
		$(function() {
			$( "#datepicker2" ).datepicker({
				showOn: "button",
				buttonImage: "images/calendar-22x25-purple.gif",
				buttonImageOnly: true,
				dateFormat: 'mm-dd-yy'
			});
		});
	//]]>
</script>
<script type='text/javascript'>
	//<![CDATA[
		$(function() {
			$( "#datepicker3" ).datepicker({
				showOn: "button",
				buttonImage: "images/calendar-22x25-purple.gif",
				buttonImageOnly: true,
				dateFormat: 'mm-dd-yy'
			});
		});
	//]]>
</script>
<script type='text/javascript'>
	//<![CDATA[
		$(function() {
			$( "#datepicker4" ).datepicker({
				showOn: "button",
				buttonImage: "images/calendar-22x25-purple.gif",
				buttonImageOnly: true,
				dateFormat: 'mm-dd-yy'
			});
		});
	//]]>
</script>
<script type='text/javascript'>
	//<![CDATA[
		$(function() {
			$( "#datepicker5" ).datepicker({
				showOn: "button",
				buttonImage: "images/calendar-22x25-purple.gif",
				buttonImageOnly: true,
				dateFormat: 'mm-dd-yy'
			});
		});
	//]]>
</script>
<input type='hidden' name='story_summary' value='' />
<div class="col-12 form-row mt3">
<p class="h6">You must preview this story before it can be submitted.  If you wish to cancel this submission, press the "Cancel" button.</p>
<p class="mt3"><button class='btn' id='previewButton' onclick='PreviewStory();return false;'>Preview</button>&nbsp;<button id='cancelButton' class='btn gray' onclick='CancelStory();return false;'>Cancel</button></p>
</div>

</div><!-- END form-inline  -->
</form>
</div>
<script type='text/javascript'>
	//<![CDATA[
function FoundPunctuation (ch)
	{
		if (("." == ch) || ("," == ch) || ("-" == ch) || ("(" == ch) || (")" == ch) || ("\"" == ch) || ("'" == ch))
			return true;
		return false;
	}

function TextWithinVariableMiddleTag (inStr)
	{
		
		var firstPart = "";
		
		// The code below deals with the Anchor tag itself.  If the anchor is a hyperlink, the value of "firstpart" will be something like "href='" or 'href="'
		if (inStr.length >= 6)
			firstPart = inStr.toLowerCase().substr (0, 6);
//		alert ("first part is [" + firstPart + "]");
		var withinVariableMiddleTag = false;
		if (("href=\"" == firstPart) || ("href='" == firstPart))
			withinVariableMiddleTag = true;
			
		// It seems that a better way of doing this is to look for any string which contains the text "http://"
		
			
		return withinVariableMiddleTag;
	}

function IsAURL (inStr)
	{
//alert ("inStr is [" + inStr + "]");
		// We need to see if there is the text href=" or href=' at the beginning.  This code will initially work
		// if the A tags are listed as allowed HTML.
		if (!TextWithinVariableMiddleTag (inStr))
			{
				if (-1 != inStr.toLowerCase().indexOf("\"http://"))
					return false;
				if (-1 != inStr.toLowerCase().indexOf("'http://"))
					return false;
				if (-1 != inStr.toLowerCase().indexOf("\"https://"))
					return false;
				if (-1 != inStr.toLowerCase().indexOf("'https://"))
					return false;
				if (-1 != inStr.toLowerCase().indexOf("http://"))
					return true;
				if (-1 != inStr.toLowerCase().indexOf("https://"))
					return true;
			}
		return false;
	}

function MakeLink (inURL)
	{
		var urlToProcess = "";
		// The URL might have leading and trailing punctuation which could break it.  
		// We need to "intelligently" strip that.
		var textBeforeURL = inURL.substring(0, inURL.toLowerCase().indexOf("http"));
		//alert ("Text before url is [" + textBeforeURL + "]");
		
		urlToProcess = inURL.substring (inURL.toLowerCase().indexOf("http"));

		var textAfterURL = "";		
		var garbageAtEnd = true;
		var x = urlToProcess.length - 1;
		while ((garbageAtEnd) && (x > 0))
			{
				var ch = urlToProcess.substring (x, x + 1);
				if (FoundPunctuation (ch))
					{
						textAfterURL = ch + "" + textAfterURL;
						urlToProcess = urlToProcess.substring (0, x);
					}
				else
					garbageAtEnd = false;
				x = x - 1;  // Using the decrement operator breaks XHTML compliance.
			}
		
		//alert ("Text before url is [" + textBeforeURL + "], text after url is [" + textAfterURL + "]");
		
		var returnedLink = "";
		returnedLink = textBeforeURL + "<a href=\"" + urlToProcess + "\" target=_blank class='likeStoryText'>" + urlToProcess + "<\/a>" + textAfterURL;
		return returnedLink;
	}

function CouldBeAnEmail (inStr)
	{
		// Similar to IsAURL function.  Look for an @ sign in inString.  If there is one, then we
		// will need to "massage" the text later on to see if it is a valid email before we make it
		// into a link.
		if (-1 != inStr.indexOf("@"))
			return true;
		return false;
	}

function MakeEmailLink (inEmail)
	{
		//alert ("Need to convert [" + inEmail + "]");
		// As with URLS, there could be punctuation marks before or after the actual email address.
		// We need to separate these from the email address, verify that what is separated
		// is actually a valid email address, convert the link if it is, and re-append the text
		// found at the end.  This is slightly more complex than the function that does this for
		// URLs because the @ sign for the email occurs in the middle of the string and not the beginning.
		
		var textBeforeEmail = "";
		var rawEmailAddress = "";
		var textAfterEmail = "";
		var x = 0;
		var status = "BEFORE"; 
			// Could be DURING or AFTER.  BEFORE refers to the position of x being at a location in
			// inEmail that is before the start of the actual email address.  DURING refers to x being
			// at a location inEmail that is part of the actual email address.  AFTER refers to x
			// being at a location in inEmail that is after the actual email address.  Note... because
			// email addresses contain periods, but don't end in them, you have to start from the back
			// once you get the text at the beginning!
		while ((x < inEmail.length) && ("BEFORE" == status))
			{
				var ch = inEmail.substring (x, x + 1);
				if (FoundPunctuation (ch))
					textBeforeEmail += ch;
				else
					status = "AFTER";  // We need to start processing the end of the string now.
				x++;
			}
		var y = inEmail.length;
		while ((y >= x) && ("AFTER" == status))
			{
				var ch = inEmail.substring (y - 1, y);
				//alert ("inEmail is [" + inEmail + "], position is [" + y + "], ch is [" + ch + "]");
				if (FoundPunctuation (ch))
					textAfterEmail = ch + textAfterEmail;
				else
					status = "DURING";
				y = y - 1;
			}
		rawEmailAddress = inEmail.substring (x - 1, y + 1);
//				alert ("inEmail is [" + inEmail + "] text before email is [" + textBeforeEmail + "], email is [" + rawEmailAddress + "], text after email is [" + textAfterEmail + "]");
		var returnedLink = inEmail;
		if (SilentIsValidEmail (rawEmailAddress))
			returnedLink = textBeforeEmail + "<a class='likeStoryText' href=\"mailto:" + rawEmailAddress + "\">" +  rawEmailAddress + "<\/a>" + textAfterEmail;
		return returnedLink;
	}

function MakeSubWordsArray (inStr)
	{
		// Required in multiple functions.
		var subWordsArray;
		var agt=navigator.userAgent.toLowerCase();
		var brTag = "<BR>";
//				alert ("agt is [" + agt + "]");
		// For some reason, when Firefox sees inStr, it makes the HTML tags lowercase even though
		// they come in as uppercase.  So to compensate for the defect in Firefox, extra code is
		// needed:
		if ((-1 != agt.indexOf("firefox")) || (-1 != agt.indexOf("safari")))
			brTag = "<br>";
		subWordsArray = inStr.split (brTag);
		return subWordsArray;
	}

function ProcessWord (inWord, insideEmbedTag)
	{
		var output = "";
		var replacementWord = "";
		if ( (!insideEmbedTag)  &&  (IsAURL(inWord)) )
			{
				replacementWord = MakeLink (inWord);
				output = replacementWord + " ";
			}
		else if ( (!insideEmbedTag) && (CouldBeAnEmail (inWord)) )
			{
				replacementWord = MakeEmailLink (inWord);
				output = replacementWord + " ";
			}
		else
			output = inWord + " ";
		return output;
	}
	
function AddLinksToText (inStr)
	{
		var bodyTextStr = inStr;
//		alert ("Text length is [" + bodyTextStr.length + "]\n\nBody text is [" + bodyTextStr + "]");
		var wordsArray = bodyTextStr.split (" ");
		var x = 0;
		var newTextStr = "";
		var replacementWord = "";
		var insideEmbedTag = false;
		while (x < wordsArray.length)
			{
				replacementWord = "";
				// We should break this up FIRST based on whether there is a <br in the text or not.
				if (-1 == wordsArray[x].toLowerCase().indexOf("<br")) // No BR tag
					{
						// Dealing with a single word here.  The only possibilities are that this is
						// a URL, an email address, or neither.  URLs and emails are mutually exclusive.
						if ("&lt;embed" == wordsArray[x])
							insideEmbedTag = true;
						//alert ("Current word is [" + wordsArray[x] + "] inside embed tag is [" + insideEmbedTag + "]");
						newTextStr += ProcessWord (wordsArray[x], insideEmbedTag);
						if ("&lt;/embed&gt;" == wordsArray[x].substr (wordsArray[x].length - 14 ) )
							insideEmbedTag = false;

					}
				else // if (-1 == wordsArray[x].toLowerCase().indexOf("<br")) // No BR tag
					{
						// This is a group of words which is separated by <br tags and can contain
						// email addreses, URLS and plain words.  We should split this word by the
						// <br tag and process each sub word individually.
						subWordsArray = MakeSubWordsArray (wordsArray[x]);
						var y = 0;
						replacementWord = "";
						while (y < subWordsArray.length)
							{
								if ("&lt;embed" == subWordsArray[y])
									insideEmbedTag = true;
								//alert ("Current word is [" + subWordsArray[y] + "] inside embed tag is [" + insideEmbedTag + "]");
								replacementWord += ProcessWord (subWordsArray[y], insideEmbedTag);
								if (y < subWordsArray.length - 1)
									replacementWord += " <BR/>"
								if ("&lt;/embed&gt;" == subWordsArray[y].substr (subWordsArray[y].length - 14 ) )
									insideEmbedTag = false;
								y++;
							}
						newTextStr += replacementWord + " ";
					} // if (-1 == wordsArray[x].toLowerCase().indexOf("<br")) // No BR tag
				x++;
			}
		return newTextStr;
	}

function ConvertHTML (inString)
	{
		var result = inString;
/*		
		if (!document.dummyForm.allowed_html_tags_source_start)
			{
				alert ("HTML tag conversion cannot be used unless the form field allowed_html_tags_source_start is defined.");
				return result;
			}
		if (!document.dummyForm.allowed_html_tags_source_end)
			{
				alert ("HTML tag conversion cannot be used unless the form field allowed_html_tags_source_end is defined.");
				return result;
			}
		if (!document.dummyForm.allowed_html_tags_target_start)
			{
				alert ("HTML tag conversion cannot be used unless the form field allowed_html_tags_target_start is defined.");
				return result;
			}
		if (!document.dummyForm.allowed_html_tags_target_end)
			{
				alert ("HTML tag conversion cannot be used unless the form field allowed_html_tags_target_end is defined.");
				return result;
			}
		if (!document.dummyForm.variable_middles)
			{
				alert ("HTML tag conversion cannot be used unless the form field variable_middles is defined.");
				return result;
			}
*/
		var allowedHTMLArraySourceStart = "";
		var allowedHTMLArraySourceEnd = "";
		var allowedHTMLArrayTargetStart = "";
		var allowedHTMLArrayTargetEnd = "";
		var variableMiddles = "";

		// These items may be present in the object mainform or dummyform, but do NOT use document.forms[0] because on some pages there are multiple forms!
		// The only way to "reliably" get this information is to use try catch... of course we could simply code the data here but that's too much for a re-write.
		var dummyFormExists = true;
		var mainFormExists = true;
		try
			{
				allowedHTMLArraySourceStart = document.dummyForm.allowed_html_tags_source_start.value.split("|");
				allowedHTMLArraySourceEnd = document.dummyForm.allowed_html_tags_source_end.value.split("|");
				allowedHTMLArrayTargetStart = document.dummyForm.allowed_html_tags_target_start.value.split("|");
				allowedHTMLArrayTargetEnd = document.dummyForm.allowed_html_tags_target_end.value.split("|");
				variableMiddles = document.dummyForm.variable_middles.value.split("|");
			}
		catch (exc)
			{
				dummyFormExists = false;
			}

		if (!dummyFormExists)
			{
				try
					{
						allowedHTMLArraySourceStart = document.mainForm.allowed_html_tags_source_start.value.split("|");
						allowedHTMLArraySourceEnd = document.mainForm.allowed_html_tags_source_end.value.split("|");
						allowedHTMLArrayTargetStart = document.mainForm.allowed_html_tags_target_start.value.split("|");
						allowedHTMLArrayTargetEnd = document.mainForm.allowed_html_tags_target_end.value.split("|");
						variableMiddles = document.mainForm.variable_middles.value.split("|");

					}
				catch (exc2)
					{
						mainFormExists = false;
					}
			}
			
		if ( (!dummyFormExists) && (!mainFormExists) )
			{
				// Houston we have a problem.
				return result;
			}
//alert("here");
		// We handle the allowed tags as separate pieces, a beginning and an end to allow for variable 
		// attributes to be placed between the tags.  E.g., <font color='...' ... > ... <\/font>

		
		var x = 0;
		//alert ("element count is [" +allowedHTMLArraySourceStart.length + "]");
		while (x < allowedHTMLArraySourceStart.length)
			{
				var replacementStr = "";
				if ("0" == variableMiddles[x])
					{
						var startingRegExpStr = allowedHTMLArraySourceStart[x] + allowedHTMLArraySourceEnd[x];
						var matchingRegExp = new RegExp (startingRegExpStr, "gi");
						replacementStr = allowedHTMLArrayTargetStart[x] + allowedHTMLArrayTargetEnd[x];
						result = result.replace(matchingRegExp, replacementStr);
					}
				else // if ("0" == variableMiddles[x])
					{
						// We need to construct a RegExp that matches everything starting with the starting 
						// part of the tag and goes up to everything but the ending part.

						var complexRegExpStr = allowedHTMLArraySourceStart[x] + "[^" + allowedHTMLArraySourceEnd[x].replace("g", "").replace("t", "") + "]*" + allowedHTMLArraySourceEnd[x];
						if ("&lt;embed" == allowedHTMLArraySourceStart[x].toLowerCase()) 
							{
								//alert ("Dealing with embed tag.");
								complexRegExpStr = "&lt;embed[^(&lt;/embed&gt;)]";
								//alert ("RegExp is [" + complexRegExpStr + "]");
							}
						//else if ("&lt;object" == allowedHTMLArraySourceStart[x].toLowerCase()) 
						//	{
						//		//alert ("Dealing with object tag.");
						//		complexRegExpStr = "&lt;object[^(&lt;/object&gt;)]";
						//	}
						//alert ("RegExp is [" + complexRegExpStr + "]");
						var complexRegExp = new RegExp (complexRegExpStr, "gi");

						
						var matches = result.match(complexRegExp);
						
						if (matches)
							{
								var y = 0;
								while (y < matches.length)
									{
										//alert ("[" + y + "] of [" + matches.length + "] - Matched [" + matches[y] + "] - Result is [" + result + "]");
										replacementStr = matches[y].replace("&lt;", "<").replace("&gt;", ">");
										//alert ("[" + y + "] of [" + matches.length + "] - Matched [" + matches[y] + "], replacement is [" + replacementStr + "]");
										result = result.replace (matches[y], replacementStr);
										y++;
									} // while (y < matches.length)
							} // if (matches)

					} // if ("0" == variableMiddles[x])
				x++;
			} // while (x < allowedHTMLArraySourceStart.length)
		//alert ("Result is [" + result + "]");
		return result;
	}

if (document.getElementById("bodyText"))
	{
		var oldText = document.getElementById("bodyText").innerHTML;
		var newText = ConvertHTML (AddLinksToText (document.getElementById("bodyText").innerHTML));
		//alert ("Old Text is:\n\n" + oldText + "\n\nNew Text is " + newText);
		document.getElementById("bodyText").innerHTML = newText;
	}
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<story_unique_id>dca15210-592f-9604-4991-f579b2d151cd</story_unique_id><story_id>128955</story_id><status_changed_at>2026-10-19 00:00:01.000</status_changed_at><submitter_name>Brady Patton</submitter_name><story_headline>Need to Know Registration Information</story_headline><story_body>&#60;p&#62;You&#39;re already on your way.&#60;/p&#62;&#13;&#10;&#60;p&#62;Now is the time to plan your next step. Explore your course options, meet with your advisor, and register for your next classes at Montgomery College.&#60;/p&#62;&#13;&#10;&#60;p&#62;&#60;strong&#62;Important Dates:&#60;/strong&#62;&#60;/p&#62;&#13;&#10;&#60;ul&#62;&#13;&#10;&#60;li&#62;October 28: Fall 7-week classes begin (registration open now)&#60;/li&#62;&#13;&#10;&#60;li&#62;November 2: Spring registration opens&#60;/li&#62;&#13;&#10;&#60;li&#62;December 21: Winter classes begin (registration open now)&#60;/li&#62;&#13;&#10;&#60;li&#62;January 25: Spring classes begin&#60;/li&#62;&#13;&#10;&#60;/ul&#62;&#13;&#10;&#60;p&#62;Your goals are within reach. Let&#39;s keep moving forward.&#60;/p&#62;&#13;&#10;&#60;p&#62;We&#39;re here to help you make the most of what&#39;s possible.&#60;/p&#62;&#13;&#10;&#60;p&#62;Register today! (link to &#60;a href=&#34;https://b9pubstu.glb.montgomerycollege.edu/StudentRegistrationSsb/ssb/term/termSelection?mode=search&#34; target=&#34;_blank&#34;&#62;https://b9pubstu.glb.montgomerycollege.edu/StudentRegistrationSsb/ssb/term/termSelection?mode=search&#60;/a&#62;)&#60;/p&#62;</story_body><attached_files><attachmentcount>1</attachmentcount><attached_file><file><rawname>RaptorCentral.jpg</rawname><href>attach/dca15210-592f-9604-4991-f579b2d151cd/RaptorCentral.jpg</href></file><thumbnail><rawname>tn_0.jpg</rawname><href>attach/dca15210-592f-9604-4991-f579b2d151cd/tn_0.jpg</href></thumbnail></attached_file></attached_files><display_image><rawname>di_0.jpg</rawname><href>attach/dca15210-592f-9604-4991-f579b2d151cd/di_0.jpg</href></display_image><category_name>Need to Know</category_name><featured_story>0</featured_story><show_display_picture>1</show_display_picture><display_order_in_category>10</display_order_in_category><story_summary/>
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<story_unique_id>93bb3554-2f04-f5d4-19e7-b37df630de90</story_unique_id><story_id>128906</story_id><status_changed_at>2026-10-19 00:00:01.000</status_changed_at><submitter_name>Marcus Rosano</submitter_name><story_headline>TP/SS Campus East Garage - Construction Project Notice</story_headline><story_body>&#60;p&#62;&#60;b&#62;TP/SS Campus East Garage - Construction Project Notice&#60;/b&#62;&#60;/p&#62;&#13;&#10;&#60;p&#62;To continually improve safety and reliability in our facilities, the College has begun an East Garage (EG) Fire Alarm Replacement and Electrical Service Upgrade project. Work is slated to end by June 2027.Over the course of the project, some parking spaces/floors will be unavailable, and traffic lanes will be closed or redirected.&#60;/p&#62;&#13;&#10;&#60;p&#62;As with any construction project, timelines can change based on unforeseen conditions, material and equipment availability, or procedural delays.Thank you for your patience as we move forward with these improvements.&#60;/p&#62;&#13;&#10;&#60;p&#62;Thank you for your patience.&#60;/p&#62;&#13;&#10;&#60;p&#62;Office of Facilities&#60;/p&#62;</story_body><attached_files><attachmentcount>1</attachmentcount><attached_file><file><rawname>MClogo-stacked-purple-blue-RGB-white-background.png</rawname><href>attach/93bb3554-2f04-f5d4-19e7-b37df630de90/MClogo-stacked-purple-blue-RGB-white-background.png</href></file><thumbnail><rawname>tn_0.png</rawname><href>attach/93bb3554-2f04-f5d4-19e7-b37df630de90/tn_0.png</href></thumbnail></attached_file></attached_files><display_image><rawname>di_0.png</rawname><href>attach/93bb3554-2f04-f5d4-19e7-b37df630de90/di_0.png</href></display_image><category_name>Need to Know</category_name><featured_story>0</featured_story><show_display_picture>1</show_display_picture><display_order_in_category>20</display_order_in_category><story_summary/>
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<story_unique_id>7c948d1b-ba94-b1b4-71b7-529a134aa210</story_unique_id><story_id>128902</story_id><status_changed_at>2026-10-19 00:00:01.000</status_changed_at><submitter_name>Brady Patton</submitter_name><story_headline>A Reporter Is Calling. What Should You Do? A Quick Guide to Media Inquiries at Montgomery College</story_headline><story_body>&#60;p&#62;A reporter calls about your program. A news crew arrives on campus. Or maybe you have a great Montgomery College story you think deserves broader attention.&#60;/p&#62;&#13;&#10;&#60;p&#62;&#60;b&#62;Marketing and Communications is here to help.&#60;/b&#62;&#60;/p&#62;&#13;&#10;&#60;p&#62;Coordinating our work with the media helps Montgomery College respond quickly, provide accurate information, protect the privacy of our students and employees, and ensure the right College experts are involved. It also helps us identify opportunities to share the extraordinary work happening across the College.&#60;/p&#62;&#13;&#10;&#60;p&#62;Here&#39;s what to do when the media comes calling--or when you have a story worth sharing.&#60;/p&#62;&#13;&#10;&#60;p&#62;&#60;b&#62;Want the full guidance?&#60;/b&#62; Review Montgomery College&#39;s &#60;a href=&#34;https://www.montgomerycollege.edu/_documents/policies-and-procedures/new/chapter-two/22003-public-information-communications-and-marketing.pdf&#34;&#62;Policies and Procedures for Public Information, Communications, and Marketing&#60;/a&#62; for the College&#39;s official standards for media relations and public information.&#60;/p&#62;&#13;&#10;&#60;p&#62;This guidance applies to media inquiries seeking official Montgomery College information, comment, or representation. It does not restrict employees from speaking to reporters as private citizens or expressing their personal views. Employees speaking in their personal capacity should make clear that they are expressing their own viewpoints, not speaking on behalf of the College, and must continue to comply with applicable laws and College policies, including those governing confidential or protected information.&#60;/p&#62;&#13;&#10;&#60;p&#62;&#60;b&#62;If a Reporter Contacts You, Connect Them with MarComm&#60;/b&#62;&#60;/p&#62;&#13;&#10;&#60;p&#62;All media inquiries should be referred directly to &#60;a href=&#34;https://www.montgomerycollege.edu/news/index.html&#34;&#62;Marketing and Communications&#60;/a&#62;. This applies to journalists, bloggers, authors, news outlets, and other media seeking official College information or comment.&#60;/p&#62;&#13;&#10;&#60;p&#62;If you are contacted about College policies, procedures, academic programs, student affairs, operations, employees, students, or an official College position:&#60;/p&#62;&#13;&#10;&#60;ul&#62;&#13;&#10;&#60;li&#62;Refer the inquiry to &#60;a href=&#34;https://www.montgomerycollege.edu/news/index.html&#34;&#62;Marketing and Communications&#60;/a&#62;.&#60;/li&#62;&#13;&#10;&#60;li&#62;Notify MarComm of the inquiry immediately.&#60;/li&#62;&#13;&#10;&#60;li&#62;Do not provide any statement or comment on behalf of the College before consulting with MarComm.&#60;/li&#62;&#13;&#10;&#60;/ul&#62;&#13;&#10;&#60;p&#62;This coordinated approach helps us understand what the reporter is seeking, gather accurate information, determine the appropriate College spokesperson or subject-matter expert, and respond in a timely manner.&#60;/p&#62;&#13;&#10;&#60;p&#62;&#60;b&#62;Athletics exception:&#60;/b&#62; Information and statistics about Montgomery College athletic teams and sporting events are managed by Tarlouh Gasque, Tarlouh.Gasque@montgomerycollege.edu, executive director of intercollegiate athletics.&#60;/p&#62;&#13;&#10;&#60;p&#62;&#60;b&#62;Have a Great Story? Tell Us.&#60;/b&#62;&#60;/p&#62;&#13;&#10;&#60;p&#62;Media relations isn&#39;t only about responding to reporters. It&#39;s also about finding opportunities to tell the Montgomery College story.&#60;/p&#62;&#13;&#10;&#60;p&#62;Our students, faculty, staff, alumni, and programs accomplish remarkable things every day. If you know about an achievement, initiative, expert, event, partnership, or other story that could be newsworthy, &#60;a href=&#34;https://form.asana.com/?k=guF7DLKYYaoerP9pkach4Q&#38;amp;d=1100707368451604&#34;&#62;send your idea&#60;/a&#62;&#60;b&#62; to Marketing and Communications&#60;/b&#62;. We can help assess the opportunity, develop the story, identify the right media outlets, and coordinate outreach.&#60;/p&#62;&#13;&#10;&#60;p&#62;The same principle applies when something may attract media attention for other reasons. If you become aware of an incident or issue that could develop into a broader news story, immediately notify Nick Munson, Nick.Munson@montgomerycollege.edu, director of strategic communications, and Marcus Rosano, Marcus.Rosano@montgomerycollege.edu, media and public relations director. Early awareness helps the College prepare accurate information and respond effectively.&#60;/p&#62;&#13;&#10;&#60;p&#62;&#60;b&#62;During a Crisis or Emergency&#60;/b&#62;&#60;/p&#62;&#13;&#10;&#60;p&#62;Coordinated communication becomes especially important during a crisis or emergency.&#60;/p&#62;&#13;&#10;&#60;p&#62;The College&#39;s Strategic Communications team within Marketing and Communications manages news media contacts and coordinates the release of official information to the public. 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<story_unique_id>aea1d78b-c3bb-59a4-99ed-2724141c1fd7</story_unique_id><story_id>128714</story_id><status_changed_at>2026-10-19 00:00:01.000</status_changed_at><submitter_name>Michael Harting</submitter_name><story_headline>2026 Prescription Drug Take-Back Days</story_headline><story_body>&#60;p&#62;Montgomery College will participate in the Drug Enforcement Administration&#39;s (DEA) Nationwide Prescription Drug Take-Back Day again this year. This campaign allows the public to prevent pill abuse and theft by ridding their homes of potentially dangerous expired, unused, and unwanted prescription drugs. We accept prescription, over-the-counter, and pet medications. &#60;/p&#62;&#13;&#10;&#60;p&#62;Unused or expired prescription medications are a public safety issue, leading to accidental poisoning, overdose, and abuse. Pharmaceutical drugs can be just as dangerous as street drugs when taken without a prescription or a doctor&#39;s supervision. Unused drugs that are flushed down the toilet contaminate the water supply. Proper disposal of unused drugs saves lives and protects the environment. Take-back programs are the best way to dispose of old prescription drugs. National Prescription Drug Takeback Day is held on Saturday, October 24; however, Montgomery College will hold our takeback events on Wednesday and Thursday of that week to maximize participation.&#60;/p&#62;&#13;&#10;&#60;p&#62;On &#60;b&#62;Wednesday, October 21, between 10 a.m. and 2 p.m.,&#60;/b&#62; you can drop off your items at the following locations:&#60;/p&#62;&#13;&#10;&#60;ul&#62;&#13;&#10;&#60;li&#62;&#60;b&#62;Central Services&#60;/b&#62; - Lobby area by the Public Safety desk.&#60;/li&#62;&#13;&#10;&#60;li&#62;&#60;b&#62;East County Education Center&#60;/b&#62; - Lobby area by the Public Safety desk.&#60;/li&#62;&#13;&#10;&#60;/ul&#62;&#13;&#10;&#60;p&#62;On &#60;b&#62;Thursday, October 22, between 10 a.m. and 2 p.m.,&#60;/b&#62; you can drop off your items at the following locations:&#60;/p&#62;&#13;&#10;&#60;ul&#62;&#13;&#10;&#60;li&#62;&#60;b&#62;Germantown Campus&#60;/b&#62; - In front of the &#60;b&#62;Bioscience Education Center (BE)&#60;/b&#62; near the main entrance. In case of inclement weather, go to the SA building, room 269, Public Safety.&#60;/li&#62;&#13;&#10;&#60;li&#62;&#60;b&#62;Rockville Campus&#60;/b&#62; - In front of the &#60;b&#62;Student Services Building (SV) &#60;/b&#62;next to lot #4. In case of inclement weather, go to the SV building, room 122, Public Safety.&#60;/li&#62;&#13;&#10;&#60;li&#62;&#60;b&#62;Takoma Park/Silver Spring Campus&#60;/b&#62; - In the lobby of the &#60;b&#62;Student Services Building (ST).&#60;/b&#62;&#60;/li&#62;&#13;&#10;&#60;/ul&#62;&#13;&#10;&#60;p&#62;If you can&#39;t attend our event, check with your local police department, as they maintain a drop box in their main lobby 24/7. You can also check with your local CVS or Walgreens locations.&#60;/p&#62;&#13;&#10;&#60;p&#62;If you have any questions, please email &#60;a href=&#34;mailto:michael.harting@montgomerycollege.edu&#34;&#62;michael.harting@montgomerycollege.edu&#60;/a&#62;&#60;/p&#62;</story_body><attached_files><attachmentcount>1</attachmentcount><attached_file><file><rawname>DrugTakeBackDay2026.pdf</rawname><href>attach/aea1d78b-c3bb-59a4-99ed-2724141c1fd7/DrugTakeBackDay2026.pdf</href></file></attached_file></attached_files><display_image/>
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<story_unique_id>c0054ca4-024e-52e4-a1dc-905640933d8d</story_unique_id><story_id>128729</story_id><status_changed_at>2026-10-19 00:00:01.000</status_changed_at><submitter_name>Nafeesa Azizi</submitter_name><story_headline>STEM Ambassadors September 2026 Newsletter</story_headline><story_body>&#60;p data-path-to-node=&#34;0&#34;&#62;Welcome back, Raptors! STEM Ambassadors have kicked off the year hot, inspiring curiosity and a love for STEM across the Montgomery College campuses.&#60;/p&#62;&#13;&#10;&#60;p data-path-to-node=&#34;1&#34;&#62;Before branching out across the county, we&#39;ve started off strong with on-campus events like our STEM avenues, 3D printing workshops, and other Montgomery College gatherings. Read on to learn everything we accomplished this past month and what&#39;s to come in the future!&#60;/p&#62;&#13;&#10;&#60;p data-path-to-node=&#34;2&#34;&#62;Please refer to the attached file at the end of the article for the full newsletter!&#60;/p&#62;</story_body><attached_files><attachmentcount>1</attachmentcount><attached_file><file><rawname>September 2026 Newsletter.pdf</rawname><href>attach/c0054ca4-024e-52e4-a1dc-905640933d8d/September 2026 Newsletter.pdf</href></file></attached_file></attached_files><display_image/>
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<story_unique_id>9d477b87-5c15-6dd4-1d16-0bcc4569f209</story_unique_id><story_id>128682</story_id><status_changed_at>2026-10-19 00:00:01.000</status_changed_at><submitter_name>Kimberly Bloch Rincan</submitter_name><story_headline>IT Career Pathways Workshop Series</story_headline><story_body>&#60;p&#62;The ignITe Hub offers a hybrid workshop on IT Career Pathways to demystify the 6 most common IT careers, required certifications, recommended coursework and resources at Montgomery College to get started in a program of study. Presented by Eduardo Noboa, Technical Training and Development Coordinator at the ignITe Hub.&#60;/p&#62;&#13;&#10;&#60;p&#62;&#60;b&#62;Thursday, October 8: &#60;/b&#62;IT Career Pathways - General Overview&#60;/p&#62;&#13;&#10;&#60;p&#62;&#60;b&#62;Thursday, October 15: &#60;/b&#62;Careers in Support, Networking, and Cybersecurity&#60;/p&#62;&#13;&#10;&#60;p&#62;&#60;b&#62;Thursday, October 22: &#60;/b&#62;Careers in Data, Cloud, and Web/App Development&#60;/p&#62;&#13;&#10;&#60;p&#62;&#60;strong&#62;Time: &#60;/strong&#62;6-8 p.m.&#60;/p&#62;&#13;&#10;&#60;p&#62;&#60;strong&#62;In Person Location:&#60;/strong&#62;&#60;/p&#62;&#13;&#10;&#60;p&#62;&#60;strong&#62;ignITe Hub &#60;/strong&#62;Montgomery College, Rockville Campus, 900 Hungerford Drive, MK 107, Rockville, MD 20850&#60;/p&#62;</story_body><attached_files><attachmentcount>1</attachmentcount><attached_file><file><rawname>Fall 2026 IT Career Pathways Flyer (2).pdf</rawname><href>attach/9d477b87-5c15-6dd4-1d16-0bcc4569f209/Fall 2026 IT Career Pathways Flyer (2).pdf</href></file><caption>IT Career Pathways Workshop Series</caption></attached_file></attached_files><display_image/>
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<story_unique_id>7666969b-5ed0-db84-85f3-09e72167174f</story_unique_id><story_id>128750</story_id><status_changed_at>2026-10-19 00:00:01.000</status_changed_at><submitter_name>Anne Briggs</submitter_name><story_headline>Celebrate October Heritage Months with MC Library</story_headline><story_body>&#60;p&#62;October is Disability Employment Awareness Month, Italian American Heritage Month, Polish American Heritage Month, and German American Heritage Month. MC Library is excited to celebrate!&#60;/p&#62;&#13;&#10;&#60;p&#62;Stop by any of our campus library locations to view our beautiful displays and borrow books, films, and more related to the rights of people with disabilities in the workplace and Italian, Polish, and German American heritages.&#60;/p&#62;&#13;&#10;&#60;p&#62;Or, check out our online guides: &#60;a href=&#34;https://libguides.montgomerycollege.edu/disability-employment-awareness&#34;&#62;Disability Employment Awareness&#60;/a&#62;, &#60;a href=&#34;https://libguides.montgomerycollege.edu/italian-american-heritage&#34;&#62;Italian American Heritage&#60;/a&#62;, &#60;a href=&#34;https://libguides.montgomerycollege.edu/polish-american-heritage&#34;&#62;Polish American Heritage&#60;/a&#62;, and &#60;a href=&#34;https://libguides.montgomerycollege.edu/german-american-heritage&#34;&#62;German American Heritage&#60;/a&#62;. The guides offer recommendations for library books and e-books related to history, contemporary thought, and even children&#39;s literature. You&#39;ll also find streaming films on the topics of these heritage months. If you&#39;d like to research topics related to disability rights or Italian, Polish, or German American heritage, the guides will direct you to databases and journals on these topics, as well as tips for conducting research. Finally, celebrate and connect with MC, local, and national resources!&#60;/p&#62;&#13;&#10;&#60;p&#62;We encourage you to use the &#60;a href=&#34;https://libguides.montgomerycollege.edu/disability-employment-awareness&#34;&#62;Disability Employment Awareness&#60;/a&#62;, &#60;a href=&#34;https://libguides.montgomerycollege.edu/italian-american-heritage&#34;&#62;Italian American Heritage&#60;/a&#62;, &#60;a href=&#34;https://libguides.montgomerycollege.edu/polish-american-heritage&#34;&#62;Polish American Heritage&#60;/a&#62;, and &#60;a href=&#34;https://libguides.montgomerycollege.edu/german-american-heritage&#34;&#62;German American Heritage&#60;/a&#62; guides for your own personal growth, as well as share the guides with your students who may benefit from learning more about these important awareness months.&#60;/p&#62;</story_body><attached_files/>
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<story_unique_id>59b7d887-10ff-c0d4-691a-bc0610b9e34a</story_unique_id><story_id>128759</story_id><status_changed_at>2026-10-19 00:00:01.000</status_changed_at><submitter_name>Ethan Goffman</submitter_name><story_headline>Poetry Open Mic</story_headline><story_body>&#60;p&#62;Hey Poets (everyone from veteran to aspiring)!&#60;/p&#62;&#13;&#10;&#60;p&#62;Come join It Takes a Community! Open Mic, hosted by Montgomery College, Rockville, as part of Humanities Days. With a special presentation by local poet Marc Drexler on Performing Poetry.&#60;/p&#62;&#13;&#10;&#60;p&#62;All Montgomery County residents are welcome. Professors Marianne Szlyk, Comfort Davis Mingot and Ethan Goffman will be leading.&#60;/p&#62;&#13;&#10;&#60;p&#62;Monday, October 26, 2-4 p.m., Rockville Campus, Science West 301, or Virtual.&#60;/p&#62;&#13;&#10;&#60;p&#62;Bring 1 or 2 poems--maximum 5 minutes reading time. There will be light snacks and soft drinks&#60;/p&#62;&#13;&#10;&#60;p&#62;RSVP &#60;a href=&#34;mailto:Marianne.Szlyk@montgomerycollege.edu&#34;&#62;Marianne.Szlyk@montgomerycollege.edu&#60;/a&#62;. If you&#39;ll be attending virtually, let us know and we&#39;ll send a registration link.&#60;/p&#62;&#13;&#10;&#60;p&#62;Sponsored by the English and Reading Department, Montgomery College&#60;/p&#62;</story_body><attached_files/>
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<story_unique_id>2ca6856e-3b14-60c4-094b-afb7e4ccf88f</story_unique_id><story_id>128841</story_id><status_changed_at>2026-10-19 00:00:01.000</status_changed_at><submitter_name>Carla Naranjo</submitter_name><story_headline>MC welcomes Author Lawrence Burney as the Humanities Days Keynote Speaker!</story_headline><story_body>&#60;p&#62;Montgomery College is excited to announce that the MC Humanities Days Keynote Speaker will be the 2026 One Maryland One Book author, Lawrence Burney. He will share insights from his new book &#60;a href=&#34;https://www.mdhumanities.org/programs/one-maryland-one-book/omob-2026/&#34; target=&#34;_blank&#34; data-gtm-vis-has-fired2243039_572=&#34;1&#34;&#62;No Sense in Wishing: Essays on Black Music, Belonging, and Baltimore&#60;/a&#62;. The event will be moderated by MC English Professor Stephen Bess. This event is co-sponsored by Montgomery County Public Libraries and Maryland Humanities.&#60;/p&#62;&#13;&#10;&#60;p&#62;Monday, October 26 at Globe Hall-HT building-&#60;a href=&#34;https://www.montgomerycollege.edu/about-mc/campuses-and-locations/germantown-campus/index.html#maps-directions&#34; target=&#34;_blank&#34; title=&#34;MC Germantown Campus&#34;&#62;MC Germantown campus&#60;/a&#62;&#60;/p&#62;&#13;&#10;&#60;p&#62;12:30-2 p.m.&#60;/p&#62;&#13;&#10;&#60;p&#62;Book signing and a reception will follow this event!&#60;/p&#62;&#13;&#10;&#60;p&#62;This event will also be livestreamed! &#60;a href=&#34;https://montgomerycollege.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_iT0xkO69R-qihk7KR8EsVQ&#34; target=&#34;_blank&#34; title=&#34;CLICK HERE&#34;&#62;CLICK HERE&#60;/a&#62; to reserve a spot!&#60;/p&#62;&#13;&#10;&#60;p&#62;See the flyer for more information and to request accomodations.&#60;/p&#62;</story_body><attached_files><attachmentcount>1</attachmentcount><attached_file><file><rawname>Lawrence Burney Live Stream flyer.pdf</rawname><href>attach/2ca6856e-3b14-60c4-094b-afb7e4ccf88f/Lawrence Burney Live Stream flyer.pdf</href></file><caption>Lawrence Burney at MC flyer</caption></attached_file></attached_files><display_image/>
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<story_unique_id>67c3d721-390a-5f84-3d46-b73e3534f34e</story_unique_id><story_id>128845</story_id><status_changed_at>2026-10-19 00:00:01.000</status_changed_at><submitter_name>Carla Naranjo</submitter_name><story_headline>Humanities Days! Check out our calendar of incredible events! Oct 26-30, 2026!</story_headline><story_body>&#60;p&#62;On behalf of the Global Humanities Institute (GHI) and the Paul Peck Humanities Institute (PPHI), we invite all members of the MC community to join us for the &#60;b&#62;14th Annual Humanities Days&#60;/b&#62;. This year&#39;s theme is:&#60;i&#62; Humanities in Action: Collaboration, Solidarity, and Hope. &#60;/i&#62;This theme explores how the humanities serve as a catalyst across different spaces. By fostering collaboration among people with diverse perspectives, the humanities can bring about social change, promote solidarity in the face of injustice, and inspire hope for a more peaceful and just world for all. &#60;/p&#62;&#13;&#10;&#60;p&#62;&#60;strong&#62;Humanities Days will take place from Monday October 26 through Friday October 30, 2026! &#60;/strong&#62;&#60;/p&#62;&#13;&#10;&#60;p&#62;Check out our calendar of over 30 events across all campuses! &#60;a href=&#34;https://www.montgomerycollege.edu/events/humanities-days-at-mc/index.html&#34; target=&#34;_blank&#34; title=&#34;CLICK HERE&#34;&#62;CLICK HERE&#60;/a&#62; to access the calendar! Students, faculty members, staff and the community are welcome to join us! &#60;/p&#62;&#13;&#10;&#60;p&#62;Questions? Contact: humanitiesdays@montgomerycollege.edu&#60;/p&#62;</story_body><attached_files/>
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<story_unique_id>c814fd4e-bc8d-8344-e5e9-60653c91f823</story_unique_id><story_id>128852</story_id><status_changed_at>2026-10-19 00:00:01.000</status_changed_at><submitter_name>Sharon Anthony</submitter_name><story_headline>Advising Day 2026 - October 20th</story_headline><story_body>&#60;p&#62;&#60;b&#62;Advising Day 2026&#60;/b&#62; will bring colleagues together to strengthen our shared understanding of student advising, build connections across the College, and expand the network of resources that helps students persist, achieve their goals, and thrive.&#60;/p&#62;&#13;&#10;&#60;p&#62;This engaging professional development event will take place on &#60;b&#62;Tuesday, October 20, from 9 a.m.-2 p.m.&#60;/b&#62; This required professional development event will be held in person on each campus and is designated as a non-instructional duty day for full-time faculty. Part-time faculty are also very welcome to attend.&#60;/p&#62;&#13;&#10;&#60;p&#62;Advising Day will bring together faculty and student support professionals to strengthen our shared commitment to student success through interactive sessions, student perspectives, collaborative activities, and practical advising tools, including Starfish, Degree Works, and Degree Planner. Participants will have opportunities to connect with colleagues across the College, enhance their advising knowledge, and earn MC&#39;s Advising Foundations Badge.&#60;/p&#62;&#13;&#10;&#60;p&#62;The Advising Day events will be held on each of MC&#39;s three campuses, and faculty are asked to attend the event at their home campus. The day&#39;s events will begin at the locations listed below:&#60;/p&#62;&#13;&#10;&#60;ul&#62;&#13;&#10;&#60;li&#62;Rockville: Theatre Arts Arena&#60;/li&#62;&#13;&#10;&#60;li&#62;Germantown: Globe Hall&#60;/li&#62;&#13;&#10;&#60;li&#62;TP/SS: Cultural Arts Center&#60;/li&#62;&#13;&#10;&#60;/ul&#62;&#13;&#10;&#60;p&#62;Please register in Workday, using the following link: &#60;a href=&#34;https://www.myworkday.com/mc/learning/course/986f49c461b210010317b309b76d0000?type=9882927d138b100019b6a2df1a46018b&#34;&#62;Advising Day - Workday&#60;/a&#62;&#60;/p&#62;&#13;&#10;&#60;p&#62;Join us on October 20th to learn, connect, and strengthen our collective impact on student success together. We look forward to working together so that no student has to navigate college alone!&#60;/p&#62;</story_body><attached_files/>
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<story_unique_id>3ac3ffd7-4d8c-c964-890a-8eaafd2b34f3</story_unique_id><story_id>128380</story_id><status_changed_at>2026-10-19 00:00:01.000</status_changed_at><submitter_name>GEORGE RICE III</submitter_name><story_headline>Are You Ready to SOAR With the Presidential Scholars Program?</story_headline><story_body>&#60;p data-start=&#34;33&#34; data-end=&#34;334&#34;&#62;Are you ready to grow, lead, connect, and NEVER SETTLE? The Montgomery College Presidential Scholars Program (PSP) is recruiting students who are ready to strengthen their academic success, build confidence, develop leadership skills, and become part of a powerful community of motivated gentlemen and scholars.&#60;/p&#62;&#13;&#10;&#60;p data-start=&#34;336&#34; data-end=&#34;508&#34;&#62;Come meet our scholars and staff, learn more about brotherhood, mentorship, leadership, and scholarship, and discover how PSP can help you thrive in college and beyond.&#60;/p&#62;&#13;&#10;&#60;p data-start=&#34;510&#34; data-end=&#34;730&#34;&#62;Find us on campus!&#60;/p&#62;&#13;&#10;&#60;p data-start=&#34;510&#34; data-end=&#34;730&#34;&#62;1st &#38;amp; 3rd Mondays: Takoma Park/Silver Spring &#38;amp; Rockville Campuses&#60;/p&#62;&#13;&#10;&#60;p data-start=&#34;510&#34; data-end=&#34;730&#34;&#62;1st &#38;amp; 3rd Tuesdays: East County Education Center, 11 a.m.-1:30 p.m.&#60;/p&#62;&#13;&#10;&#60;p data-start=&#34;510&#34; data-end=&#34;730&#34;&#62;1st &#38;amp; 3rd Thursdays: Germantown Campus&#60;/p&#62;&#13;&#10;&#60;p data-start=&#34;732&#34; data-end=&#34;818&#34; data-is-last-node=&#34;&#34; data-is-only-node=&#34;&#34;&#62;Ready to SOAR?&#60;/p&#62;&#13;&#10;&#60;p data-start=&#34;732&#34; data-end=&#34;818&#34; data-is-last-node=&#34;&#34; data-is-only-node=&#34;&#34;&#62;Apply today! Bit.ly/PSP2627AY&#60;/p&#62;&#13;&#10;&#60;p data-start=&#34;732&#34; data-end=&#34;818&#34; data-is-last-node=&#34;&#34; data-is-only-node=&#34;&#34;&#62;For more information please email psp@montgomerycollege.edu&#60;/p&#62;</story_body><attached_files><attachmentcount>2</attachmentcount><attached_file><file><rawname>READYTOSOARFLYER2627.jpg</rawname><href>attach/3ac3ffd7-4d8c-c964-890a-8eaafd2b34f3/READYTOSOARFLYER2627.jpg</href></file><thumbnail><rawname>tn_0.jpg</rawname><href>attach/3ac3ffd7-4d8c-c964-890a-8eaafd2b34f3/tn_0.jpg</href></thumbnail><caption>WE ARE IN YOUR NECK OF THE WOODS</caption></attached_file><attached_file><file><rawname>EACHONEREACHONE.jpg</rawname><href>attach/3ac3ffd7-4d8c-c964-890a-8eaafd2b34f3/EACHONEREACHONE.jpg</href></file><thumbnail><rawname>tn_1.jpg</rawname><href>attach/3ac3ffd7-4d8c-c964-890a-8eaafd2b34f3/tn_1.jpg</href></thumbnail><caption>WHAT IS IN IT FOR ME?</caption></attached_file></attached_files><display_image><rawname>di_0.jpg</rawname><href>attach/3ac3ffd7-4d8c-c964-890a-8eaafd2b34f3/di_0.jpg</href></display_image><category_name>College News</category_name><featured_story>0</featured_story><show_display_picture>1</show_display_picture><display_order_in_category>80</display_order_in_category><story_summary/>
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<story_unique_id>9e859902-f61a-c024-e564-9fd8d3785347</story_unique_id><story_id>128403</story_id><status_changed_at>2026-10-19 00:00:01.000</status_changed_at><submitter_name>Erin Benitez</submitter_name><story_headline>Yoga Under the Stars</story_headline><story_body>&#60;p&#62;Practice mindfulness and enjoy the night sky! Join local yoga instructor Ana for a calming and peaceful all-levels yoga class in the planetarium theater on select Wednesdays throughout the Fall semester. No yoga experience required.&#60;/p&#62;&#13;&#10;&#60;p&#62;Please BYOM - bring your own mat. A limited number of Yoga mats will be provided.&#60;/p&#62;&#13;&#10;&#60;p&#62;All Montgomery College students, employees, spouses, and retirees are invited.&#60;/p&#62;&#13;&#10;&#60;p&#62;Yoga Under the Stars will run from &#60;strong&#62;2-3 p.m.&#60;/strong&#62; on the following Wednesdays:&#60;/p&#62;&#13;&#10;&#60;ul&#62;&#13;&#10;&#60;li&#62;September 23&#60;/li&#62;&#13;&#10;&#60;li&#62;October 21&#60;/li&#62;&#13;&#10;&#60;li&#62;November 18&#60;/li&#62;&#13;&#10;&#60;/ul&#62;&#13;&#10;&#60;p&#62;The class will take place in the Planetarium at Montgomery College, located on the TP/SS campus in the Leggett Building (LB), room 103.&#60;/p&#62;&#13;&#10;&#60;p&#62;&#60;strong&#62;Space is limited.&#60;/strong&#62; Place RSVP to megan.cooperman@montgomerycollege.edu. Drop-ins are welcome on a space-available basis.&#60;/p&#62;</story_body><attached_files><attachmentcount>1</attachmentcount><attached_file><file><rawname>YogaFall26.pdf</rawname><href>attach/9e859902-f61a-c024-e564-9fd8d3785347/YogaFall26.pdf</href></file><caption>Yoga Under the Stars Flyer</caption></attached_file></attached_files><display_image/>
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<story_unique_id>a1413b4a-50da-7fc4-356d-ea250249fd53</story_unique_id><story_id>128432</story_id><status_changed_at>2026-10-19 00:00:01.000</status_changed_at><submitter_name>Heather Satrom</submitter_name><story_headline>Call for Applications: Scholarship of Excellence in Teaching Fellowship</story_headline><story_body>&#60;p&#62;The Scholarship of Excellence in Teaching (SET) Faculty Fellowship application for Spring 2027 and Fall 2027 is now open to both full-time and part-time faculty. Over the past nine years, more than 100 faculty members from a variety of disciplines have participated in a structured and supportive environment of reflection to enhance their teaching and to promote student understanding and success. Faculty participate in four monthly meetings per semester, discuss books related to community college pedagogy, and post reflections related to their teaching. They also have the opportunity to meet with well-known scholars and to attend workshops. Participants receive 1.5 ESH for the Spring and 1.5 ESH for the Fall. The application deadline is 11:59 pm on Friday, October 30, 2026. Please see attached document for more information and the link to submit the application form. Questions? Contact Heather.Satrom@montgomerycollege.edu.&#60;/p&#62;&#13;&#10;&#60;p&#62;The SET Fellowship is co-sponsored by the Office of Academic Affairs.&#60;/p&#62;</story_body><attached_files><attachmentcount>1</attachmentcount><attached_file><file><rawname>SET INVITATION TO APPLY ANNOUNCEMENT Sept 18 2026.pdf</rawname><href>attach/a1413b4a-50da-7fc4-356d-ea250249fd53/SET INVITATION TO APPLY ANNOUNCEMENT Sept 18 2026.pdf</href></file><caption>SET Faculty Fellowship Application</caption></attached_file></attached_files><display_image/>
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<story_unique_id>f347a510-e040-af94-01b1-880ae56f7753</story_unique_id><story_id>128444</story_id><status_changed_at>2026-10-19 00:00:01.000</status_changed_at><submitter_name>Heather Satrom</submitter_name><story_headline>Come See Me in the Good Light: Documentary Film, Oct. 26</story_headline><story_body>&#60;p&#62;As part of the 14th annual Humanities Days celebration, you are invited to watch the documentary film&#60;em&#62; Come See Me in the Good Light &#60;/em&#62;on Monday, Oct. 26 from 1 to 3 p.m. in RC 204 on the TP/SS campus.&#60;/p&#62;&#13;&#10;&#60;p&#62;This 2025 film explores the life and work of the late poet and activist Andrea Gibson and their wife, fellow poet Megan Falley. When faced with Gibson&#39;s cancer diagnosis, Gibson and Falley work together to continue to create art and build community. This is a story of collaboration and hope even in the most challenging of times.&#60;/p&#62;&#13;&#10;&#60;p&#62;The MC library has numerous e-copies of the poetry collection &#60;i&#62;You Better Be Lightning&#60;/i&#62; for those who would like to explore Gibson&#39;s work. Co-sponsored by the Women&#39;s and Gender Studies Program. Questions? Please contact Heather.Satrom@montgomerycollege.edu.&#60;/p&#62;</story_body><attached_files/>
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<story_unique_id>899f8396-3381-7eb4-95fc-2a5414e8c853</story_unique_id><story_id>128865</story_id><status_changed_at>2026-10-19 00:00:01.000</status_changed_at><submitter_name>Katherine Hubley</submitter_name><story_headline>Laces &#38; Spaces Student Shoe Design Competition</story_headline><story_body>&#60;p&#62;&#60;strong&#62;Laces &#38;amp; Spaces&#60;/strong&#62; is a creative shoe design competition inviting MC students to turn footwear into a canvas for imagination. Students are challenged to develop an original shoe design that showcases their unique style, and creativity.&#60;/p&#62;&#13;&#10;&#60;p&#62;Whether bold and expressive, sleek and minimal, or completely unexpected, we want to see how you transform an everyday shoe into something extraordinary.&#60;/p&#62;&#13;&#10;&#60;p&#62;&#60;em&#62;&#60;strong&#62;Lace up your creativity, explore the possibilities, and design outside the shoe box!&#60;/strong&#62;&#60;/em&#62;&#60;/p&#62;</story_body><attached_files><attachmentcount>1</attachmentcount><attached_file><file><rawname>laces-and-spaces-flyer.jpg</rawname><href>attach/899f8396-3381-7eb4-95fc-2a5414e8c853/laces-and-spaces-flyer.jpg</href></file><thumbnail><rawname>tn_0.jpg</rawname><href>attach/899f8396-3381-7eb4-95fc-2a5414e8c853/tn_0.jpg</href></thumbnail></attached_file></attached_files><display_image><rawname>di_0.jpg</rawname><href>attach/899f8396-3381-7eb4-95fc-2a5414e8c853/di_0.jpg</href></display_image><category_name>College News</category_name><featured_story>0</featured_story><show_display_picture>1</show_display_picture><display_order_in_category>150</display_order_in_category><story_summary/>
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<story_unique_id>b7a127f9-fbba-17b4-b539-49a6ff6470be</story_unique_id><story_id>128885</story_id><status_changed_at>2026-10-19 00:00:01.000</status_changed_at><submitter_name>Erin Benitez</submitter_name><story_headline>Halloween Storytime at the Planetarium</story_headline><story_body>&#60;p&#62;Join us for a magical night of stargazing and storytelling! Explore shapes in the sky you can spot from your backyard under the light of the full moon. Then, a live narrator will bring classic picture books to life overhead on the planetarium dome.&#60;/p&#62;&#13;&#10;&#60;p&#62;Children are invited to wear their Halloween costumes (or comfy pajamas) and bring their favorite stuffed animal.&#60;/p&#62;&#13;&#10;&#60;p&#62;Recommended for ages 2+. Children must be accompanied by an adult.&#60;/p&#62;&#13;&#10;&#60;p data-gtm-vis-has-fired2243039_572=&#34;1&#34;&#62;Free tickets for all programs &#60;b data-gtm-vis-has-fired2243039_572=&#34;1&#34;&#62;must be reserved in advance&#60;/b&#62; at the Planetarium at Montgomery College&#39;s UBMe events page: &#60;a href=&#34;https://www.ubme.com/39923~carriefitz&#34; target=&#34;_blank&#34;&#62;https://www.ubme.com/39923~carriefitz&#60;/a&#62;&#60;/p&#62;&#13;&#10;&#60;p data-gtm-vis-has-fired2243039_572=&#34;1&#34;&#62;&#60;strong&#62;Questions?&#60;/strong&#62; Please reach out to Erin Benitez, the Planetarium Lab Coordinator, at erin.benitez@montgomerycollege.edu. We hope to see you at the planetarium soon!&#60;/p&#62;</story_body><attached_files><attachmentcount>1</attachmentcount><attached_file><file><rawname>HalloweenStorytimeFlyer.pdf</rawname><href>attach/b7a127f9-fbba-17b4-b539-49a6ff6470be/HalloweenStorytimeFlyer.pdf</href></file><caption>Halloween Storytime at the Planetarium Flyer</caption></attached_file></attached_files><display_image/>
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<story_unique_id>3200c095-6b0c-ef84-9977-ec506cbf4319</story_unique_id><story_id>128936</story_id><status_changed_at>2026-10-19 00:00:01.000</status_changed_at><submitter_name>Sokol Mato</submitter_name><story_headline>Reminder: Course Materials for Second 7-Week Classes</story_headline><story_body>&#60;p&#62;Greetings Raptors,&#60;/p&#62;&#13;&#10;&#60;p&#62;We are reminding you that MC automatically provides required materials (textbooks, art supplies, safety goggles) for credit classes through &#60;a href=&#34;https://info.montgomerycollege.edu/offices/business-services/mc-campus-store.html#slingshot-choice&#34; target=&#34;_blank&#34;&#62;&#60;b&#62;Slingshot Choice&#60;/b&#62;&#60;/a&#62;.&#60;/p&#62;&#13;&#10;&#60;p&#62;&#60;b&#62;Highlighted FAQs:&#60;/b&#62;&#60;/p&#62;&#13;&#10;&#60;p&#62;&#60;b&#62;How do I access the Slingshot Student Portal?&#60;/b&#62; To login to the Slingshot Student Portal:&#60;/p&#62;&#13;&#10;&#60;ol&#62;&#13;&#10;&#60;li&#62;Visit &#60;a href=&#34;https://montgomerycollege.slingshotedu.com/&#34; target=&#34;_blank&#34;&#62;&#60;b&#62;montgomerycollege.slingshotedu.com&#60;/b&#62;&#60;/a&#62;.&#60;/li&#62;&#13;&#10;&#60;li&#62;Select &#34;&#60;b&#62;Login&#60;/b&#62;&#34; and then select &#34;&#60;b&#62;Login with School Account&#60;/b&#62;&#34;.&#60;/li&#62;&#13;&#10;&#60;li&#62;The MyMC webpage will appear prompting you to login with your MyMC ID and Password.&#60;/li&#62;&#13;&#10;&#60;/ol&#62;&#13;&#10;&#60;p&#62;&#60;b&#62;What course material format options are available?&#60;/b&#62; The default format for course materials is digital. However, you can update your preference in the &#60;a href=&#34;https://montgomerycollege.slingshotedu.com/login?redirect=my-account&#34; target=&#34;_blank&#34;&#62;Slingshot Student Portal&#60;/a&#62;. This preference applies to all materials unless your instructor requires a specific format. If your preferred format is unavailable, Slingshot will automatically provide a substitute. You can update your preferences at any time in &#34;My Account&#34;.&#60;/p&#62;&#13;&#10;&#60;p&#62;&#60;b&#62;How will I receive my required course materials?&#60;/b&#62;&#60;/p&#62;&#13;&#10;&#60;ul&#62;&#13;&#10;&#60;li&#62;Print materials default to pick up at the MC Campus Store (Rockville Campus, Campus Center Building). You&#39;ll receive an email when your items are ready.&#60;/li&#62;&#13;&#10;&#60;li&#62;Digital materials are available through your student portal about four days before classes start.&#60;/li&#62;&#13;&#10;&#60;li&#62;Pickup at the Germantown, Takoma Park/Silver Spring, or East County Education Center (ECEC) locations during distribution hours. To transfer orders to a location other than Rockville, fill out the &#60;a href=&#34;https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLScbNkYwVAYrCmCKjDaCuKuZr4UkE6BQXHmdAWZW5pE0YtbaJA/viewform&#34; target=&#34;_blank&#34;&#62;transfer request form&#60;/a&#62;.&#60;/li&#62;&#13;&#10;&#60;li&#62;For a fee, you can choose home shipping.&#60;/li&#62;&#13;&#10;&#60;/ul&#62;&#13;&#10;&#60;p&#62;&#60;b&#62;Important Dates for Second 7-Week Classes:&#60;/b&#62;&#60;/p&#62;&#13;&#10;&#60;ul&#62;&#13;&#10;&#60;li&#62;&#60;b&#62;October 9&#60;/b&#62;: Deadline to opt out or change preferences&#60;/li&#62;&#13;&#10;&#60;li&#62;&#60;b&#62;October 28&#60;/b&#62;: First day of Fall 2026 Second 7-Week classes&#60;/li&#62;&#13;&#10;&#60;li&#62;&#60;b&#62;November 4&#60;/b&#62;: Last day for 100% full refund on course materials returns for Second 7-Week classes* *Courses dropped on or before the refund deadline date qualify if materials are returned within 7 days of the drop date.&#60;/li&#62;&#13;&#10;&#60;/ul&#62;&#13;&#10;&#60;p&#62;&#60;b&#62;Need Help Navigating the Slingshot Student Portal?&#60;/b&#62; Watch the &#60;a href=&#34;https://go2mc.me/slingshot-choice&#34; target=&#34;_blank&#34;&#62;student video tutorial&#60;/a&#62; to walk you through the process. &#60;b&#62;&#60;/b&#62;&#60;/p&#62;&#13;&#10;&#60;p&#62;Questions? Visit the &#60;a href=&#34;https://info.montgomerycollege.edu/offices/business-services/mc-campus-store.html&#34; target=&#34;_blank&#34;&#62;MC Campus Store&#60;/a&#62; or email montgomerycollege@slingshotedu.com.&#60;/p&#62;&#13;&#10;&#60;p&#62;Be Prepared - get your materials on day one!&#60;/p&#62;</story_body><attached_files><attachmentcount>1</attachmentcount><attached_file><file><rawname>SlingshotChoiceProgram_Flyer_Fall_2026_Oct.28_Start.pdf</rawname><href>attach/3200c095-6b0c-ef84-9977-ec506cbf4319/SlingshotChoiceProgram_Flyer_Fall_2026_Oct.28_Start.pdf</href></file></attached_file></attached_files><display_image/>
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<story_unique_id>a2f8a89f-da2c-9224-752f-e4ffea7b1234</story_unique_id><story_id>128947</story_id><status_changed_at>2026-10-19 00:00:01.000</status_changed_at><submitter_name>Tay Davis</submitter_name><story_headline>Native American Heritage Month Field Trip</story_headline><story_body>&#60;p&#62;We&#39;re excited to offer this Collegewide trip to the Smithsonian&#39;s National Museum of the American Indian in honor of Native American Heritage Month!&#60;/p&#62;&#13;&#10;&#60;p&#62;&#60;b&#62;Date: &#60;/b&#62;Thursday, November 12&#60;/p&#62;&#13;&#10;&#60;p&#62;&#60;b&#62;&#60;/b&#62;&#60;b&#62;Check-in Time: &#60;/b&#62;9:30 a.m. (All Campuses)&#60;/p&#62;&#13;&#10;&#60;p&#62;&#60;b&#62;&#60;/b&#62;&#60;b&#62;Event Time:&#60;/b&#62; 10 a.m. - 4 p.m.&#60;/p&#62;&#13;&#10;&#60;p&#62;&#60;strong&#62;Registration Deadline:&#60;/strong&#62; November 6 (or until all spots are filled)&#60;/p&#62;&#13;&#10;&#60;p&#62;Lunch vouchers and Metro cards will be provided.&#60;/p&#62;&#13;&#10;&#60;p&#62;Only 30 spots available collegewide!&#60;/p&#62;&#13;&#10;&#60;p&#62;For questions or if you need accommodations, please contact Alana Reyes (GT) at alana.reyes@montgomerycollege.edu, Tay Davis (RV) at tay.davis@montgomerycollege.edu, or Roger Rosen (TPSS &#38;amp; ECEC) at roger.rosen@montgomerycollege.edu.&#60;/p&#62;</story_body><attached_files><attachmentcount>1</attachmentcount><attached_file><file><rawname>Image.jpg</rawname><href>attach/a2f8a89f-da2c-9224-752f-e4ffea7b1234/Image.jpg</href></file><thumbnail><rawname>tn_0.jpg</rawname><href>attach/a2f8a89f-da2c-9224-752f-e4ffea7b1234/tn_0.jpg</href></thumbnail></attached_file></attached_files><display_image><rawname>di_0.jpg</rawname><href>attach/a2f8a89f-da2c-9224-752f-e4ffea7b1234/di_0.jpg</href></display_image><category_name>Student News</category_name><featured_story>0</featured_story><show_display_picture>1</show_display_picture><display_order_in_category>40</display_order_in_category><story_summary/>
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<story_unique_id>ea1f89c5-7b75-d104-bd9c-29a22433fccc</story_unique_id><story_id>128958</story_id><status_changed_at>2026-10-19 00:00:01.000</status_changed_at><submitter_name>Heather Dellinger</submitter_name><story_headline>F1 Alumni Panel</story_headline><story_body>&#60;p&#62;Join us for a panel discussion with Montgomery College F1 alumni to hear about their inspiring educational achievements, career paths, successes, and challenges. Light refreshments will be served with an opportunity to network after the event.&#60;/p&#62;&#13;&#10;&#60;p&#62;&#60;strong&#62;Date:&#60;/strong&#62; Monday, November 2&#60;/p&#62;&#13;&#10;&#60;p&#62;&#60;strong&#62;Time:&#60;/strong&#62; 3 p.m.&#60;/p&#62;&#13;&#10;&#60;p&#62;&#60;strong&#62;Location:&#60;/strong&#62; Rockville campus, SW 301&#60;/p&#62;&#13;&#10;&#60;p&#62;Space is limited, so &#60;strong&#62;register by October 28&#60;/strong&#62; to reserve your seat at https://tinyurl.com/F1AlumniPanel.&#60;/p&#62;&#13;&#10;&#60;p&#62;&#60;strong&#62;Featured Speakers:&#60;/strong&#62;&#60;/p&#62;&#13;&#10;&#60;p&#62;&#60;strong&#62;Santiago Avila | Consultant, Boston Consulting Group (BCG)&#60;/strong&#62;&#60;/p&#62;&#13;&#10;&#60;p&#62;Former international student who lived in Colombia, Germany, and the United States, Santiago is passionate about helping others navigate international education and career transitions. Prior to consulting, he spent more than seven years in real estate, focusing on growth, operations, and organizational improvement. Santiago began his academic journey at Montgomery College before transferring to the University of Maryland, College Park, and later earning an MBA from the University of Virginia Darden School of Business.&#60;/p&#62;&#13;&#10;&#60;p&#62;&#60;strong&#62;Rekha Karki | Treasury Operations Specialist, World Bank Group&#60;/strong&#62;&#60;/p&#62;&#13;&#10;&#60;p&#62;Rekha has more than 15 years of experience in finance, treasury operations, capital markets, trade settlement, derivatives, and transaction support. She began her higher education at Montgomery College and transferred to the University of Maryland Robert H. Smith School of Business, where she earned a B.S. in International Business. She later completed an M.S. in Finance and a Graduate Certificate in Financial Management from Johns Hopkins University Carey Business School.&#60;/p&#62;&#13;&#10;&#60;p&#62;&#60;strong&#62;Chris Liang | Co-Founder &#38;amp; Partner, Peblla Innovation Group&#60;/strong&#62;&#60;/p&#62;&#13;&#10;&#60;p&#62;Chris serves as Co-Founder, Partner, and Sales Director at Peblla Innovation Group, where he leads business growth and technology deployment strategies for the restaurant and payment services industries. Based in the greater Washington, D.C./Baltimore region, he brings expertise in payment technology, merchant services, ISO valuations, and operational leadership.&#60;/p&#62;&#13;&#10;&#60;p&#62;&#60;strong&#62;Charlene Tan | Owner &#38;amp; CEO, Clover4 Designs&#60;/strong&#62;&#60;/p&#62;&#13;&#10;&#60;p&#62;Charlene is the Owner and CEO of Clover4 Designs, an interior design and consulting firm specializing in commercial space design, layout planning, and construction project management. She began her career in the United States as an F-1 student intern and later joined Rich Markus Architects as a full-time staff member. She continues to collaborate on large-scale projects while leading her own firm.&#60;/p&#62;</story_body><attached_files><attachmentcount>1</attachmentcount><attached_file><file><rawname>F1_Alumni_Panel_Final_Redesigned.pdf</rawname><href>attach/ea1f89c5-7b75-d104-bd9c-29a22433fccc/F1_Alumni_Panel_Final_Redesigned.pdf</href></file><caption>F1 Alumni Panel Flyer</caption></attached_file></attached_files><display_image/>
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<story_unique_id>64d90986-ce3f-0764-7d3b-6b96b82c10d8</story_unique_id><story_id>128961</story_id><status_changed_at>2026-10-19 00:00:01.000</status_changed_at><submitter_name>Antonio S. Montano</submitter_name><story_headline>You&#39;re Invited! Interfaith Dinner - Ask Me Anything (Dec. 3)</story_headline><story_body>&#60;p&#62;Interfaith Dinner: A Faith-Based Human Library&#60;/p&#62;&#13;&#10;&#60;p&#62;&#60;strong&#62;Ask Me Anything!&#60;/strong&#62;&#60;/p&#62;&#13;&#10;&#60;p&#62;Join the Office of Inclusive Excellence and Belonging and the Interfaith Council of Metropolitan Washington for an engaging evening of dinner, dialogue, and discovery!&#60;/p&#62;&#13;&#10;&#60;p&#62;Through our interactive &#60;em&#62;Ask Me Anything&#60;/em&#62; experience, connect with representatives of diverse faith and cultural traditions, ask questions, share perspectives, and explore how culture and faith shape our identities and communities. Come curious, leave inspired, and discover how meaningful conversations can build understanding, connection, and belonging.&#60;/p&#62;&#13;&#10;&#60;p&#62;Wednesday, October 28, 5:30-7:30 p.m.&#60;/p&#62;&#13;&#10;&#60;p&#62;Takoma Park/Silver Spring Campus, Student Services Building (ST), 2nd Floor Lounge&#60;/p&#62;&#13;&#10;&#60;p&#62;All students, faculty, and staff are welcome!&#60;/p&#62;&#13;&#10;&#60;p&#62;Space is limited. &#60;a href=&#34;https://bit.ly/DinnerTPSSFall26&#34;&#62;Register today!&#60;/a&#62;&#60;/p&#62;</story_body><attached_files><attachmentcount>1</attachmentcount><attached_file><file><rawname>InterfaithDinner2026.pdf</rawname><href>attach/64d90986-ce3f-0764-7d3b-6b96b82c10d8/InterfaithDinner2026.pdf</href></file><caption>Interfaith Dinner: Ask Me Anything</caption></attached_file></attached_files><display_image/>
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<story_unique_id>6342bd61-6a5f-4274-2964-391564d2422f</story_unique_id><story_id>128962</story_id><status_changed_at>2026-10-19 00:00:01.000</status_changed_at><submitter_name>Paul Thompson</submitter_name><story_headline>Cyber Challenge Brings MC Students Together for Cybersecurity Awareness Month</story_headline><story_body>&#60;p&#62;The PIC MC team hosted an afternoon of teamwork and cybersecurity challenges on October 15, 2026, at Montgomery College&#39;s Germantown Campus. Sponsored by AFCEA, a nonprofit that supports technology education and connects government, industry, and academia, the Cyber Challenge brought together 27 attendees, including 23 students, three staff members, and one faculty member. Students worked together to outsmart a virtual hacker through an interactive escape room experience.&#60;/p&#62;&#13;&#10;&#60;p&#62;MC&#39;s own Professor Reza Mirabrishami served as the event&#39;s master of ceremonies and spoke with students about the importance of participating in challenges like this to build their skills and apply classroom learning. He also emphasized the value of developing knowledge in artificial intelligence as students prepare for a rapidly changing technology landscape. Professor Mirabrishami is partnering with PIC MC to host another challenge in January 2027.&#60;/p&#62;&#13;&#10;&#60;p&#62;The &#34;Beat the Hacker&#34; experience encouraged teams to identify cybersecurity risks and make informed decisions together. Challenge topics included phishing, fraudulent text messages, password security, voice cloning, and deepfakes, connecting cybersecurity concepts with threats students may encounter at school, at work, and in their personal lives.&#60;/p&#62;&#13;&#10;&#60;p&#62;Just 20 points separated the top three teams:&#60;/p&#62;&#13;&#10;&#60;ul&#62;&#13;&#10;&#60;li&#62;First place: Winnars, 574 points. Tyler Hall, Alexander Soruco, Honora Owusu-Afriyie, Christopher Delasos, and Chance McNeil.&#60;/li&#62;&#13;&#10;&#60;li&#62;Second place: tinalaya, 563 points. Christina Quach and Laya Vennapusa.&#60;/li&#62;&#13;&#10;&#60;li&#62;Third place: The Ringed Seals, 554 points. Lidija Stamenkovic and Dennis Mangan Jr.&#60;/li&#62;&#13;&#10;&#60;/ul&#62;&#13;&#10;&#60;p&#62;Held during Cybersecurity Awareness Month, the event gave students an opportunity to strengthen their problem-solving and communication skills through friendly competition. Thank you to PIC MC, Professor Mirabrishami, Germantown Cyber Lab Coordinator Paul Thompson, and sponsor AFCEA for making the experience possible, and to all the participants who brought their curiosity, energy, and competitive spirit to the challenge.&#60;/p&#62;</story_body><attached_files><attachmentcount>1</attachmentcount><attached_file><file><rawname>CyberChallengeLeaderboard.png</rawname><href>attach/6342bd61-6a5f-4274-2964-391564d2422f/CyberChallengeLeaderboard.png</href></file><thumbnail><rawname>tn_0.png</rawname><href>attach/6342bd61-6a5f-4274-2964-391564d2422f/tn_0.png</href></thumbnail><caption>Cyber Challenge leaderboard</caption></attached_file></attached_files><display_image><rawname>di_0.png</rawname><href>attach/6342bd61-6a5f-4274-2964-391564d2422f/di_0.png</href></display_image><category_name>Student News</category_name><featured_story>0</featured_story><show_display_picture>1</show_display_picture><display_order_in_category>140</display_order_in_category><story_summary/>
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<story_unique_id>446135fc-39a5-14f4-59f5-34d439d54103</story_unique_id><story_id>128956</story_id><status_changed_at>2026-10-19 00:00:01.000</status_changed_at><submitter_name>Libby McClayton</submitter_name><story_headline>Need a ride to vote? Join us for Party to the Polls on October 28</story_headline><story_body>&#60;p&#62;Did you know that while local elections are viewed as &#34;small potatoes &#34;by some, they in fact have big outcomes? From schools, to the streets we travel on, to community safety, local elections have big outcomes on our day to day lives.That being said, make a plan to vote! To help you get there, we are hosting Party to the Polls.&#60;/p&#62;&#13;&#10;&#60;p&#62;Details below:&#60;/p&#62;&#13;&#10;&#60;ul&#62;&#13;&#10;&#60;li&#62;Party to the Polls&#60;/li&#62;&#13;&#10;&#60;li&#62;Wednesday, October 28&#60;/li&#62;&#13;&#10;&#60;li&#62;12-3:30 p.m.&#60;/li&#62;&#13;&#10;&#60;li&#62;Rockville Campus, SV Patio (or Atrium, in the event of rain)&#60;/li&#62;&#13;&#10;&#60;li&#62;Shuttles run from campus from 12-3:30, with the last one leaving campus at approximately 3 p.m.&#60;/li&#62;&#13;&#10;&#60;li&#62;Advance registration recommended&#60;/li&#62;&#13;&#10;&#60;li&#62;Not eligible to vote or prefer to vote on election day? You can still join in on the festivities on the 28th! We will have trivia, prizes and food for participants, while supplies last.&#60;/li&#62;&#13;&#10;&#60;li&#62;Current students, alumni, staff and faculty welcome. Spread the word!&#60;/li&#62;&#13;&#10;&#60;/ul&#62;</story_body><attached_files><attachmentcount>1</attachmentcount><attached_file><file><rawname>PartytothePollsFlierOct28th.jpg</rawname><href>attach/446135fc-39a5-14f4-59f5-34d439d54103/PartytothePollsFlierOct28th.jpg</href></file><thumbnail><rawname>tn_0.jpg</rawname><href>attach/446135fc-39a5-14f4-59f5-34d439d54103/tn_0.jpg</href></thumbnail></attached_file></attached_files><display_image><rawname>di_0.jpg</rawname><href>attach/446135fc-39a5-14f4-59f5-34d439d54103/di_0.jpg</href></display_image><category_name>Student News</category_name><featured_story>0</featured_story><show_display_picture>1</show_display_picture><display_order_in_category>160</display_order_in_category><story_summary/>
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<story_unique_id>285d65bd-6235-7d24-41d8-8dc20e897798</story_unique_id><story_id>128954</story_id><status_changed_at>2026-10-19 00:00:01.000</status_changed_at><submitter_name>Alana Reyes</submitter_name><story_headline>Halloweekend</story_headline><story_body>&#60;p&#62;Kostume Kickback:&#60;/p&#62;&#13;&#10;&#60;p&#62;&#60;!--StartFragment--&#62;Kick off Halloweekend in style! Put on your best costume, hang out with friends, and enjoy the spooky vibes at the Kostume Kickback on Wednesday, October 29, from 2:30-4 p.m. at the Rockville SV Atrium. This event is free for current MC students while supplies last and is open to all MC campuses. For ADA accommodations, please contact tay.davis@montgomerycollege.edu. &#60;!--EndFragment--&#62;&#60;/p&#62;&#13;&#10;&#60;p&#62;Halloween Movie Night:&#60;/p&#62;&#13;&#10;&#60;p&#62;&#60;!--StartFragment--&#62;Grab your friends, grab some snacks, and get ready for a spooky film session on campus! Join us for Halloween Movie Night on Thursday, October 30, from 3-5 p.m. at Germantown HS011. Admission is free for current MC students while supplies last, and students from all MC campuses are welcome to attend. For ADA accommodations, please contact alana.reyes@montgomerycollege.edu.&#60;!--EndFragment--&#62;&#60;/p&#62;&#13;&#10;&#60;p&#62;Fright Night:&#60;/p&#62;&#13;&#10;&#60;p&#62;&#60;!--StartFragment--&#62;The ultimate Halloween party is here! Bring your best costume, your friends, and your highest energy to Fright Night on Thursday, October 30, from 7-9 p.m. in the Takoma Park ST First-Floor Atrium. Entry is free for current MC students while supplies last and open to all MC campuses. For ADA accommodations, please contact roger.rosen@montgomerycollege.edu. &#60;!--EndFragment--&#62;&#60;/p&#62;</story_body><attached_files><attachmentcount>1</attachmentcount><attached_file><file><rawname>HalloWeekend.png</rawname><href>attach/285d65bd-6235-7d24-41d8-8dc20e897798/HalloWeekend.png</href></file><thumbnail><rawname>tn_0.png</rawname><href>attach/285d65bd-6235-7d24-41d8-8dc20e897798/tn_0.png</href></thumbnail><caption>Kostume Kickback</caption></attached_file></attached_files><display_image><rawname>di_0.png</rawname><href>attach/285d65bd-6235-7d24-41d8-8dc20e897798/di_0.png</href></display_image><category_name>Student News</category_name><featured_story>0</featured_story><show_display_picture>1</show_display_picture><display_order_in_category>170</display_order_in_category><story_summary/>
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<story_unique_id>0cee7164-5a8a-46f4-410e-5d13555463cb</story_unique_id><story_id>128396</story_id><status_changed_at>2026-10-19 00:00:01.000</status_changed_at><submitter_name>Thanh King</submitter_name><story_headline>ATTENTION MC Students: Level up your tech skills for free!</story_headline><story_body>&#60;p&#62;The Digital Learning Centers are hosting hands-on workshops all October via  Zoom and in-person on the Rockville and Takoma Park/Silver Spring campuses. Learn the Microsoft and AI tools you&#39;ll use in class and on the job. No experience needed.&#60;/p&#62;&#13;&#10;&#60;p&#62;Register here: &#60;a href=&#34;https://forms.cloud.microsoft/Pages/ResponsePage.aspx?id=Cx5ATVJlCE69OKjRXKDd2aJAXZL_85ZJkalD1yqERclUQlZYUlZYWktOMzUzUldNTkFPM0tCOVhUSy4u&#34;&#62;DLC Fall 2026 Workshop Registration - Fill out form&#60;/a&#62;&#60;/p&#62;&#13;&#10;&#60;p&#62;Workshop schedule is attached!&#60;/p&#62;&#13;&#10;&#60;p&#62;Join us for a quick tutorial to learn/practice skill you&#39;ll for career and college success.&#60;/p&#62;</story_body><attached_files><attachmentcount>1</attachmentcount><attached_file><file><rawname>DLC_October 2026 Workshop Schedule.pdf</rawname><href>attach/0cee7164-5a8a-46f4-410e-5d13555463cb/DLC_October 2026 Workshop Schedule.pdf</href></file><caption>DLC October 2026 workshop schedule</caption></attached_file></attached_files><display_image/>
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<story_unique_id>e50295d0-0c81-dcc4-8128-b3a899df6ccc</story_unique_id><story_id>128532</story_id><status_changed_at>2026-10-19 00:00:01.000</status_changed_at><submitter_name>Dafany Molina</submitter_name><story_headline>Fall Fest</story_headline><story_body>&#60;p data-start=&#34;28&#34; data-end=&#34;487&#34; data-is-last-node=&#34;&#34; data-is-only-node=&#34;&#34;&#62;Join Montgomery College Student Life for Fall Fest 2026, a fun celebration happening across all three campuses! Students can enjoy music, food, games, giveaways, and more while connecting with the campus community. Events will take place on all three Campuses:&#60;/p&#62;&#13;&#10;&#60;ul&#62;&#13;&#10;&#60;li&#62;Germantown on October 14 from 11 a.m.-1 p.m.,&#60;/li&#62;&#13;&#10;&#60;li&#62;Rockville on October 22 from 12-3 p.m.,&#60;/li&#62;&#13;&#10;&#60;li&#62;TP/SS on October 14 from 11 a.m.-2 p.m.&#60;/li&#62;&#13;&#10;&#60;/ul&#62;&#13;&#10;&#60;p data-start=&#34;28&#34; data-end=&#34;487&#34; data-is-last-node=&#34;&#34; data-is-only-node=&#34;&#34;&#62;Events are planned outdoors, with rain locations announced if necessary.&#60;/p&#62;</story_body><attached_files><attachmentcount>1</attachmentcount><attached_file><file><rawname>Fallfest26.jpg</rawname><href>attach/e50295d0-0c81-dcc4-8128-b3a899df6ccc/Fallfest26.jpg</href></file><thumbnail><rawname>tn_0.jpg</rawname><href>attach/e50295d0-0c81-dcc4-8128-b3a899df6ccc/tn_0.jpg</href></thumbnail></attached_file></attached_files><display_image><rawname>di_0.jpg</rawname><href>attach/e50295d0-0c81-dcc4-8128-b3a899df6ccc/di_0.jpg</href></display_image><category_name>Student News</category_name><featured_story>0</featured_story><show_display_picture>1</show_display_picture><display_order_in_category>190</display_order_in_category><story_summary/>
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<story_unique_id>c548ff7f-c7bc-1404-995d-028d1efdddc4</story_unique_id><story_id>128545</story_id><status_changed_at>2026-10-19 00:00:01.000</status_changed_at><submitter_name>Angela Dawson</submitter_name><story_headline>October is Domestic Violence Awareness Month: Why It Matters at MC</story_headline><story_body>&#60;p data-start=&#34;1670&#34; data-end=&#34;1946&#34;&#62;Relationship violence doesn&#39;t always look the way we expect. It can show up through social media and technology, behaviors that become more concerning over time, or situations where a friend, roommate, classmate, or someone else notices that something just doesn&#39;t seem right.&#60;/p&#62;&#13;&#10;&#60;p data-start=&#34;1948&#34; data-end=&#34;2117&#34;&#62;That&#39;s why &#60;strong data-start=&#34;1959&#34; data-end=&#34;2003&#34;&#62;Domestic Violence Awareness Month (DVAM)&#60;/strong&#62; isn&#39;t only relevant to people who have personally experienced relationship violence. &#60;strong data-start=&#34;2089&#34; data-end=&#34;2117&#34;&#62;It matters to all of us.&#60;/strong&#62;&#60;/p&#62;&#13;&#10;&#60;p data-start=&#34;2119&#34; data-end=&#34;2373&#34;&#62;This October, the Montgomery College Student Wellness Center is featuring three DVSAS programs designed to help students recognize concerning behaviors, think critically about relationships and violence, support others, and consider safe ways to respond.&#60;/p&#62;&#13;&#10;&#60;p data-start=&#34;2375&#34; data-end=&#34;2588&#34;&#62;&#60;strong data-start=&#34;2375&#34; data-end=&#34;2441&#34;&#62; Behind the Post: Monday, October 19 | 2-3:30 p.m. | In Person&#60;/strong&#62; &#60;em data-start=&#34;2444&#34; data-end=&#34;2492&#34;&#62;Social Media. Real Relationships. Real Impact.&#60;/em&#62; Explore how social media can affect relationships and the choices we make online and offline.&#60;/p&#62;&#13;&#10;&#60;p data-start=&#34;2590&#34; data-end=&#34;2833&#34;&#62;&#60;strong data-start=&#34;2590&#34; data-end=&#34;2654&#34;&#62; Escalation: Wednesday, October 21 | 2-3:30 p.m. | In Person&#60;/strong&#62; &#60;em data-start=&#34;2657&#34; data-end=&#34;2689&#34;&#62;Recognizing the Signs of Abuse&#60;/em&#62; Watch, discuss, and explore how unhealthy relationship behaviors can escalate, what warning signs may look like, and ways to support someone.&#60;/p&#62;&#13;&#10;&#60;p data-start=&#34;2835&#34; data-end=&#34;3085&#34;&#62;&#60;strong data-start=&#34;2835&#34; data-end=&#34;2906&#34;&#62; Should I Say Something?: Thursday, October 22 | 2-3:30 p.m. | Zoom&#60;/strong&#62; &#60;em data-start=&#34;2909&#34; data-end=&#34;2947&#34;&#62;That doesn&#39;t look right... Now what?&#60;/em&#62; Practice prosocial bystander skills for recognizing concerning situations, considering your options, and choosing safe ways to respond.&#60;/p&#62;&#13;&#10;&#60;p&#62;You don&#39;t have to be experiencing relationship violence for this to matter to you.&#60;/p&#62;&#13;&#10;&#60;p data-start=&#34;3179&#34; data-end=&#34;3283&#34;&#62;You might be the friend, the roommate, the classmate, the teammate--or simply the person who notices.&#60;/p&#62;&#13;&#10;&#60;p data-start=&#34;3285&#34; data-end=&#34;3353&#34;&#62;Learn the signs. Know your options. Be ready to support someone.&#60;/p&#62;&#13;&#10;&#60;p data-start=&#34;3355&#34; data-end=&#34;3425&#34;&#62;Register for one or more events: &#60;a href=&#34;https://tinyurl.com/MC-DVSAS-Fall26&#34;&#62;tinyurl.com/MC-DVSAS-Fall26&#60;/a&#62;&#60;/p&#62;&#13;&#10;&#60;p data-start=&#34;3427&#34; data-end=&#34;3516&#34;&#62;Additional DVAM programs with our community partners may be announced throughout October.&#60;/p&#62;</story_body><attached_files><attachmentcount>1</attachmentcount><attached_file><file><rawname>DVAMatMC26_v2.png</rawname><href>attach/c548ff7f-c7bc-1404-995d-028d1efdddc4/DVAMatMC26_v2.png</href></file><thumbnail><rawname>tn_0.png</rawname><href>attach/c548ff7f-c7bc-1404-995d-028d1efdddc4/tn_0.png</href></thumbnail><caption>DVSAS October Flyer</caption></attached_file></attached_files><display_image><rawname>di_0.png</rawname><href>attach/c548ff7f-c7bc-1404-995d-028d1efdddc4/di_0.png</href></display_image><category_name>Student News</category_name><featured_story>0</featured_story><show_display_picture>1</show_display_picture><display_order_in_category>200</display_order_in_category><story_summary/>
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<story_unique_id>e864d836-d466-caa4-6966-905c1ff87c9a</story_unique_id><story_id>128580</story_id><status_changed_at>2026-10-19 00:00:01.000</status_changed_at><submitter_name>Danielle Stescki</submitter_name><story_headline>Can You Study Artificial Intelligence at Community College?</story_headline><story_body>&#60;p&#62;Zia Khan isn&#39;t waiting until he transfers to a four-year university to start working with artificial intelligence.&#60;/p&#62;&#13;&#10;&#60;p&#62;At Montgomery College, the computer science student is building AI projects, leading the AI Club, and helping organize RaptorHacks, a coding competition where students build and present their own apps.&#60;/p&#62;&#13;&#10;&#60;p&#62;His interest in computer science started when he was about eight years old after seeing Grand Theft Auto V and wondering how video games were made.&#60;/p&#62;&#13;&#10;&#60;p&#62;&#34;I was like, how do people make these games? This is incredible,&#34; he said.&#60;/p&#62;&#13;&#10;&#60;p&#62;That curiosity eventually led him from coding to machine learning and artificial intelligence.&#60;/p&#62;&#13;&#10;&#60;p&#62;&#60;b&#62;Building with AI&#60;/b&#62;&#60;/p&#62;&#13;&#10;&#60;p&#62;One of Zia&#39;s projects started right at Montgomery College.&#60;/p&#62;&#13;&#10;&#60;p&#62;For RaptorHacks, he created &#60;a href=&#34;https://study-sync.app/&#34; target=&#34;_self&#34; title=&#34;https://study-sync.app/&#34;&#62;Study-sync.app&#60;/a&#62;, an agentic AI study app designed to help students identify what they need to study and where they are strongest and weakest.&#60;/p&#62;&#13;&#10;&#60;p&#62;The project earned him an award for Most Technical App at RaptorHacks. Zia also earned an award at Raptor Tank.&#60;/p&#62;&#13;&#10;&#60;p&#62;He&#39;s also developing ZIZOPilot, a self-driving software project that he hopes will eventually be able to operate a car autonomously. He&#39;s currently working on models and features such as lane-keeping assistance.&#60;/p&#62;&#13;&#10;&#60;p&#62;&#60;b&#62;Learning and Leading&#60;/b&#62;&#60;/p&#62;&#13;&#10;&#60;p&#62;Zia is president of Montgomery College&#39;s AI Club, where students learn about machine learning, how AI models work, and how to use and build with AI. &#34;On the mailing list, we have about 106 members,&#34; he said. He&#39;s also an organizer for RaptorHacks.&#60;/p&#62;&#13;&#10;&#60;p&#62;For Zia, AI isn&#39;t replacing software engineers. It&#39;s changing how they work.&#60;/p&#62;&#13;&#10;&#60;p&#62;&#34;It&#39;s more AI-assisted coding, not AI taking over coding jobs,&#34; he said.&#60;/p&#62;&#13;&#10;&#60;p&#62;&#60;b&#62;What&#39;s Next&#60;/b&#62;&#60;/p&#62;&#13;&#10;&#60;p&#62;After Montgomery College, Zia plans to apply to four-year universities, including the University of Maryland and Carnegie Mellon University.&#60;/p&#62;&#13;&#10;&#60;p&#62;&#60;b&#62;Want the Full Story?&#60;/b&#62;&#60;/p&#62;&#13;&#10;&#60;p&#62;Zia is featured in&#60;a href=&#34;https://www.montgomerycollege.edu/offices/advancement-and-community-engagement/mctv/podcasts/beyond-the-classroom/index.html&#34; target=&#34;_self&#34; title=&#34;Episode 4&#34;&#62; Episode 4&#60;/a&#62; of Beyond the Classroom, Montgomery College&#39;s podcast about real student journeys. Listen wherever you get your podcasts.&#60;/p&#62;&#13;&#10;&#60;p&#62;Interested in computer science and artificial intelligence? Explore Montgomery College&#39;s &#60;a href=&#34;https://www.montgomerycollege.edu/academics/programs/computer-science-and-technologies/index.html&#34; target=&#34;_self&#34; title=&#34;Computer Science and Technologies Programs&#34;&#62;computer science and technologies programs&#60;/a&#62; to learn how you can start building your skills at MC.&#60;/p&#62;</story_body><attached_files><attachmentcount>1</attachmentcount><attached_file><file><rawname>ZiaKhan.jpeg</rawname><href>attach/e864d836-d466-caa4-6966-905c1ff87c9a/ZiaKhan.jpeg</href></file><thumbnail><rawname>tn_0.jpeg</rawname><href>attach/e864d836-d466-caa4-6966-905c1ff87c9a/tn_0.jpeg</href></thumbnail><caption>Zia Khan, Montgomery College student and president of the AI Club, is featured in Episode 4 of MC Be</caption></attached_file></attached_files><display_image><rawname>di_0.jpeg</rawname><href>attach/e864d836-d466-caa4-6966-905c1ff87c9a/di_0.jpeg</href></display_image><category_name>Student News</category_name><featured_story>0</featured_story><show_display_picture>1</show_display_picture><display_order_in_category>210</display_order_in_category><story_summary/>
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<story_unique_id>cee382e8-4335-7a44-21a9-86cae5efc8f8</story_unique_id><story_id>128858</story_id><status_changed_at>2026-10-19 00:00:01.000</status_changed_at><submitter_name>Dafany Molina</submitter_name><story_headline>Fright Night Halloween Party</story_headline><story_body>&#60;p&#62;Join the Student Activities Board (SAB) for a fun Fright Night Halloween Party! Enjoy an evening filled with food, a DJ, costume and dance contests, games, and a photo booth. The event is hosted by the TP/SS campus and is open to students from all Montgomery College campuses.&#60;/p&#62;&#13;&#10;&#60;ul&#62;&#13;&#10;&#60;li&#62;Date: October 30&#60;/li&#62;&#13;&#10;&#60;li&#62;Time: 7-9 p.m.&#60;/li&#62;&#13;&#10;&#60;li&#62;Location: ST First-Floor Atrium&#60;/li&#62;&#13;&#10;&#60;li&#62;Activities: Food, DJ, costume &#38;amp; dance contests, games, and photo booth.&#60;/li&#62;&#13;&#10;&#60;/ul&#62;</story_body><attached_files><attachmentcount>1</attachmentcount><attached_file><file><rawname>SABFrightNight.png</rawname><href>attach/cee382e8-4335-7a44-21a9-86cae5efc8f8/SABFrightNight.png</href></file><thumbnail><rawname>tn_0.png</rawname><href>attach/cee382e8-4335-7a44-21a9-86cae5efc8f8/tn_0.png</href></thumbnail></attached_file></attached_files><display_image><rawname>di_0.png</rawname><href>attach/cee382e8-4335-7a44-21a9-86cae5efc8f8/di_0.png</href></display_image><category_name>Student News</category_name><featured_story>0</featured_story><show_display_picture>1</show_display_picture><display_order_in_category>260</display_order_in_category><story_summary/>
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<story_unique_id>2c560aee-cedd-9824-651e-bee5f9bb4bdf</story_unique_id><story_id>128788</story_id><status_changed_at>2026-10-19 00:00:01.000</status_changed_at><submitter_name>Angela Dawson</submitter_name><story_headline>Plan Ahead: Get Your Next Supply of FREE Opill</story_headline><story_body>&#60;p&#62;Already using Opill--or considering it as your daily birth control?&#60;/p&#62;&#13;&#10;&#60;p&#62;Montgomery College students can currently request &#60;strong&#62;up to two 3-month packs of Opill at no cost&#60;/strong&#62; through the Student Wellness Center.&#60;/p&#62;&#13;&#10;&#60;p&#62;&#60;strong&#62;Why plan ahead?&#60;/strong&#62; Requesting two packs can provide up to a &#60;strong&#62;6-month supply&#60;/strong&#62;, so you won&#39;t need to submit another request in three months.&#60;/p&#62;&#13;&#10;&#60;p&#62;&#60;strong&#62;Opill is:&#60;/strong&#62;&#60;/p&#62;&#13;&#10;&#60;ul&#62;&#13;&#10;&#60;li&#62;An over-the-counter daily birth control pill&#60;/li&#62;&#13;&#10;&#60;li&#62;Available FREE to currently enrolled MC students&#60;/li&#62;&#13;&#10;&#60;li&#62;Available through discreet mailing or campus pickup&#60;/li&#62;&#13;&#10;&#60;li&#62;No prescription required&#60;/li&#62;&#13;&#10;&#60;/ul&#62;&#13;&#10;&#60;p&#62;&#60;strong&#62;1 pack = 3 months&#60;/strong&#62;&#60;strong&#62;2 packs = up to 6 months&#60;/strong&#62;&#60;/p&#62;&#13;&#10;&#60;p&#62;Our current supply expires in &#60;strong&#62;March 2027&#60;/strong&#62;, so please consider the expiration date and request only the amount you expect to use before then.&#60;/p&#62;&#13;&#10;&#60;p&#62;&#60;strong&#62;Request confidentially:&#60;/strong&#62;&#60;strong&#62;bit.ly/YourPillMC&#60;/strong&#62;&#60;/p&#62;&#13;&#10;&#60;p&#62;In-person pickup is available by appointment at Germantown, Rockville, and Takoma Park/Silver Spring. Discreet mailing is also available.&#60;/p&#62;</story_body><attached_files><attachmentcount>1</attachmentcount><attached_file><file><rawname>Montgomery_College_Free_Opill_Wellness_Flyer.png</rawname><href>attach/2c560aee-cedd-9824-651e-bee5f9bb4bdf/Montgomery_College_Free_Opill_Wellness_Flyer.png</href></file><thumbnail><rawname>tn_0.png</rawname><href>attach/2c560aee-cedd-9824-651e-bee5f9bb4bdf/tn_0.png</href></thumbnail><caption>Opill_Flyer</caption></attached_file></attached_files><display_image><rawname>di_0.png</rawname><href>attach/2c560aee-cedd-9824-651e-bee5f9bb4bdf/di_0.png</href></display_image><category_name>Student News</category_name><featured_story>0</featured_story><show_display_picture>1</show_display_picture><display_order_in_category>270</display_order_in_category><story_summary/>
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<story_unique_id>0c98d08d-4ccd-d244-5527-b9a367173525</story_unique_id><story_id>128826</story_id><status_changed_at>2026-10-19 00:00:01.000</status_changed_at><submitter_name>Libby McClayton</submitter_name><story_headline>Want to be a changemaker? Apply for Impact MC , MC&#39;s Service Learning Leadership Program by Nov 2nd!</story_headline><story_body>&#60;p&#62;Want to be a changemaker? Apply for Impact MC, MC&#39;s service learning leadership program where students design and execute a project around a United Nation&#39;s Sustainable Development Goal.&#60;/p&#62;&#13;&#10;&#60;ul&#62;&#13;&#10;&#60;li&#62;Design and execute a project&#60;/li&#62;&#13;&#10;&#60;li&#62;Make a change&#60;/li&#62;&#13;&#10;&#60;li&#62;Earn MC Service Awards&#60;/li&#62;&#13;&#10;&#60;/ul&#62;&#13;&#10;&#60;p&#62;Apply by Monday, November 2nd by scanning the QR code or visiting &#60;a href=&#34;http://insidemcprod.montgomerycollege.edu/bit.ly/IMPACTMC2627&#34; title=&#34;bit.ly/ALTBREAK2026&#34;&#62;bit.ly/IMPACTMC2627&#60;/a&#62;&#60;/p&#62;</story_body><attached_files><attachmentcount>1</attachmentcount><attached_file><file><rawname>ImpactMCFlyer2026.png</rawname><href>attach/0c98d08d-4ccd-d244-5527-b9a367173525/ImpactMCFlyer2026.png</href></file><thumbnail><rawname>tn_0.png</rawname><href>attach/0c98d08d-4ccd-d244-5527-b9a367173525/tn_0.png</href></thumbnail></attached_file></attached_files><display_image><rawname>di_0.png</rawname><href>attach/0c98d08d-4ccd-d244-5527-b9a367173525/di_0.png</href></display_image><category_name>Student News</category_name><featured_story>0</featured_story><show_display_picture>1</show_display_picture><display_order_in_category>280</display_order_in_category><story_summary/>
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<story_unique_id>b2979803-b5ab-9d44-c98f-1c52e85c8fc1</story_unique_id><story_id>128840</story_id><status_changed_at>2026-10-19 00:00:01.000</status_changed_at><submitter_name>Libby McClayton</submitter_name><story_headline>Join us for our Fall Spirit of Service Day -Adopt a Stream on October 23!</story_headline><story_body>&#60;p&#62;Join us for a fall Spirit of Service Day cleaning the King Farm East Tributary! Help clean our neighborhood streams with fellow MC students.&#60;/p&#62;&#13;&#10;&#60;p&#62;Friday, October 23&#60;/p&#62;&#13;&#10;&#60;p&#62;1-3:30 p.m.&#60;/p&#62;&#13;&#10;&#60;p&#62;King Farm East Tributary&#60;/p&#62;&#13;&#10;&#60;p&#62;Advance registration required. Complete the interest form by Tuesday, October 20 at 11:59 p.m.&#60;/p&#62;</story_body><attached_files><attachmentcount>1</attachmentcount><attached_file><file><rawname>AdoptaStream.png</rawname><href>attach/b2979803-b5ab-9d44-c98f-1c52e85c8fc1/AdoptaStream.png</href></file><thumbnail><rawname>tn_0.png</rawname><href>attach/b2979803-b5ab-9d44-c98f-1c52e85c8fc1/tn_0.png</href></thumbnail></attached_file></attached_files><display_image><rawname>di_0.png</rawname><href>attach/b2979803-b5ab-9d44-c98f-1c52e85c8fc1/di_0.png</href></display_image><category_name>Student News</category_name><featured_story>0</featured_story><show_display_picture>1</show_display_picture><display_order_in_category>290</display_order_in_category><story_summary/>
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<story_unique_id>d22ae604-6222-3ae4-2df3-cd166a048fde</story_unique_id><story_id>128688</story_id><status_changed_at>2026-10-19 00:00:01.000</status_changed_at><submitter_name>Ezra Pine</submitter_name><story_headline>Looking for Comedians: Partner with the Alumni Association at Give A Hoot Comedy Club this November</story_headline><story_body>&#60;p&#62;The Alumni Association is hosting a comedy show fundraiser at &#60;strong&#62;&#60;a href=&#34;https://www.giveahootcomedy.com/calendar?month=11&#38;amp;year=2026&#34;&#62;Give A Hoot Comedy Club&#60;/a&#62;&#60;/strong&#62; on November 13-14. We&#39;re looking for any members of the Montgomery College community who would like to put their comedy skills to use in front of supportive audience!&#60;/p&#62;&#13;&#10;&#60;p&#62;Please reach out to alumni@montgomerycollege.edu if you&#39;re interested in learning more and participating. It promises to be a hoot of a time! &#60;/p&#62;</story_body><attached_files><attachmentcount>1</attachmentcount><attached_file><file><rawname>GiveAHoot26.jpg</rawname><href>attach/d22ae604-6222-3ae4-2df3-cd166a048fde/GiveAHoot26.jpg</href></file><thumbnail><rawname>tn_0.jpg</rawname><href>attach/d22ae604-6222-3ae4-2df3-cd166a048fde/tn_0.jpg</href></thumbnail><caption>Give A Hoot Comedy Club founder Irwin Loring on stage</caption></attached_file></attached_files><display_image><rawname>di_0.jpg</rawname><href>attach/d22ae604-6222-3ae4-2df3-cd166a048fde/di_0.jpg</href></display_image><category_name>Student News</category_name><featured_story>0</featured_story><show_display_picture>1</show_display_picture><display_order_in_category>300</display_order_in_category><story_summary/>
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<story_unique_id>bcefb63c-6d7d-c474-e105-d40c0a41c0f4</story_unique_id><story_id>128697</story_id><status_changed_at>2026-10-19 00:00:01.000</status_changed_at><submitter_name>Dafany Molina</submitter_name><story_headline>Stress Relief Week Workshop Series</story_headline><story_body>&#60;p&#62;Stress Relief Week - Workshop Series&#60;/p&#62;&#13;&#10;&#60;p&#62;Take a break after midterms and give yourself time to relax and recharge! Join us for Stress Relief Week, featuring three workshops designed to help students manage stress, improve time management, and practice healthy ways to unwind. SGAstressrelief&#60;/p&#62;&#13;&#10;&#60;ul&#62;&#13;&#10;&#60;li&#62;Breathing Workshop: Monday, November 9, 12-1 p.m., ST 302&#60;/li&#62;&#13;&#10;&#60;li&#62;Time Management Workshop: Tuesday, November 10, 11:30 a.m.-12:30 p.m., ST 214&#60;/li&#62;&#13;&#10;&#60;li&#62;Journaling Workshop: Wednesday, November 11, 1-2 p.m., ST 214&#60;/li&#62;&#13;&#10;&#60;/ul&#62;&#13;&#10;&#60;p&#62;SGAstressrelief&#60;/p&#62;&#13;&#10;&#60;p&#62;Registration: Use the QR code on the flyer or the registration link provided.&#60;/p&#62;</story_body><attached_files><attachmentcount>1</attachmentcount><attached_file><file><rawname>SGAstressrelief.jpg</rawname><href>attach/bcefb63c-6d7d-c474-e105-d40c0a41c0f4/SGAstressrelief.jpg</href></file><thumbnail><rawname>tn_0.jpg</rawname><href>attach/bcefb63c-6d7d-c474-e105-d40c0a41c0f4/tn_0.jpg</href></thumbnail></attached_file></attached_files><display_image><rawname>di_0.jpg</rawname><href>attach/bcefb63c-6d7d-c474-e105-d40c0a41c0f4/di_0.jpg</href></display_image><category_name>Student News</category_name><featured_story>0</featured_story><show_display_picture>1</show_display_picture><display_order_in_category>310</display_order_in_category><story_summary/>
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<story_unique_id>29dbcd70-9b94-8f04-6d19-91ea8621ef00</story_unique_id><story_id>128676</story_id><status_changed_at>2026-10-19 00:00:01.000</status_changed_at><submitter_name>GEORGE RICE, III</submitter_name><story_headline>PSP Is the Premiere Community for College Men</story_headline><story_body>&#60;p data-start=&#34;33&#34; data-end=&#34;334&#34; data-gtm-vis-has-fired2243039_572=&#34;1&#34;&#62;Are you ready to grow, lead, connect, and NEVER SETTLE? The Montgomery College Presidential Scholars Program (PSP) is recruiting students who are ready to strengthen their academic success, build confidence, develop leadership skills, and become part of a powerful community of motivated gentlemen and scholars.&#60;/p&#62;&#13;&#10;&#60;p data-start=&#34;336&#34; data-end=&#34;508&#34; data-gtm-vis-has-fired2243039_572=&#34;1&#34;&#62;Come meet our scholars and staff, learn more about brotherhood, mentorship, leadership, and scholarship, and discover how PSP can help you thrive in college and beyond.&#60;/p&#62;&#13;&#10;&#60;p data-start=&#34;510&#34; data-end=&#34;730&#34; data-gtm-vis-has-fired2243039_572=&#34;1&#34;&#62;Find us on campus!&#60;/p&#62;&#13;&#10;&#60;p data-start=&#34;510&#34; data-end=&#34;730&#34; data-gtm-vis-has-fired2243039_572=&#34;1&#34;&#62;1st &#38;amp; 3rd Mondays: Takoma Park/Silver Spring &#38;amp; Rockville Campuses&#60;/p&#62;&#13;&#10;&#60;p data-start=&#34;510&#34; data-end=&#34;730&#34; data-gtm-vis-has-fired2243039_572=&#34;1&#34;&#62;1st &#38;amp; 3rd Tuesdays: East County Education Center, 11 a.m.-1:30 p.m.&#60;/p&#62;&#13;&#10;&#60;p data-start=&#34;510&#34; data-end=&#34;730&#34; data-gtm-vis-has-fired2243039_572=&#34;1&#34;&#62;1st &#38;amp; 3rd Thursdays: Germantown Campus&#60;/p&#62;&#13;&#10;&#60;p data-start=&#34;732&#34; data-end=&#34;818&#34; data-is-last-node=&#34;&#34; data-is-only-node=&#34;&#34; data-gtm-vis-has-fired2243039_572=&#34;1&#34;&#62;Ready to SOAR?&#60;/p&#62;&#13;&#10;&#60;p data-start=&#34;732&#34; data-end=&#34;818&#34; data-is-last-node=&#34;&#34; data-is-only-node=&#34;&#34; data-gtm-vis-has-fired2243039_572=&#34;1&#34;&#62;Apply today! Bit.ly/PSP2627AY&#60;/p&#62;&#13;&#10;&#60;p data-start=&#34;732&#34; data-end=&#34;818&#34; data-is-last-node=&#34;&#34; data-is-only-node=&#34;&#34; data-gtm-vis-has-fired2243039_572=&#34;1&#34;&#62;For more information please email psp@montgomerycollege.edu&#60;/p&#62;</story_body><attached_files><attachmentcount>2</attachmentcount><attached_file><file><rawname>Presidential Scholars Student Application(4).svg</rawname><href>attach/29dbcd70-9b94-8f04-6d19-91ea8621ef00/Presidential Scholars Student Application(4).svg</href></file><caption>WANT TO BE A MEMBER? SCAN THIS CODE</caption></attached_file><attached_file><file><rawname>EACHONEREACHONE(1).jpg</rawname><href>attach/29dbcd70-9b94-8f04-6d19-91ea8621ef00/EACHONEREACHONE(1).jpg</href></file><thumbnail><rawname>tn_1.jpg</rawname><href>attach/29dbcd70-9b94-8f04-6d19-91ea8621ef00/tn_1.jpg</href></thumbnail><caption>WHAT OUR MEMBERS SAY ABOUT PSP</caption></attached_file></attached_files><display_image><rawname>di_1.jpg</rawname><href>attach/29dbcd70-9b94-8f04-6d19-91ea8621ef00/di_1.jpg</href></display_image><category_name>Student News</category_name><featured_story>0</featured_story><show_display_picture>1</show_display_picture><display_order_in_category>320</display_order_in_category><story_summary/>
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<story_unique_id>3285a71d-204d-ad94-6121-042d9922180c</story_unique_id><story_id>128748</story_id><status_changed_at>2026-10-19 00:00:01.000</status_changed_at><submitter_name>Priscyla Aguilar-Villatoro</submitter_name><story_headline>Please Join Us for the Return of our Cafecito! Series</story_headline><story_body>&#60;p&#62;Please join us for the return of our &#38;iacute;Cafecito! series. This series has been created especially for students and families with the purpose of providing information on relevant topics to support students through college preparation, selection, enrollment, payment, and success. &#60;b&#62;All sessions are in person and are presented solely in Spanish&#60;/b&#62;. October brings &#34;&#60;strong&#62;College 101: Introducci&#38;oacute;n a la Universidad!&#34;&#60;/strong&#62;&#60;/p&#62;&#13;&#10;&#60;p&#62;Participants will receive an introduction to college:&#60;/p&#62;&#13;&#10;&#60;ul&#62;&#13;&#10;&#60;li&#62;How community college works (terminology, programs, and services,)&#60;/li&#62;&#13;&#10;&#60;li&#62;Learn about the different types of colleges &#38;amp; universities&#60;/li&#62;&#13;&#10;&#60;li&#62;Types of Degrees/Career Options: Associates, Bachelors, and Technical Certificates.  &#60;/li&#62;&#13;&#10;&#60;/ul&#62;&#13;&#10;&#60;p&#62;Wednesday, October 21, 5:45-7:30 p.m.&#60;/p&#62;&#13;&#10;&#60;p&#62;&#60;a href=&#34;https://www.montgomerycollege.edu/about-mc/campuses-and-locations/rockville-campus/index.html&#34;&#62;&#60;b&#62;Montgomery College - Rockville Campus&#60;/b&#62;&#60;/a&#62;&#60;b&#62; &#60;/b&#62; 51 Mannakee Street Rockville, MD 20850 Campus Center, CC158 Faculty/Staff Lounge&#60;/p&#62;&#13;&#10;&#60;p&#62;Refreshments will be served.&#60;/p&#62;&#13;&#10;&#60;p&#62;Registration: &#60;a href=&#34;https://survey.alchemer.com/s3/8038158/Future-Students-Cafecito&#34;&#62;https://survey.alchemer.com/s3/8038158/Future-Students-Cafecito&#60;/a&#62;&#60;/p&#62;</story_body><attached_files/>
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<story_unique_id>2f8a8afc-310c-3694-79c6-210881f677dd</story_unique_id><story_id>128716</story_id><status_changed_at>2026-10-19 00:00:01.000</status_changed_at><submitter_name>Dafany Molina</submitter_name><story_headline>Create or join a club on the TP/SS campus</story_headline><story_body>&#60;p&#62;Get Involved with Student Life TP/SS! Whether you&#39;re looking to join a club or start your own, Student Life is here to help! Complete the Club Interest Form to connect with clubs and organizations that match your interests, or follow the simple steps to create a new club and build your own community on campus.&#60;/p&#62;&#13;&#10;&#60;p&#62;Visit Student Life in ST 217 for more information. &#60;strong&#62;&#60;a href=&#34;mailto:tpssclubprogram@montgomerycollege.edu&#34;&#62;tpssclubprogram@montgomerycollege.edu&#60;/a&#62;&#60;/strong&#62;&#60;/p&#62;</story_body><attached_files><attachmentcount>2</attachmentcount><attached_file><file><rawname>ClubInterestFlyer.png</rawname><href>attach/2f8a8afc-310c-3694-79c6-210881f677dd/ClubInterestFlyer.png</href></file><thumbnail><rawname>tn_0.png</rawname><href>attach/2f8a8afc-310c-3694-79c6-210881f677dd/tn_0.png</href></thumbnail></attached_file><attached_file><file><rawname>Startaclubflyer.png</rawname><href>attach/2f8a8afc-310c-3694-79c6-210881f677dd/Startaclubflyer.png</href></file><thumbnail><rawname>tn_1.png</rawname><href>attach/2f8a8afc-310c-3694-79c6-210881f677dd/tn_1.png</href></thumbnail></attached_file></attached_files><display_image><rawname>di_0.png</rawname><href>attach/2f8a8afc-310c-3694-79c6-210881f677dd/di_0.png</href></display_image><category_name>Student News</category_name><featured_story>0</featured_story><show_display_picture>1</show_display_picture><display_order_in_category>340</display_order_in_category><story_summary/>
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<story_unique_id>c11dde70-c5f1-fdd4-b104-f9e6fe68238c</story_unique_id><story_id>128671</story_id><status_changed_at>2026-10-19 00:00:01.000</status_changed_at><submitter_name>megan cooperman</submitter_name><story_headline>Sound Meditation with Stacee Johnson</story_headline><story_body>&#60;p&#62;&#60;b&#62;Thursday, October 22, &#60;/b&#62;3:45-4:30 p.m., Central Services (CT) S108 &#60;/p&#62;&#13;&#10;&#60;p&#62;Bring Your Own Mat (BYOM). Mats will be provided if needed.  You may also bring a blanket if you prefer.  Drop-ins welcome. Register by emailing megan.cooperman@montgomerycollege.edu. &#60;/p&#62;</story_body><attached_files/>
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<story_unique_id>a6cebaaf-5101-9024-4113-9f273fb90103</story_unique_id><story_id>128010</story_id><status_changed_at>2026-10-19 00:00:01.000</status_changed_at><submitter_name>Staci Griffin</submitter_name><story_headline>From Farm to Community: Catch the Farm Stand Before the Season Ends!</story_headline><story_body>&#60;p&#62;The Germantown Farm Stand, in partnership with &#60;strong&#62;PIC MC, &#60;/strong&#62;&#60;strong&#62;Community Farm Share and Holy Cross Hospital&#60;/strong&#62;, is continuing to bring fresh, affordable produce and healthy food options to our campus and surrounding community! We are excited to have a few more dates remaining in this season and invite everyone to stop by, support local farmers, and enjoy fresh seasonal offerings.&#60;/p&#62;&#13;&#10;&#60;p&#62;&#60;strong&#62;Mark your calendars for our remaining Farm Stand dates:&#60;/strong&#62;&#60;/p&#62;&#13;&#10;&#60;ul&#62;&#13;&#10;&#60;li&#62;September 10&#60;/li&#62;&#13;&#10;&#60;li&#62;September 24&#60;/li&#62;&#13;&#10;&#60;li&#62;October 8&#60;/li&#62;&#13;&#10;&#60;li&#62;October 22&#60;/li&#62;&#13;&#10;&#60;li&#62;November 12&#60;/li&#62;&#13;&#10;&#60;/ul&#62;&#13;&#10;&#60;p&#62;We look forward to seeing you at the Farm Stand and continuing to grow a healthier, more connected community together!&#60;/p&#62;</story_body><attached_files/>
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<story_unique_id>b0837ab6-7c77-5f54-e10f-fa93eb0590e3</story_unique_id><story_id>128957</story_id><status_changed_at>2026-10-19 00:00:01.000</status_changed_at><submitter_name>Brady Patton</submitter_name><story_headline>Deadline Extended: Your Voice, Your MC Survey Open until October 26 at 9 p.m.</story_headline><story_body>&#60;p&#62;To provide additional opportunity for participation and ensure as many employee perspectives as possible are represented, the survey period has been extended by one week and will now remain open through October 26, 2026.&#60;/p&#62;&#13;&#10;&#60;p&#62;We recognize that employees are balancing many priorities, and we want to ensure everyone has sufficient time to share their experiences and insights.&#60;/p&#62;&#13;&#10;&#60;p&#62;All eligible employees who have not yet completed the survey have received an email from &#60;b&#62;ModernThink&#60;/b&#62;, containing their survey access information and instructions for participation. If you have already completed the survey, no further action is needed. Thank you for taking the time to share your feedback.&#60;/p&#62;&#13;&#10;&#60;p&#62;As a reminder:&#60;/p&#62;&#13;&#10;&#60;ul&#62;&#13;&#10;&#60;li&#62;Survey participation is confidential.&#60;/li&#62;&#13;&#10;&#60;li&#62;The College will not receive individual responses.&#60;/li&#62;&#13;&#10;&#60;li&#62;Results will be reported only in ways that protect employee privacy.&#60;/li&#62;&#13;&#10;&#60;/ul&#62;&#13;&#10;&#60;p&#62;If you have not yet participated, we encourage you to take a few minutes to complete the survey before the revised closing date. Your feedback will help inform future priorities, actions, and improvements across Montgomery College.&#60;/p&#62;&#13;&#10;&#60;p&#62;Thank you for your engagement and commitment to Montgomery College.&#60;/p&#62;&#13;&#10;&#60;p&#62;&#60;b&#62;Learn more. &#60;/b&#62;FAQs, confidentiality details, and the &#60;a href=&#34;https://info.montgomerycollege.edu/_documents/offices/human-resources/2023-your-voice-your-mc-ee-experience-climate-survey.pdf&#34; target=&#34;_blank&#34; title=&#34;https://info.montgomerycollege.edu/_documents/offices/human-resources/2023-your-voice-your-mc-ee-experience-climate-survey.pdf&#34; data-auth=&#34;NotApplicable&#34; data-linkindex=&#34;0&#34;&#62;FY23-24 findings&#60;/a&#62; are on the &#60;a href=&#34;https://info.montgomerycollege.edu/offices/human-resources/survey-employee-experience-culture.html?_gl=1*qlcflw*_gcl_au*MTE2OTU5NTM1My4xNzg1NzYwOTYw*_ga*MTExOTcwNDIwMy4xNzc3OTAzMTc0*_ga_EL5WSD8NV2*czE3ODk0MjQ3MjUkbzIwNSRnMSR0MTc4OTQyNTA1NiRqNTYkbDAkaDA.&#34; target=&#34;_blank&#34; title=&#34;https://info.montgomerycollege.edu/offices/human-resources/survey-employee-experience-culture.html?_gl=1*qlcflw*_gcl_au*MTE2OTU5NTM1My4xNzg1NzYwOTYw*_ga*MTExOTcwNDIwMy4xNzc3OTAzMTc0*_ga_EL5WSD8NV2*czE3ODk0MjQ3MjUkbzIwNSRnMSR0MTc4OTQyNTA1NiRqNTYkbDAkaDA.&#34; data-auth=&#34;NotApplicable&#34; data-linkindex=&#34;1&#34;&#62;survey website&#60;/a&#62;.&#60;/p&#62;</story_body><attached_files/>
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<story_unique_id>1406120e-2e3e-1054-b953-b515f5690d99</story_unique_id><story_id>127453</story_id><status_changed_at>2026-10-19 00:00:01.000</status_changed_at><submitter_name>Elizabeth Feldman</submitter_name><story_headline>Part-Time Faculty October Spotlight</story_headline><story_body>&#60;p&#62;By Liz Feldman On Behalf of the Part-Time Faculty Institute&#60;/p&#62;&#13;&#10;&#60;p&#62;Part-time faculty member Jamya Robinson is a life-long learner. She joined the College two years ago. Robinson teaches Sociology courses in the Education and Social Sciences Department on the Takoma Park-Silver Spring campus.&#60;/p&#62;&#13;&#10;&#60;p&#62;Robinson always has had a love for museums and libraries. &#34;As a child, I would ask to go to a museum for my birthday,&#34; Robinson said. &#34;There is something about seeing history and art on display that really scratches the part of my brain that craves a hands-on educational experience,&#34; she added.&#60;/p&#62;&#13;&#10;&#60;p&#62;Robinson was born and raised in Chicago. She earned her Bachelor&#39;s of Science degree in Urban Studies and Public Policy at Dillard University, a liberal HBCU (Historically Black Colleges and Universities) in New Orleans, Louisiana.&#60;/p&#62;&#13;&#10;&#60;p&#62;She earned her Master&#39;s in Sociology at the University of Notre Dame in Indiana. She also is pursuing her PhD in Sociology from the same school.&#60;/p&#62;&#13;&#10;&#60;p&#62;Robinson moved to the D.C. region to conduct fieldwork for her dissertation.&#60;/p&#62;&#13;&#10;&#60;p&#62;&#34;My research focuses on identity, memory, and racial meaning at the National Museum of African American History and Culture (NMAAHC).&#34;&#60;/p&#62;&#13;&#10;&#60;p&#62;She became interested in this topic years earlier after she had visited the Apartheid Museum in Johannesburg, South Africa.&#60;/p&#62;&#13;&#10;&#60;p&#62;&#34;I saw so many parallels between the experience of Black Americans and that of Black South Africans as they battled against anti-black racism in their respective countries,&#34; Robinson said.&#60;/p&#62;&#13;&#10;&#60;p&#62;There are parts of the Apartheid Museum that she still vividly remembers almost 7 years later. One of those exhibits is called political execution.&#60;/p&#62;&#13;&#10;&#60;p&#62;&#34;There were nooses hanging from the ceiling to represent each prisoner whose death was labeled a suicide during the apartheid regime. However, later it was revealed they were killed by law enforcement and the information was hidden,&#34; Robinson explained.&#60;/p&#62;&#13;&#10;&#60;p&#62;Her trip to the Apartheid Museum made her reflect on her childhood experiences when she visited the The DuSable Black History Museum and Education Center in Chicago. One exhibit focused on Fred Hampton who was a member of the Black Panther Party.&#60;/p&#62;&#13;&#10;&#60;p&#62;&#34;In 1969, Hampton was murdered in his sleep by members of the FBI because of his involvement in the Black Panther Party and his support of socialism. Similar to the Apartheid Museum, the DuSable Museum acknowledged the death of a prominent social activist. 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<story_unique_id>6377bd41-0932-d8b4-b114-73b36cf084d3</story_unique_id><story_id>128724</story_id><status_changed_at>2026-10-19 00:00:01.000</status_changed_at><submitter_name>Richard Forrest</submitter_name><story_headline>Crucial Conversations - Crucial Learning</story_headline><story_body>&#60;p&#62;&#60;b&#62;Transform Your Communication. &#60;/b&#62;&#60;/p&#62;&#13;&#10;&#60;p&#62;&#60;b&#62;Elevate Your Impact. &#60;/b&#62;&#60;/p&#62;&#13;&#10;&#60;p&#62;Difficult conversations are inevitable, but they do not have to be obstacles. Learn how to navigate high-stakes discussions with confidence, clarity, and professionalism through Crucial Conversations, a dynamic two-day, in-person training offered by the Center for Teaching and Learning.&#60;/p&#62;&#13;&#10;&#60;p&#62;Whether you are addressing project challenges, presenting innovative ideas, providing feedback, or managing complex workplace relationships, the ability to communicate effectively is one of the most valuable professional skills you can develop. This interactive course equips participants with practical tools and proven techniques to engage in challenging conversations productively, build stronger relationships, and achieve positive outcomes.&#60;/p&#62;&#13;&#10;&#60;p&#62;&#60;b&#62;Who Can Attend?&#60;/b&#62; All Montgomery College employees&#60;/p&#62;&#13;&#10;&#60;p&#62;&#60;b&#62;Dates:&#60;/b&#62; November 2 &#38;amp; November 4 8:45 a.m. - 4:45 p.m. each day&#60;/p&#62;&#13;&#10;&#60;p&#62;&#60;b&#62;Location:&#60;/b&#62; Rockville Campus Mannakee Building, Room 122&#60;/p&#62;&#13;&#10;&#60;p&#62;&#60;a href=&#34;https://www.myworkday.com/mc/learning/offering/e4f9b8c596101000c3ad5a359b9d0000?wml-xpath-filter=%2Fwd%3AReport_Results%5B1%5D%2Fwd%3AReport_Row&#38;amp;type=7c48590b5257100009485b7a25ae0068&#34;&#62;&#60;b&#62;Register Today!&#60;/b&#62;&#60;/a&#62;&#60;/p&#62;&#13;&#10;&#60;p&#62;Click above link or log in to Workday Learns and submit your application to reserve your spot.&#60;/p&#62;&#13;&#10;&#60;p&#62;&#60;i&#62;Crucial Conversations helps you turn challenging discussions into opportunities for collaboration, understanding, and success. Join us and strengthen your ability to communicate with confidence in any situation.&#60;/i&#62;&#60;/p&#62;&#13;&#10;&#60;p&#62;&#60;i&#62;For more information, contact: richard.forrest@montgomerycollege.edu&#60;/i&#62;&#60;/p&#62;</story_body><attached_files><attachmentcount>1</attachmentcount><attached_file><file><rawname>Crucial Conversations promotion 2026.docx</rawname><href>attach/6377bd41-0932-d8b4-b114-73b36cf084d3/Crucial Conversations promotion 2026.docx</href></file><caption>Crucial Conversations for Mastering Dialogue</caption></attached_file></attached_files><display_image/>
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<story_unique_id>92d20957-d706-c1a4-8532-a84273f68ec7</story_unique_id><story_id>128953</story_id><status_changed_at>2026-10-19 00:00:01.000</status_changed_at><submitter_name>Betsy Leonard</submitter_name><story_headline>CCC Newsletter: October 19, 2026</story_headline><story_body>&#60;p&#62;The &#60;a href=&#34;https://montgomerycollege.curriculog.com/agenda:409/form&#34;&#62;October 19, 2026&#60;/a&#62; &#60;b&#62;Collegewide Curriculum Committee (CCC) &#60;/b&#62;Newsletter is ready for review! The newsletter contains pending curriculum actions for College comment.&#60;/p&#62;&#13;&#10;&#60;p&#62;Curriculum actions are tracked in &#60;a href=&#34;https://montgomerycollege.curriculog.com/&#34;&#62;Curriculog&#60;/a&#62;, the College&#39;s curriculum management application. To view the proposals, log into &#60;a href=&#34;https://montgomerycollege.curriculog.com/&#34;&#62;Curriculog&#60;/a&#62; using your MyMC credentials, then click on the above newsletter link. You can also click on the Agendas tab in Curriculog and search for &#60;a href=&#34;https://montgomerycollege.curriculog.com/agenda:409/form&#34;&#62;CCC Newsletter: October 19, 2026&#60;/a&#62; to view the agenda. Once in the agenda, click on the course and program links to view the proposals.&#60;/p&#62;&#13;&#10;&#60;p&#62;To comment on a specific proposal, submit your feedback within one week via the &#60;a href=&#34;https://info.montgomerycollege.edu/secured-fas/academic-affairs/curriculum/proposal-community-feedback-form.html&#34;&#62;CCC newsletter feedback&#60;/a&#62; form or email the &#60;b&#62;CCC&#60;/b&#62; at &#60;a href=&#34;mailto:CCC@montgomerycollege.edu&#34;&#62;CCC@montgomerycollege.edu&#60;/a&#62;.&#60;/p&#62;&#13;&#10;&#60;p&#62;The &#60;b&#62;CCC&#60;/b&#62; meetings are open to the College community. The meetings occur during the academic year on the first and third Fridays, 2-4 p.m. Please join us via Zoom!&#60;/p&#62;&#13;&#10;&#60;p&#62;The &#60;b&#62;CCC&#60;/b&#62; guides the curriculum action process and makes recommendations on curriculum matters to the Office of the Senior Vice President for Academic Affairs/College Provost. For more information about the &#60;b&#62;CCC&#39;s&#60;/b&#62; work, visit the &#60;a href=&#34;https://info.montgomerycollege.edu/secured-fas/academic-affairs/curriculum/index.html&#34;&#62;CCC webpage&#60;/a&#62; using your MyMC credentials. If you have questions or need assistance with curriculum matters, please contact the &#60;b&#62;CCC&#60;/b&#62; at &#60;a href=&#34;mailto:ccc@montgomerycollege.edu&#34;&#62;CCC@montgomerycollege.edu&#60;/a&#62;.&#60;/p&#62;</story_body><attached_files><attachmentcount>1</attachmentcount><attached_file><file><rawname>mc-ccc-1.jpg</rawname><href>attach/92d20957-d706-c1a4-8532-a84273f68ec7/mc-ccc-1.jpg</href></file><thumbnail><rawname>tn_0.jpg</rawname><href>attach/92d20957-d706-c1a4-8532-a84273f68ec7/tn_0.jpg</href></thumbnail><caption>MC CCC</caption></attached_file></attached_files><display_image><rawname>di_0.jpg</rawname><href>attach/92d20957-d706-c1a4-8532-a84273f68ec7/di_0.jpg</href></display_image><category_name>Employee News</category_name><featured_story>0</featured_story><show_display_picture>1</show_display_picture><display_order_in_category>50</display_order_in_category><story_summary/>
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<story_unique_id>452e9e2c-0f26-1ef4-cd7c-ee6b7739177f</story_unique_id><story_id>128959</story_id><status_changed_at>2026-10-19 00:00:01.000</status_changed_at><submitter_name>Tia Roebuck</submitter_name><story_headline>Quality Matters Recognition: MUSC 131 (American Popular Music)</story_headline><story_body>&#60;p&#62;MC Online is pleased to announce that the &#60;strong&#62;MUSC 131 (American Popular Music)&#60;/strong&#62; online course, taught by Professor Jay Crowder, recently achieved Quality Matters certification. This recognition reflects the course&#39;s alignment with nationally recognized standards for excellence in online education and Professor Crowder&#39;s commitment to providing engaging, high-quality learning experiences for students. We also wish to recognize Aaron Spoor for his instrumental contributions to the development and successful certification of this course.&#60;/p&#62;&#13;&#10;&#60;p&#62;Congratulations to Professors Crowder and Spoor on this outstanding achievement!&#60;/p&#62;</story_body><attached_files/>
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<story_unique_id>2786799a-3412-8724-05dd-1937e4042798</story_unique_id><story_id>128960</story_id><status_changed_at>2026-10-19 00:00:01.000</status_changed_at><submitter_name>Betsy Leonard</submitter_name><story_headline>General Education Rubric Revisions: We Want Your Feedback!</story_headline><story_body>&#60;p&#62;The General Education Standing Committee is revising two General Education rubrics: the newly titled &#60;a href=&#34;https://info.montgomerycollege.edu/_documents/secured-fas/academic-affairs/general-education-standing-committee/quick-links/draft-digital-fluency-and-emerging-technologies-rubric.pdf&#34; target=&#34;_blank&#34;&#62;Digital Fluency and Emerging Technologies rubric&#60;/a&#62; and the &#60;a href=&#34;https://info.montgomerycollege.edu/_documents/secured-fas/academic-affairs/general-education-standing-committee/quick-links/draft-personal-social-civic-responsibility-and-engagement-rubric.pdf&#34; target=&#34;_blank&#34;&#62;Personal, Social, and Civic Responsibility and Engagement rubric&#60;/a&#62;. Faculty use these rubrics to assess signature assignments in the College&#39;s General Education courses.&#60;/p&#62;&#13;&#10;&#60;p&#62;The committee invites faculty feedback to ensure the revised rubrics reflect current practices and provide user-friendly, effective tools for assessment.&#60;/p&#62;&#13;&#10;&#60;p&#62;Please email questions or comments to &#60;a href=&#34;mailto:GenEd@montogmerycollege.edu&#34;&#62;GenEd@montogmerycollege.edu&#60;/a&#62; by Thursday, October 22, 2026.&#60;/p&#62;&#13;&#10;&#60;p&#62;General Education is a vital component of every academic program. Thank you for sharing your feedback and participating in this important process!&#60;/p&#62;&#13;&#10;&#60;p&#62;&#60;strong&#62;Gen Ed: Start Here. Go Anywhere.&#60;/strong&#62;&#60;/p&#62;</story_body><attached_files><attachmentcount>1</attachmentcount><attached_file><file><rawname>mc-gened-pic.jpg</rawname><href>attach/2786799a-3412-8724-05dd-1937e4042798/mc-gened-pic.jpg</href></file><thumbnail><rawname>tn_0.jpg</rawname><href>attach/2786799a-3412-8724-05dd-1937e4042798/tn_0.jpg</href></thumbnail><caption>MC GESC</caption></attached_file></attached_files><display_image><rawname>di_0.jpg</rawname><href>attach/2786799a-3412-8724-05dd-1937e4042798/di_0.jpg</href></display_image><category_name>Employee News</category_name><featured_story>0</featured_story><show_display_picture>1</show_display_picture><display_order_in_category>80</display_order_in_category><story_summary/>
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<story_unique_id>6a5cd8fe-6b7c-95e4-41c7-8691e89ae5ee</story_unique_id><story_id>128998</story_id><status_changed_at>2026-10-19 00:00:01.000</status_changed_at><submitter_name>Tia Roebuck</submitter_name><story_headline>Grow Your Online Teaching Toolkit</story_headline><story_body>&#60;p&#62;Are you looking for new ways to enhance your online courses, connect with colleagues, and strengthen your course design skills? Consider joining one of our quality assurance professional development opportunities: &#60;strong&#62;Applying the Quality Matters Rubric (APPQMR)&#60;/strong&#62; or the &#60;strong&#62;Quality Assurance (QA) Microcredential&#60;/strong&#62;.&#60;/p&#62;&#13;&#10;&#60;p&#62;The &#60;strong&#62;APPQMR&#60;/strong&#62; workshop introduces faculty to the nationally recognized Quality Matters standards for online course design and provides practical strategies you can apply directly to your own courses. It&#39;s also the first step for those interested in becoming certified Quality Matters Peer Reviewers.&#60;/p&#62;&#13;&#10;&#60;p&#62;The &#60;strong&#62;QA Microcredential&#60;/strong&#62; offers a deeper dive into quality assurance practices through a series of digital badges that recognize faculty expertise in online teaching, course design, accessibility, innovation, and continuous improvement. Whether you&#39;re just getting started or looking to expand your knowledge, there&#39;s a pathway for you.&#60;/p&#62;&#13;&#10;&#60;p&#62;Still deciding whether APPQMR or the QA Microcredential is a good fit? Hearing directly from a colleague can help. Carolyn Castro, who has earned QA Microcredential badges, and Michaela Pacesova, who completed APPQMR, have volunteered to serve as faculty resources for those interested in learning more. Reach out to MC Online for additional information or to be connected with Carolyn or Michaela for a one-on-one conversation about their experience.&#60;/p&#62;&#13;&#10;&#60;p&#62;Investing time in professional development can have a lasting impact on your courses and your students&#39; learning experience. We hope you&#39;ll consider joining a growing community of faculty committed to excellence in online teaching and learning.&#60;/p&#62;&#13;&#10;&#60;p&#62;&#60;em&#62;For more information or to get started, contact &#60;strong&#62;Tia Roebuck&#60;/strong&#62;.&#60;/em&#62;&#60;/p&#62;</story_body><attached_files/>
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<story_unique_id>c568da4d-f3f6-75b4-b1a5-0f116b03ccc9</story_unique_id><story_id>128900</story_id><status_changed_at>2026-10-19 00:00:01.000</status_changed_at><submitter_name>Brady Patton</submitter_name><story_headline>Can&#39;t Make It During the Day? Come to CTL Nites and Earn a Badge!</story_headline><story_body>&#60;p&#62;The Center for Teaching and Learning is bringing the Faculty Learning Pathways to evenings and Saturdays. CTL Nites offers the same five pathways, the same badges, and the same submission process as the daytime program, on a schedule built for faculty who teach during the day.&#60;/p&#62;&#13;&#10;&#60;p&#62;All sessions are online via Zoom. Evening sessions run 6-7:15 p.m. and Saturday sessions run 10-11:15 a.m. CTL Nites is open to all faculty, with a special focus on part-time faculty.&#60;/p&#62;&#13;&#10;&#60;p&#62;October: AI Integration and Digital Fluency&#60;b&#62;&#60;/b&#62;&#60;/p&#62;&#13;&#10;&#60;ul&#62;&#13;&#10;&#60;li&#62;Monday, October 12: &#60;a href=&#34;https://www.myworkday.com/mc/learning/course/e4f9b8c596101001ed3d9fac719f0000?type=9882927d138b100019b6a2df1a46018b&#34;&#62;Human or AI? Designing Assignments for the New Reality&#60;/a&#62;&#60;/li&#62;&#13;&#10;&#60;li&#62;Wednesday, October 14: &#60;a href=&#34;https://www.myworkday.com/mc/learning/course/e4f9b8c596101001ee005dd569c30001?type=9882927d138b100019b6a2df1a46018b&#34;&#62;AI in the Wild: What Would You Do?&#60;/a&#62;&#60;/li&#62;&#13;&#10;&#60;li&#62;Thursday, October 22: &#60;a href=&#34;https://www.myworkday.com/mc/learning/course/4311118e4a501001f00a44d7129b0000?type=9882927d138b100019b6a2df1a46018b&#34;&#62;Beyond the Prompt: Choosing the Right Role for AI&#60;/a&#62;&#60;/li&#62;&#13;&#10;&#60;li&#62;Saturday, October 24: &#60;a href=&#34;https://www.myworkday.com/mc/learning/course/e4f9b8c596101001f125e6951bf90000?type=9882927d138b100019b6a2df1a46018b&#34;&#62;Make the Invisible Visible: Show Students How Experts and AI Think&#60;/a&#62;&#60;/li&#62;&#13;&#10;&#60;li&#62;Monday, November 2: &#60;a href=&#34;https://www.myworkday.com/mc/learning/course/e4f9b8c596101001f1c8e8ed18fc0001?type=9882927d138b100019b6a2df1a46018b&#34;&#62;The Learning Brain: Five Things Every Instructor Should Know&#60;/a&#62;&#60;/li&#62;&#13;&#10;&#60;li&#62;Wednesday, November 4: &#60;a href=&#34;https://www.myworkday.com/mc/learning/course/4311118e4a501001f29425bf37c40000?type=9882927d138b100019b6a2df1a46018b&#34;&#62;Why Students Forget--and What We Can Do About It&#60;/a&#62;&#60;/li&#62;&#13;&#10;&#60;li&#62;Tuesday, November 10: &#60;a href=&#34;https://www.myworkday.com/mc/learning/course/4311118e4a501001f3644c93fd740001?type=9882927d138b100019b6a2df1a46018b&#34;&#62;Too Much! Designing for Cognitive Load&#60;/a&#62;&#60;/li&#62;&#13;&#10;&#60;li&#62;Saturday, November 14: &#60;a href=&#34;https://www.myworkday.com/mc/learning/course/4311118e4a501001f3e5b7ab4eab0000?type=9882927d138b100019b6a2df1a46018b&#34;&#62;Beyond &#34;Any Questions?&#34;: Get Students Asking Better Questions&#60;/a&#62;&#60;/li&#62;&#13;&#10;&#60;/ul&#62;&#13;&#10;&#60;p&#62;November: Neuroscience of Learning and Student Achievement&#60;b&#62;&#60;/b&#62; How to earn a pathway badge&#60;b&#62;&#60;/b&#62;&#60;/p&#62;&#13;&#10;&#60;p&#62;Attend three workshops in your pathway and complete the short assignment for each, then attend two CTL workshops outside your pathway and write a brief reflection on each. CTL Nites offers four workshops in every pathway, so you choose three. Daytime pathway workshops count too.&#60;/p&#62;&#13;&#10;&#60;p&#62;How to register&#60;b&#62;&#60;/b&#62;&#60;/p&#62;&#13;&#10;&#60;p&#62;Click any workshop title above to register in Workday, or search &#60;b&#62;CTL Nites&#60;/b&#62; in Workday. To learn more about the five pathways and the badge, visit the &#60;a href=&#34;https://www.montgomerycollege.edu/offices/academic-affairs/ctl/faculty-learning-pathways.html&#34;&#62;Faculty Learning Pathways page&#60;/a&#62;.&#60;/p&#62;&#13;&#10;&#60;p&#62;Questions about CTL Nites?&#60;/p&#62;&#13;&#10;&#60;p&#62;Visit the &#60;a href=&#34;https://policypreview.montgomerycollege.edu/offices/academic-affairs/ctl/ctl-nites.html&#34;&#62;CTL Nites website&#60;/a&#62; or contact Patty Polimadei in the Center for Teaching and Learning at &#60;a href=&#34;mailto:patricia.polimadei@montgomerycollege.edu&#34;&#62;patricia.polimadei@montgomerycollege.edu&#60;/a&#62;.&#60;/p&#62;</story_body><attached_files/>
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<story_unique_id>a408e114-4cf8-1b74-e9e0-dad92ae566d2</story_unique_id><story_id>128948</story_id><status_changed_at>2026-10-19 00:00:01.000</status_changed_at><submitter_name>Deborah Grubb</submitter_name><story_headline>Fall Assessment News Brief 2026</story_headline><story_body>&#60;p&#62;&#60;b&#62;Welcome to the Fall 2026 Assessment News Brief! &#60;/b&#62;&#60;/p&#62;&#13;&#10;&#60;p&#62;This issue contains important information regarding our new assessment software and upcoming outcomes assessment activities.&#60;/p&#62;&#13;&#10;&#60;p&#62;&#60;b&#62;New workshops are available for October and November! &#60;/b&#62;(please access the attached Word document for detailed information and meeting links).&#60;/p&#62;&#13;&#10;&#60;p&#62;&#60;b&#62;Workshop topics include:&#60;/b&#62;&#60;/p&#62;&#13;&#10;&#60;ul&#62;&#13;&#10;&#60;li&#62;Scoring Students in the New Watermark System&#60;/li&#62;&#13;&#10;&#60;li&#62;Managing your Assessment Schedule&#60;/li&#62;&#13;&#10;&#60;li&#62;CAR Checkup&#60;/li&#62;&#13;&#10;&#60;li&#62;Let&#39;s Talk Data (LTD) - CAR Dashboard&#60;/li&#62;&#13;&#10;&#60;/ul&#62;</story_body><attached_files><attachmentcount>1</attachmentcount><attached_file><file><rawname>Fall Assessment News Brief 10-15-26.docx</rawname><href>attach/a408e114-4cf8-1b74-e9e0-dad92ae566d2/Fall Assessment News Brief 10-15-26.docx</href></file><caption>Fall Assessment News Brief 2026</caption></attached_file></attached_files><display_image/>
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<story_unique_id>0ca860c8-6e98-19c4-6d13-3c0eef4a60cd</story_unique_id><story_id>128949</story_id><status_changed_at>2026-10-19 00:00:01.000</status_changed_at><submitter_name>Betsy Leonard</submitter_name><story_headline>GESC Agenda: October 23, 2026</story_headline><story_body>&#60;p&#62;The &#60;a href=&#34;https://montgomerycollege.curriculog.com/agenda:408/form&#34;&#62;October 23, 2026&#60;/a&#62;&#60;b&#62; General Education Standing Committee&#60;/b&#62; (&#60;b&#62;GESC&#60;/b&#62;) agenda is ready for review! The agenda includes topics for discussion at the meeting and pending General Education course (re)certification proposals.&#60;/p&#62;&#13;&#10;&#60;p&#62;&#60;b&#62;GESC&#39;s&#60;/b&#62; meeting agendas are tracked in &#60;a href=&#34;https://montgomerycollege.curriculog.com/&#34;&#62;Curriculog&#60;/a&#62;, the College&#39;s curriculum management application. To view the agenda, log into Curriculog using your MyMC credentials, click on the Agendas tab, and search for &#60;a href=&#34;https://montgomerycollege.curriculog.com/agenda:408/form&#34;&#62;GESC Agenda: October 23, 2026&#60;/a&#62;. If you are already logged into MyMC, you can simply click on the above agenda link to view the agenda. Once in the agenda, click on the links to view any course (re)certification proposals.&#60;/p&#62;&#13;&#10;&#60;p&#62;&#60;b&#62;GESC&#60;/b&#62; meetings are open to the College community. The meetings occur during the academic year on the second and fourth Fridays, 2-4:00 p.m., via Zoom. Join us if you can!&#60;/p&#62;&#13;&#10;&#60;p&#62;The &#60;b&#62;GESC&#60;/b&#62; guides the General Education course (re)certification process and makes recommendations to the Office of the Senior Vice President for Academic Affairs/College Provost on General Education matters.&#60;/p&#62;&#13;&#10;&#60;p&#62;For more information about the &#60;b&#62;GESC&#39;s&#60;/b&#62; work, visit the &#60;a href=&#34;https://info.montgomerycollege.edu/secured-fas/academic-affairs/general-education-standing-committee/index.html&#34;&#62;General Education Standing Committee&#60;/a&#62; webpage for faculty and staff using your MyMC credentials or the &#60;a href=&#34;https://www.montgomerycollege.edu/academics/general-education-program/&#34;&#62;General Education Program&#60;/a&#62; webpage. If you have questions about the program or need assistance with course (re)certification matters, please contact the &#60;b&#62;GESC&#60;/b&#62; at &#60;a href=&#34;mailto:GenEd@montgomerycollege.edu&#34;&#62;GenEd@montgomerycollege.edu&#60;/a&#62;.&#60;/p&#62;&#13;&#10;&#60;p&#62;&#60;b&#62;Gen Ed: Start Here. Go Anywhere.&#60;/b&#62;&#60;/p&#62;</story_body><attached_files><attachmentcount>1</attachmentcount><attached_file><file><rawname>mc-gened-pic.jpg</rawname><href>attach/0ca860c8-6e98-19c4-6d13-3c0eef4a60cd/mc-gened-pic.jpg</href></file><thumbnail><rawname>tn_0.jpg</rawname><href>attach/0ca860c8-6e98-19c4-6d13-3c0eef4a60cd/tn_0.jpg</href></thumbnail><caption>MC GESC</caption></attached_file></attached_files><display_image><rawname>di_0.jpg</rawname><href>attach/0ca860c8-6e98-19c4-6d13-3c0eef4a60cd/di_0.jpg</href></display_image><category_name>Employee News</category_name><featured_story>0</featured_story><show_display_picture>1</show_display_picture><display_order_in_category>130</display_order_in_category><story_summary/>
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<story_unique_id>e5087c94-f7bf-dcc4-e524-c26ab6d0bf0c</story_unique_id><story_id>128950</story_id><status_changed_at>2026-10-19 00:00:01.000</status_changed_at><submitter_name>Jorge Zuniga</submitter_name><story_headline>MC to Host Region 20 Soccer Semifinals &#38; Men&#39;s Championship</story_headline><story_body>&#60;p&#62;&#60;strong&#62;Rockville, MD - &#60;/strong&#62;Montgomery College Athletics will host the NJCAA Region 20 Division I Men&#39;s and Women&#39;s Soccer Semifinals on Friday, October 23, and the Men&#39;s Championship on Sunday, October 25, at Alcus Field on the Rockville Campus. The postseason matchups will bring top regional programs to Montgomery College as teams compete for a chance to advance to the next stage of the NJCAA postseason.&#60;/p&#62;&#13;&#10;&#60;p&#62;Admission is free for all matches, and concessions will be available throughout the weekend. Fans unable to attend in person can watch the action live on HUDLTV.&#60;/p&#62;&#13;&#10;&#60;p&#62;&#60;strong&#62;Friday, October 23 -- Region 20 Semifinals&#60;/strong&#62;&#60;/p&#62;&#13;&#10;&#60;p&#62;The postseason action begins Friday with two semifinal matchups at Alcus Field.&#60;/p&#62;&#13;&#10;&#60;ul&#62;&#13;&#10;&#60;li&#62;&#60;strong&#62;3 p.m. -- Women&#39;s Semifinal:&#60;/strong&#62; Montgomery College vs. Harcum College&#60;/li&#62;&#13;&#10;&#60;li&#62;&#60;strong&#62;5:30 p.m. -- Men&#39;s Semifinal:&#60;/strong&#62; Monroe Community College vs. Harcum College (neutral-site match)&#60;/li&#62;&#13;&#10;&#60;/ul&#62;&#13;&#10;&#60;p&#62;Montgomery College&#39;s women&#39;s soccer team will look to advance through its semifinal matchup against Harcum College, while the men&#39;s bracket features Monroe Community College and Harcum College competing for a place in Sunday&#39;s championship.&#60;/p&#62;&#13;&#10;&#60;p&#62;&#60;strong&#62;Sunday, October 25 -- Men&#39;s Region 20 Championship&#60;/strong&#62;&#60;/p&#62;&#13;&#10;&#60;p&#62;The weekend continues Sunday at 1:00 p.m. as Montgomery College takes on the winner of Friday&#39;s Monroe Community College-Harcum College semifinal in the Region 20 Division I Men&#39;s Championship.&#60;/p&#62;&#13;&#10;&#60;p&#62;With a regional title and a postseason berth on the line, the Raptors will look to defend their home field and continue their postseason run in front of the home crowd.&#60;/p&#62;&#13;&#10;&#60;p&#62;&#60;strong&#62;Road to the NJCAA Division I National Championship&#60;/strong&#62;&#60;/p&#62;&#13;&#10;&#60;p&#62;The Region 20 postseason marks an important step toward the NJCAA Division I National Championship Tournament in November.&#60;/p&#62;&#13;&#10;&#60;p&#62;If Montgomery College wins Sunday&#39;s men&#39;s championship, the Raptors will advance to the District Tournament in South Carolina. District play is scheduled to begin with a semifinal on Friday, October 30, followed by the district championship on Saturday, October 31. The host location in South Carolina will be determined by the results of the regional playoffs.&#60;/p&#62;&#13;&#10;&#60;p&#62;The District Champion will earn a berth in the &#60;strong&#62;2026 NJCAA Division I Men&#39;s Soccer National Championship Tournament&#60;/strong&#62; in November.&#60;/p&#62;&#13;&#10;&#60;p&#62;Montgomery College&#39;s women&#39;s soccer team also has an opportunity to extend its postseason run. If the Raptors defeat Harcum College in Friday&#39;s semifinal, they will advance to the Region 20 Division I Championship match against Monroe Community College on Friday, October 30. The match will be hosted by Monroe Community College in New York.&#60;/p&#62;&#13;&#10;&#60;p&#62;The winner of the women&#39;s regional championship will advance to district championship play, continuing the pursuit of a berth in the NJCAA Division I National Championship Tournament.&#60;/p&#62;&#13;&#10;&#60;p data-pm-slice=&#34;1 1 []&#34;&#62;Montgomery College Athletics invites students, faculty, staff, alumni, and the community to attend the Region 20 postseason and cheer on the Raptors as they compete for a championship and a chance to advance in the NJCAA postseason.&#60;/p&#62;&#13;&#10;&#60;p&#62;&#60;strong&#62;Go Raptors!&#60;/strong&#62;&#60;/p&#62;</story_body><attached_files><attachmentcount>1</attachmentcount><attached_file><file><rawname>SCHEDULES-2.png</rawname><href>attach/e5087c94-f7bf-dcc4-e524-c26ab6d0bf0c/SCHEDULES-2.png</href></file><thumbnail><rawname>tn_0.png</rawname><href>attach/e5087c94-f7bf-dcc4-e524-c26ab6d0bf0c/tn_0.png</href></thumbnail></attached_file></attached_files><display_image><rawname>di_0.png</rawname><href>attach/e5087c94-f7bf-dcc4-e524-c26ab6d0bf0c/di_0.png</href></display_image><category_name>Athletics</category_name><featured_story>0</featured_story><show_display_picture>1</show_display_picture><display_order_in_category>10</display_order_in_category><story_summary/>
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<story_unique_id>3d096c6a-5e14-4d34-1d5a-2525abc81185</story_unique_id><story_id>128951</story_id><status_changed_at>2026-10-19 00:00:01.000</status_changed_at><submitter_name>Jorge Zuniga</submitter_name><story_headline>Women&#39;s Basketball 2026-2027 Home Game Schedule</story_headline><story_body>&#60;p data-pm-slice=&#34;1 1 []&#34;&#62;Montgomery College Athletics has announced the 2026-2027 women&#39;s basketball home schedule as the Raptors prepare for a new season with their sights set on competing for the Region 20 title.&#60;/p&#62;&#13;&#10;&#60;p&#62;The upcoming home schedule will feature three special events: the Halloween Classic, Tip-Off Classic, and Holiday Classic. These events will bring exciting basketball action to the Rockville Campus as the Raptors look to build momentum and compete against regional opponents throughout the season.&#60;/p&#62;&#13;&#10;&#60;p&#62;All Montgomery College women&#39;s basketball home games are free to attend, providing students, faculty, staff, alumni, and community members with an opportunity to support the Raptors in person. Concessions will be available at all home games.&#60;/p&#62;&#13;&#10;&#60;p&#62;Fans unable to attend in person can watch every game live on HudlTV.com&#60;/p&#62;&#13;&#10;&#60;p&#62;Montgomery College Athletics invites the community to mark their calendars and support the women&#39;s basketball team throughout the 2026-2027 season as the Raptors pursue their goal of competing for a Region 20 championship.&#60;/p&#62;&#13;&#10;&#60;p&#62;For the complete schedule, game dates, and updates throughout the season, visit the Montgomery College Athletics website at mcraptors.com.&#60;/p&#62;</story_body><attached_files><attachmentcount>1</attachmentcount><attached_file><file><rawname>WBBSchedule2627.png</rawname><href>attach/3d096c6a-5e14-4d34-1d5a-2525abc81185/WBBSchedule2627.png</href></file><thumbnail><rawname>tn_0.png</rawname><href>attach/3d096c6a-5e14-4d34-1d5a-2525abc81185/tn_0.png</href></thumbnail></attached_file></attached_files><display_image><rawname>di_0.png</rawname><href>attach/3d096c6a-5e14-4d34-1d5a-2525abc81185/di_0.png</href></display_image><category_name>Athletics</category_name><featured_story>0</featured_story><show_display_picture>1</show_display_picture><display_order_in_category>20</display_order_in_category><story_summary/>
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