Fulton-Montgomery Community College

United States (USA)

About Fulton-Montgomery Community College

About Fulton-Montgomery
Community College

Fulton-Montgomery Community College is located on 195 acres in the foothills of the beautiful Adirondack Mountains between Albany and Utica, NY. FM is dedicated to providing students with a quality education in an environment that nurtures success. With over 35 degree and certificate programs, we offer small classes, individualized attention, and many diverse programs.

Centered around a picturesque campus quad, campus facilities include a Student Union Building, The Evans Library, Communications and Media Arts Building, a Physical Education Building, which houses a state-of-the art Wellness Center, a Classroom Building and an Administration Building.

As a part of the NJCAA (National Junior College Athletic Association), FM offers Division III sports in men’s and women’s basketball and soccer, baseball, softball and volleyball. Many FM athletic teams have been nationally ranked by the NJCAA in several areas.

Students interested in becoming involved in campus activities and clubs are able to choose from over 30 on-campus clubs and organizations. Nearly 100 international students attend FM, representing 25 countries.

Today the United States is experiencing a climate of anger and negativity toward many things including the government, police, wealthy, poor, people of color, people of various religions, gay and lesbian people, transgender people and many others who make up our American society. While it would be wrong to blame the recent presidential election process for creating this atmosphere, there is evidence to suggest that it magnified these feelings among certain Americans and has polarized our country, communities and even families. It has provided some with a sense of legitimacy to discriminate against those who are not the same color, religion, sexuality or for any other reason.

We at Fulton-Montgomery Community College do not subscribe to this culture of anger and negativity. We believe that the diversity of people, religions and ideas that is the composite of United States is what makes us great. We welcome discussions with people from various backgrounds and work to include their thoughts and ideas into the greater understanding of our nation and world. While we support the free expression of ideas, we hold sacred that those expressions be founded in fact and research not hyperbole and rhetoric. As often stated by former Senator Patrick Moynihan, “Everyone is entitled to their own opinion; they are not entitled to their own facts.”

We wish to assure all of our citizens and visitors that they are welcome at FM. We will work to insure that all are safe to express their ideas, practice their faith, form relationships with whomever is agreeable and contribute positively to our campus community. On our campus, everyone matters and we will not succumb to the negativity that is rampant across our nation and prevalent in the media.

At FM, we value Civility, Integrity, Diversity, Accessibility and Community Engagement among others. We believe that these values create an atmosphere on our campus that allows all who come to feel valued and equal. It is our hope that when students and others leave our campus they live their lives respecting all cultures. Regardless of whether you are Black, Latino, White, Christian, Muslim, Jewish, Atheist, Straight, Gay, Transgender or whoever you are – you are welcome at FM.

About United States (USA)

The U.S. is a country of 50 states covering a vast swath of North America, with Alaska in the northwest and Hawaii extending the nation’s presence into the Pacific Ocean. Major Atlantic Coast cities are New York, a global finance and culture center, and capital Washington, DC. Midwestern metropolis Chicago is known for influential architecture and on the west coast, Los Angeles' Hollywood is famed for filmmaking.

Fast Facts: United States

Official Name: United States of America
Capital: Washington, D.C.
Population: 329,256,465 (2018)
Official Language: None, but most of the country is English-speaking
Currency: US dollar (USD)
Form of Government: Constitutional federal republic
Climate: Mostly temperate, but tropical in Hawaii and Florida, arctic in Alaska, semiarid in the great plains west of the Mississippi River, and arid in the Great Basin of the southwest; low winter temperatures in the northwest are ameliorated occasionally in January and February by warm chinook winds from the eastern slopes of the Rocky Mountains
Total Area: 3,796,725 square miles (9,833,517 square kilometers)
Highest Point: Denali at 20,308 feet (6,190 meters)
Lowest Point: Death Valley at -282 feet (-86 meters)

Government

The U.S. government is a representative democracy with two legislative bodies, the Senate and the House of Representatives. The Senate consists of 100 seats, with two representatives from each of the 50 states. The House of Representatives consists of 435 seats, the occupants of which are elected by the people from each of the 50 states. The executive branch consists of the president, who is also the head of government and chief of state.

The U.S. also has a judicial branch of government that is made up of the Supreme Court, the U.S. Court of Appeals, U.S. District Courts, and State and County Courts. The U.S. is comprised of 50 states and one district (Washington, D.C.).

Economics and Land Use

The U.S. has the largest and most technologically advanced economy in the world. It mainly consists of the industrial and service sectors. The main industries include petroleum, steel, motor vehicles, aerospace, telecommunications, chemicals, electronics, food processing, consumer goods, lumber, and mining. Agricultural production, though only a small part of the economy, includes wheat, corn, other grains, fruits, vegetables, cotton, beef, pork, poultry, dairy products, fish, and forest products.

Geography and Climate

The U.S. borders both the North Atlantic and North Pacific Oceans and is bordered by Canada and Mexico. It is the third-largest country in the world by area and has a varied topography. The eastern regions consist of hills and low mountains, while the central interior is a vast plain (called the Great Plains region). The west has high rugged mountain ranges (some of which are volcanic in the Pacific Northwest). Alaska also features rugged mountains as well as river valleys. Hawaii's landscape varies but is dominated by volcanic topography.

Like its topography, the climate of the U.S. also varies depending on location. It is considered mostly temperate but is tropical in Hawaii and Florida, arctic in Alaska, semiarid in the plains west of the Mississippi River and arid in the Great Basin of the southwest.

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