WCC Student Profile: Arterah Griggs
WCC Public Relations - September 10, 2024
A Chicago native, WCC student Arterah Griggs plans to transfer to Ferris State University in 2025.
View Post : WCC Student Profile: Arterah Griggstags: Student Success, Launch Fall 2024, WCC Foundation, Transfer, Launch, Student Services, Student Profile
WCC Police Academy celebrates 27-member Class of 2024
Rich Rezler - September 09, 2024
The Washtenaw Community College Police Academy celebrated its 54th graduating class on Friday, Sept. 7.
View Post : WCC Police Academy celebrates 27-member Class of 2024tags: Graduation, Pinning Ceremony, Police Academy, Public Service Training, Class of 2024
Washtenaw Economic Club speakers to focus on labor and wage trends, November election results
Fran LeFort - September 04, 2024
The Washtenaw Economic Club will conclude its season focusing on labor and wage trends as well as impacts of the election results. Tickets are available for the September 26 and November 7 luncheon meetings hosted at Washtenaw Community College.
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Michigan Reconnect a family affair for WCC students
WCC Public Relations - September 03, 2024
The Michigan Reconnect scholarship program has become a family affair for the Reeds. Ryan Reed enrolled at WCC with the help of the Reconnect scholarship after noticing many positions posted on Indeed required college degrees. “I thought I might be underqualified, and I might want to go to school. It’s more for job security,” he says.
View Post : Michigan Reconnect a family affair for WCC studentstags: Student Success, Business Administration, Launch Fall 2024, Michigan Reconnect, Scholarship
WCC launches 2024 Fall semester with new programs
Fran LeFort - August 30, 2024
WCC introduced two new associate degree programs and six new certificate programs for the Fall 2024 semester.
View Post : WCC launches 2024 Fall semester with new programstags: 2024, Fall semester, Fall, Student Success
Employers say 21st century skills are more important than ever
WCC Public Relations - August 23, 2024
From Washtenaw Community College to Harvard University, Lourena De Abreu owes her achievements to more than simply good grades.The opportunity to dig into leadership roles in the Phi Theta Kappa Honor Society, the Black Student Union — even the WCC softball team — helped De Abreu sharpen critical soft skills.
View Post : Employers say 21st century skills are more important than evertags: Career Skills, Launch Fall 2024, 21st Century Skills, Student Success
WCC alumnus and former Navy flight instructor is STEM Educator of the Year
WCC Public Relations - August 19, 2024
Knowledgeable. Passionate. Those are some of the attributes that Caleb Coon, U.S. Navy veteran and Michigan Region 2 STEM Educator of the Year, recalls about his own instructors at WCC.
View Post : WCC alumnus and former Navy flight instructor is STEM Educator of the Yeartags: STEM Careers, Navy, Alumnus, Teaching, STEM Educator of the Year
WCC graduate living his dream in Country Music Capital of the World
WCC Public Relations - August 18, 2024
If there’s a lesson WCC graduate Evan Starr wants to share, it’s that falling down and getting back up is OK. But his education — and perhaps most importantly the encouragement from his instructors — has paved a path toward his dreams in the “Country Music Capital of the World."
View Post : WCC graduate living his dream in Country Music Capital of the Worldtags: Launch Fall 2024, Music, Sound Engineering, Country Music, Student Success, Music Production
WCC students capitalizing on semiconductor partnership with University of Michigan
WCC Public Relations - August 17, 2024
A new partnership between Washtenaw Community College and University of Michigan’s Lurie Nanofabrication Facility (LNF) is a win-win. Just ask the three future engineers who started their college education at WCC and are working at the lab. Or Sandrine Martin, Ph.D., Managing Director of the LNF.
View Post : WCC students capitalizing on semiconductor partnership with University of Michigantags: Student Success, Internships, Semiconductor Industry, Semiconductor, Launch Fall 2024
After year of university in D.C., WCC alumna lands prestigious Detroit internship
WCC Public Relations - August 13, 2024
Since May 2023, Kaelyn Collins moved from her home in Ypsilanti to Washington, D.C., for a busy freshman year at prestigious HBCU Howard University and then spent this summer as an executive intern with Rock Ventures in Detroit.
View Post : After year of university in D.C., WCC alumna lands prestigious Detroit internshiptags: Internship, Student Success, Launch Fall 2024, Launch, Real Estate