WCC employees complete campus emergency response training
Rich Rezler - March 11, 2020
More than 20 WCC employees completed a six-month CERT training that prepared the volunteers to assist the Public Safety Department in the event of an emergency on campus.
View Post : WCC employees complete campus emergency response trainingtags: Public Safety, ousearch_News_2020, CERT Training, Emergency Preparedness
Scholarship will help WCC student with his career transition
Rich Rezler - March 06, 2020
Ken Hannan is one of five statewide recipients of a scholarship from the Michigan Association of Broadcasters Foundation.
View Post : Scholarship will help WCC student with his career transitiontags: Broadcast Media Arts, Scholarships, Student Success, ousearch_News_2020, Center for Career Success
WCC librarian, winner of inaugural ALA fellowship, believes in power of community colleges and libraries
Rich Rezler - February 24, 2020
Tashia Munson, an Outreach and Reference Librarian at WCC’s Bailey Library, recently attended the American Library Association’s Midwinter Meeting & Exhibits after being selected as the organization’s inaugural Lois Ann Gregory-Wood Fellow.
View Post : WCC librarian, winner of inaugural ALA fellowship, believes in power of community colleges and librariestags: Staff Profile, Library, ousearch_News_2020, Awards
WCC, Destination Ann Arbor win state award for hospitality apprenticeship program
Susan Ferraro - February 21, 2020
Destination Ann Arbor and Washtenaw Community College are joint recipients of the Tourism Industry Coalition of Michigan 2020 Governor’s Award for Innovative Tourism Collaboration.
View Post : WCC, Destination Ann Arbor win state award for hospitality apprenticeship programtags: Awards, WCC Foundation, ousearch_News_2020, Workforce Development
Spring 2020 Career and Internship Fair on March 11 is free, open to the public
Rich Rezler - February 21, 2020
The Spring 2020 Career and Internship Fair on Wednesday, March 11 is expected to include representatives from an estimated 80 employers, many looking to immediately fill current job opportunities.
View Post : Spring 2020 Career and Internship Fair on March 11 is free, open to the publictags: Center for Career Success, Career Fair, ousearch_News_2020
Speaker: Community colleges are 'the heart and soul' of societal transformation
Brian Malone - February 19, 2020
Author and urbanist Richard Florida: “The energy we are seeing that is transforming our society, socially and economically, is happening (locally). Community colleges are the heart and soul of it and don’t get the credit they deserve.”
View Post : Speaker: Community colleges are 'the heart and soul' of societal transformationtags: President's Leadership Recognition Luncheon, ousearch_News_2020, Community Colleges
High school students win scholarships, prizes at Skills USA competition
Rich Rezler - February 17, 2020
Sixty-one high school students from 13 area high schools vied for scholarships, prizes and a spot in the state finals at the 2020 Skills USA Automotive Technology regional competition held at WCC.
View Post : High school students win scholarships, prizes at Skills USA competitiontags: ousearch_News_2020, Scholarships, Automotive Services, Skills USA
WCC, other community colleges sign transfer agreements with 25 Michigan universities
Rich Rezler - February 05, 2020
Transferring to a four-year college or university from WCC is now even simpler thanks to new transfer agreements with 25 Michigan colleges and universities.
View Post : WCC, other community colleges sign transfer agreements with 25 Michigan universitiestags: Transfer, ousearch_News_2020, Academic Pathways, Articulation Agreements
WCC alumna Aisha Bowe endows scholarship for engineering transfer students
Rich Rezler - February 03, 2020
The Aisha R. Bowe eMpower Engineering Scholarship will be awarded to select WCC students who’ve earned a minimum of a 3.3 GPA while completing at least 14 credits in a WCC academic program designed to transfer into the University of Michigan College of Engineering.
View Post : WCC alumna Aisha Bowe endows scholarship for engineering transfer studentstags: ousearch_News_2020, Scholarships, WCC Foundation, STEAM, Aisha Bowe, Alumni, Alumni Profile, Transfer
Two WCC students make semifinal list for Cooke Undergraduate Transfer Scholarship
Rich Rezler - January 27, 2020
Ali Kurmasha and David Seaman are two of the 456 students nationwide to make the 2020 semifinalists list, selected from a pool of nearly 1,500 applicants.
View Post : Two WCC students make semifinal list for Cooke Undergraduate Transfer Scholarshiptags: Awards, National Scholarship, ousearch_News_2020, Student Success