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WCC returning to campus in Fall 2020 with safety as top priority

Rich Rezler - June 26, 2020

WCC has taken exhaustive steps to protect the health of the limited number of students, faculty and staff that will be on campus during the Fall semester.

View Post :   WCC returning to campus in Fall 2020 with safety as top priority

tags: ousearch_News_2020, Press Release, Fall 2020, Dr. Rose B. Bellanca

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WCC offering free Race and Ethnic Relations virtual learning series to community

Rich Rezler - June 26, 2020

Washtenaw Community College is offering a free, five-part Race and Ethnic Relations virtual learning series.

View Post :   WCC offering free Race and Ethnic Relations virtual learning series to community

tags: ousearch_News_2020, Community enrichment, Race and Ethnicity

President Dr. Rose B. Bellanca

Board of Trustees unanimously extends contract of President Bellanca

WCC - June 26, 2020

The WCC Board of Trustees voted to extend the contract of WCC President and CEO Dr. Rose B. Bellanca to June 30, 2023.

View Post :   Board of Trustees unanimously extends contract of President Bellanca

tags: ousearch_News_2020, Board of Trustees, Dr. Rose B. Bellanca

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Board of Trustees approves department chair appointments for 2020-21

Rich Rezler - June 23, 2020

Faculty department chair appointments for the 2020-21 academic year.

View Post :   Board of Trustees approves department chair appointments for 2020-21

tags: Board of Trustees, Faculty Department Chair, ousearch_News_2020

National Center of Academic Excellence in Cyber Defense Education

WCC designated a National Center of Academic Excellence in Cyber Defense Education

Rich Rezler - June 16, 2020

The announcement places WCC among a select group of two-year, four-year and graduate-level institutions nationwide to receive the prestigious distinction.

View Post :   WCC designated a National Center of Academic Excellence in Cyber Defense Education

tags: National Center of Academic Excellence in Cyber Defense Education, cybersecurity, Computer Science, ousearch_News_2020

Maximilian Ehinger

WCC student Maximilian Ehinger selected as NASA Community College Aerospace Scholar

Rich Rezler - June 12, 2020

Maximilian Ehinger came to WCC intent on learning more about the worlds of aerospace, physics and astronomy. He got that opportunity, and then some.

View Post :   WCC student Maximilian Ehinger selected as NASA Community College Aerospace Scholar

tags: NASA, Astronomy, ousearch_News_2020, Student Success

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Medical Assisting certificate program addresses needs of local employers

Rich Rezler - June 03, 2020

Local healthcare organizations IHA and Michigan Medicine have both expressed to WCC a pressing need to fill their talent pipeline with more certified medical assistants.

View Post :   Medical Assisting certificate program addresses needs of local employers

tags: Allied Health, Health Sciences, Medical Assisting, Medical Assistant, ousearch_News_2020, Certificates

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Graduate profile: Nearly 40 years later, mom of 5 completes her degree

Rich Rezler - June 03, 2020

When Sandy Coward left college in 1983, she promised her mother she would finish her degree one day. And then "life got in the way.”

View Post :   Graduate profile: Nearly 40 years later, mom of 5 completes her degree

tags: Graduation, ousearch_News_2020, Occupational Studies, Non-Traditional Student

Emilee Seghi holding planner with NASA logo

WCC graduate Emilee Seghi selected as NASA Community College Aerospace Scholar

Rich Rezler - May 23, 2020

Emilee Seghi will participate in the five-week, online NASA Community College Aerospace Scholar program with hopes of being selected for an all-expense-paid, four-day visit to a NASA center.

View Post :   WCC graduate Emilee Seghi selected as NASA Community College Aerospace Scholar

tags: NASA, ousearch_News_2020, Aerospace Engineering, Student Success

Samuel Harmon in 1965

Board of Trustees remembers first chairman, Samuel Harmon

Rich Rezler - May 19, 2020

WCC Board chair Christina Fleming requested a moment of silence at the beginning of Tuesday’s virtual meeting in honor of the death of Samuel Harmon, the first WCC board chair in 1965.

View Post :   Board of Trustees remembers first chairman, Samuel Harmon

tags: Board of Trustees, ousearch_News_2020

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