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Emily Hatsigeorgiou (center) is honored at a recent WCC Board of Trustees meeting by Dean of Advanced Technologies & Public Service Careers Brandon Tucker (second from right) and WCC trustees (from left) Ruth A. Hatcher, Bill Milliken Jr., Diana McKnight-Morton, Richard J. Landau, J.D., Ph.D., Angela Davis, David DeVarti and Christina Fleming. (Photo by Lon Horwedel)

Superstars! WCC students, faculty member receive national accolades

Washtenaw Community College - April 24, 2018

Emily Hatsigeorgiou has made her mark on the local automotive scene, and is now being recognized nationally for her work.

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Students helped the WCC Landscape and Grounds team plant a tree in front of the Morris Lawrence Building the day after the college received Tree Campus USA certification last year. (Photo by Lon Horwedel)

WCC earns Tree Campus USA distinction ... again!

Washtenaw Community College - April 23, 2018

For the second consecutive year, Washtenaw Community College has earned the distinction of Tree Campus USA from the Arbor Day Foundation.

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University of Michigan economist Donald Grimes shared plenty of good news about the local economy at a recent Washtenaw Economic Club luncheon. (Photo by Kelly Gampel)

Washtenaw County's economic outlook: Continued prosperity

Washtenaw Community College - April 23, 2018

University of Michigan economists Donald Grimes and Gabriel Ehrlich presented “The Economic Outlook for Washtenaw County in 2018-2020,” report at the Washtenaw Economic Club luncheon on March 29. Washtenaw Community College played host for the event.

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Caleb Stade (center) helps Belleville High School student Derrick Loutharp enter code into a mock system meant to demonstrate car programming during Free College Day on April 7. (Photo by Kelly Gampel)

WCC opens its doors to the community at Free College Day

Washtenaw Community College - April 23, 2018

Derrick Loutharp doesn’t turn down many opportunities to learn. That’s why the Belleville High School senior and his mother, Annette, were among the nearly 600 local residents that signed up to spend Saturday, April 7, on the Washtenaw Community Campus for the bi-annual Free College Day event.

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There’s an international flair in the Adult Transitions Pathways classes being taught at the Ypsilanti Township Community Center. Students include (from left, with native country) Yui Nishi (Japan), Jesus Agualimpia (Argentina), Ali Aldawood (Saudi Arabia), Maria Cid-Espinoza (Mexico) and Kurumi Sato (Japan).

Adult Transitions: Taking education where it's needed

Washtenaw Community College - April 23, 2018

Responding to the needs of its surrounding communities, the Adult Transitions department at Washtenaw Community College is extending its reach with a new adult education project at the Ypsilanti Township Community Center.

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McKinley calls on WCC to develop maintenance staff

Washtenaw Community College - April 23, 2018

McKinley, Inc., one of the nation’s largest residential and commercial real estate development companies, called upon Washtenaw Community College to help train building maintenance professionals for employment at the company’s apartment and housing units around the Ann Arbor/Ypsilanti area.

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Public invited by Pitch@WCC

Washtenaw Community College - April 23, 2018

The Entrepreneurship Center at Washtenaw Community College is hosting its third annual Pitch@WCC contest on Tuesday, May 15 and the public is invited to attend and cheer on the competitors.

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Al Lecz (left), Director of the WCC Advanced Transportation Center, describes a prototype vehicle exhibited at this year’s North American International Auto Show. Constructed and assembled with lightweighting materials by WCC faculty and students using the college’s state-of-the-art equipment, the vehicle features examples of transmitters, receivers and sensors needed to communicate autonomously with other connected vehicles and infrastructure. (Photo by Kelly Gampel)

WCC shines at North American International Auto Show

Brendan Prebo - February 08, 2018

Washtenaw Community College returned to the North American International Auto Show (NAIAS) for the second year in a row to highlight opportunities available to people looking for careers in the mobility industry.

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WCC President Dr. Rose B. Bellanca (right) and student Kali Wealch were part of a Future Automotive Career Exposition discussion panel at the North American International Auto Show. “How Higher Education is Focused on Mobility” also included MICHauto executive director Glenn Stevens and moderator Roger Curtis (left), Director of the Michigan Department of Talent & Economic Development. (Photo by Kelly Gampel)

Auto show and tell: WCC president, student participate in panel discussion

Brendan Prebo - February 07, 2018

Washtenaw Community College played a key role in the inaugural Future Automotive Career Exposition (FACE) held January 20-21 at the North American International Auto Show (NAIAS).

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Already working as a nursing assistant, WCC nursing student Dwayne King has had first-hand experience dealing with some of the obstacles that face men in the nursing industry. (Photo by Kelly Gampel)

As social stigmas fade, more men pursue nursing careers

Richard Rezler - February 07, 2018

As a nursing assistant at St. Joseph Mercy Hospital and a full-time student in the Washtenaw Community College nursing program, the 25-year-old has heard all the jokes and faced many of the obstacles that males in the nursing profession regularly encounter.

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