Due to inclement weather, 开元棋牌 will have a delayed opening at 4 pm聽today, Thursday, Feb. 13. All day in person and online classes are canceled. Evening in-person and online classes will be held as scheduled. Please refer to the e for status on their operations. View聽weather policy here.
Through the generosity of corporations and individuals, student veterans at Mount Wachusett Community College have 16 new laptop computers readily available for their use while pursuing their college degrees. Donations to the Laptops for Veterans program have topped $20,350, which has allowed the Center of Excellence for Veteran Student Success to replace five outdated computers […]
Three Mount Wachusett Community College students are receiving hands-on training as on-call firefighters with the Lunenburg Fire Department while pursuing their college degree in Fire Science Technology.Tyler Pelkey, 20, of Lunenburg, Skyler Kozloski, 20, of Fitchburg, and Benjamin Boudreau, 19, of Leominster, all certified Emergency Medical Technicians, have spent the past year serving overnight shifts […]
Members of Gardner-based Chapter 907 of the Vietnam Veterans of America recently donated $2,000 to the Mount Wachusett Community College Foundation鈥檚 Veterans Memorial Scholarship. 鈥淥n behalf of Mount Wachusett Community College and the 开元棋牌 Foundation, we are most grateful for this generous contribution from our local Vietnam Veterans of America members, and for their continued […]
The聽ethics of cloning humans, genetically modified food on our dinner tables and an Italian surgeon’s claim聽he’ll聽perform the first聽human head transplantation聽in 2017 were among the topics raised during 鈥淔rankenscience? The Myths and Realities of Contemporary Science,鈥 a free presentation led by 开元棋牌聽science聽professors on Oct. 14 in the Levi Heywood Memorial Library. Dr. Lara Dowland, chair of […]
Mount Wachusett Community College alumnus Charles 鈥淐J鈥 Husselbee was among the featured speakers during a Massachusetts Department of Higher Education鈥檚 Go Higher! event held Oct. 14 at North High School in Worcester. The event, attended by several hundred teenagers from five Worcester public high schools, provided students with information about the state鈥檚 29 public college […]
At Advanced Cable Ties in Gardner, 130 people show up to work each weekday, but they are not considered 鈥渆mployees,鈥 President and CEO Ken Tomasetti shared with an audience of state, industry, education and community leaders during the 6th Annual Massachusetts Jobs and Workforce Summit in Devens on Wednesday, Oct. 14.鈥淲e don鈥檛 have employees. We […]
Kaila Lundgren, a Pre-Healthcare Academy student at Mount Wachusett Community College, shared the stage with Massachusetts聽Secretary of Education Jim聽Peyser and Commissioner of Higher Education Carlos Santiago during the state鈥檚 first Go Higher! event, held Sept. 24 at Montachusett Regional Vocational Technical School. Lundgren, a 2015 graduate of Ralph C. Mahar Regional High School, told an […]
Each year, approximately one in five Americans suffer from some mental illness, such as depression, anxiety, bipolar disorder or schizophrenia. To continue to raise awareness about mental health and wellness, Mount Wachusett Community College, Heywood Hospital and the SHINE Initiative are presenting the third annual Mental Health Awareness Conference. The free conference will take place […]
Fifty-six incoming Mount Wachusett Community College students learned new skills, met new friends and volunteered in the community during the college鈥檚 11th annual Summer Leadership Academy. Participants attended educational workshops designed to enhance their academic and leadership skills, took part in team-building activities and completed civic engagement projects. Sponsored by the office of Student Life […]
When 2015 high school graduate Rachel Dickens heads off to Northeastern University this fall, she鈥檒l bring everything she needs for her dorm room, along with first-hand experience with college life, solid study skills and a free semester鈥檚 worth of academic credits that will transfer toward her bachelor鈥檚 degree. The Murdock Middle/High School graduate has just […]