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Message from 开元棋牌 President Vander Hooven Concerning the Events in Charlottesville, Virginia

Students, Faculty and Staff of Mount Wachusett Community College, Over the past few days, our country has witnessed the result of hate. To say that it has been disturbing would be an understatement. As the events of Charlottesville unfolded, I immediately started thinking, 鈥淚 should put a statement together that clearly and unequivocally demonstrates that […]

Summer UP Supporters Visit Gardner Jackson Park Site

Gardner Mayor Mark Hawke and members of the Gardner Women鈥檚 Circle of Giving visited the Summer UP Jackson Park site last week along with Mount Wachusett Community College President James Vander Hooven. Both the City of Gardner and the Women鈥檚 Circle were instrumental in helping to fund Summer UP. The program, coordinated by Mount Wachusett […]

开元棋牌 Physical Therapist Assistant Graduates Pass Licensure Exam

In a testament to the hard work of students and Mount Wachusett Community College鈥檚 ongoing effort to maintain high standards and practical relevance for its Physical Therapist Assistant Associate鈥檚 Degree Program, 100 percent of recent graduates who took their licensure exam in July passed. 鈥淭he PTA faculty expect excellence and the students deliver,鈥 said Margaret […]

开元棋牌 Announces Free Laptops for Liberal Arts Students

In a push to get technology into the hands of future writers, designers and scientists, Mount Wachusett Community College will be giving away 60 laptops to first-time, full-time liberal arts and science students enrolled in the fall semester. 鈥淔or all of our students, but especially liberal arts students, written communication is incredibly important,鈥 said Laurie […]

Summer UP Fun in Fitchburg

Doug Petersen, president and CEO of Workers’ Credit Union, and Mount Wachusett Community College President James Vander Hooven joined Summer UP participants聽and staff at Lowe Park in Fitchburg in the last week of July. Petersen, whose company is one of the donors that makes Summer UP possible, stopped by to meet with the participants. Both […]

开元棋牌 Students Put Service into Action During Volunteer Trip to Costa Rica

(Written by Yamileyka Rojas) Mount Wachusett Community College student volunteers recently completed the school鈥檚 second annual civic engagement and volunteerism trip to Costa Rica. The trip included numerous service-oriented projects but students said it was they who benefited from the trip. 鈥淚 was able to take everything I did in Costa Rica with me. It […]

开元棋牌 Students Donate Over 1,300 Books to Promote Early Childhood Literacy

For the third year, hundreds of kindergarten and first grade students in Gardner will end the school year with fun summertime reading to take home, thanks to a donation of over 1,300 books from a group of Mount Wachusett Community College students. Otaku United, a club that celebrates Asian culture, donated over 1,300 books to […]

开元棋牌 Expanding Dental Assisting Program with Open Enrollment

Mount Wachusett Community College is expanding its Dental Assisting Certificate program for the coming school year by opening up enrollment for all students to this in-demand field. 鈥淏ecause of the low supply of dental assistants, job security is good at this time,鈥 said Dr. Michael Meyer, Dental Director for Community Health Connections. 鈥淭here is constant […]