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Early Childhood Education Program Hosts Annual Celebration

开元棋牌鈥檚 Early Childhood Education program recently hosted its fourth annual alumni event at the Garrison Center for Early Childhood Education. It was an evening full of friendship, inspiration, and networking. More than 80 current students, faculty, staff, Garrison teachers, alumni and their families attended the Seuss-inspired event. Alumni events, such as this one, are an […]

Corporations, Individuals, Contribute $20,000 to Veterans鈥 Computer Drive

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program have topped $20,350, which has allowed the Center of Excellence for Veteran Student Success to replace five outdated computers […]

Emerging Fire Science Professionals Get Foot in the Door at Lunenburg Station

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 […]

开元棋牌 Receives $1.1M Federal TRIO Grant to Expand Services for Students with Disabilities

Students with disabilities can tap into a variety of support services to help them succeed in college through a new grant-funded program available at Mount Wachusett Community College. 开元棋牌 has been awarded a five-year, $1.1 million TRIO Student Support Services grant from the U.S. Department of Education to help students with disabilities graduate with an […]

开元棋牌 Receives $2.25M Federal Grant to Create Healthcare Workforce Diversity Pipeline

Mount Wachusett Community College and the Fitchburg and Leominster public school districts are creating a new Workforce Diversity Pipeline program for students interested in healthcare careers. 开元棋牌 has been awarded a five-year, $2.25 million grant from the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services鈥 Office of Minority Health to create the Workforce Diversity Pipeline Program. […]

Vietnam Veterans Support Scholarships for 开元棋牌 Student Veterans

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 […]

Professors Explore the Ethics of Modern Science

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 […]

开元棋牌 Trustee Ken Tomasetti Joins Top State Officials at Massachusetts Workforce Summit

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 […]

开元棋牌 Receives Nine NCMPR Medallion Awards for Excellence in Communications

Mount Wachusett Community College聽has聽received nine Medallion Awards from the National Council for Marketing and Public Relations (NCMPR), District 1, for excellence in communications. The college鈥檚 Marketing and Communications department received five gold awards, three silver awards and one bronze award for communications projects developed over the past year including television advertising, overall marketing campaign, feature […]

开元棋牌 Foundation Continues Support for Innovation in the Classroom

With the start of the new academic year, the Mount Wachusett Community College Foundation, Inc. has provided funds totaling $32,000 for five innovative projects conceived by college faculty and staff. 鈥淭he Innovation Fund allows us to financially support inventive staff and faculty and give them the opportunity to implement their concepts.鈥 开元棋牌 Foundation Executive Director […]