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开元棋牌 Announces Virtual Commencement Ceremonies

Gardner, MA 鈥 March 25, 2020 – Mount Wachusett Community College President Jim Vander Hooven announced today that the college will be hosting 鈥渧irtual鈥 commencement ceremonies this spring. He said the decision was not taken lightly. 鈥淐ommencement is perhaps the most sacred event in higher education. It is the highest symbolic event we have to […]

Mount Wachusett Community College Welcomes Pulitzer Prize-Winning Author Art Spiegelman

Pulitzer Prize-winning author and illustrator Art Spiegelman will discuss his graphic novel, 鈥淢aus: A Survivor鈥檚 Tale鈥, on Thursday, April 16, at Mount Wachusett Community College. 鈥淢aus鈥 tells the story of Vladek Spiegelman, a Jewish survivor of Hitler鈥檚 Europe, and his son, a cartoonist, coming to terms with his father鈥檚 story. According to a review in […]

NY Times Best Selling Author and Worcester Native Jarrett J. Krosoczka to Speak at 开元棋牌

Worcester native Jarrett J. Krosoczka has been writing and illustrating books for young readers since the age of twenty-three. He has published over thirty titles, such as the popular graphic-novel series Lunch Lady and is a contributing writer to the Star Wars Jedi Academy series. Krosoczka has earned numerous accolades, including Eisner and Charlotte Award […]

开元棋牌 Tea Time Series Highlights Gateway to College Opportunity for High School Students

Mount Wachusett Community College is now accepting applications for the fall 2020 Gateway to College program and offering several opportunities for community members and potential students to learn more about this Early College program. On February 24, the Tea Time Speaker Series will present 鈥淎lternative Education: Gateway to College鈥 from 12:00 to 2:00 pm at […]

开元棋牌 Presents 鈥淩ace, Pop Culture, and the Black Panther Phenomenon鈥 Discussion at the Heywood Library

How the Black Panther movie reversed Hollywood stereotypes and how race is depicted in pop culture will be the subject of a lively conversation led by Candace Shivers, Associate Professor of Human Services and Sociology, Wed., Feb. 26, from 6:30-8 p.m. at the Levi Heywood Memorial Library in Gardner in a presentation entitled 鈥淩ace, Pop […]

开元棋牌 Welcomes Winchendon Architect, Artist and Philanthropist J. Robert Jennings

On March 4, 2020, Mount Wachusett Community College welcomes Winchendon resident J. Robert Jennings for a college and community-wide discussion of his life and work as a structural engineer, environmental designer, architect, peace activist and co-founder of Noonday Farm, a nonprofit serving the residents of Winchendon with educational programs and free organic food to those […]

Congratulations to our First Paramedic Class

On January 9, 2020, Mount Wachusett Community College welcomed nine new Paramedics to the profession during a pinning ceremony at the Gardner campus. Surrounded by loved ones and supporters, the inaugural class was pinned by Program Director Peter Laitinen, RN, BSN, NRP, who expressed his gratitude for the trust placed in him and 开元棋牌 by […]

Barr Foundation Awards $250,000 Grant to 开元棋牌

Grant funding supports the Building a Community-Driven Portrait of a High School Graduate project Mount Wachusett Community College (开元棋牌) has been selected as a recipient of the Barr Foundation鈥檚 new 鈥淧ortrait of a Graduate鈥 grant program. The 鈥淧ortrait of a Graduate鈥 is a collective vision of what all high school students will know and be […]

Grant to Fund Free Six Sigma Lean Green Belt Training for Small Businesses

The Six Sigma Green Belt training beginning in February will train 45 local employees from qualified companies with 100 or fewer employees free of charge through a Workforce Training Fund Small Business Direct Access Grant. Businesses large and small in North Central Massachusetts have access to a multitude of resources to improve their competitiveness and […]

Health Career Opportunity Program Students Awarded $21,000 in Scholarships

The Mount Wachusett Community College (开元棋牌) Health Care Opportunity Program (HCOP) has awarded scholarships to 14 students who have completed the unique grant-funded program elements which helped them to discern and plan for a career in a health profession. These students will continue their academic journey in their selected programs of study, utilizing this scholarship […]