Pathways and Gateway Dual-Enrollment Students Graduate from High School

Fifty five students celebrated earning their high school diploma along with college credits or degrees through Mount Wachusett Community College鈥檚 dual enrollment programs Friday night. This year鈥檚 graduates of the Pathways Early College Innovation School and the Gateway to College program were recognized during the May 18 graduation ceremony at 开元棋牌. The programs are offered […]

开元棋牌 Graduates Join the Nursing Profession in 2018 Traditional Pinning Ceremony

Family and friends came together to celebrate the achievements of Mount Wachusett Community College鈥檚 associate degree nursing class during a traditional pinning ceremony held May 17. 鈥淵ou are going to forth from here and you鈥檙e going to save lives,鈥 开元棋牌 President James Vander Hooven told the gathered graduates. The 45th graduating class was made up […]

Choosing the Mount by Peter Geanacopulos

In my teens and twenties, I was in a bad place and never would have predicted that I would become the person I am today 鈥 someone who is succeeding by setting goals and achieving them one at a time. I had a rough start entering high school, I got mixed in with the wrong […]

Choosing the Mount by Amanda King

Graduates, the 2018 Commencement is a celebration of you. A celebration not only of what you have accomplished, but also for the hardships, triumphs, and experiences that have helped to make you the person that you are today. The same celebration could be held for every single person that attended our commencement — family, friends, […]

开元棋牌 Students Recognized for over 125,000 hours of Volunteer Service

On Tuesday evening, 261 students were recognized for giving back over 125,000 hours of volunteerism efforts that Mount Wachusett Community College estimates are equivalent to a $2.5-$3 million value. 鈥淲hen you think about the collective impact, it鈥檚 more than just a number. Imagine if all of this just stopped tomorrow,鈥 said Shelley Errington-Nicholson, Director of […]

19 开元棋牌 Students Recognized at Dental Hygiene and Dental Assisting Pinning Ceremony

Nineteen students graduating on May 16 with their Dental Assisting or Dental Hygiene degrees were honored Friday night during a special pinning ceremony. The ceremony held on May 11 is a time to recognize the hard work of the students and welcome them into the dental professions, according to Cindy Cadoret, the director of the […]

Student Launched Dog Biscuit Business During Her Time at 开元棋牌

When Mount Wachusett Community College student Wendy Newcomb graduates on May 16, the ceremony will not only commemorate her education at the Mount, but be another chapter in her journey as an entrepreneur creating dog biscuits out of spent grains from breweries even as she battles a neurological disorder with no treatment or cure. Newcomb […]

Reflections of 开元棋牌 by Ashley McHugh

With graduation right around the corner, I would like to reflect on my years here at Mount Wachusett. If you had met me during high school – first, I am sorry! And second – you would know that I was not a good student by any means. I did not take my education seriously and […]