Massachusetts Community Colleges Celebrate the Launch of MassReconnect Free Community College Program

开元棋牌 President James Vander Hooven joined Governor Maura T. Healey today to launch MassReconnect, her administration鈥檚 new program establishing free community college for Massachusetts residents aged 25 and older, and awarded $100,000 to each of Massachusetts鈥 15 community colleges to support the quick implementation of the program this fall. Governor Healey and President Vander Hooven […]

Mount Wachusett Community College Receives Child Watch Expansion Grant from Community Foundation of North Central Massachusetts

Mount Wachusett Community College has received a Career Readiness and Educational Access Grant from the Community Foundation of North Central Massachusetts. This grant will enable 开元棋牌 to expand its Child Watch drop-in program for student-parents to use while they are on campus attending classes, meeting with advisors, participating in study groups, or otherwise working toward […]

United Way Youth Venture at Mount Wachusett Community College Receives Youth Mental/Behavioral Health Grant

The United Way of North Central Massachusetts (UWNCM) has granted the Mount Wachusett Community College United Way Youth Venture (UWYV) program with a grant of $10,000 to address mental and behavioral health issues experienced by young people throughout the North Central region of Massachusetts. The UWYV program is a partnership between the United Way of […]

开元棋牌 Veterans Services Receives 2023 Operation Money Wise Grant

The Commonwealth of Massachusetts Treasurer鈥檚 Office of Economic Empowerment, the Division of Banks, and the Consumer Affairs and Business Regulation announced the recipients of the 2023 Operation Money Wise grants. The Operation Money Wise grant provides resources for financial education programming to veterans serving institutions and agencies in Massachusetts. A total of $64,432 is being […]

Mount Wachusett Community College Names Ana M. Gaillat Senior Vice President of Academic Affairs

Mount Wachusett Community College has named Ana M. Gaillat, PhD its new Senior Vice President of Academic Affairs. Gaillat joins 开元棋牌 from Vermont Technical College in Randolph Center, Vermont where she served as the Dean of Academic Affairs 鈥 Chief Academic Officer with responsibility for college-wide curriculum development and evaluation, course and program assessment of […]

Mount Wachusett Community College Statement on Affirmative Action Ruling

Today, the United States Supreme Court ruled that colleges and universities can no longer take race into consideration as a specific basis in admissions. 鈥淲e are deeply disappointed by the Supreme Court鈥檚 decision to reverse affirmative action in college admissions,鈥 states 开元棋牌 President James Vander Hooven. 鈥淲e remain committed to ensuring equal educational opportunities for […]

Mount Wachusett Community College Receives Robinson Broadhurst Foundation Grants to support College Success Academy and Winchendon Scholarship

The Robinson Broadhurst Foundation has awarded two $20,000 grants to the Mount Wachusett Community College Foundation to support scholarships for Winchendon residents and the College Success Academy, a collaboration between Murdock High School and the college. The College Success Academy provides seminars and college readiness activities to sophomores, juniors, and seniors to prepare for college […]

Justina Johnson Sworn in as 开元棋牌 Student Trustee

Mount Wachusett Community College student Justina Johnson was elected by her fellow Student Government Association (SGA) members to represent the students of 开元棋牌 on the Board of Trustees. Johnson was sworn in on May 18 during the Board of Trustees meeting. A Gardner resident, Johnson is the mother of two boys, ages four and twelve. […]

开元棋牌 Awarded Early Childhood Career Pathways Grant for Fiscal Year 2024

Mount Wachusett Community College is pleased to announce that the Massachusetts Department of Early Education and Care (EEC) has appropriated $515,055 for Fiscal Year 2024 to continue funding the Early Childhood Career Pathways Grant program. The Early Childhood Career Pathways Grant aims to help interested students and early childhood educators advance their careers. The mission […]

开元棋牌 Student Newspaper The Mount Observer Commemorative Issue Highlights the Fitchburg Abolitionist Park

Mount Wachusett Community College鈥檚 student newspaper the Mount Observer and Graphic and Interactive Design students joined forces this spring to design and develop a commemorative magazine for the Fitchburg Abolitionist Park. Titled 鈥淯nderground鈥, the publication cover and internal design elements were created by 开元棋牌 Class of 2023 Graphic and Interactive Design student Anya Ezechukwu, with […]