2004 News Archive

• December 21: Twenty Students Honored at Practical Nurse Pinning Ceremony; MWCC Announces the What's Next Speaker Series
• December 17: Massachusetts Dental Society Foundation Awards Grant to MWCC Dental Hygiene Program
• December 10: Testimony at Statehouse to Feature Work of MWCC's Molly Bish Institute; Reception Celebrates Fourth Issue of LIFE's 'Tapestries' Anthology
• December 3: MWCC and Sentinel & Enterprise to Host Second Annual Unsung Heroes; Holiday Greens Sale Proceeds to Benefit Nursing Staff Education Fund; MWCC Professor Emeritus Offers a 'Taste of Chi'
• November 24: Ambitious Nursing Plan Aims to Boost Enrollment in Spring 2005; Nursing Professor Traveling to South Africa to Study AIDS and Maternity Issues; MWCC's SGA and MASSPIRG Break Record in 'Fill the Chair' Food Drive; Polus Center Director Speaks at Alpha Beta Gamma Dinner
• November 19: Students Collect 1,000 Pounds of Food in Annual Drive; Speaker Explains Needs of Alzheimer's and Dementia Sufferers; Activist Urges Audience to Join the Battle Against AIDS
• November 12: MWCC's Observance of AIDS Awareness Week to Address Global Affects of This Pandemic; Speaker to Offer Insights on World of Alzheimer's; MWCC to Host North Shore Comedy Night; Theatre at the Mount Seeks Actors for 'Jesus Christ Superstar'
• November 5: R.A. Salvatore to Speak at 2nd Annual Wachusett Writer's Conference; Participation in Healthcare Pathways Program Exceeds Goals; Wachusett Folk Cafe to Feature Cathie Ryan Trio
• October 29: College Panel Examines Local Poverty; Alpha Beta Gamma Members Make a Difference
• October 22: As Flu Season Begins, Students Share ABCs of Proper Hand-washing; Thayer Symphony Orchestra's Director Shares His Craft with Students
• October 15: Students and Faculty Discuss 'Nickel and Dimed'; 'Windows on Our Community' Exhibit Comes to MWCC; Nashoba Valley Medical Center Selects MWCC Foundation to Operate Holiday Greens Sale
• October 8: Nearly 200 Attend Annual Foundation Dinner; MWCC Surpasses Voter Registration Goal; Over 50 People Learn About 'The Healing Power of Touch'
• October 1: Students Prepare for Election Day; Students Celebrate Freedom to Read as Part of Banned Books Week; City of Leominster and MWCC to Host Family Reading Fair; Bedford Police Chief to Speak at MWCC Alumni Event
• September 24: MWCC Foundation to Honor Charles P. 'Chuck' Bowles as Citizen of the Year; Nearly 50 Agencies Attend Volunteer Fair at MWCC
• September 17: MWCC Celebrates First-Ever Capital Campaign
• September 10: Hundreds Attend Two Candidates' Debates Sponsored by MWCC and Sentinel & Enterprise; MWCC Foundation to Host Capital Campaign Kickoff Celebration; MWCC's 'Tri for the Gold' to Benefit the Special Olympics
• September 3: MWCC Students Welcomed Back and Urged to Get Involved
• August 20: MWCC Capital Campaign Reaches $1.25 Million Benchmark
• August 13: MWCC Receives $25,000 Grant to Develop an Entrepreneurial Resource Center; North Central Opportunity Center Helps Students Reach Their Goals
• August 6: MWCC to Coordinate 11-State Federal Grant Program; UNITIL Community Grant Goes to MWCC Citizenship Initiative
• July 30: MWCC Foundation Golf Tournament Raises More Than $120K for Student Scholarships to Date
• July 23: Massachusetts Department of Fire Safety Commends MWCC for Training Materials
• July 16: MWCC Foundation Golf Tournament to Benefit Student Scholarships; MWCC Forest and Wood Products Institute Hosts First Annual Woodworking Design Contest
• July 9: AmeriCorps VISTA Emily Ball Completes Year of Service at MWCC
• June 25: GED Grads Celebrate at MWCC
• June 18: MWCC Hosts Largest Relay for Life Walk; MWCC Professor Named Graduate Research Scholar
• June 4: Mount Wachusett Community College to Dedicate Robert D. Wetmore Center; Area Middle School Students Recognized at MWCC's Write On! Celebration
• May 28: MWCC's Molly Bish Institute for Child Health and Safety to Host Free Kid Expo; Play Is Not a Four-Letter Word
• May 21: Record Number of Graduates Urged to Serve at 39th Commencement
• May 14: Service Above Self Awards to be Presented for Community Dedication at MWCC's 39th Commencement; Mount Wachusett Community College Recognizes Student Excellence
• May 7: MWCC Students Give Back to the Community with Project Graduation; MWCC Honors Students Present at Annual Undergraduate Conference
• April 30: MWCC to Honor 1991 Graduate As Alumnus of the Year; 'Godspell' Opens at Theatre at the Mount
• April 23: MWCC and Sentinel & Enterprise Honor 11 Unsung Heroes; Alpha Beta Gamma Inducts 24 New Members
• April 16: Unsung Hero Brian Hobbs Works to Improve Accessibility
• April 9: Massachusetts Community Colleges Release Economic Impact Study and MWCC Releases Economic and 'Human Impact' Results; Unsung Hero Ann Racine and Patty Leonhardt Tutor and Mentor FHS Students
• April 2: Unsung Hero Ronalda 'Ronnie' Melanson Helps Clients Find Independence; MWCC Receives $2,500 from UPS 'Earn and Learn' Program
• March 26: Unsung Hero Melinda Estelle Is Proud to Promote Library and Community; Thayer Symphony Orchestra's Artistic Director Speaks to Students Prior to Weekend Symphony
• March 19: Longtime MWCC Employee Ashton 'Larry' Payne Honored as an Unsung Hero; Wachusett Folk Cafe Returns with Opening Performance by Richard Shindell
• March 5: Parents Exchange Challenges and Ideas at the Parenting Fair and Dialogue
• February 27: Charles Dickens 'Hard Times' to be Read by Over 400 MWCC English Students
• February 20: MWCC Kilimanjaro Hikers Return; Unsung Heroes Dedicated to Scouting
• February 13: MWCC English Department Hosts African American Read-in in Celebration of Black History Month; MWCC's Joe Smith to Exhibit Artwork in East Wing Gallery
• January 30: Sportscaster Steve Burton to Deliver MWCC's 2004 Commencement Address
• January 23: Spring Semester Begins with Enrollment Up 3 Percent; Molly Bish Institute for Child Health and Safety Holds First Meeting
• January 16: MWCC and Sentinel & Enterprise Feature Unsung Heroes; College Hosts Local High School Students at Junior Symposium
• January 9: MWCC Professor Co-Writes An Award-Winning Academic Paper on Chaos Theory; MWCC to Receive Campus Compact Grant to Host Parenting Resource Fair
• January 5: MWCC Criminal Justice Program Authorized by Board of Higher Education to Offer Quinn Courses; Vietnam Moving Wall Committee to Establish Student Scholarship