2005 News Archive

• December 29: MWCC Library Receives Grant for Jewish Literature Series
• December 15: MWCC Students Collect Gifts for Clients of Battered Women's Resources; MWCC's Adult Basic Education Program and Generation Link Partner to Help Area Shut-ins
• December 9: Local Independent Film Director Visits BCT Class; Community Colleges Level the Higher Education Playing Field; Tickets on Sale for MWCC Hurricane Benefit Concert
• December 2: MWCC Appoints First Female Chief of Public Safety and Security
• November 22: Fitchburg's Annie DeMartino Encourages Alpha Beta Gamma Members to Reach for the Stars; MWCC Professor Attends Academy of Television Arts and Sciences Foundation's Faculty Seminar
• November 18: Congressman Olver Secures $1M for Wind Energy Demonstration Project; MWCC Selected to Provide Child Is Missing Training; Service-Learning Team Campaigns to 'Stop the Fine Print'; 'Coyote' Author Talks About Experience Writing Nonfiction
• November 10: Focus Groups' Input to Kick Off MWCC Library's Renovation Project
• November 4: MWCC's New Alumni Affairs Director Aims to Increase Alumni Involvement; MWCC Community Raises $700 for Hattisburg, Miss., and Local Food Pantries
• October 28: Lunenburg Startup Wins Grand Prize in MWCC's First Annual Business Plan Competition; MWCC Hosts Red Cross Disaster Training Sessions
• October 21: MWCC Selected to Become a Gateway to College Site; Contest Heats Up as Conclusion of MWCC's Business Plan Competition Nears; MWCC Holds Daily Gas Card Raffle to Help Students with Communiting Expenses; MWCC Wins Nine Marketing and Public Relations Awards at Connecticut Conference
• October 14: MWCC Celebrates Expanded Practical Nursing Program at Devens Campus Open House; Computer Tech Class' Fundraiser to Benefit Chernobyl Children's Project USA
• October 7: MWCC to Host Open House at Devens Campus to Celebrate an Expanded Nursing Program; MWCC Presented with Energy Award at Statehouse Ceremony; Volunteer Expo Connects Students with Service Opportunities; MWCC Adopts Community Health Center Network in Mississippi
• September 30: MWCC Trustee Jim Garrison Donates $1M to College's Early Childhood Education Program; Open House Ushers in MWCC's New Dental Hygiene Program; Community Builders to Sponsor Volunteer Expo at MWCC
• September 23: MWCC to Hold Open House at New Dental Hygiene Facility; MWCC's Business Plan Competition Attracts 14 Applicants; Latino Heritage Museum Stops at MWCC
• September 16: Over 1,200 Attend MWCC's Welcome Back Fest; SGA and 'Trivia King' Test Students' Knowledge of U.S. Constitution
• September 9: MWCC Foundation Names Jim Garrison Citizen of the Year; MWCC Representative to Attend Bioenergy Conference in Finland
• September 2: Over 850 New Students Attend MWCC's Orientation Program; MWCC President Wants More Alternative Energy Use
• August 26: Incoming MWCC Students Help Build Habitat for Humanity Home in Ayer
• August 19: MWCC Awarded $4.4 Million Federal Grant for Second GEAR UP Program
• August 5: Over 100 Donors, Supporters Celebrate MWCC's Groundbreaking for the Garrison Center for Early Childhood Education and Molly Bish Institute for Child Health and Safety; May and Nguyen Sworn in as MWCC Trustees
• July 29: MWCC to Break Ground on New Childcare Center; Forest and Wood Products Institute at MWCC Recognizes First Class of Master Loggers; MWCC's Bonnie Toothaker Receives Statewide Honor for E-Learning; MWCC's Healthcare Pathways Director to Attend Executive Training Program at UCLA; Poetry by MWCC's Jess Mynes Published in New Chapbook
• July 15: MWCC Foundation's 10th Annual Golf Tournament to Benefit Student Scholarships
• July 1: $10,000 Federal Grant Awarded for Gardner Industry Documentary Project; Institute for Nonprofit Development at MWCC Awards $15,000 in Grants; What's Next Speaker Urges Listeners to 'Focus on Future Possibilities'; MWCC Hosts the 12th Annual Greater Gardner Relay for Life
• June 10: MWCC Announces Start of the First Annual Business Plan Competition
• June 3: MWCC Hosts Second Annual Student Woodworking Design Competition; The College Access and Preparation Programs Hold Write-On! Competition
• May 27: Over 3,000 Attend Second Annual Molly Bish Kid Expo; What's Next Speaker Series to Feature MIT Economist
• May 20: Service to Community and Others Theme of 40th Commencement; MWCC Presents Honorary Doctorate Degree to Leo P. LaChance; MWCC Holds 32nd Pinning Ceremony for Registered Nursing Students
• May 13: Student Achievements Honored with Evening of Excellence; Record Number of Students to Graduate at MWCC's 40th Commencement; Renowned Mind/Body Researcher Says Self-Care Is a Critical Component of Health
• May 6: Dr. Herbert Benson to Give Keynote at Complementary Health Care Fair; A 'Community Effort' Bringing Second Annual Molly Bish Kid Expo to Campus; MWCC and United Way Present Community Leadership Conference
• April 29: MWCC Hosts Panel Discussion and Poetry Reading for National Poetry Month; Over 400 Prospective Students Visit MWCC for Annual Spring Fling
• April 22: MWCC Named a Winner of Worcester Business Journal's 2005 Environmental Award; Alpha Beta Gamma Inducts Record Number of New Members; What's Next Speaker Tim Wise Says Everyone Pays a High Price for a System of White Privilege
• April 15: MWCC to Honor WBUR Anchor and 1974 Graduate Bob Oakes as Alumnus of the Year; What's Next Speaker Tim Wise to Explore Racism; MWCC Students Named to Who's Who Among Students in American Junior Colleges
• April 8: 2005 Unsung Heroes Recognized at Special Dinner Ceremony; Area Dentists Supporting MWCC's New Dental Hygiene Program
• April 1: MWCC Adds Energy Courses to the Natural Resources Program; Grant Partnership to Bring Harvard Historian to the Area; Rev. Cote, a 2005 Unsung Hero, Helps First-Responders Deal with Traumatic Events
• March 25: New Scholarships Established for MWCC Students; MWCC's Students Learning Locally, Acting Globally; MWCC Honors Colloquium Presents 'Stand Up Against Cancer Day'; Project Youth's Jane Duffy Motivates Young Clients to Succeed
• March 18: Ken Ansin to Give Unsung Heroes Keynote; Unsung Hero Nancy Green Is Passionate About Helping Neighbors in Need
• March 11: April's What's Next Speaker to Address Racism; Elizabeth Ellis' Work in Gardner Community Earned Her an Unsung Hero Nomination
• March 4: MWCC Loans W. Joseph Carr Collection to The Gardner News; Mickey Guzman, a 2005 Unsung Hero, Works to Empower People to Help Themselves
• February 25: We Invest in What's Important: A Look at President Bush's Budget Plan; MWCC Students Find Harmony During Drumming Session; Leslie Lightfoot, a Veterans' Advocate, Among 2005 Unsung Heroes
• February 18: Middlesex DA Martha Coakley Speaks on Truancy Prevention; Traveling Black Inventions Exhibit Visits MWCC; The Polus Center, a 2005 Unsung Hero, Serves the Disabled Around the World
• February 11: What's Next Speaker to Address Truancy Prevention; Dental Services of Massachusetts Gives $50,000 to MWCC's Dental Hygiene Program
• February 4: Multi Service Center to Honor MWCC President Asquino with Dr. Robert H. Goldman Community Service Award; Students Raise Money to Help Indian Ocean Tsunami Victims; Theatre at the Mount Kicks Off 2005 Season with 'Jesus Christ Superstar'
• January 28: MWCC, Framingham State College Announce First Online Articulation Agreement; What's Next Speaker Finds Area Civic Leaders Interested in Collaborating to Find Solutions; British Forestry Leaders Tour MWCC's Biomass Plant
• January 21: MWCC Kicks Off Tsunami Relief Drive at Student Orientation; MWCC and Sentinel & Enterprise Honor First Unsung Hero of 2005
• January 14: Harvard Medical Professor Offers Ways to Improve Minority Mental Health Care; MWCC to Begin Campaign to Help with Tsunami Relief
• January 7: MWCC Nursing Professor Finds Hope Amidst Despair in South Africa; Pathways to Success Starts Monday