MWCC's Weekly e-newsletter

Fri., July 30, 2004

MWCC FOUNDATION GOLF TOURNAMENT RAISES MORE THAN $120K FOR STUDENT SCHOLARSHIPS TO DATE

By Lea Ann Erickson

	Former MWCC Trustee Raymond LaFontaine at the 9th annual MWCC Foundation Golf Tournament.

The Mount Wachusett Community College Foundation Inc., raised more than $20,000 to benefit scholarships at its 9th Annual Golf Tournament at the Sterling Country Club, Mon., July 26. This brings the grand total that the golf tournament has raised to date to over $120,000.

“More than half of all college students in the United States are enrolled in community colleges,” President Daniel M. Asquino told golfers and sponsors at the closing dinner. Asquino, who is beginning his 18th year serving as president, said he has seen a marked decline in state funding of the college. “Mount Wachusett Community College used to be supported by the Commonwealth of Massachusetts by almost 90 percent. Now, we receive less than 28 percent from the state. Your support of events like this golf tournament, allow us to provide our students with what they deserve: the very best.”

The tournament featured a hole-in-one contest sponsored by Salvadore Automotive Group in Gardner, a travel voucher drawing from the Gardner Travel Agency as well as many other prizes.

Dinner guests bid on Red Sox tickets, Celtics Tickets and vacations at an auction featuring Dave Rodgers, of Fitchburg Savings Bank, who served as auctioneer. MWCC Foundation Inc., Executive Director Darlene Morrilly thanked Rodgers and all of the sponsors who made the event possible. “On behalf of all our students, I am so grateful to you for your generosity,” said Morrilly. “Your contribution truly will help someone achieve their dreams.”
Sponsors of the 9th Annual MWCC Foundation Golf Tournament Include:

	MWCC Professor Emeritus Ann Greene looks on as Professor Elaine Falcone lines up a shot at the 9th annual MWCC Foundation Golf Tournament.

Gold Sponsor
• Royal Steam Heater Company
Silver Sponsor
• Sungard Collegis
• JNB & Associates
• Nashoba Valley Medical Center
• Bovenzi, Inc.
Bronze Sponsor
• Garlock Printing & Converting Corp.
Travel Sponsor
• Gardner Travel Agency, Inc.
Hospitality Sponsor
• Chartwell’s
Golf Cart Sponsor
• Travers Printing, Inc.
Hole in One Sponsor
• Salvadore Auto Group
Tee Sponsor
• W. E. Aubuchon Co., Inc.
• GFA Federal Credit Union
• Venning & Jacques, P.C.
• Ivy Place
• Perkins School
• Workers’ Credit Union
• Construction Dynamics, Inc.
• Sign-a-rama
• Corner Sports & Leisure
• BDO Seidman, LLP
Green Sponsor
• Commencement Photos, Inc.
• Daly’s Property Shoppe
• BHR Life & Group Insurance Agency, Inc.
• New England Business Service, Inc.
• Parker Hannifin, Nichols Airborne
• Enterprise Bank & Trust
• Class of ‘68
• Best Western Royal Plaza Hotel & Conference Center
• Polar Beverages
• UEL Contractors, Inc.
• Belletetes, Inc.
• Unitil
• Massachusetts Electric
• Industrial Cleaning Products, Inc.
• Mack Prototype, Inc.
• Norwood Fine Cabinetry
• Athol Savings Bank
• Gardner Rotary
• Contemporary Design & Construction
• Clinton Savings Bank

Campus Events:

• Theatre at the Mount’s summer season concludes with the show Time Magazine called “the best musical of the 20th century,” Carousel. Rodgers and Hammerstein’s own favorite musical, Carousel, has some of their best music: You’ll Never Walk Alone, If I Loved You, June is Bustin’ Out All Over, and many, many more. Performance dates are August 13, 14, 19, 20, 21 at 8:00 p.m. and August 22 at 2:00 p.m. Carousel is sponsored by The Gardner News. The show is directed by Jeff Williams and choreographed by Nicole Couture. Tickets for evening performances are $18 and for matinees $15 with group discounts available. For information and reservations, call the Theatre at the Mount box office at 978.632.2403. Tickets may also be purchase online at http://theatre.mwcc.edu

• Theatre at the Mount will hold auditions for the musical Radio Gals by Mike Craver and Mark Hardwick (creators of “Pump Boys and Dinettes.”) Sun., Aug 8 at 5:00 p.m. and Tues., Aug. 10 at 7:00 p.m. Director Craig Cormier, Choreographer Sandie Couture and Music Director David Twiss are looking for an ensemble cast of 4 adult women and 3 adult men. When the enterprising Hazel Hunt of Cedar Ridge, Arkansas, retires as her small town’s music teacher, she receives a Western Electric 500-watt Radio transmitter and begins broadcasting as radio station WGAL from the parlor of her home. What follows is a small town diary and good, old-fashioned fun, including a visit from one of Herbert Hoover’s Federal Radio Inspectors. Does he have a good voice? For more information contact Gail Steele at 978.632.9162 or visit the Theatre at the Mount web site at http://theatre.mwcc.edu

• Learn basic self defense for women at a RAD (Rape Aggression Defense Systems) course sponsored by the MWCC Campus Police. Classes will be held from Mon., Aug. 2, Tues., Aug 3, Thurs., Aug. 5 and Fri., Aug. 6 from 1:00 p.m. to 4:00 p.m. The course costs only $25. Instructors are certified through RAD, which offers the courses at over 450 colleges, universities as well as municipal, state and federal agencies. For more information, contact Melissa Garneau at 978.630.9150.

• Is your non-profit trying to learn how to get the word out? Mount Wachusett Community College’s Institute for Non-Profit Development is offering a one-day workshop, Looking Good; Doing Good: Non- Profit Marketing and Media Relations, Tues., Aug. 10 from 9:00 a.m. to 2:30 p.m. You will learn marketing, advertising, publicity and public relations as well as the importance of branding and positioning. The $50 registration fee includes lunch. For more information, call Amy Cassavino Hall art 978-630-9201.

• The college will offer a new Associates Degree in Dental Hygiene in September 2005. If you would like to learn more, attend a free dental hygiene information session, Wed., Aug. 18 at 1:00 p.m. in the Murphy Conference Room. To learn more about this exciting program, including the mandatory prerequisite requirements for all applicants. To RSVP, please call Admissions at 978.630.9110.

• Learn more about the degree program that will prepare you for a career as an electronic technician or an information technologist at a free info event, Mon., Aug. 23 at 1:00 p.m. in the Murphy Conference Room at the Gardner campus. In addition to learning how to test, repair, and maintain complex electric systems, this program includes training in program hardware, software and networking. Electronic technicians can work in a variety of fields including telecommunications, manufacturing, security, avionics, and biomedical instrumentation. Information technologist install, maintain and troubleshoot computers and computer networks in an office or industrial environment setting. As a graduate with suitable work experience in information technology, you will be prepared for Microsoft Certified Professional (MCP) and A+ computer certification examination.

Lea Ann Erickson
Director of Community Relations
Mount Wachusett Community College
Phone: (978) 630-9322
Fax: (978) 630-9561
cell: (508) 517-5202
l_erickson@mwcc.mass.edu

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