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“Sinatra at the Mount” Scholarship Event Raises $38,000 and Rave Reviews

Frank Sinatra stylist Chris Jason and the Sinatra Live Big Band transported a capacity crowd to Las Vegas, 1966, during an Oct. 24 concert sponsored by the Mount Wachusett Community College Foundation that raised more than $38,000 for student scholarships. Making his first appearance at MWCC’s theatre, Jason performed over 20 Sinatra favorites and exchanged […]

Mount Wachusett Humanities Project Continues in Community, on Campus

While Mount Wachusett Community College professors find innovative ways for their students to examine Thoreau, the author’s lasting influence has also extended into the community. On Wednesday night, the college held the second event in its ongoing series, “East Meets West in a Cabin in the Woods: Walden and Beyond,” the first year-theme of the […]

MWCC Continues Standing as Military-Friendly School

For the sixth consecutive year, Mount Wachusett Community College has been recognized as a top military-friendly school for creating a culture of positive energy and academic support for veterans, active military members and their dependents. The 2015 Military Friendly Schools list, released by Victory Media, names the top 15 percent of American colleges, universities and trade […]

MWCC Hosts Annual United Way Day of Caring

Capitalizing on its students’ eagerness to participate in community-engagement activities and a successful first year, Mount Wachusett Community College hosted its second annual United Way Day of Caring at its Gardner campus on Thursday, Sept. 18. Through the leadership of the Center for Civic Learning and Community Engagement, more than 200 volunteers packaged 20,736 meals […]

Phillip Stan Appointed MWCC Student Trustee

Phillip Stan, a liberal arts major with a concentration in music, has been appointed to Mount Wachusett Community College’s Board of Trustees after being elected to the one-year position by his student peers this past spring. The chamber music enthusiast and father of five was sworn in as the college’s student trustee on the afternoon […]

MWCC Foundation Supports Innovation in the Classroom

With the start of the new academic year, the Mount Wachusett Community College Foundation has provided funds totaling $46,044 for eight innovative projects conceived by college faculty and staff. “Current community college funding is such that we are often left wishing we had more resources to experiment with new and innovative pilot programs that have the […]

Transformative Academic Year Begins

Many changes and new initiatives marked the start of the 2014-2015 academic year. Not only are the college’s campuses filled with thousands of new and returning students, but several faculty and staff members have joined the college community or stepped into new roles. Approximately 950 new students participated in day, evening and program-specific orientations, marking a dynamic […]

MWCC Humanities Project Launches with Series of Events on Thoreau’s Walden

This month, Mount Wachusett Community College launches “East Meets West in a Cabin in Concord: Walden and Beyond,” the first year of a multi-year, college and community project funded by the National Endowment for the Humanities. The MWCC Humanities Project will begin with a book discussion on Walden, or Life in the Woods by Henry […]

MWCC Art Students Provide Talents to Johnny Appleseed Trail Association Project

“Take a Seat in Johnny Appleseed Country” is a community project aimed at increasing foot traffic in the cities and towns that make up North Central Massachusetts. The Johnny Appleseed Trail Association met with the Wachusett Mountain Ski Resort and rather than throw away inoperative ski lift chairs, both organizations decided to use them as a promotional […]

MWCC Takes the ALS Ice Bucket Challenge

Twenty-four MWCC employees, including President Daniel M. Asquino, lined up for the ice bucket challenge in memory of beloved colleague Glenn Roberts, who died a year ago on Aug. 12, 2013 after a courageous battle with the disease. The effort, organized by Access & Transition Staff Assistant Jessica Connors on behalf of “Glenn’s Friends,” raised more than […]