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Student Leaders Elected at MWCC

Nine Mount Wachusett Community College students were elected by their peers to student government leadership positions recently. The vote that took place on April 12 set the student representation at the college for the next year. Those representatives are:   Sophomore Representatives: Allison Guthrie of Templeton Riya Patel of Ashburnham Ethan Williams of Leominster   […]

Tea Time Speaker Series Hosting Indigenous Peoples and Native American Indians Panel

Mount Wachusett Community College’s Tea Time Speaker Series will host a panel discussion highlighting indigenous peoples and Native American Indians on Monday, April 30 from 12 to 2 p.m. “Together we will listen as members of the Cherokee, Nimpuc, Taíno, Pocasset Wampanoag, and Mashantucket Pequot tribes and a researcher share their cultural experiences, life stories, […]

Students Paint Wall with “Hope” at Mount Wachusett Community College

This semester, inspired by recent tragedies, the MWCC Art Club decided to take action through creation. “We wanted to show that in dark times there is still hope,” said Camilo Almarales, an art major who will graduate in 2019. Almarales, together with Art Club members Alyson Bois, Nick Lutz and Blake Denmark, painted a mural […]

MWCC Initiates First Ever Delta Alpha Pi Honor Society Members

Five Mount Wachusett Community College students were inaugurated into the Delta Alpha Pi Honor Society Thursday as the college became the eighth college in Massachusetts to host a chapter of the honor society recognizing high-achieving college and university students with disabilities. “You are joining an elite group of honors students across this country,” said Dean […]

MWCC Students Inducted into Alpha Beta Gamma Honor Society

Fifteen students from Mount Wachusett Community College were inducted into the Chi Gamma Chapter of the Alpha Beta Gamma international business honor society recently. The honor society recognized the hard work and effort of the students at an induction ceremony on Friday, April 13. Alpha Beta Gamma was established in 1970 to recognize and encourage […]

Choosing the Mount by Ashley McHugh

If you met me three years ago, you knew I had no intentions of going to college. My high school didn’t push college, so I felt as though I didn’t have to apply myself and went straight into the work force after graduation. I can tell you from personal experience that it was not my forte. […]

MWCC Participating in Mount Ida College Fair

Admissions representatives from Mount Wachusett Community College will be participating in a college fair at Mount Ida College on Tuesday, April 17 as MWCC encourages Mount Ida students to explore transferring to the college. “I am so thankful to the Mount Ida staff for putting together this college fair. This will be a great opportunity […]

Worcester Artist Donates Presidential Portrait to Mount Wachusett Community College

The official portrait of Jim Vander Hooven, President of Mount Wachusett Community College, will be unveiled at the college’s presidential inauguration event on Wednesday, March 28, 2018.  The portrait is a donation to the college by Michael Stone, a Worcester-based portrait artist. “On behalf of the college, we are both pleased and proud to receive […]