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MWCC Helping Haiti Take Steps ‘Forward’ (The Gardner News)

Mount Wachusett Community College nursing students Lori Belliveau and Diana Bronson give a presentation about their recent trip to Haiti and encourage other students to sign up for the Mount’s upcoming trip in January 2016. GARDNER – When the first team of Mount Wachusett Community College nursing students came back from Haiti in January, they […]

MWCC Students Inducted Into Phi Theta Kappa Honor Society

This spring, MWCC’s Phi Delta Chapter of the Phi Theta Kappa international honor society inducted 85 new members, and presented sizeable donations to community organizations from funds raised through a variety of events. During the chapter’s induction ceremony on May 4, chapter officers and members presented a $750 check to the Gardner Community Action Council, […]

James O. Garrison to Receive MWCC’s 2015 Service Above Self Award

Community leader and long-serving volunteer James O. Garrison is the recipient of Mount Wachusett Community College’s 2015 Service Above Self Award. The award, which recognizes individuals who have made significant contributions within the 29 cities and towns that make up the college’s service area, will be presented during MWCC’s 50th Commencement on Wednesday, May 20. […]

President Asquino & Colleagues Present on TAACCCT III Advanced Manufacturing Grant at AACC Annual Conference

Mount Wachusett Community College President Daniel M. Asquino and Vice President of Lifelong Learning and Workforce Development Jacqueline Belrose joined colleagues from three other community colleges to share highlights of their advanced manufacturing partnership during the American Association of Community Colleges’ annual conference in April in Texas. In September, 2013, the U.S. Department of Labor […]

GEAR UP student at Fitchburg High School Named National Merit Scholar

Elizabeth Moison, who participates in MWCC’s GEAR UP program at Fitchburg High School, achieved a tremendous result on the fall 2014 PSAT which qualifies her to participate in the College Board’s National Merit Scholarship Program during her senior year. In order to be considered, a student must score in the top 50,000 out of 1.5 […]

Gardner Mayor, MWCC Trustee and Alumnus Mark Hawke Addresses Business Honor Society Inductees

Gardner Mayor, MWCC Trustee and Alumnus Mark Hawke shared lessons learned throughout his career in business and public service with 17 Mount Wachusett Community College students who were inducted into the Chi Gamma Chapter of Alpha Beta Gamma, an international business honor society, at the 25th annual induction ceremony, Thursday, April 23. After graduating from […]

MWCC Students Named to 2015 Who’s Who List

MWCC students enrolled in a range of academic programs and involved in numerous activities have been selected as national outstanding campus leaders and will be included in the 2015 edition of Who’s Who Among Students in American Colleges and Universities. The 30 students were selected based on their academic achievement, service to the community, leadership in extracurricular […]

MWCC Breaks Ground on Eco-Friendly STEM Building

With a nod to its future and that of its students, Mount Wachusett Community College celebrated the start of construction of its eco-friendly science, technology, engineering and math (STEM) addition during a “Building Beyond Tomorrow” ceremony on Earth Day, April 22. “Today we celebrate not just the assembly of bricks and mortar, but we truly […]

Building Beyond Tomorrow Ceremony April 22 to Celebrate STEM Building Construction

State officials, legislators and business and community leaders with join the MWCC community on Earth Day, April 22, to celebrate the start of construction of the college’s new $41 million science, technology, engineering and math (STEM) building. The Building Beyond Tomorrow ceremony will begin at 2:30 p.m. in the Commons Area of the Gardner campus. […]

Garrison Early Childhood Education Center Celebrates Week of the Young Child with STEM & Thoreau-Inspired Exhibit

For the ninth consecutive year, Mount Wachusett Community College’s Early Childhood Education Department, MOC Head Start, students, teachers and most importantly, preschool children, have adorned the Garrison Center for Early Childhood Education with creations in celebration of the annual Week of the Young Child. This year, the exhibit combined art, science, technology, engineering and math […]