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MWCC Manufacturing Training Program Features Employer-Employee Matchmaking

Recent graduates of Mount Wachusett Community College’s Advanced Manufacturing Career Preparation program met special guests at their recognition ceremony – their potential employers. Recruiters and human resource professionals from Nypro, Bemis Associates, Injectronics, RockTenn and Boutwell Owens were at the college’s Devens campus on April 9 to congratulate the new graduates and speak with them […]

MWCC Foundation Honors Senator Stephen Brewer, Student Scholars, During Evening of Inspiration and Celebration

An outpouring of admiration and acclamation for state Senator Stephen M. Brewer and Mount Wachusett Community College student scholars fueled an evening of inspiration and celebration during the MWCC Foundation’s annual dinner on April 9. The event, held at the Wachusett Mountain ski lodge, honored the long-serving legislator as the foundation’s 2015 Harold E. Drake […]

MWCC Announces Winners of 33rd Annual Regional Exhibition of High School Art

Students from 12 area high schools participated in Mount Wachusett Community College’s 33rd Annual Regional Exhibition of High School Art. Sponsored by the MWCC Art Department, the competition presented cash prizes to 10 students, the MWCC Art Club award to one recipient, and honorable mention awards to 72 students during a ceremony April 9. More than […]

Administrator Debra Boucher Receives Top Award from MA Women in Public Higher Education

Debra Boucher, MWCC Assistant Dean of Academic Affairs and Student Success, is the recipient of the Massachusetts Women in Public Higher Education’s 2015 Phenomenal Woman Award. Boucher was presented with the award during the MWPHE spring conference on April 3 in Sterling. Boucher joined MWCC in 2008 as a transfer counselor in the college’s TRIO […]

CBS Network Executive Kevin Berg to Deliver Commencement Address, Receive Alumnus of the Year Award

Hollywood executive Kevin Berg, a Gardner native in charge of bringing award-winning CBS television programs to audiences across the U.S. and around the world, will return to where his career began to deliver the keynote address at Mount Wachusett Community College’s 50th Commencement in May. In addition, Berg will be presented with an honorary doctorate […]

MWCC Student Creates Video for Michelle Obama’s Reach Higher Initiative

With hard work a bit of luck, Mount Wachusett Community College student Matthew Agosto’s Discover You – Reach Higher with MWCC video will bring First Lady Michelle Obama to Gardner. Through her #ReachHigher initiative, Mrs. Obama is challenging high school and college students to make attending and completing college a reality for all students. She […]

Site Preparation Continues

Site preparation for MWCC’s new science and technology building on the Gardner campus continues on schedule with much activity taking place inside and outside the Haley Academic Center. During the week of March 23, construction crews were busy breaking up concrete structures on the front lawn and moving soil to make way for the addition. […]

Student Trustee Phillip Stan Named Coca-Cola Community College Academic Team Scholar

MWCC Student Trustee Phillip Stan has been named a 2015 Coca-Cola Community College Academic Team Bronze Scholar. This year, the Coca-Cola Scholars Foundation recognized 150 students out of 1,700 applicants. Stan was awarded a $1,000 scholarship and a medallion. “We are extremely proud of Phil Stan for achieving this prestigious recognition,” said President Daniel M. […]

MWCC Student Leader John Day Receives National Newman Civic Fellows Award

Mount Wachusett Community College student leader John Day has been presented with Campus Compact’s 2015 Newman Civic Fellows Award for his dedication and commitment to serving others. Campus Compact is a national coalition of nearly 1,100 college and university presidents who are committed to fulfilling the civic purposes of higher education to improve community life […]