Due to inclement weather, MWCC will have a delayed opening at 4 pm today, Thursday, Feb. 13. All day in person and online classes are canceled. Evening in-person and online classes will be held as scheduled. Please refer to the Mount Fitness Facebook Page for status on their operations. View weather policy here.
Campus Compact, a national coalition of colleges and universities working to advance the public purposes of higher education, has named 154 student civic leaders who will make up the organization’s 2023-2024 cohort of Newman Civic Fellows. Hanna Shailer, a student at MWCC, will join students from 38 states, Washington, D.C., and Mexico to form the […]
Mount Wachusett Community College (MWCC) has received a Public Higher Education Student Behavioral and Mental Health Grant from the Commonwealth of Massachusetts. The goal of grant funds is to address the increased need for behavioral health services resulting from the COVID-19 Pandemic. Throughout the past year, MWCC has been able to expand its mental […]
MWCC has received an increase in funding from the Supporting Urgent Community College Equity through Student Services (SUCCESS) program as part of the Commonwealth’s FY21 budget. The fund was established through a legislative appropriation of $7 million in the FY21 budget. Mount Wachusett Community College will utilize the additional funding to increase support and services […]
The 37th Annual Regional High School Art Exhibition will open on March 28, 2023 at the Raymond M. LaFontaine Fine Arts Center’s East Wing Gallery on the Mount Wachusett Community College Gardner campus. Each spring the MWCC Art Department invites all area high schools to participate in the annual Regional High School Art Exhibition and […]
Mount Wachusett Community College’s Earth Day celebrations will include a presentation from Jason Elliott, Director, Hydrologist –in-Charge (Acting) at the National Weather Service (NSW) Northeast River Forecast Center. The Northeast River Forecast Center, located in Norton, MA, creates, calibrates, and maintains forecast models and model forcings yielding hundreds of daily river forecasts in New England […]
The Board of Trustees at Mount Wachusett Community College welcomed two new members, and a renewed commitment from three current members at its regular meeting on February 9, 2023. Joining the Board of Trustees are long-time Gardner businesspeople Patti Bergstrom, owner of The Velvet Goose, and Rick Walton, owner of the Moon Hill Brewing Company. […]
Mount Wachusett Community College continues its standing as a Military Friendly School for the 2023-2024 Military Friendly Cycle. MWCC Veteran Services were set specifically to address the needs of Veterans transitioning from service member to student. The staff members in MWCCs Veterans Services Office, Director Robert Mayer, and Certifying Official Sarah Savoie work closely with […]
Mount Wachusett Community College’s 58th commencement ceremony will be held on May 17, 2023. The graduates will be joined by speaker Matilde “Mattie” Castiel, M.D., Commissioner for Health and Human Services for the City of Worcester. “We are thrilled to have Mattie join us for commencement,” notes MWCC President James Vander Hooven. “Her leadership in […]
I was saddened to learn of the passing of Congressman John Olver. He was a giant in our region and a valued friend and partner of Mount Wachusett Community College. He was a strong voice in both the Massachusetts State Legislature and the U.S. House of Representatives, serving with incredible integrity. Representing the First Congressional […]
Kimberly Shea, DNP, Dean of Nursing at Mount Wachusett Community College was appointed to the Massachusetts Commission on the Status of Women (MCSW). The MCSW works to promote rights for women and girls by offering recommendations regarding policy that help improve access and equal opportunity. Dean Shea will offer unique insights to the Commission based […]
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