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Healthy Minds: Lead with Love Youth Conference Empowers Over 400 Students in North Central MA

The Healthy Minds Youth Conference, supported by the Reliant Foundation, Main Street Bank, and the United Way of North Central MA’s Summer ASOST Grant, brought together over 470 youth and educators for a transformative two-day event on July 24th and 25th at Mount Wachusett Community College (MWCC). With the theme “Lead With Love,” the conference […]

MWCC Teatime Speaker Series Presents: The Black Outdoors with Mardi Fuller

Mount Wachusett Community College is pleased to announce our next Teatime Speaker Series event, “The Black Outdoors with Mardi Fuller” on Tuesday, April 30, 2024, from 12:00 until 2:00 pm at the Gardner campus. Mardi Fuller is a lifelong backcountry adventurer and board member of the Appalachian Mountain Club who became the first known Black […]

Mount Wachusett Community College Receives Funding for the 2024 STEM Starter Academy

Mount Wachusett Community College has received funding for the 2024 STEM Starter Academy. The money will be used to help jumpstart the careers of qualifying high school graduates and MWCC students looking to earn their associate degree in Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics programs at the college. The STEM Starter Academy is open to high […]

Mount Wachusett Community College Fall Semester Kicks Off

Mount Wachusett Community College began its 61st school year with a twelve percent increase in enrollment, and it showed as students packed the campus for New Student Welcome events last week. “I am feeling so fortunate and excited about the start of the fall semester,” noted MWCC President James Vander Hooven through the college’s new […]

United Way Youth Venture at Mount Wachusett Community College Receives Youth Mental/Behavioral Health Grant

The United Way of North Central Massachusetts (UWNCM) has granted the Mount Wachusett Community College United Way Youth Venture (UWYV) program with a grant of $10,000 to address mental and behavioral health issues experienced by young people throughout the North Central region of Massachusetts. The UWYV program is a partnership between the United Way of […]

Early College Graduation Awards Diplomas to 57 Students and Associate Degrees to 40 Students

Mount Wachusett Community College’s full-time Early College programs, Gateway to College and Pathways Early College Experience, held a graduation ceremony on Thursday, May 18, 2023, to honor the 57 students graduating with their high school diplomas, 40 of whom also earned their associate degree. Welcoming students to the ceremony was Gateway to College student Chloe […]

MWCC, Fitchburg State University and Athol High School Partnership Achieve Early College Designation

The Massachusetts Department of Elementary and Secondary Education has granted Early College designation to Athol High School in partnership with Mount Wachusett Community College (MWCC) and Fitchburg State University. Early College programs combine deep career and college exploration with the opportunity for students to simultaneously earn a high school diploma and at least 12 college […]

Mount Wachusett Community College Awarded 5 Year, $1.6 Million Upward Bound Math and Science Grant from the US Department of Education

Mount Wachusett Community College has been awarded an Upward Bound Math and Science grant from the US Department of Education for five years beginning September 1, 2022. The grant amount is $312,480 annually or $1.6 million over 5 years. The Upward Bound Math and Science (UBMS) grant aims to prepare high school students for postsecondary […]

Massachusetts Budget Includes $19 Million for Expanding Early College Statewide

The Fiscal Year 2023 budget signed by Governor Charlie Baker on July 28, 2022 includes $19 million in Early College funding, an increase of $8 million over the previous year. Since its inception in 2017, the Baker-Polito Administration has worked to expand access to Early College, which has shown promising outcomes for students in the […]

New Transfer Agreement with Fitchburg State to help Future Middle and High School Teachers

A new transfer agreement between Fitchburg State University and Mount Wachusett Community College will help streamline the transfer process for students pursuing degrees in middle school or secondary education. Under terms of the agreement, qualifying students enrolled in MWCC’s associate programs in biology, chemistry, or liberal arts and sciences will be able to take three key […]