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MWCC Physical Therapist Assistant Graduates Pass Licensure Exam

In a testament to the hard work of students and Mount Wachusett Community College’s ongoing effort to maintain high standards and practical relevance for its Physical Therapist Assistant Associate’s Degree Program, 100 percent of recent graduates who took their licensure exam in July passed. “The PTA faculty expect excellence and the students deliver,” said Margaret […]

MWCC Announces Free Laptops for Liberal Arts Students

In a push to get technology into the hands of future writers, designers and scientists, Mount Wachusett Community College will be giving away 60 laptops to first-time, full-time liberal arts and science students enrolled in the fall semester. “For all of our students, but especially liberal arts students, written communication is incredibly important,” said Laurie […]

MWCC Student Center Nears Completion Ahead of September Opening

Walls are up and windows are going in at the new student center at Mount Wachusett Community College this week. The $3.5 million project will create a 4,500-square-foot student space, which officials say will open by the start of the school year in September. “An overwhelming majority of our students come here and spend the […]

MWCC Student Shows Drawings at Juried Art Show

Mount Wachusett Community College student Julia Van Houten is currently displaying three of her drawings in a juried show featuring 11 artists at the Rocky Neck Art Colony in Gloucester. The selective art show is a first for the 19-year-old Van Houten, who is from Jaffrey, NH. She had been looking at different competitive art […]

MWCC Student Literary Journal Published

A collection of original poetry, prose and artwork by Mount Wachusett Community College students was published recently. The “A Certain Slant” publication not only includes 48 pieces of student work but was edited by student Stephanie Arnold, cover art by Kyle Johnson and cover design by Ian Cook. The entire magazine is available online by clicking […]

MWCC Students Put Service into Action During Volunteer Trip to Costa Rica

(Written by Yamileyka Rojas) Mount Wachusett Community College student volunteers recently completed the school’s second annual civic engagement and volunteerism trip to Costa Rica. The trip included numerous service-oriented projects but students said it was they who benefited from the trip. “I was able to take everything I did in Costa Rica with me. It […]

MWCC Students Donate Over 1,300 Books to Promote Early Childhood Literacy

For the third year, hundreds of kindergarten and first grade students in Gardner will end the school year with fun summertime reading to take home, thanks to a donation of over 1,300 books from a group of Mount Wachusett Community College students. Otaku United, a club that celebrates Asian culture, donated over 1,300 books to […]

MWCC Students Working on Downtown Gardner Mural

(This story was written by Andrew Mansfield and appeared in The Gardner News) People will soon be able to take a trip across the whole city simply by walking along the West Street Parking Lot. Past and present Mount Wachusett Community College students have been working on a mural on the rear wall of the […]

MWCC Announces Spring 2017 President’s List and Dean’s List

The following Mount Wachusett Community College students who completed a minimum of 12 semester hours with a grade point average of 4.0 were named to the President’s List for the spring 2017 semester: President’s List Spring 2017   Massachusetts Athol: Stephanie Buck, Jillian Euvrard, Samantha Farley Ayer: Brittany Bechtel, Brenton Bourne Barre: Ann Giaquinto Scott, […]

Officials Thanked for Mentoring MWCC Criminal Justice Student Interns

Mount Wachusett Community College students thanked police and other criminal justice community partners from communities including Ayer, Gardner, Greenfield, Lunenburg, Orange, Templeton, and Westminster at a recent recognition luncheon. At the end of every semester, MWCC hosts a recognition luncheon where participating criminal justice students thank their internship hosts for all they have learned and […]