Due to the impending weather, all MWCC campuses will be closed Thursday, April 4, 2024. All day, evening and remote classes are canceled. Please refer to the Mount Fitness Facebook Page for status on their operations. View weather policy here.
Members of the North Central Massachusetts legislative delegation visited the Devens campus of Mount Wachusett Community College for demonstrations and discussion to kick off Manufacturing Month on Monday, October 4 and to recognize Senator John Cronin and the delegation for support of advanced manufacturing efforts at Mount Wachusett Community College. This investment will help to […]
Mount Wachusett Community College is pleased to announce our Dean’s and President’s Lists for the summer 2021 semester. Students who complete a minimum of 12 semester hours are eligible. The Dean’s List requires a 3.30 to 3.99 grade point average while the President’s List requires a 4.0 grade point average. President’s List Karissa Alyrd, Douglas […]
Students, faculty, and staff at the Commonwealth’s 15 community colleges must be fully vaccinated beginning in January 2022 MWCC President Jim Vander Hooven and the Presidents of the Commonwealth’s community colleges announced today that students, faculty, and staff at the Commonwealth’s 15 community colleges must be fully vaccinated by January 2022. The statement released by […]
The Class of 2021 Dental Assisting Program held a pinning ceremony for nine new graduates on Friday, September 10, 2021 outdoors at the Mount Wachusett Community College Fitchburg campus. “We are here to recognize your hard work in this program and welcome you to the field,” Cindy Cadoret, Director of Dental Education Programs at MWCC, […]
The US Department of Education has selected Mount Wachusett Community College to received funding under the Talent Search Program in two grants totaling $662,926. Launched in 1965, the Higher Education Act created Talent Search. Along with the Upward Bound Program and Student Support Services, the three services make up the TRIO of federally funded programs […]
The U.S. Department of Education announced that Mount Wachusett Community College will receive a federal Educational Opportunities Center (EOC) grant of $273,793 to help unemployed workers, low-wage workers, and returning high school and college students enter or continue a program of post-secondary education. In operation since September 2002, The North Central Educational Opportunity Center at […]
Quinsigamond Community College (QCC) President Luis G. Pedraja, Ph.D. and Mount Wachusett Community College (MWCC) President James L. Vander Hooven, Ed.D. have forged a new transfer agreement between the two Central Massachusetts community colleges, strengthening an already strong partnership. The agreement will enable QCC students to seamlessly transfer to MWCC after they have completed their […]
This spring, the Mount Wachusett Community College Physical Therapist Assistant program students were in danger of a delay in their graduation due to the lack of clinical placement sites. The lack of clinical placement impacted all health students, with the impact on physical therapist assistant students more pronounced due to fewer facilities available in the […]
Victor Rojas, Assistant Director of GEAR UP, has been named GEAR UP Professional of the Year by the National Council for Community Education Partnerships (NCCEP) at their annual conference. The Gaining Early Awareness and Readiness for Undergraduate Programs (GEAR UP) initiative is one of the largest and most effective programs focused on increasing the college […]
The Adult and Community Learning Services (ACLS) unit of the Massachusetts Department of Elementary and Secondary Education (DESE) has awarded Mount Wachusett Community College grant monies totaling $1,108,106 to support basic skills education, occupational training, and post-secondary enrollment for adult learners in our region. The Adult Education Services Continuation grant of $958,106 funds free access […]
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