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Mount Wachusett Community College President’s and Dean’s Lists for Fall 2022 Semester

Mount Wachusett Community College is pleased to announce our Dean’s and President’s Lists for the fall 2022 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 Patrick Ackley, Worcester, […]

MWCC Honors Six Newest Paramedics in Pinning Ceremony

Mount Wachusett Community College celebrated the achievements of Paramedic Class 4 with a traditional pinning ceremony on January 9, 2023, at the college’s Gardner campus. The six members of Class 4 have all passed both the written and practical National Registry of American Medical Technician exams, the first class to do so prior to the […]

Mount Wachusett Community College Awarded Community Adult Learning Center Grant from Baker-Polito Administration

Mount Wachusett Community College was awarded $984,233 annually for the next five years in support of adult education programs offered by the college, including the free HiSET/GED high school equivalency preparation courses and English as a Second Language (ESOL) courses. Funding will enable the MWCC adult education programs to support 269 seats per year, 154 […]

MWCC Celebrates Practical Nursing Class of 2022 at Traditional Pinning Ceremony

Mount Wachusett Community College welcomed twenty-one new nurses to the profession on Tuesday, December 20, 2022, at the Theatre at the Mount. “It is truly an honor for me to be here to help celebrate this occasion,” noted President James Vander Hooven. “You have put in so much time, effort and dedication, both inside and […]

MWCC Names Melissa Croteau Chief of Police and Public Safety

Mount Wachusett Community College is pleased to announce that Deputy Chief of Police Dr. Melissa Croteau has accepted the position of Chief of Police and Public Safety after the retirement of her predecessor Karen Kolimaga. A Gardner native, Croteau earned Associate of Science degrees in Criminal Justice and Human Services at Mount Wachusett Community College, […]

MWCC Awarded ARPA Grant to Address Food Security for College Students

Mount Wachusett Community College was awarded the Massachusetts Community College Campus Hunger-Free Program grant funded through the American Rescue Plan Act (ARPA) for $178,535 to support the MWCC initiative “Addressing Food Security and Expanding Basic Needs Services.” The Addressing Food Security and Expanding Basic Needs Services project is designed to address the basic needs of […]

Mount Wachusett Community College Receives Vietnam Veterans of America Chapter 907 Donation

Members of the Vietnam Veterans of America Chapter 907 visited the Mount Wachusett Community College Gardner campus on Monday, November 28, 2022 to deliver their annual donation to the MWCC Foundation in support of veteran students. The Veterans Memorial Scholarship was established to assist student veterans and ensure that their service and sacrifices will not […]

Winterfest is Back at Mount Wachusett Community College

MWCC’s annual Winterfest Raffle Fundraiser will be held Tuesday, December 6th through Thursday, December 8th. Drawings will be on Thursday, December 8th at 2 PM. This annual event is sponsored by Student Services, Student Life and CATS (Campus Activity Team for Students) and funds raised are used for the Emergency Student Loan Fund. Student clubs […]

Mount Wachusett Community College Automotive Technology Program Selected for Business, Industry, Leadership Team Academy

The Automotive Technology Program at Mount Wachusett Community College has been selected to participate in the Pathways to Innovation (PTI) “Business Industry, Leadership, Team Academy (BILT) Academy” in 2023. The BILT Academy provides leadership development for teams from the College and from industry.  The role of the team is to establish sustainable partnerships with the […]

Mount Wachusett Community College Automotive Technology Program Expands, Adds Two Additional Master Technician Professors

The MWCC Automotive Technology program, which moved to its new 11,000-square-foot facility on Linus Allain Ave in Gardner in 2019, is continuing to grow with the recent addition of two new faculty members. John Pignataro is Automotive Service Excellence (ASE) and Mazda Elite Certified and a Ford Senior Master Technician experienced in intricate diagnostic repairs. […]