Thinking about a career in healthcare? Mount Wachusett Community College is hosting a free healthcare programs information fair on Thursday, Oct. 9 from 5 to 8 p.m. at the Gardner campus. The event will feature information on a variety of academic programs and career fields, including dental assistant, dental hygiene, certified nursing assistant, health information management, medical […]
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Fall Film Series: Into the Wild
The MWCC Humanities Project and Fall Film Series continue on Tuesday, Oct. 7 with a screening of “Into the Wild” from 12:30 to 2:45 p.m. in Room 127 at the Gardner campus. A 2007 American biographical drama and survival film, “Into the Wild” is based on the travels of the Thoreau-inspired Christopher McCandles, as described in the book of […]
MWCC Hosting Advanced Manufacturing Career Expo
Mount Wachusett Community College is hosting an Advanced Manufacturing Career Expo on Friday, Oct. 3 in recognition of National Manufacturing Day. The career expo will take place from 11 a.m. to 1 p.m. in MWCC’s Manufacturing Workforce Certification Center, located at the college’s Devens campus, 27 Jackson Road. Registration begins at 11 a.m., followed by opening remarks at 11:30 and ongoing tours, demonstrations […]
MWCC Humanities Project: Lecture on Thoreau and Climate Change
The Mount Wachusett Community College Humanities Project will continue with the presentation, “What Thoreau Can Teach Us about Climate Change,” on Wednesday, Oct. 1 from 6:30 to 8 p.m. at the Levi Heywood Memorial Library in Gardner. Susan Gallagher, associate professor of political science at the University of Massachusetts, Lowell and a board member of […]
Fall Film Series: In the Time of Butterflies
MWCC’s Fall 2014 Film Series, presented by Student Life, begins with “In the Time of Butterflies” on Thursday, Sept. 25 at 12:30 p.m. in the Gardner campus’ North Café. “In the Time of Butterflies” presents a fictionalized account of the lives of the Mirabal sisters, Dominican revolutionary activists who opposed the dictatorship of Rafael Trujillo. The Mariano-Barroso-directed […]
MWCC Continues Standing as Military-Friendly School
For the sixth consecutive year, Mount Wachusett Community College has been recognized as a top military-friendly school for creating a culture of positive energy and academic support for veterans, active military members and their dependents. The 2015 Military Friendly Schools list, released by Victory Media, names the top 15 percent of American colleges, universities and trade […]
MWCC Hosts Annual United Way Day of Caring
Capitalizing on its students’ eagerness to participate in community-engagement activities and a successful first year, Mount Wachusett Community College hosted its second annual United Way Day of Caring at its Gardner campus on Thursday, Sept. 18. Through the leadership of the Center for Civic Learning and Community Engagement, more than 200 volunteers packaged 20,736 meals […]
Phillip Stan Appointed MWCC Student Trustee
Phillip Stan, a liberal arts major with a concentration in music, has been appointed to Mount Wachusett Community College’s Board of Trustees after being elected to the one-year position by his student peers this past spring. The chamber music enthusiast and father of five was sworn in as the college’s student trustee on the afternoon […]
United Way Day of Caring Volunteer Opportunity
Volunteers are needed to participate in MWCC’s United Way Day of Caring project on Thursday, Sept. 18. Coordinated by the Center for Civic Learning and Community Engagement, students, faculty and staff will help package 20,000 meals for local food pantries and veterans organizations. Volunteers will work in 75-minute shifts from 8:30 a.m. to 3:15 p.m. […]
MWCC Foundation Supports Innovation in the Classroom
With the start of the new academic year, the Mount Wachusett Community College Foundation has provided funds totaling $46,044 for eight innovative projects conceived by college faculty and staff. “Current community college funding is such that we are often left wishing we had more resources to experiment with new and innovative pilot programs that have the […]