MWCC Awarded $75,000 Grant to Support Student Scholarships

Mount Wachusett Community College has been awarded a $75,000 grant from the Community Foundation of North Central Massachusetts to support student scholarships. This grant comes from the Community Foundation’s General Endowment Education Access Fund, and will specifically support MWCC’s Career Focused Education Scholarship Program. The scholarship partnership between MWCC and the Community Foundation will support […]

Upward Bound Math and Science Marks 50th TRIO Anniversary

Dozens of area high school students from Gardner, Athol and Winchendon were recently recognized for their academic success in Mount Wachusett Community College’s Upward Bound Math and Science program, a federal TRIO program celebrating its 50th anniversary this year. Sixty-three students participated in the program’s summer residential component, which included dual enrollment courses, extracurricular activities, […]

New Student Orientation Sessions

Orientation sessions for new and transfer students will take place prior to the start of the new academic year. Orientation for evening students will be held Tuesday, Aug. 26 beginning at 5:30 p.m. in the South Cafe at the Gardner campus. A family and support network orientation will take place Tuesday, Aug. 26 at 6 […]

Summer UP Completes 10th Season with Enhanced Program

Summer UP, an MWCC Access & Transition program that began a decade ago to provide safe, summertime activities and employment opportunities to area youth, enhanced this year’s program with new career and college preparation training opportunities. Now completing its 10th season, Summer UP this year provided 110 of area high school and middle school students […]

Summer Business Luncheon Series: Making the Transition to Management

MWCC’s Summer Business Luncheon Series, offered by the Division of Lifelong Learning and Workforce Development, continues on Friday, Aug. 1 with “Making the Transition to Management. Participants will discover the three leadership skill sets necessary to ensure individual and organizational performance.  Topics include ways to adjust management style to empower employees to find their own […]

Theatre at the Mount: How to Succeed in Business Without Really Trying

Theatre at the Mount will continue its 2014 season with How to Succeed in Business Without Really Trying in August. With the aid of a trusty self-help book, wily window washer J. Pierrepont Finch enjoys a riotous rise up the corporate ladder. Will Finch’s unorthodox business practices at the World-Wide Wicket Company get him in […]

MWCC Featured in New Video Showcasing Best Practices in Regional Partnerships

The long-standing collaboration between MWCC, the North Central Massachusetts Workforce Investment Board, and industry is showcased as a model demonstrating best practices for building and sustaining regional partnership in a new video created by the Advanced Manufacturing Regional Partnership Academy (AMRPA). MWCC, known for its well established partnerships with corporations such as Nypro and Bristol-Myers Squibb […]

Nursing Alumni Reconnect During 40th Anniversary Reunion

Alumni, faculty and staff of the MWCC Nursing Program gathered on June 25 at the Gardner Campus to reconnect and celebrate four decades of nursing education at MWCC. Alumni in attendance were representative of each decade since the program was established. Mary Bergevin and Susan Hermanson were on hand to represent the first graduating class […]

MWCC Announces New & Revised Academic Programs for Fall 2014 Semester

Mount Wachusett Community College is rolling out several new and revised academic programs to prepare students for a wide range of careers. “We’re excited about these new opportunities for our students,” said Dr. Melissa Fama, Vice President of Academic Affairs. “The new and redesigned programs will serve needs expressed by local employers and students will […]

Summer Business Luncheon Series: The Art of Giving a Performance Appraisal

MWCC’s Summer Business Luncheon Series returns this year with a variety of professional development, supervisory and management sessions. The college’s Division of Lifelong Learning and Workforce Development has bundled several of its popular course offerings for entrepreneurs, small businesses, nonprofits as well as corporate staff. The next session,” The Art of Giving a Performance Appraisal,” […]