If you met me three years ago, you knew I had no intentions of going to college. My high school didn’t push college, so I felt as though I didn’t have to apply myself and went straight into the work force after graduation. I can tell you from personal experience that it was not my forte. […]
Admissions representatives from Mount Wachusett Community College will be participating in a college fair at Mount Ida College on Tuesday, April 17 as MWCC encourages Mount Ida students to explore transferring to the college. “I am so thankful to the Mount Ida staff for putting together this college fair. This will be a great opportunity […]
Mount Wachusett Community College announced Monday that it welcomes students from the Mount Ida College Veterinary Technician Associate of Arts program and will assist with their transfer into MWCC where they can begin classes as early as this summer. “Mount Wachusett’s Veterinary Technician program is happy to welcome any student that was enrolled in the […]
Characters from fairy tales, cartoons, storybooks and beyond will be making a special appearance at Mount Wachusett Community College on Saturday, April 7 during the Fourth Annual Phi Theta Kappa Character Breakfast. The annual character breakfast will take place from 8:30 to 11:30 a.m. at MWCC’s South Cafeteria. In addition to volunteers dressed in costume, […]
Nineteen veterans were presented with mediation certificates Friday following a five-week long mediation program that was hosted at Mount Wachusett Community College. Most of those who took participated in the training were veterans or work with veterans. Certificates recognizing their 35 hours of training were presented by Massachusetts Senator Anne Gobi, Massachusetts Representative Susannah M. […]
The United Way Youth Venture program held its third annual Spring Showcase at Great Wolf Lodge in Fitchburg on March 22 where student venture teams displayed their community projects. The event gave over 200 students from around the region — representing close to 70 communities— a chance to show off their youth-led, youth-created service programs […]
James Vander Hooven was officially inaugurated as the third president of Mount Wachusett Community College on Wednesday in front of a crowd of family, friends, community members, students, faculty and staff. The inauguration took place at 2 p.m. on March 28 at MWCC’s theater at the Gardner campus just over a year after Vander Hooven […]
The official portrait of Jim Vander Hooven, President of Mount Wachusett Community College, will be unveiled at the college’s presidential inauguration event on Wednesday, March 28, 2018. The portrait is a donation to the college by Michael Stone, a Worcester-based portrait artist. “On behalf of the college, we are both pleased and proud to receive […]
Over thirty companies and organizations will be participating in a job fair held at Mount Wachusett Community College’s Gardner campus on March 28 from 10 a.m. to 1 p.m. The event, which is sponsored by the Career Services/Experiential and Service Learning Department at the college, will provide students and community members with an opportunity to […]
Massachusetts Governor Charlie Baker will deliver the keynote address during Mount Wachusett Community College’s Commencement on Wednesday, May 16, 2018. “We are honored to welcome Governor Charlie Baker to our campus as this year’s commencement speaker,” said MWCC President James Vander Hooven. “His leadership while serving as our governor, service as cabinet secretary and as […]
