Gardner Mural Painted by MWCC Students Unveiled

A mural depicting local landmarks and welcoming visitors to the city was unveiled recently after a summer of hard work by a group of Mount Wachusett Community College Art Students. “Thank you to the students and everyone else that has been involved with this,” said MWCC President James Vander Hooven at the unveiling on August […]

MWCC Physical Therapist Assistant Graduates Pass Licensure Exam

In a testament to the hard work of students and Mount Wachusett Community College’s ongoing effort to maintain high standards and practical relevance for its Physical Therapist Assistant Associate’s Degree Program, 100 percent of recent graduates who took their licensure exam in July passed. “The PTA faculty expect excellence and the students deliver,” said Margaret […]

MWCC Announces Free Laptops for Liberal Arts Students

In a push to get technology into the hands of future writers, designers and scientists, Mount Wachusett Community College will be giving away 60 laptops to first-time, full-time liberal arts and science students enrolled in the fall semester. “For all of our students, but especially liberal arts students, written communication is incredibly important,” said Laurie […]

Summer UP Fun in Fitchburg

Doug Petersen, president and CEO of Workers’ Credit Union, and Mount Wachusett Community College President James Vander Hooven joined Summer UP participants and staff at Lowe Park in Fitchburg in the last week of July. Petersen, whose company is one of the donors that makes Summer UP possible, stopped by to meet with the participants. Both […]

North Central Talent Search Program Enriches Students’ Summers

The North Central Massachusetts Talent Search Summer Program brought middle school students to Mount Wachusett Community College’s Gardner campus to learn and have fun. The summer program that ran from July 10 to July 28 was designed to keep the “summer brain drain” from impacting the group of 25 students. “We are making sure they […]

MWCC Launches New Veterinary Technician Program

Mount Wachusett Community College has launched a new Veterinary Technician program that will allow graduates to fill a growing need in the job market at a heavily reduced cost compared to other area programs. “The Veterinary Technician truly is the registered nurse of the veterinary sciences,” said Veronica Guay Assistant Dean of the School of […]

MWCC Student Shows Drawings at Juried Art Show

Mount Wachusett Community College student Julia Van Houten is currently displaying three of her drawings in a juried show featuring 11 artists at the Rocky Neck Art Colony in Gloucester. The selective art show is a first for the 19-year-old Van Houten, who is from Jaffrey, NH. She had been looking at different competitive art […]

MWCC Instructor Honored for Online Class

Mount Wachusett Community College Adjunct Instructor Wesley Stanhope received a Course of Distinction award for his Renewable Energy Sources course at the 12th annual Massachusetts Colleges Online (MCO) E-Learning Conference that was held recently at Greenfield Community College. “This is great. It’s good to be able to reach out to students and just teach,” said […]

MWCC Student Literary Journal Published

A collection of original poetry, prose and artwork by Mount Wachusett Community College students was published recently. The “A Certain Slant” publication not only includes 48 pieces of student work but was edited by student Stephanie Arnold, cover art by Kyle Johnson and cover design by Ian Cook. The entire magazine is available online by clicking […]