Leading into the busy holiday season, about 90 percent of Fitchburg High School seniors will have one less item on their to-do list having already submitted their college applications for fall 2017. The third annual College Application Challenge will be held from 9:00am to 1:30pm on November 15, 2016 at Fitchburg High School. Mount Wachusett […]
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Mount Wachusett Community College to Dedicate New Dr. Daniel M. Asquino Science Center on November 15
Mount Wachusett Community College students, faculty and staff; Massachusetts leaders; and the greater community will dedicate the new Dr. Daniel M. Asquino Science Center in recognition of President Asquino’s 30 years of leadership at Mount Wachusett Community College at a ceremony on Tuesday, November 15 at 2 pm. The public opening of the new building, […]
Changing Minds and Saving Lives: Mount Wachusett Community College Responds to Regional Opioid Crisis with Public Forum, NARCAN® Training
Mount Wachusett Community College welcomed over 250 guests to its Gardner campus this morning for a public forum moderated by State Senator Jennifer Flanagan to address the issues surrounding opioid addiction and abuse, a critical problem impacting too many families and communities across the Commonwealth. The free forum, Opiates in North Central Massachusetts: Education for […]
MWCC Student Government President Awarded for Dedication to Leadership and Service
On October 20th and 21st a group of students from the MWCC Student Government Association attended the Community College Student Leadership Association (CCSLA) Fall Conference where they were able to connect with over 120 students from all Massachusetts community colleges as well as community colleges in New Hampshire and Rhode Island. This annual event provides […]
MWCC Offering New Substance Abuse Counseling Program, Community Forum, in Response to Opioid Crisis
Mount Wachusett Community College has launched a new substance abuse counseling certificate program and is hosting a free community forum with NARCAN® training to bolster public resources and address the opioid crisis that is impacting our region, the state and the nation. The free forum, Opiates in North Central Massachusetts: Education for Community-Wide Crisis Response, […]
Area Students Preparing for 16th Year of Community Service Through United Way Youth Venture
The United Way Youth Venture program is returning to schools across North Central Massachusetts this fall to continue the great work being done by students in the community. During the past academic year, students throughout the region took a stand against the problems of the world and worked together to help those in need through […]
MWCC Named to President’s Higher Education Community Service Honor Roll
Only Community College in the Commonwealth to Receive Economic Opportunity Distinction Mount Wachusett Community College has been named to the 2015 President’s Higher Education Community Service Honor Roll, for exemplary community service programs. With a strong institutional focus on economic issues facing our communities, the college is one of only five community colleges across the […]
MWCC Volunteers Package 46,872 Meals During Annual United Way Day of Caring
A group of nearly 200 enthusiastic volunteers at Mount Wachusett Community College worked in shifts throughout the day to more than double last year’s efforts to combat hunger in the region. Through the college’s Center for Civic Learning and Community Engagement, students, faculty and staff teamed up in assembly lines to package 46,872 meals to serve […]
Community Service Project Marks 15th anniversary of 9/11
MWCC student volunteers are collecting notes of appreciation for first responders in the region who put their lives in jeopardy for the sake of others, as a way of honoring the nearly 3,000 victims of the Sept. 11, 2001 terrorist attacks. For the second year, the activity was coordinated by the college’s Center of Excellence for […]
Exhibit of Abstract Paintings by Professor John Pacheco on Display at MWCC’s East Wing Gallery
An exhibition of recent abstract paintings by Mount Wachusett Community College Professor John Pacheco is on display in the college’s East Wing Gallery through October 4. Pacheco’s work is influenced by abstract expressionists and artists that saw spiritualism in the process of painting and the contemplation of color and abstraction. “Painting abstractly, I can compose […]