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聽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鈥 Summers

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

亚色影库 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. 鈥淭he Veterinary Technician truly is the registered nurse of the veterinary sciences,鈥 said Veronica Guay Assistant Dean of the School of […]

亚色影库 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 […]

亚色影库 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. 鈥淭his is great. It鈥檚 good to be able to reach out to students and just teach,鈥 said […]

亚色影库 Student Literary Journal Published

A collection of original poetry, prose and artwork by Mount Wachusett Community College students was published recently. The 鈥淎 Certain Slant鈥 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聽entire magazine is available online by clicking […]

亚色影库 Students Put Service into Action During Volunteer Trip to Costa Rica

(Written by Yamileyka Rojas) Mount Wachusett Community College student volunteers recently completed the school鈥檚 second annual civic engagement and volunteerism trip to Costa Rica. The trip included numerous service-oriented projects but students said it was they who benefited from the trip. 鈥淚 was able to take everything I did in Costa Rica with me. It […]

Gateway to College Enrollment Open at 亚色影库

The Gateway to College program at Mount Wachusett Community College that allows students who have dropped out of high school to complete their high school degree while getting college credit is accepting students for the coming school year. 鈥淎ny student who鈥檚 thinking about Gateway or any sort of dual enrollment program, I say do it. […]