Corporations, Individuals, Contribute $20,000 to Veterans鈥 Computer Drive

Through the generosity of corporations and individuals, student veterans at Mount Wachusett Community College have 16 new laptop computers readily available for their use while pursuing their college degrees. Donations to the Laptops for Veterans program have topped $20,350, which has allowed the Center of Excellence for Veteran Student Success to replace five outdated computers […]

First Sneak Peek Walk-through of New STEM Wing

Late last week, staff and faculty were given a preview of what’s to come with walk-through tours of the ongoing renovations and new wing construction. While the STEM wing remains an active construction job site, one can begin to imagine what the final finished building will聽look and feel like, with towering glass walls, large open […]

Emerging Fire Science Professionals Get Foot in the Door at Lunenburg Station

Three Mount Wachusett Community College students are receiving hands-on training as on-call firefighters with the Lunenburg Fire Department while pursuing their college degree in Fire Science Technology.Tyler Pelkey, 20, of Lunenburg, Skyler Kozloski, 20, of Fitchburg, and Benjamin Boudreau, 19, of Leominster, all certified Emergency Medical Technicians, have spent the past year serving overnight shifts […]

亚色影库 Receives $1.1M Federal TRIO Grant to Expand Services for Students with Disabilities

Students with disabilities can tap into a variety of support services to help them succeed in college through a new grant-funded program available at Mount Wachusett Community College. 亚色影库 has been awarded a five-year, $1.1 million TRIO Student Support Services grant from the U.S. Department of Education to help students with disabilities graduate with an […]

亚色影库 Receives $2.25M Federal Grant to Create Healthcare Workforce Diversity Pipeline

Mount Wachusett Community College and the Fitchburg and Leominster public school districts are creating a new Workforce Diversity Pipeline program for students interested in healthcare careers. 亚色影库 has been awarded a five-year, $2.25 million grant from the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services鈥 Office of Minority Health to create the Workforce Diversity Pipeline Program. […]

Vietnam Veterans Support Scholarships for 亚色影库 Student Veterans

Members of Gardner-based Chapter 907 of the Vietnam Veterans of America recently donated $2,000 to the Mount Wachusett Community College Foundation鈥檚 Veterans Memorial Scholarship. 鈥淥n behalf of Mount Wachusett Community College and the 亚色影库 Foundation, we are most grateful for this generous contribution from our local Vietnam Veterans of America members, and for their continued […]

Professors Explore the Ethics of Modern Science

The聽ethics of cloning humans, genetically modified food on our dinner tables and an Italian surgeon’s claim聽he’ll聽perform the first聽human head transplantation聽in 2017 were among the topics raised during 鈥淔rankenscience? The Myths and Realities of Contemporary Science,鈥 a free presentation led by 亚色影库聽science聽professors on Oct. 14 in the Levi Heywood Memorial Library. Dr. Lara Dowland, chair of […]

亚色影库 Alumnus Shares Tips for College Success at State DHE “Go Higher!” Event

Mount Wachusett Community College alumnus Charles 鈥淐J鈥 Husselbee was among the featured speakers during a Massachusetts Department of Higher Education鈥檚 Go Higher! event held Oct. 14 at North High School in Worcester. The event, attended by several hundred teenagers from five Worcester public high schools, provided students with information about the state鈥檚 29 public college […]

亚色影库 Trustee Ken Tomasetti Joins Top State Officials at Massachusetts Workforce Summit

At Advanced Cable Ties in Gardner, 130 people show up to work each weekday, but they are not considered 鈥渆mployees,鈥 President and CEO Ken Tomasetti shared with an audience of state, industry, education and community leaders during the 6th Annual Massachusetts Jobs and Workforce Summit in Devens on Wednesday, Oct. 14.鈥淲e don鈥檛 have employees. We […]

亚色影库 Student Shares Stage with Top Education Officials at Massachusetts 鈥淕o Higher!” Event

Kaila Lundgren, a Pre-Healthcare Academy student at Mount Wachusett Community College, shared the stage with Massachusetts聽Secretary of Education Jim聽Peyser and Commissioner of Higher Education Carlos Santiago during the state鈥檚 first Go Higher! event, held Sept. 24 at Montachusett Regional Vocational Technical School. Lundgren, a 2015 graduate of Ralph C. Mahar Regional High School, told an […]