Category Archives: Education

WCC Graduates Nurse Aides and Phlebotomists

WCC Graduates Nurse Aides and Phlebotomists

Wayne Community College recognized 39 graduates of its nurse aide and phlebotomy programs in a formal ceremony. The graduates received certificates and pins that mark their transition from students to professionals. The nurse aide graduates, by city of residence, are: GoldsboroReem Alrobaiey,Anna Anaya-Vega,D’Meka Artis,Maria Castro-Hernandez,Treyvone Cox,Jesula Evariste,Annie Ham,Jennifer Kilpatrick,Britton Knotts,Shakyra McGaha,Monica Williams, andMaddison Zielke-Stover DudleyRaleya…read more »

Small Business Center Providing Free Spring Seminars

Small Business Center Providing Free Spring Seminars

Wayne Business and Industry Center’s Small Business Center has scheduled more than a dozen no-cost, online seminars for aspiring and progressing entrepreneurs over the next few months. The seminars are: How To Start a Small Business the Right Way – 6:30-8:30 p.m., Jan. 11 How To Increase Your Credit Score to Over 740 Points; Prepare…read more »

WCC Law Enforcement Ceremony Celebrates Six Cadets & One Dean

WCC Law Enforcement Ceremony Celebrates Six Cadets & One Dean

Wayne Community College celebrated the cadets who completed its 79th Basic Law Enforcement Training academy and the woman who oversaw almost all of those academies in a graduation ceremony last month. The six cadets who completed the college’s academy received certificates to work as sworn law enforcement officers in North Carolina. Certificates were conferred on:…read more »

Honor Society Inducts New Members In Video Ceremony

Honor Society Inducts New Members In Video Ceremony

Wayne Community College’s Upsilon Chi chapter of Phi Theta Kappa, the international honor society for two-year colleges, has inducted 67 new members. Phi Theta Kappa members represent the top 10 percent of students enrolled in two-year schools. To be invited into the society, WCC students must show academic achievement with a minimum grade point average…read more »

Wayne Community College Continuing Mask Requirement

Wayne Community College Continuing Mask Requirement

Wayne Community College will continue to require individuals to wear masks on its campus in the Spring semester. WCC employees, students, and visitors must wear masks indoors through at least mid-January when the college will next review its COVID-19 precautions. “We will start the semester in masks,” said President Patty Pfeiffer. “The college’s Pandemic Response…read more »

WCC Students Share Stories Of Christmas In Their Native Countries

WCC Students Share Stories Of Christmas In Their Native Countries

Wayne Community College English Language Acquisition (ELA) students wrote and spoke about the Christmas traditions in their native countries. Nearly four dozen students contributed essays to a “Christmas Around the World” book that covers stories about the holiday in 16 foreign counties and the United States of America. Four program teachers and staff members also…read more »

Pharmacy Tech Students Give Hygiene Kits To Soup Kitchen

Pharmacy Tech Students Give Hygiene Kits To Soup Kitchen

Wayne Community College’s Pharmacy Technology program delivered hygiene kits to the Community Soup kitchen in time for holiday distribution. The “Pharm Tech” class of 2022 collected soap, washcloths, toothbrushes, toothpaste, shampoo, razors, lotion, deodorant, brushes and combs and other contents then assembled them into 45 kits. The college’s painting class also contributed eight “blessing bags”…read more »

WCC Nursing Students Donate Children’s Books

WCC Nursing Students Donate Children’s Books

Wayne Community College’s Associate Degree Nursing (ADN) Class of 2022 has provided books to community child care providers. The students collected nearly 160 children’s books and flash card sets to donate to sites at which they practice skills: the college’s child care center and WAGES Head Start. “This correlates with their courses this semester in…read more »

Upcoming WCC Holiday And Spring Registration Dates

Wayne Community College will be closed from Dec. 23 through Dec. 29 and on Dec. 31. Spring semester classes begin Jan. 5, 2022. Open registration for those classes will be held 8 a.m.-7 p.m. on Jan. 3 and 8 a.m.-4 p.m. on Jan. 4. Tuition is due by 4 p.m. on Jan. 4. New students…read more »

WCPS Names Its New District Military Liaison

WCPS Names Its New District Military Liaison

Starting in January, Wayne County Public Schools will have a new District Military Liaison supporting military connected students and their families. Heather Winstead, School Counselor for Greenwood Middle, will replace Jamie Livengood, who served in this role for more than 13 years before transitioning to a new role as the district’s Student & Family Support…read more »

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