Wayne Community College will hold a talk on the 135th United States Colored Troops next week in recognition of Black History Month. The presentation is set for 1 p.m. on Thursday, Feb. 16. It will be held in Room 101 of the Walnut Building on the college’s main campus in Goldsboro. Jay and Amy Bauer,…… read more »
Wayne Community College will host the “Mexican Consulate on Wheels” to allow Mexican citizens to get identification documents. Personnel with the Consulate General of Mexico in Raleigh will provide limited services at the college 9 a.m.-4 p.m., Feb. 21-24. They will be located in Room 104 of the Walnut Building on the college’s campus at…… read more »
The Golden LEAF Board of Directors awarded $10,248,815 in funding to support projects through the Community-Based Grants Initiative in the Southeast Prosperity Zone including Wayne Community College and $1,549,997 in funding to support projects through the Open Grants Program. The Golden LEAF Board also awarded $1,037,080 in funding for projects through the Flood Mitigation Program. “The Golden LEAF Board…… read more »
The American Association of Community Colleges (AACC) has named Wayne Community College and Smithfield Foods as finalists for a national award. The two are up for a 2023 Awards of Excellence in the Outstanding College/Corporate Partnership category for the apprenticeship program they developed and share. “It is an honor for Wayne Community College to be…… read more »
Wayne Community College will host a short weather spotter training session next month. Meteorologists with the National Weather Service’s Raleigh Forecast Office will conduct the Skywarn® training. It will be held 1-2:30 p.m. on Wednesday, Feb. 8 in Room 101 of the Walnut Building (farthest left of the three buildings facing Wayne Memorial Drive) on…… read more »
Wayne Community College has recognized its top employees for 2022. Housekeeping Supervisor Tammy Holland was presented the Operations and Maintenance Staff Employee of the Year Award. In announcing the award, WCC President Patty Pfeiffer noted that Holland “used her professional experience and compassion for others to make a new campus position her own.” She has…… read more »
Wayne Community College’s apprenticeship program was a beneficiary of the U.S. Congress’ Fiscal Year 2023 Omnibus Appropriations Package. A $651,000 Community Project Funding request made by then-Congressman G.K. Butterfield was included in the bill for expansion of the college’s apprenticeship program. The funding will be used to enhance the college’s established apprenticeship training programs as…… read more »
Wayne Community College will hold its annual Martin Luther King, Jr. Celebration 2023 this coming Thursday. Dr. Omotolokun Omokunde, pastor of Timothy Darling Presbyterian Church in Oxford, will speak on “From ‘The Dream’ to Me.” Rev. Omokunde will share his memories of meeting Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. and hearing the first version of the…… read more »
In a special called meeting on December 21, 2022 the Wayne County Board of Education voted to reduce the number of consultant proposals that it had received to help lead the search for a new superintendent. After some discussion, The Board then reduced the number of proposals from six to three by having each Board…… read more »
The Small Business Center at Wayne Community College has scheduled more than a dozen seminars for aspiring and progressing entrepreneurs over the next few months. Two series will be offered, both of which can lead to certificates. Seminars in these series can also be taken individually. Completion of all four seminars in the Business Basics…… read more »
