Wayne Community College celebrated 65 years of service to Goldsboro with a reception Wednesday at the Moffatt Auditorium. The Keynote speaker was Jimmy E. Ford an alum and current WCC Trustee. Ford recounted his decision to attent Wayne Community College during a period of time when he was uncertain about his future. “I wanted a…… read more »
Wayne Community College’s Junior Bison Camps will allow middle school and high school students to explore nine career options this summer. “The college takes great pride in providing these opportunities for young people to experience careers and sparking genuine interests in areas that could change the trajectory of their lives,” said Renita Allen Dawson, WCC…… read more »
Patricia A. Pfeiffer has been named the 2022-2023 Katrina V. Miller Administrator of the Year by the N.C. Association of Educational Office Professionals (AEOP). Pfeiffer, Wayne Community College’s president, was selected the 2022 Administrator of the Year at the college and the district AEOP levels, which put her in the running for this award. Pfeiffer…… read more »
Students entering 11 technical programs at Wayne Community College may be eligible for scholarships. The Foundation of Wayne Community College’s “Top 11 Scholarship Program” is designed to encourage students to study and go into certain fields in which there are career opportunities. The programs to be included on the list are determined annually. Those majors…… read more »
All are invited to an International Festival at Wayne Community College next week. The event is set for 9 a.m.-2 p.m. on Thursday, April 6. Activities will be held in spaces on the first floor of the Wayne Learning Center (building with flag poles in front) and outside the building, weather permitting. Throughout the day,…… read more »
Derrick Dabney is the recipient of a 2023 North Carolina Community College System Academic (NCCCS) Excellence Award. Dabney, a Raleigh resident, is a second-year student at Wayne Community College. He is enrolled in the Aviation Systems Technology program and has already earned a Federal Aviation Administration Aviation Mechanic – Airframe Certificate. “Derrick approaches everything he…… read more »
Wayne Community College was represented at the Undergraduate Honors Symposium at the University of North Carolina Greensboro last week. The two students and one graduate and their presentations wereKaren Compean Throm (Associate in Arts major at WCC, dual enrolled in Wayne School of Engineering) – “Seasonal Patterns of Northern Cardinals,” Galen Jones (Fall 2022 WCC…… read more »
HERDI South has named Wayne Community College President Patty Pfeiffer to its advisory board. The HERDI (Higher Education Research and Development Institute) South is an organization that links corporate America with community colleges. Its advisory board consists of 40 members from 11 southern states, representing more than 275 community and technical colleges. As a member,…… read more »
The period for high school seniors to apply for Wayne Community College scholarships for next year is now open. Seniors have from now through May 31 to complete the online application for Foundation of Wayne Community College scholarships. If applicants would like to be notified of their award status before high school graduation, they must…… read more »
A gift from the Gene Haas Foundation is helping 15 Wayne Community College students. The $20,000 grant is providing scholarships for tuition, books, and small personal tools for students in the college’s Computer-Integrated Machining program. Recipients areJulia Bentley, Shelby Bigham, Kaitlyn Brubaker, Jonathan Doughty, Ethan Douglas, Han Foo, De’Angelo Freeman, Juan Loy, and Joshua Morgan…… read more »
