A replica of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial is coming to Goldsboro this week. Chapter 371 of the Air Force Sergeants Association, located at Seymour Johnson Air Force Base, is sponsoring a visit by “The Moving Wall” as one of its POW/MIA week activities. It will be located at Wayne Community College and open to the…… read more »
Wayne Community College will host a mini-job fair this Wednesday, Sept. 15. The event will feature JMA Placement Inc., a staffing company with a footprint across the southeastern United States. It will be held 10 a.m. to 1 p.m. in the Atrium of the Wayne Learning Center on the main campus in Goldsboro. The fair…… read more »
Hundreds of American Flags are flying on the campus of Wayne Community College. The Goldsboro Rotary Club officially unveiled its 2nd annual Field of Honor at WCC on Thursday. Sherry Archibald, President of the Goldsboro Rotary Club, says the flags in the display honor “active-duty military, veterans, first responders, teachers, neighbors, family and friends.” Archibald…… read more »
Wayne Community College’s Public Safety Division will hold its annual 9/11 Stair Climb this Saturday, on the 20th anniversary of the terrorist attacks on the World Trade Center. WCC emergency medical and law enforcement students and their instructors will climb the equivalent of 78 stories (38 laps on a “track” of stairwells and breezeways between…… read more »
The Goldsboro Rotary Club is pleased to present the 2nd Annual Field of Honor. In partnership with Wayne Community College, hundreds of United States flags will fly on the lawns of Wayne Community College in A Tribute to Service Above Self, as Goldsboro Rotarians bring their Field of Honor® flag display back to the heart…… read more »
Two Wayne Community College students have been awarded scholarships from the State Employees’ Credit Union (SECU). Mikayla Ward and Jaylen Anderson are recipients of funds from the SECU Foundation People Helping People Two-Year Scholarship Program for NC Community Colleges. The scholarship can be used to pay for full-time tuition, books, fees, course supplies, and transportation…… read more »
Wayne Community College will host a COVID-19 vaccination clinic this week. The event is set for 10 a.m.-2 p.m. on Thursday, Sept. 2 at the college. It is open to the public. There is no charge. “Wayne Community College is trying to do its part to prevent the spread of COVID-19 in our community,” said…… read more »
The National Council for State Authorization Reciprocity Agreements (NC-SARA) has granted participant status to Wayne Community College. NC-SARA is a nonprofit organization that works to expand students’ access to educational opportunities and ensure more efficient, consistent, and effective regulation of distance education programs. The “SARA” part of the name is an agreement among states, districts,…… read more »
North Carolina education leaders signed an agreement on Monday, Aug. 23 to address the critical teacher shortage in the state. North Carolina Community College System President Thomas Stith and University of North Carolina System President Peter Hans announced a new agreement that will increase opportunities for community college students to transfer to teacher education programs…… read more »
Two SPX Transformer Solutions employees have graduated from apprentice to journeyman. Billy Patterson of Grantham and Robert Reinhold Jr. of Mar-Mac completed the SPX Apprenticeship program and earned journeyman certificates from the North Carolina Community College System’s ApprenticeshipNC initiative and the United States Department of Labor. The two received on-the-job training as maintenance technicians at…… read more »
