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. 23 at the college. It is open to the public. No sign-up or advance registration is necessary. Walgreens personnel will be administering Pfizer vaccines during the clinic. First and second doses will be…… read more »
Raymond Bernard Ralls of Philadelphia joined the Marines in 1966. Ralls died in 1968 at the age of 19 while serving in Vietnam. His name is one of the 58,000 on “The Moving Wall,” the traveling half-size replica of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial in Washington D.C. Brenda Norman was dating Ralls at the time he…… read more »
Thousands of American military families are still waiting for closure after their loved ones did not return home from combat. Friday, a closing ceremony was held at Wayne Community College for “The Moving Wall,” the half-sized traveling replica of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial in Washington D.C. The closing ceremony was held on MIA/POW Recognition Day. …… read more »
Wayne Community College will provide a virtual “Spooktacular Science Saturday” in October. During the free hands-on science activity, children can make fizzy candy and learn about substances at opposite ends of the pH scale. “We’ll teach participants about acids and bases, and they’ll get to make their own edible fizzy treat. When you taste it,…… read more »
It’s a solemn reminder of those service members who did not return from Vietnam. Wednesday afternoon, hundreds lined Wayne Memorial Drive to welcome “The Moving Wall” as it was escorted to Wayne Community College by a motorcycle procession. In a speech welcoming “The Moving Wall,” WCC Interim President Dr. Patty Pfeiffer said she hopes residents…… read more »
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 »
