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 »
Wayne Community College will enter another academic year taking precautions against the spread of COVID-19. For the fall 2021 semester, the college will provide a variety of instruction modalities including face-to-face, hybrid, and online options, and will return to requiring face coverings for students, employees, and visitors on campus, the college announced Tuesday. Effective immediately,…… read more »
Wayne County has earned its fourth recertification as a Work Ready Community. It was named the first Certified Work Ready Community in North Carolina by North Carolina’s Eastern Region in 2013 and the ACT in 2015 and has met every recertification mark since then. To maintain its certification as an ACT Work Ready Community, the…… read more »
Wayne Community College’s Upsilon Chi chapter of Phi Theta Kappa, the international honor society for two-year colleges, has inducted 61 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 is moving forward with its search for a new president. At its meeting this week, WCC Trustee Geoff Hulse said he felt like the hiring process is already moving forward with plans to start advertising for president candidates next month. The college plans to receive public input on the five characteristics most important…… read more »
Dr. Brandon M. Jenkins has been named Wayne Community College’s interim vice president for academic and student services. He will serve in the role during the period that Dr. Patty Pfeiffer is the interim president. The college is beginning the search process to replace the immediate past president, Dr. Thomas Walker Jr., who has taken…… read more »
