On The Record: Student Success

WCC: All Paths Lead to Career Success

Fran LeFort - June 21, 2023

Like a superhighway to success for the 21st century workforce, Washtenaw Community College offers multiple on-ramps and exits depending on your needs at any given time.

tags: Launch, Pre-Engineering, Career, Transfer, Michigan Reconnect, Business Administration, Student Success, STEM Scholars Program, Summer 2023

WCC Radiography graduates celebrate with pinning ceremony

Rich Rezler - June 10, 2023

Graduates of the Washtenaw Community College Radiography program were honored at a pinning ceremony, which welcomes them to the profession, on June 10 at Towsley Auditorium.

tags: Graduation, Radiography, Student Success, Class of 2023, Pinning Ceremony

WCC kicks off graduation season with Winter 2023 Nursing Pinning Ceremony

Rich Rezler - April 28, 2023

Friends and family gathered in Towsley Auditorium to celebrate the 66-member graduating class of Washtenaw Community College nursing program.

tags: Class of 2023, Pinning Ceremony, Graduation, Nursing, Student Success, Men in Nursing

Two WCC digital video students win statewide Student Production Awards

Rich Rezler - April 26, 2023

WCC students Nehemiah Harmsen and Corey Konjarevich each took home first-place honors from the 2023 Student Production Awards, sponsored by the Michigan chapter of the National Academy of Television Arts & Sciences.

tags: Digital Media Arts, Digital Video Production, Student Awards, Student Success, Student Production Awards

WCC celebrates STEM Scholars moving on to four-year universities

Kayla Gahagan - April 22, 2023

WCC directed the spotlight at a cohort of students this week, celebrating their success at the college and the next steps in their academic journey.

tags: Student Success, Class of 2023, Transfer, STEM Scholars Program, Graduation

WCC Student Art Show winners announced

Rich Rezler - April 11, 2023

tags: Fine Arts, Student Art Show, Awards, Student Awards, Digital Media Arts, WCC Student Art Show, Student Success

Donation will support WCC single mom students

Rich Rezler - March 29, 2023

A recent $20,000 donation by Ken Wilson to the WCC Foundation created the Nancy C. Wilson Single Mom’s Relief Fund, an endowment that will provide at least one annual scholarship to a qualified WCC student in perpetuity, along with directing additional money into the college's Student Emergency Fund.

tags: On The Record, March 2023, Scholarships, Donation, WCC Foundation, Student Success, Student Emergency Fund

Thinking about a new career? Re-imagine your calling at WCC

Kayla Gahagan - December 31, 2022

Considering a career change? Why not now, and why not Washtenaw Community College?

tags: Launch Winter 2023, Student Success, Center for Career Success, Student Services, Launch

Fall '22 nursing graduates celebrated at pinning ceremony

Rich Rezler - December 16, 2022

Friends and family of the 46-member Fall 2022 graduating class of the WCC nursing program gathered in Towsley Auditorium for a pinning ceremony, a time-honored tradition dating back to the 1880s that represents an initiation into the profession.

tags: Student Success, Graduation, Class of 2022, Nursing

WCC celebrates STEM Scholar transfers headed to the University of Michigan

WCC Public Relations - December 09, 2022

WCC celebrates STEM Scholars transfers twice a year, once in December and once in April. The six students honored during a reception Friday include Larry Blanchard, Sonja Francisco, Kate Mink, Safia Nur, Fatima Oudelf and David Perry.

tags: December 2022, On The Record, Transfer, STEM Scholars Program, Student Success