Washtenaw Community College

WCC Hosts University Transfer Fair Feb. 22

Where will WCC students continue their studies after they graduate? Representatives from 50 colleges and universities throughout Michigan and beyond hope to answer that question when WCC welcomes them for its College Transfer Fair on Wednesday, Feb. 22.

Educating Today’s Environmental Experts

Building a sustainable world is the challenge for this and future generations. And constructing a degree program to meet that challenge is exactly what the faculty at WCC did in a unique and collaborative way.

Online Learning at WCC Needs Its Blackboard

Learning online is inevitable at WCC. Before students graduate or transfer to another college or university, they will have either taken an online class or had an online component in their regular classes. And that means they use Blackboard.

From GED Prep to College Success

Adults enroll in WCC’s GED preparation program to complete something they started. Now the program has several new components to help them set their next set of goals. At the top of the list: continuing on for a college certificate or degree.

Students Encourage Students to Finish Their WCC Degrees

WCC’s Beta Gamma Alpha chapter of the Phi Theta Kappa Honor Society is encouraging students to take a pledge to finish college. Students can make pledges during Completion Day, an event PTK is sponsoring on Wednesday, Dec. 7, from noon to 3:00pm on the second floor of the Student Center building.

Employer Perspective is Important to WCC Programs

If you’re an employer, would you like a say in what your current and future employees learn in a college classroom? You can have such input if your workers graduate with a vocational/technical certificate or degree from WCC. Those disciplines benefit from the College’s industry-related advisory committees.

WCC Prepares Nurses for the 21st Century

Also see the related story: "Begin a Health Care Career in a Few Weeks."

Scholarships Target WCC Students

If you need money for college, many scholarships are aimed at WCC students. There’s money available whether you’re a current WCC student or a high school student planning to attend the College.

Registration Starts Nov. 9 for Winter 2012 Semester

At this time of year, you may have visions of Thanksgiving turkeys and Christmas sugarplums dancing in your head. But don’t forget to focus on winter—as in registration for Winter 2012 Semester.

Get Help Before Exam Anxiety Sets In

By Nancy Clay