Mother-daughter duo completing WCC program together
Terry Jacoby - June 28, 2025
When Emily Friedrichsen attended an orientation session for Washtenaw Community College’s Medical Assisting program, she realized she hadn’t only discovered the perfect fit for herself — she had found one for her mother, too.
View Post : Mother-daughter duo completing WCC program togethertags: Launch, Student Profile, Medical Assistant, Medical Assisting, Health Sciences
WCC Student Profile: Arterah Griggs
WCC Public Relations - September 10, 2024
A Chicago native, WCC student Arterah Griggs plans to transfer to Ferris State University in 2025.
View Post : WCC Student Profile: Arterah Griggstags: Launch, Student Profile, Transfer, Student Success, Launch Fall 2024, Student Services, WCC Foundation
WCC Digital Video student premiering film on October 12
Rich Rezler - October 05, 2023
A premier of Ethan Williams’ fictional comedy “I Hear That You Make Baby Videos” will be held at 6 p.m. on Thursday, Oct. 12 in Towsley Auditorium.
View Post : WCC Digital Video student premiering film on October 12tags: Student Profile, December 2023, Digital Media Arts, On The Record, Student Succes, Digital Video Production
Graduate Profile: De'ja Moon, Radiography
Rich Rezler - June 09, 2023
After 10 years in the healthcare field, De'ja Moon found her passion in radiography.
View Post : Graduate Profile: De'ja Moon, Radiographytags: Student Profile, Class of 2023, Radiography, Graduation
Graduate Profile: Karl Owen, Pre-Engineering Science
Rich Rezler - June 01, 2023
A native of San Jose, Karl Owen came to WCC to capitalize on its transfer relationship with the University of Michigan. And he has no plans to leave the state any time soon.
View Post : Graduate Profile: Karl Owen, Pre-Engineering Sciencetags: Class of 2023, Graduation, June 2023, STEM Scholars Program, On The Record, Student Profile, Pre-Engineering
Graduate Profile: Saydatou Cisse, Sports and Entertainment Management
Rich Rezler - May 30, 2023
Sports have always played a major role in Saydatou Cisse's life. While she attended WCC, she realized sports could extend beyond recreation and entertainment to become a career.
View Post : Graduate Profile: Saydatou Cisse, Sports and Entertainment Managementtags: Class of 2023, Student Profile, Sports, Graduation, On The Record, General Studies, June 2023, Sports and Entertainment Management
Graduate Profile: Adrian Barden, Entrepreneurship and Innovation
Rich Rezler - May 25, 2023
Graduation doesn’t necessarily mean you’ve reached the end of your higher education pursuits. For Adrian Barden, joining the Washtenaw Community College Class of 2023 is just one stop along a much longer journey.
View Post : Graduate Profile: Adrian Barden, Entrepreneurship and Innovationtags: Business Administration, Student Profile, On The Record, Graduation, Class of 2023, Entrepreneurship and Innovation, June 2023
Graduate Profile: Lauren Blackford, Arts Management
Rich Rezler - May 23, 2023
Lauren Blackford played her first gig in September 2020, the same week she started classes at WCC. One week after completing her final WCC class in early May 2023, she was in a studio recording on her first EP.
View Post : Graduate Profile: Lauren Blackford, Arts Managementtags: liberal arts, June 2023, Graduation, Student Profile, Arts Management, On The Record
Graduate Profile: Susan Hamady, Photography
Rich Rezler - May 23, 2023
Susan Hamady earned a bachelor’s degree in 1968 and a master’s degree in 1980. But the 76-year-old Ann Arbor resident had never walked in a graduation ceremony … until Sunday.
View Post : Graduate Profile: Susan Hamady, Photographytags: Student Profile, On The Record, Digital Photography, Class of 2023, Photography, Emeritus Program, June 2023, Graduation
Lifelong mission to serve leads 20-year Army veteran to WCC
Kayla Gahagan - November 10, 2022
Rebekah Spencer experienced the worst of combat, including seeing fellow soldiers killed in action and spending two weeks in a coma herself. At WCC, she's working toward alleviating the harms that humans suffer.
View Post : Lifelong mission to serve leads 20-year Army veteran to WCCtags: Wadhams Veterans Center, On The Record, Student Profile, December 2022, Student Veterans
WCC STEM Scholars program fuels passions for Harris sisters
Fran LeFort - August 07, 2022
STEM Scholars was established at WCC in 2018 to encourage and facilitate success for students seeking science, technology, engineering and math careers. It supports underrepresented students through multiple grants.
View Post : WCC STEM Scholars program fuels passions for Harris sisterstags: Launch Fall 2022, Student Profile, 3D Animation, September 2022, STEM Scholars Program, On The Record, ousearch_News_Launch Magazine, Launch, Transfer, STEM
Graduate Profile: Kimberly Schamberger, Film Studies
Rich Rezler - May 25, 2022
Before she hits the stage at the Oscars or Emmys, Kimberly Schamberger already has one impressive award in her back pocket.
View Post : Graduate Profile: Kimberly Schamberger, Film Studiestags: Student Profile, Class of 2022, Graduation, June 2022, On The Record, Commencement
Graduate Profile: Caleb Rogers, Welding
Rich Rezler - May 25, 2022
Twenty college credits Caleb Rogers earned as a dual-enrolled high school student allowed him to finish WCC’s Welding Technology associate degree program in just one year.
View Post : Graduate Profile: Caleb Rogers, Weldingtags: On The Record, Commencement, Graduation, Student Profile, Class of 2022, June 2022
Graduate Profile: Austin Mudd, Mechatronics
Rich Rezler - May 24, 2022
Plenty of individuals hang their hat on the ability to do a job fast and do it right. Recent graduate Austin Mudd took that “fast and right” concept and upgraded it to “accelerated and exceptional.”
View Post : Graduate Profile: Austin Mudd, Mechatronicstags: June 2022, Graduation, Class of 2022, Student Profile, On The Record, Commencement
Graduate Profile: Ta'Varus Lumpkin, Dental Assisting
Rich Rezler - May 24, 2022
Extravagantly decorated caps are always a highlight at Commencement, but few have stood out quite like Ta'Varus Lumpkins' cap stood out.
View Post : Graduate Profile: Ta'Varus Lumpkin, Dental Assistingtags: Commencement, On The Record, June 2022, Graduation, Student Profile, Class of 2022
Graduate Profile: Daria Skalitzky, WTMC
Rich Rezler - May 24, 2022
Darie Skalitzky ended her time on the WCC campus with a high school diploma, associate degree, 62 transferrable college credits and a $1,500 scholarship she'll use at the University of Michigan.
View Post : Graduate Profile: Daria Skalitzky, WTMCtags: Commencement, June 2022, Graduation, Class of 2022, On The Record, Student Profile
Graduate Profile: Bianca Robinson, Nursing
Rich Rezler - May 24, 2022
Many WCC students returned to college to make a career change. Bianca Robinson has cycled through an interesting series of career choices herself, all before completing her education.
View Post : Graduate Profile: Bianca Robinson, Nursingtags: Class of 2022, June 2022, Commencement, Graduation, On The Record, Student Profile
Police academy? Law school? WCC student has 'law & order' options
Rich Rezler - March 24, 2022
Alexandra La Vallee is supplementing her education with a prestigious internship, giving her plenty of options after graduation.
View Post : Police academy? Law school? WCC student has 'law & order' optionstags: Internship, March 2022, Criminal Justice, On The Record, Student Profile
Academic All-Stars: Two WCC students named to Coca-Cola Academic Team
Rich Rezler - March 21, 2022
Rachel Rubanguka is one of 50 students nationwide named a “Gold Scholar” and Daria Skalitzky is one of 50 on the “Silver Scholar” list of the 2022 Coca-Cola Foundation Academic Team.
View Post : Academic All-Stars: Two WCC students named to Coca-Cola Academic Teamtags: Student Profile, Awards, March 2022, Student Success, On The Record, Phi Theta Kappa, Student Activities
Michigan Reconnect turns dreams into realities for students in program's first year
Fran LeFort - February 21, 2022
Amanda MacDonald and Carmen Samaniego are two of the nearly 1,300 students enrolled at WCC using the Michigan Reconnect tuition program. "Without Reconnect, I’m not sure I would have come back. I would have made excuses and seen too many obstacles,” MacDonald said.
View Post : Michigan Reconnect turns dreams into realities for students in program's first yeartags: Medical Billing and Coding, March 2022, Launch Summer 2022, Student Profile, Michigan Reconnect, Computer Science, On The Record, Reconnect, Health Administration
Student Profile: Let's all join Malia's Movement
Rich Rezler - January 22, 2022
Malia Ellis fought through the burdens of embarrassment and isolation that a physical disability can crudely place upon a young girl. So the 19-year-old WCC student is on a mission to erase those burdens for future generations.
View Post : Student Profile: Let's all join Malia's Movementtags: January 2022, Student Profile, On The Record, Disabilities
Student profile: Photography major Shelby Beaty also working on her business plan
Rich Rezler - October 09, 2021
It’s estimated that 75 percent of American college students start their higher education as undecided about their field of study or change their major at least once. Shelby Beaty is not most students.
View Post : Student profile: Photography major Shelby Beaty also working on her business plantags: December 2021, ousearch_Programs_Entrepreneurship and Innovation, Photography, Digital Photography, Student Profile, ousearch_Programs_Photographic Imaging, On The Record, Entrepreneurship
Student profile: Passion for patients led former EMT Demetrius Jenkins to nursing
Kathryn Wagner - October 04, 2021
For the past eight years, Demetrius Jenkins has served Washtenaw County as an emergency medical technician while contemplating and researching possible next career steps. His decision? Nursing.
View Post : Student profile: Passion for patients led former EMT Demetrius Jenkins to nursingtags: On The Record, December 2021, Men in Nursing, Student Profile, Nursing
Meet graduates at WCC's first Commencement Parade and Celebration
Rich Rezler - May 22, 2021
Spend any time around Washtenaw Community College students and you're bound to meet interesting people and hear compelling stories. Here are just a few we gathered at the college's Commencement Parade & Celebration.
View Post : Meet graduates at WCC's first Commencement Parade and Celebrationtags: Graduation, ousearch_News_2021, Class of 2021, Student Profile, Commencement Parade
Student Spotlight: Brenda Anderson exploring photography as 'retirement career'
Tabetha Chaney - March 01, 2021
Q&A with Brenda Anderson, a WCC alumni who's back on campus exploring photography as a "retirement career."
View Post : Student Spotlight: Brenda Anderson exploring photography as 'retirement career'tags: February 2021, Digital Photography, On The Record, Student Success, ousearch_News_2021, Student Profile