60 Stories: Vietnam veteran found a home at WCC
Rich Rezler - February 27, 2026
It was 1971 when Dale Throneberry first walked onto the campus of WCC. The college opened just five years prior and community colleges were emerging nationwide as an expanding pathway to higher education.
View Post : 60 Stories: Vietnam veteran found a home at WCCtags: On The Record, Faculty Profile, Wadhams Veterans Center, March 2026, Alumni Profile, 60 Stories
60 Stories: Alumna calls WCC her 'launching pad'
Terry Jacoby - February 18, 2026
Alicia Shivers began her academic career at WCC, an experience that proved pivotal in shaping her future.
View Post : 60 Stories: Alumna calls WCC her 'launching pad'tags: Alumni Profile, March 2026, 60 Stories, On The Record
60 Stories: Chelsea siblings turn WCC into launchpad for success
Terry Jacoby - November 23, 2025
View Post : 60 Stories: Chelsea siblings turn WCC into launchpad for successtags: Launch Fall 2025, Transfer, Launch, 60 Stories, Alumni Profile
60 Stories: WCC alumna opens family hub in Milan
Terry Jacoby - November 21, 2025
The path that would eventually lead Olivia Carpus to co-found a community play space in her hometown of Milan began more than a decade earlier — in a WCC classroom where she first felt supported and inspired.
View Post : 60 Stories: WCC alumna opens family hub in Milantags: Launch Winter 2026, Community enrichment, Alumni Profile, 60 Stories, Launch, Child Development
60 Stories: 'Finding where your passion meets demand'
Kayla Gahagan - November 20, 2025
When Mark Jones arrived at WCC in 2019, he hadn't yet figured out how his education — or his future — would unfold. Today, he's thriving in hi career as Operations Supervisor at Dayton Freight in Indianapolis.
View Post : 60 Stories: 'Finding where your passion meets demand'tags: Launch Winter 2026, 60 Stories, Alumni Profile, Center for Career Success
60 stories: Path from GED to GM started at WCC
Rich Rezler - November 14, 2025
John Benjamin is Chief of Staff for General Motors’ Autonomous Vehicle Product Management team. His path to the cutting edge of automotive technology wasn’t a straight line.
View Post : 60 stories: Path from GED to GM started at WCCtags: GED, 60th Anniversary, Adult Transitions Pathways, Adult Learners, November 2025, Alumni Profile, 60 Stories, On The Record
60 Stories: Two generations of WCC nurses
Rich Rezler - October 24, 2025
When Seema Awan walks across the stage at WCC's nursing pinning ceremony in December, she’ll be following in the footsteps of her mother, Anna, who began her own nursing journey at the college a decade ago.
View Post : 60 Stories: Two generations of WCC nursestags: 60th Anniversary, Alumni Profile, 60 Stories, Nursing, On The Record, November 2025, Student Profile
60 Stories: WCC grad learns cool new skills, earns hot new job
Terry Jacoby - October 15, 2025
Anya Pomykala enrolled at WCC at the age of 30 and at a crossroads. She left with a new career in a hot job market.
View Post : 60 Stories: WCC grad learns cool new skills, earns hot new jobtags: Alumni Profile, HVAC, 60 Stories
60 Stories: Physical Therapist Assistant grad turns clinical experience into business ownership
Terry Jacoby - October 12, 2025
Clinical rotations are a key part of WCC's Physical Therapist Assistant program. For Maysa Fontoura Barbosa, one of those rotations turned into the opportunity of a lifetime.
View Post : 60 Stories: Physical Therapist Assistant grad turns clinical experience into business ownershiptags: 60 Stories, 60th Anniversary, Alumni Profile, Physical Therapist Assistant
60 Stories: 'A person saw potential in me'
WCC Public Relations - October 03, 2025
Alaa Almounauar would tell you one of the best things that happened to her was someone calling her out — to pursue more education.
View Post : 60 Stories: 'A person saw potential in me'tags: 60 Stories, STEM Scholars Program, Alumni Profile, Student Succes