'We're here. We're ready.' President Bellanca on WCC's role in post-pandemic recovery
WCC - March 04, 2021
On The Record sat down with WCC President Dr. Rose B. Bellanca to discuss how WCC is supporting current students and the community to help secure a brighter future.
View Posttags: February 2021, Online Learning, Workforce Development, On The Record, Student Success, community involvement, Dr. Rose B. Bellanca, ousearch_News_2021
Cybersecurity Bootcamp is a win-win proposition
WCC - March 01, 2021
Washtenaw Community College joined with the private sector and state employment agencies in working to fill a worrisome talent gap in the critical cybersecurity field.
View Posttags: ousearch_News_2021, On The Record, cybersecurity, February 2021, Workforce Development
WCC part of consortium awarded $10M for workforce training
Rich Rezler - February 04, 2021
WCC is part of a consortium awarded a $10 million grant from the United States Department of Labor to invest in workforce training.
View Posttags: On The Record, February 2021, Workforce Development, ousearch_News_2021, Workforce Training, Grants
WCC, Destination Ann Arbor win state award for hospitality apprenticeship program
Susan Ferraro - February 21, 2020
Destination Ann Arbor and Washtenaw Community College are joint recipients of the Tourism Industry Coalition of Michigan 2020 Governor’s Award for Innovative Tourism Collaboration.
View Posttags: Awards, ousearch_News_2020, WCC Foundation, Workforce Development
Helping companies grow their own
Richard Rezler - August 20, 2019
Today’s workforce is rapidly changing with a demand for increasingly sophisticated and technologically advanced skill sets — particularly in the skilled and professional trades.
View Posttags: Workforce Development, On The Record, Jeremy Helton, August 2019, ousearch_News_On The Record
Mobile hacking workbench enhances WCC's reputation as leader in cybersecurity education
Richard Rezler - October 15, 2018
Washtenaw Community College has been a leader in cybersecurity education since it became the first institution in the state to offer a cybersecurity degree in the early 2000s.
View Posttags: On The Record, autonomous vehicles, Workforce Development, cybersecurity, Advanced Transportation Center, CCAT, mobile hacking workbench, connected vehicles, October 2018, ousearch_News_On The Record
RN/LPN Skills Refresher class offered at WCC
Richard Rezler - August 18, 2018
The Washtenaw Community College Nursing and Health Sciences Division and its Workforce Development department are teaming up to help get nurses whose licenses have lapsed back into the profession.
View Posttags: 2018, Workforce Development, ousearch_News_2018, Nursing, Mary Burns-Coral, Health Sciences
WCC, Kennedy Care offering home health aide training program
Richard Rezler - June 04, 2018
The Workforce Development department at Washtenaw Community College and Kennedy Care, a home health care service provider headquartered in Ann Arbor, have teamed up to create a two-week Home Health Aide training program.
View Posttags: Home Health Aid, 2018, Workforce Development, ousearch_News_2018
McKinley calls on WCC to develop maintenance staff
Washtenaw Community College - April 23, 2018
McKinley, Inc., one of the nation’s largest residential and commercial real estate development companies, called upon Washtenaw Community College to help train building maintenance professionals for employment at the company’s apartment and housing units around the Ann Arbor/Ypsilanti area.
View Posttags: Workforce Development, Community enrichment, training, On The Record, April 2018, ousearch_News_On The Record
WCC Community Enrichment classes offer something for everyone
Richard Rezler - February 28, 2018
The college’s Workforce Development department also works diligently with local organizations to ensure it’s creating the labor pool Washtenaw County and southeastern Michigan need to thrive in a global economy.
View Posttags: ousearch_News_2018, Workforce Development, Enrichment Classes, 2018