Army veteran earns WCC scholarship, saves GI Bill for transfer school
WCC Public Relations - December 06, 2023
Chenault is enrolled at Washtenaw Community College thanks to a Divisional Scholarship through the Health Sciences Division and will begin the Registered Nursing program with the Winter 2024 cohort.
View Post : Army veteran earns WCC scholarship, saves GI Bill for transfer schooltags: Veteran, Launch winter 2024, Wadhams Veterans Center, Divisional Scholarship, Launch, Nursing, 2023
WCC named a Nursing Center of Excellence by National League for Nursing
Fran LeFort - July 31, 2023
Washtenaw Community College has been named a Center of Excellence in Nursing Education by the National League for Nursing, the only community college and one of just nine nursing programs nationwide to earn the honor this year.
View Post : WCC named a Nursing Center of Excellence by National League for Nursingtags: Center of Excellence, Awards, Health Sciences, Nursing
Health Science course added to list of 'exemplary' online offerings at WCC
Rich Rezler - July 31, 2023
A WCC online course titled Evidence-Based Practice in Action was honored as an 'exemplary' online class by Anthology.
View Post : Health Science course added to list of 'exemplary' online offerings at WCCtags: Health Sciences, Nursing, Awards, Blackboard
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.
View Post : WCC kicks off graduation season with Winter 2023 Nursing Pinning Ceremonytags: Class of 2023, Pinning Ceremony, Graduation, Nursing, Student Success, Men in Nursing
Health Care Programs: Preparing students to help others
Kayla Gahagan - December 29, 2022
WCC offers an array of certificates and associate degrees allowing students to go directly into the workforce or transfer to a four-year school to continue their education.
View Post : Health Care Programs: Preparing students to help otherstags: December 2022, Health Administration, Nursing, On The Record, Health Care, Physical Therapist Assistant, Cardiac Telemetry, Radiography, Launch, Launch Winter 2023, Sterile Processing, Surgical Technology
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.
View Post : Fall '22 nursing graduates celebrated at pinning ceremonytags: Student Success, Graduation, Class of 2022, Nursing
Nursing graduates: 'We are all resilient'
Rich Rezler - April 29, 2022
The 69 graduating members of the WCC nursing program took part in the traditional pinning ceremony
View Post : Nursing graduates: 'We are all resilient'tags: Class of 2022, Student Success, Nursing, Graduation
$1 million gift from Agnes and Stephen Reading creates 10 annual nursing scholarships
Fran LeFort - December 16, 2021
A $1 million gift to the Washtenaw Community College Foundation by Agnes and Stephen Reading will fund 10 annual full-ride scholarships for WCC nursing students. The Ann Arbor philanthropists are longtime supporters of WCC.
View Post : $1 million gift from Agnes and Stephen Reading creates 10 annual nursing scholarshipstags: WCC Foundation, On The Record, Nursing, January 2022, Scholarships, Donation
WCC's new Dean of Health Sciences: 'This is where I belong'
Rich Rezler - November 17, 2021
As a first-generation college student herself, Shari Lambert has always loved the mission of the community college system. Recently named the new WCC Dean of Health Sciences, Lambert is back and eager to make a positive impact on the lives of students and the community’s health care workforce.
View Post : WCC's new Dean of Health Sciences: 'This is where I belong'tags: Allied Health, Nursing, Health Sciences
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: Nursing, December 2021, On The Record, Student Profile, Men in Nursing
Four WCC students receive Breaking Traditions Award from Michigan Department of Education
Rich Rezler - May 21, 2021
Four Washtenaw Community College students are among the 75 high school and college students statewide to receive a 2021 Breaking Traditions Award from the Michigan Department of Education.
View Post : Four WCC students receive Breaking Traditions Award from Michigan Department of Educationtags: Nursing, Awards, ousearch_News_2021, Early Childhood Education, Men in Nursing, Computer Science, CTE
WCC nursing graduates celebrated during virtual ceremony
Rich Rezler - May 05, 2021
Sixty-one graduates of the Washtenaw Community College Associate Degree in Nursing program were honored during a virtual Spring Graduate Nurse Pinning Ceremony.
View Post : WCC nursing graduates celebrated during virtual ceremonytags: Nursing, Health Sciences, Student Success, ousearch_News_2021, Class of 2021, Graduation
WCC nursing grad: 'I knew what I was getting into'
Rich Rezler - May 04, 2021
WCC alumna Hunter Darrow started her nursing career in the midst of a global pandemic. "I knew what I was getting into,"she said. "I knew it wasn't going to be easy."
View Post : WCC nursing grad: 'I knew what I was getting into'tags: On The Record, Alumni Profile, April 2021, ousearch_News_2021, Nursing
Nursing graduates participate in traditional pinning ceremony
Richard Rezler - May 16, 2019
Family and friends of 62 Washtenaw Community College nursing program graduates filled Towsley Auditorium on Wednesday evening for the Spring Graduate Nurse Pinning Ceremony.
View Post : Nursing graduates participate in traditional pinning ceremonytags: Center of Excellence in Nursing Education, Nursing, ousearch_News_2019
Lt.-Gov. Gilchrist visits campus
Kelly Gampel - February 22, 2019
When colleges are successful, the state is successful, Michigan Lieutenant Governor Garlin Gilchrist said Feb. 20 while standing inside a WCC healthcare simulation lab.
View Post : Lt.-Gov. Gilchrist visits campustags: Welding, cybersecurity, Nursing, Garlin Gilchrist, ousearch_News_2019, Advanced Transportation Center, Lieutenant Governor
RN/LPN Skills Refresher class offered at WCC
Richard Rezler - January 23, 2019
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 Post : RN/LPN Skills Refresher class offered at WCCtags: Nursing, ousearch_News_2019, Health Sciences
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 Post : RN/LPN Skills Refresher class offered at WCCtags: Nursing, Mary Burns-Coral, Workforce Development, 2018, ousearch_News_2018, Health Sciences