Ford turns to WCC for talent
Susan Ferraro - October 01, 2019
At this year’s North American International Auto Show, Michael Lacelle, modeling manager at Ford Motor Company met Experiential Learning Coordinator Barbara Hauswith from Washtenaw Community College’s Center for Career Success. He shared that he was looking for mill operators and inquired whether the college might have qualified students with training on milling machines.
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Fall of the Berlin Wall: 30 years later
Richard Rezler - October 01, 2019
When the Berlin Wall fell in November, 1989, signaling the end of the Cold War, East German-born Elisabeth Thoburn was living in Michigan. She met an American exchange student a decade earlier, fell in love, was married and moved to the United States in 1985.
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Alumni profile: Innovator finds inspiration at WCC
Richard Rezler - October 01, 2019
Marc Fecker is the CEO and co-founder of Robo Retail, a full-service digital agency that supports small- to medium-size retailers and provides strategic consulting for large companies like Hertz, Chase Bank, and recreational vehicle maker BRP, which manufactures Ski-Doo, Evinrude and Cam-Am among other brands.
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WCC welcomes community to Free College Day
Richard Rezler - October 01, 2019
A trip to Free College Day is an annual event for the Kay family, but things get a little different every time they visit the Washtenaw Community College campus.
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WCC student chosen for statewide voter engagement task force
Richard Rezler - October 01, 2019
Washtenaw Community College student Kimberly Kozal was named to Secretary of State Jocelyn Benson’s 33-member Collegiate Student Advisory Task Force, which is being asked to make recommendations for improving voter engagement among young voters and college students.
View Post : WCC student chosen for statewide voter engagement task forcetags: Collegiate Student Advisory Task Force, Kimberly Kozal, On The Record, October 2019, ousearch_News_On The Record
Child Development program earns NAEYC accreditation
Richard Rezler - October 01, 2019
The Child Development associate degree program at Washtenaw Community College recently received accreditation from the National Association for the Education of Young Children’s (NAEYC) Commission on the Accreditation of Early Childhood Higher Education Programs.
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Apprenticeship 'changed my career outlook'
Richard Rezler - October 01, 2019
Mitch Smith was hired at Dura GAS Milan Metal Systems, LLC, as a temporary employee making $9 hour. Five years later, thanks to an apprenticeship program facilitated by Washtenaw Community College, he’s a card-carrying tool and die journeyman making more than triple that hourly rate.
View Post : Apprenticeship 'changed my career outlook'tags: Marilyn Donham, Mitch Smith, On The Record, October 2019, ousearch_News_On The Record
Roofers Union brings national training to WCC
Richard Rezler - October 01, 2019
A fourth trade union will make Washtenaw Community College and the Ann Arbor area its home base for instructor training when the United Union of Roofers, Waterproofers & Allied Workers holds its inaugural National Instructor Training Program June 15-19, 2020.
View Post : Roofers Union brings national training to WCCtags: On The Record, Kinsey M. Robinson, Roofers Union, October 2019, Rose B. Bellanca, ousearch_News_On The Record
WCC graduate rises from custodian to RN at University Hospital
Anita LeBlanc - October 01, 2019
It’s the same place, but a changed man working at Michigan Medicine’s University Hospital. In the rooms where he was once responsible for cleaning, polishing, vacuuming and mopping, Carlos Vasquez now cares for patients, performs diagnostic tests, administers medications, and provides emotional support to patients and their families.
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Extang sponsors back-to-school event for WCC students
Richard Rezler - October 01, 2019
Ann Arbor-based Extang, a leading manufacturer of truck bed accessories, sponsored the Kick Start ‘N’ Back To School event held at the end of August to welcome new students enrolled in programs in the division of Advanced Technologies & Public Service Careers.
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