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 is a gateway to healthcare careers
WCC Public Relations - April 20, 2024
Washtenaw Community College is an ideal launch point for a career in healthcare. The college’s 17 programs form a gateway to an industry constantly in high demand for trained professionals. Beginning your career journey at WCC offers many advantages — like low cost, small class sizes, excellent transfer opportunities to advance your education at a four-year institution, or direct job placement.
View Post : WCC is a gateway to healthcare careerstags: Physical Therapist Assistant, Cardiac Telemetry, Student Success, Dental Assisting, Health Sciences, Summer Launch 2024, Nursing Skills Assistant, Radiography, Nursing, Healthcare, Medical Assisting, 2024, Health Administration, Health Care, Medical Billing and Coding, Launch, Sterile Processing, Surgical Technology
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: Nursing, Health Sciences, Awards, On The Record, December 2023, Center of Excellence
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: Nursing, Health Sciences, Blackboard, Awards
'I wanted a career, not a job' says Sterile Processing certificate graduate
Kayla Gahagan - June 29, 2023
Statia Hamilton always dreamed of a large family and a fulfilling career. Now, she has both.
View Post : 'I wanted a career, not a job' says Sterile Processing certificate graduatetags: Summer 2023, Launch, sterile procesing, What Do You Call, Allied Health, Health Sciences, Career
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: Nursing, Health Sciences, Allied Health
Surgical Technology, Sterile Processing programs host pinning ceremonies
Rich Rezler - May 08, 2021
The WCC Surgical Technology and Sterile Processing programs' graduates were socially distanced across Towsley Auditorium while friends and family watched a live stream of their pinning ceremony from home.
View Post : Surgical Technology, Sterile Processing programs host pinning ceremoniestags: Sterile Processing, ousearch_News_2021, Health Sciences, Class of 2021, Graduation, Surgical Technology
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: Graduation, Nursing, Health Sciences, Class of 2021, Student Success, ousearch_News_2021
Medical Assisting certificate program addresses needs of local employers
Rich Rezler - June 03, 2020
Local healthcare organizations IHA and Michigan Medicine have both expressed to WCC a pressing need to fill their talent pipeline with more certified medical assistants.
View Post : Medical Assisting certificate program addresses needs of local employerstags: Allied Health, Health Sciences, Medical Assisting, Medical Assistant, ousearch_News_2020, Certificates
WCC Health Sciences Division donates supplies to local hospitals
Rich Rezler - March 26, 2020
The healthcare industry's shortage of personal protective equipment has been well-documented during the COVID-19 outbreak. WCC's Health Sciences Division has done its part to provide local hospitals with the critical supplies they need.
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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: Health Sciences, ousearch_News_2019, Nursing
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: Workforce Development, Nursing, Health Sciences, ousearch_News_2018, Mary Burns-Coral, 2018