33 WCC Police Academy graduates honored for perseverance and dedication
Rich Rezler - November 20, 2020
What this year’s Washtenaw Community College Police Academy graduation ceremony was missing of its typical pomp and circumstance was replaced with an unparalleled level of pride and admiration for those who completed their training in a most atypical year.
View Post : 33 WCC Police Academy graduates honored for perseverance and dedicationtags: Graduation, ousearch_News_2020, Police Academy, On The Record, December 2020, ousearch_News_On The Record
33 WCC Police Academy graduates honored for perseverance and dedication
Rich Rezler - November 20, 2020
What this year’s Washtenaw Community College Police Academy graduation ceremony was missing of its typical pomp and circumstance was replaced with an unparalleled level of pride and admiration for those who completed their training in a most atypical year.
View Post : 33 WCC Police Academy graduates honored for perseverance and dedicationtags: Police Academy, Graduation, December 2020, On The Record, ousearch_News_On The Record
Graduate profile: Nearly 40 years later, mom of 5 completes her degree
Rich Rezler - June 03, 2020
When Sandy Coward left college in 1983, she promised her mother she would finish her degree one day. And then "life got in the way.”
View Post : Graduate profile: Nearly 40 years later, mom of 5 completes her degreetags: Non-Traditional Student, ousearch_News_2020, Graduation, Occupational Studies
Students overcome struggles to earn GED diplomas
Richard Rezler - August 21, 2019
June 20 was an evening some students doubted was in reach.
View Post : Students overcome struggles to earn GED diplomastags: Graduation, Adult Transitions Pathways, GED, On The Record, Lawanda Leverett, Student Recognition, August 2019, Bonnie Truhn, ousearch_News_On The Record
Congrats, Class of 2019!
Richard Rezler - June 03, 2019
When Abbee Elwell stepped to the podium as the student speaker at the Washtenaw Community College commencement ceremony on May 18, she talked about how the diversity of the student population was one of the most valuable aspects of her education.
View Post : Congrats, Class of 2019!tags: June 2019, On The Record, Graduation, ousearch_News_On The Record
Faculty speaker Elizabeth Connors: 'Never give someone the opportunity to provide the narrative for who you are'
Richard Rezler - June 03, 2019
Elizabeth Connors become program director of the WCC Surgical Technology program in 2016 and two years later launched a new certification program that prepares students for an occupation in central processing and sterilization of hospital instrumentation – which happens to be the first job Connors held in the healthcare industry.
View Post : Faculty speaker Elizabeth Connors: 'Never give someone the opportunity to provide the narrative for who you are'tags: Graduation, Elizabeth Connors, Surgical Technology, On The Record, June 2019, ousearch_News_On The Record
Graduate profile: Abbee Elwell, General Studies
Richard Rezler - June 03, 2019
Abbee Elwell has been taking college classes at Washtenaw Community College since she was a 14-year-old freshman at Washtenaw Technical Middle College. On Saturday, May 19, she delivered the student address at the WCC 2019 Commencement Ceremony and crossed the stage to receive the associate degree in General Studies in Math and Natural Sciences she earned with a 3.94 GPA.
View Post : Graduate profile: Abbee Elwell, General Studiestags: June 2019, On The Record, General Studies, Abbee Elwell, Graduation, ousearch_News_On The Record
Graduate profile: Mia Guzman, Radiography
Richard Rezler - June 03, 2019
Mia Guzman had a well-deserved, celebration-filled week in mid-May. It started with Mother’s Day on Sunday, May 12 and concluded with the 2019 WCC Commencement Ceremony on Saturday, May 18. In between, her son Christian (pictured) turned 10 and she picked up her honors graduate certificate at the Spring Honors Convocation after completing an associate degree with a 3.7 GPA.
View Post : Graduate profile: Mia Guzman, Radiographytags: June 2019, Graduation, Mia Guzman, On The Record, Radiography, ousearch_News_On The Record
Graduate profile: Vivian Wang, General Studies and C++ Programming
Richard Rezler - June 03, 2019
In one of her final acts as a Washtenaw Community College student, Vivian Wang encouraged her fellow high achievers to step outside their comfort zone in order to maximize their college experience.
View Post : Graduate profile: Vivian Wang, General Studies and C++ Programmingtags: June 2019, Graduation, Vivian Wang, General Studies in Math and Natural Sciences, On The Record, ousearch_News_On The Record
With WCC and EMU degrees complete, high school dropout and addict is off to U-M
Richard Rezler - April 29, 2019
Following his graduation from Eastern Michigan University on Sunday, Washtenaw Community College alumnus Thomas Klemm is two-thirds of the way through a trifecta of Washtenaw County higher education.
View Post : With WCC and EMU degrees complete, high school dropout and addict is off to U-Mtags: Graduation, ousearch_News_2019, Keeping Up the Good Work