WCC News Story Archive: Launch

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Passion for auto safety drives WCC alum's career with Toyota

Fran LeFort - September 04, 2023

When Zach Van Buren enrolled in WCC in 2016, he wasn’t sure where his career path would ultimately take him. But his pursuit of just one question helped to shape his trajectory. That is, how could he simply walk away from a rather nasty car accident he’d recently experienced?

View Post :   Passion for auto safety drives WCC alum's career with Toyota

tags: Fall 2023, Student Success, FAME, Launch

EV charging stations.

WCC is paving the road of the EV ecosystem

Fran LeFort - August 31, 2023

Washtenaw Community College is pairing with industry and state agencies to lead the advancement of Michigan’s EV ecosystem, offering three new programs to train students for high demand, high-wage jobs.

View Post :   WCC is paving the road of the EV ecosystem

tags: Advanced Transportation Center, Launch, Advanced Transportation, Fall 2023, Electric Vehicles

Zaria Miller and Elizabeth Perryman

HBCU Pathway helping WCC alumni achieve their dreams

Fran LeFort - August 28, 2023

Less than two years after launching an initiative to help more local students transfer to an HBCU, WCC filled its Towsley Auditorium with more than 400 local high school students to give them a taste of HBCU life.

View Post :   HBCU Pathway helping WCC alumni achieve their dreams

tags: Student Success, Launch, Diversity, Fall 2023, HBCU Day, HBCU Pathway, Transfer, HBCU

Joe Hallisy, Creative Director

Award-winning creative manager got his start at WCC

Kayla Gahagan - July 04, 2023

Hallisy appreciated the approach to teaching the technical side of video production as well as the human and emotional side of capturing video. He puts those skills to use in his role as creative manager, collaborating with patients, faculty, hospital and university staff, executives, his own team and more.

View Post :   Award-winning creative manager got his start at WCC

tags: Video Production, Student Success, Digital Video Production, Launch, Digital Media Arts, What Do You Call, Career, Alumni Profile, Summer 2023

Statia Hamilton, Medical Instrument Technician

'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 graduate

tags: Summer 2023, Launch, sterile procesing, What Do You Call, Allied Health, Health Sciences, Career

Video Game Programmer

WCC grad living his dream programming video games in California

Kayla Gahagan - June 27, 2023

Tom Adams wanted something special to go alongside the digital animation credits he earned during his time at WCC – a portfolio that looked like no one else’s. So he made it happen.

View Post :   WCC grad living his dream programming video games in California

tags: Summer 2023, 3D Animation, Computer Programming, Launch, What Do You Call, Student Success, 2023

Radiographer

Radiography graduate found direction, career path at WCC

Kayla Gahagan - June 26, 2023

When Michelle Wilkins started in Washtenaw’s Radiography program, she hoped success would directly lead to a job in the Michigan Medicine hospital system.

View Post :   Radiography graduate found direction, career path at WCC

tags: Launch, Career, Radiography, What Do You Call, Student Success, Summer 2023

Jason Franchi Chemical Engineer

WCC prepares Marine for transition to higher ed, chemical engineering career

Kayla Gahagan - June 21, 2023

"I chose WCC because of the great things I had heard about it from friends who had attended and because it was the facilitator school to get into the University of Michigan."

View Post :   WCC prepares Marine for transition to higher ed, chemical engineering career

tags: Launch, Summer 2023, What Do You Call, Transfer, Mathematics Science and Engineering Technology, 2023, Veterans

Divergent paths

WCC: All Paths Lead to Career Success

Fran LeFort - June 21, 2023

Like a superhighway to success for the 21st century workforce, Washtenaw Community College offers multiple on-ramps and exits depending on your needs at any given time.

View Post :   WCC: All Paths Lead to Career Success

tags: STEM Scholars Program, Student Success, Michigan Reconnect, Summer 2023, Transfer, Career, Launch, Pre-Engineering, Business Administration

Students talking at table

Parental Perspective: Dual enrollment is a challenge worth accepting

Freeman Gregory - June 21, 2023

Dual enrollment is administered differently according to individual high school requirements, but overall, students work with their counselors to determine a level of participation proper for each student’s academic ability and maturity to handle the responsibility of college.

View Post :   Parental Perspective: Dual enrollment is a challenge worth accepting

tags: Parents, Summer 2023, Dual-Enrollment, Launch

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