ATTENDING THE CELEBRATION.

From left, Zachary Prebula and his grandfather, Dr. Ray Hoy, president of Wor-Wic Community College, are surrounded by the audience who attended a recent retirement celebration in Hoy’s honor at the Wicomico Youth and Civic Center.

Members of the community recently gathered at the Wicomico Youth & Civic Center to celebrate Dr. Ray Hoy, president of Wor-Wic Community College, ahead of his retirement this summer. Hoy has led the college for 23 years and will remain as president until his successor, Dr. Deborah Casey, starts on Aug. 14.

At the event, the Wor-Wic board of trustees presented Hoy with a portrait that will hang in a college presidential portrait gallery, and announced that the college’s main assembly hall will be renamed in his honor. Some of his notable accomplishments include the addition of 17 new programs, dual enrollment agreements with local high schools and a 132% increase in the number of graduates.

For his outstanding service, Hoy was presented with a citation from the U.S. Senate, a resolution from the Maryland Senate and Maryland House of Delegates, and a citation from the Maryland General Assembly, along with a proclamation from the City of Salisbury.

The event raised $8,900 for the Ray and Donna Hoy endowed scholarship for students attending Wor-Wic.