Wor-Wic hosts Pi Day celebration
The mathematics and science department at Wor-Wic Community College will hold a free pi-K event on Monday, March 14, from 9 a.m. to 4:30 p.m.
Wor-Wic offers summer courses for gifted and talented students
Parents of gifted and talented children entering the third through 10th grades in the fall of 2022 can register their children for Summer Scholars courses being offered on campus by Wor-Wic Community College this summer.
$2.32 million gift supports student scholarships
George E. Miles, a proud 1960 graduate of the Georgia Institute of Technology in Atlanta, understood the value of higher education.
“Echoes & Visions” receives top award
“Echoes & Visions,” the creative arts magazine at Wor-Wic Community College, won first place yet again in its category of publications from junior/community colleges with a student enrollment of more than 2,501 in the American Scholastic Press Association’s (ASPA) 2021 Scholastic Yearbook and Magazine Awards. The magazine has earned first-place honors every year since 2014. It also won the “Outstanding Cover” award for the first time in the magazine’s history.
Wor-Wic adds $106.6 million to the local economy
A recently completed economic study conducted for Maryland’s 16 community colleges detailed the impact Wor-Wic Community College makes on the Lower Eastern Shore. Businesses, taxpayers and our local communities benefit from the existence of the college.
Hoy honored with Hall of Fame Award
Dr. Ray Hoy, president of Wor-Wic Community College, recently received the 2021 Hall of Fame Award from the Salisbury Area Chamber of Commerce, along with Dr. Heidi Anderson, president of the University of Maryland Eastern Shore, and Dr. Charles Wight, president of Salisbury University, at the 101st annual awards luncheon held at the Wicomico Youth and Civic Center.
Law enforcement class graduates
Twenty-five law enforcement officers from Wicomico, Worcester, Dorchester, Talbot and Caroline counties graduated in the 87th entrance-level class of the Eastern Shore Criminal Justice Academy (ESCJA) operated by Wor-Wic Community College at the corner of Route 50 and Walston Switch Road in Salisbury.
Wor-Wic students inducted into PTK
Ten Wor-Wic Community College students participated in an induction ceremony for the Alpha Nu Omicron chapter of Phi Theta Kappa at the college campus on the corner of Route 50 and Walston Switch Road in Salisbury.
Dual enrollment information night
A free dual enrollment information session for current high school sophomores and juniors and their parents will be held on Tuesday, Feb. 22, at 6 p.m., in Guerrieri Hall at Wor-Wic Community College in Salisbury.
Virtual poetry reading to be held Feb. 3
Wor-Wic Community College is inviting the public to a free virtual poetry reading with Tiana Clark on Thursday, Feb. 3, at 7 p.m., via Zoom.