Wor-Wic Community College is inviting the public to a free virtual reading by Peter Balakian on Monday, Oct. 5, at 6:30 p.m. Balakian is the author of nine books of poems, including “Ozone Journal,” which won the Pulitzer Prize for Poetry.
Wor-Wic Community College will host the Shatter the Stigma Walk to raise awareness of addiction and recovery resources at 9:30 a.m. on Saturday, Sept. 26, at the college campus on the Hazel Center quad. Registration begins at 9 a.m. The event is rain or shine.
Wor-Wic Community College will host its Fall Festival: A Celebration of Arts, Community and Connections on Thursday, Sept. 24, from 4 to 8 p.m. The event, which will be held at the college campus in Salisbury, will feature art exhibits, performances, workshops, children’s activities and bounce houses. All activities are free and open to the public, and all materials are provided for workshops.
Wor-Wic Community College has earned validation by the National Security Agency (NSA) for the cybersecurity concentration of its computer technology associate of applied science degree.
Wor-Wic Community College will offer students the opportunity to study abroad in January. An immersion program will bring students to Edinburgh, Scotland, for two weeks of field- and classroom-based learning in communications and history. Upon the students’ return to the United States, the classes (COM 102 and HIS 151) continue online as part of the college’s first seven-week spring term. Students will earn six credits toward their degree.
The public is invited to a poetry workshop and spoken word open mic at Wor-Wic Community College on Sept. 24.
Twenty-one jail and correctional officers from Wicomico, Worcester, Somerset, Dorchester, Talbot and Queen Anne’s counties graduated in the 125th entrance-level class of the Eastern Shore Criminal Justice Academy (ESCJA) operated by Wor-Wic Community College in Salisbury.
Wor-Wic Community College will hold a free glass resin dolphin-making workshop on Thursday, Sept. 24, at 6:20 p.m.
Wor-Wic Community College is inviting the public to a free virtual reading by Emmy Pérez, author of poetry collections “With the River on Our Face,” “Solstice,” “Boxes With Zero Tolerance” and “Paper America” on Thursday, Sept. 24, at 7 p.m., via Zoom. The college will also hold a live watch party in room 200 of the Hazel Center on the Wor-Wic campus.
Wor-Wic Community College will hold a free gyotaku fish printing workshop on Thursday, Sept. 24, from 5 to 6 p.m., in room 201 of the Hazel Center on campus. Gyotaku is the traditional Japanese method of creating art from fish printing. The workshop will be led by Robby Chin, a local artist who runs easternshoregyotaku.com.