Wor-Wic Community College will hold its inaugural STEAMposium event on Tuesday, Sept. 17, from 5 to 7 p.m., in the Dr. Ray Hoy Assembly Hall in Guerrieri Hall on the college campus at the corner of Route 50 and Walston Switch Road in Salisbury.
Wor-Wic Community College has been awarded a $150,000 cybersecurity grant from EARN Maryland, a program by the Maryland Department of Labor. It is the only organization that has been awarded this type of grant for cybersecurity, as well as the first on the Eastern Shore.
The University of Maryland Eastern Shore and Wor-Wic Community College have renewed an agreement that creates a financial incentive for recent graduates of the two-year school in Salisbury to continue their studies 17 miles south in Princess Anne.
Wor-Wic Community College is inviting the public to a free event featuring Denice Frohman, a Philadelphia-based poet and performer, on Friday, Sept. 6, at 6 p.m.
The Wor-Wic Community College Foundation is sponsoring a 5K Hero Run or 2-mile walk, along with the 2024 First Responder Team Cup Challenge, on Saturday, Oct. 5, at 9 a.m., at the college campus on the corner of Route 50 and Walston Switch Road in Salisbury. Check-in and registration begin at 8 a.m.
Wor-Wic Community College will hold an inauguration ceremony for its third president, Deborah Casey, Ph.D., at the Wicomico Youth & Civic Center in Salisbury on Friday, Sept. 20, at 10 a.m. The public is invited to join the celebration, which will feature local and national speakers, community performances, community service activities and a formal investiture.
A total of 380 Wor-Wic Community College students have been recognized for superior performance by being named to the dean’s list for the recently completed spring term.
Area students who maintained a grade point average of 3.5 or higher while taking six or more credit hours during the spring term include:
The following students completed their program requirements to graduate with a certificate (CT), associate of applied science (AAS), associate of arts in teaching (AAT), associate of science (AS) or associate of arts (AA) degree from Wor-Wic Community College this past fall and spring.
Students who earn degrees are more likely to have better economic well-being and job satisfaction, many studies have shown. But too often, personal barriers prevent students from completing their degree or credential.
Wor-Wic Community College has received a $350,000 Advanced Technological Education (ATE) grant from the National Science Foundation, the U.S. government’s independent science agency.