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“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) 2022 Scholastic Yearbook and Magazine Awards. The magazine has earned first-place honors every year since 2014.
Andie Jennings of Salisbury is a senior at James M. Bennett High School and has already been accepted to a four-year college in Pittsburgh while eagerly awaiting another college decision. But even before getting those coveted acceptances, Jennings has a jump-start on college thanks to dual enrollment classes at Wor-Wic
Paying for college just got a little easier for low-income students. The latest federal spending plan raises the maximum value of Pell Grants to nearly $7,400 for the 2023 fiscal year.
Sometimes to reach the highest point, you have to start at the bottom. That was where Crystal Toomer of Salisbury found herself one night, an addict with an infant to whose cries she could not respond.
From left, Stefanie K. Rider, executive director of the foundation and director of development for Wor-Wic Community College, accepts a pledge of $25,000 for the college’s “Preparing for a Stronger Tomorrow” campaign from Tom Mears, market executive, and Gail Foltz, relationship manager, of Shore United Bank.
The Wor-Wic Community College Foundation recently welcomed Stacie Dees of Fruitland and Kimberly C. Roemer of Salisbury to its board of directors.
Dr. Ray Hoy, president of Wor-Wic Community College, and Stefanie K. Rider, executive director of the foundation and director of development, accept a pledge of $60,000 from Avery W. Hall Insurance Agency.
Wor-Wic Community College is inviting the public to a free virtual poetry reading with Tyree Daye on Wednesday, Feb. 22, at 7 p.m., via Zoom.
Tyler Richardson of Pocomoke City came from a family of truckers, but going through the CDL program at Wor-Wic to attain his license always seemed out of reach. “Before this class, I was working warehouse jobs,” he said. “But it got to the point that I wanted to do something in life that I could stay with and love as a career in the future.”
Dr. Ray Hoy, president of Wor-Wic Community College, announced Tuesday that he plans to retire at the end of the current fiscal year on Friday, June 30.