During commencement ceremonies for Wor-Wic Community College at the Wicomico Youth and Civic Center, Dr. Peggy Naleppa, president and CEO of Peninsula Regional Medical Center and the Peninsula Regional Health System, shared stories, personal examples and lessons learned, and urged the graduates to keep learning from each other.
Wor-Wic Community College will hold its 15th annual golf tournament on Friday, June 3, at Wor-Wic’s Ocean Resorts Golf Club in Berlin. Registration begins at 11 a.m., followed by lunch at noon and a shotgun start at 1 p.m. Dinner and awards will be held at 5:30 p.m. Proceeds from the event will benefit Wor-Wic’s child development center.
Alexandria Smith of Berlin, an honors student at Wor-Wic Community College, is this year’s $500 faculty honors scholarship winner.
Wor-Wic Community College recently welcomed Norma Schultz of Ridgely as a full-time continuing education allied health instructor.
Wor-Wic Community College is currently accepting registrations for credit classes that are being offered this summer and fall. Early registration is encouraged for the best selection of classes. The first summer session begins May 16, the second summer session begins June 1 and fall classes begin Sept. 7.
Nineteen jail and correctional officers from Wicomico, Worcester, Somerset, Dorchester, Talbot and Caroline counties graduated in the 95th entrance-level class of the Eastern Shore Criminal Justice Academy (ESCJA) operated by Wor-Wic Community College in Salisbury.
Since Wor-Wic Community College began a driver education program in January of 2014, 191 students have passed through the doors and 115 of those students received tuition assistance. Many students were adults who needed a license to be able to drive to work.
Twenty-three Wor-Wic Community College students were inducted into the Alpha Nu Omicron chapter of Phi Theta Kappa during a ceremony held recently at the college campus on the corner of Route 50 and Walston Switch Road in Salisbury.
Dr. Peggy Naleppa will address the 2016 Wor-Wic Community College graduates at commencement on Wednesday, May 11, at 7 p.m., at the Wicomico Youth and Civic Center in Salisbury.