Wor-Wic Community College will host the Shatter the Stigma Walk at 9:30 a.m. on Saturday, Sept. 30, at the college campus on the corner of Route 50 and Walston Switch Road. The free event is in partnership with Walk Wicomico and Wicomico Goes Purple, a countywide effort to promote substance misuse prevention, treatment and recovery. The event will also offer addiction resource information and Narcan training.
The public is invited to attend a free reading by poet Elizabeth Knapp on Monday, Oct. 16, at 7 p.m., in room 302 of the Hazel Center at Wor-Wic Community College in Salisbury.
Deborah Casey, Ph.D., president of Wor-Wic Community College, has been working to make connections with students, faculty, staff and the community since taking the helm on Aug. 14.
Wor-Wic Community College received a sponsorship from Eastern Shore Undercover for the college’s 5K Hero Run, scheduled for Saturday, Oct. 7.
Technology is always changing, and it is important for the Delmarva Peninsula to keep pace. Now, thanks to the new Patricia and Alan Guerrieri Technology Center at Wor-Wic Community College, it is possible for the region’s workforce to stay on the cutting edge.
An awards and recognition ceremony recently celebrated the achievements of 76 Wor-Wic Community College graduates who earned associate degrees and certificates in nursing.
Wor-Wic Community College is inviting the public to a free virtual poetry reading with Abigail Chabitnoy on Thursday, Sept. 28, at 7 p.m., via Zoom.
Meredith Myrer of Salisbury was a dental assistant for several years after taking courses at Wor-Wic Community College. “I loved working with patients and seeing them smile,” she said. After having a baby, she decided that furthering her education would be a good next step. “I had a dental patient who was an occupational therapy assistant, and that always stuck out in my head,” she said.
Wor-Wic Community College will offer two prekindergarten classes for 3- and 4-year-olds this fall thanks to a grant from the Maryland State Department of Education (MDSE).
A group of sixth- to ninth-grade students attended a six-week summer learning program at Wor-Wic Community College thanks to a partnership with Horizons Delmarva, a program that provides low-income public school students from Wicomico and Worcester counties with an intensive academic experience that helps foster a love of learning and achievement.