The Wor-Wic Community College Foundation is sponsoring a 5K Hero Run or 2-mile walk, along with the 2023 First Responder Team Cup Challenge, on Saturday, Oct. 7, 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.
A total of 395 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.
Wor-Wic Community College recently received a $6,240 donation in memory of Deputy 1st Class Brian K. Heller for the endowed scholarship in his name.
The Ocean City-Berlin Optimist Club recently donated $40,000 to fund scholarships for Worcester County students up to age 21 who are attending Wor-Wic Community College.
Members of the community recently gathered at the Wicomico Youth & Civic Center to celebrate Dr. Ray Hoy, president of Wor-Wic Community College, ahead of his retirement this summer. Hoy has led the college for 23 years and will remain as president until his successor, Dr. Deborah Casey, starts on Aug. 14.
Thirty-six law enforcement officers from Wicomico, Worcester, Somerset, Dorchester, Talbot, Caroline, Allegany and Queen Anne’s counties graduated in the 90th entrance-level class of the Eastern Shore Criminal Justice Academy (ESCJA) operated by Wor-Wic Community College at the corner of Route 50 and Walston Switch Road in Salisbury.
Wor-Wic recently held its 21st annual golf tournament at the college’s Ocean Resorts Golf Club in Berlin. Proceeds from the tournament totaled $36,000 and will benefit the college’s on-campus child development center.
Shore Leadership, a leadership development program for executives and senior managers on the Eastern Shore, recently honored two employees of Wor-Wic Community College. Dr. Ray Hoy, a co-founder of Shore Leadership and president of Wor-Wic, received the 2023 Founders Award. Dr. Bryan Newton, vice president for enrollment management and student services at Wor-Wic, earned the Leader of the Year Award for 2023.
Wor-Wic Community College recently held a reception for employees who retired after many years of dedicated service to the college.
The board of trustees of Wor-Wic Community College has named Dr. Deborah Casey, current vice president of student affairs at Green River College in Auburn, Wash., as the new president of the college, effective Aug. 14.