Dr. Thomas A. Walker Jr. has been official elected to serve as the sixth president of Wayne Community College.
The college’s Board of Trustees voted unanimously for Dr. Walker at its July 26 meeting. It had selected him as its candidate for the position on June 17 and submitted his name to the State Board of Community Colleges, which approved him at its July 15 meeting.
The Trustees’ action was the last step in the process of finding a successor to Dr. Kay H. Albertson who will retire July 30, ending a 33-year career with the North Carolina Community College System that included 19 years at WCC, nine of that as the college’s president.
Dr. Gene Smith, WCC’s vice-president for academic and student services, was unanimously elected by the board to serve as the interim president of the college for the month of August. Dr. Walker will take the reins on Sept. 1.
Dr. Walker is coming to WCC from Nebraska where he was the campus president of the Grand Island campus of Central Community College, a position he had held since 2014. Prior to that, he was the vice-president for student and enrollment services for all locations of the college, which serves 25 counties. He has also worked in higher education in Missouri, Tennessee, and North Carolina.
He is originally from Lumberton, N.C. and served as an officer in the U.S. Marine Corps.
Dr. Walker has a bachelor’s degree in political science from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. His graduate degrees include a master of public administration and a doctorate in higher education administration from the University of Memphis.
Wayne Community College is a public, learning-centered institution with an open-door admission policy located in Goldsboro, N.C. As it works to develop a highly skilled and competitive workforce, it serves 14,000 individuals annually as well as businesses, industry, and community organizations with high quality, affordable, accessible learning opportunities, including more than 70 college credit programs. WCC’s mission is to meet the educational, training, and cultural needs of the communities it serves. More information about the college can be found at waynecc.edu.
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Students entering certain technical programs at Wayne Community College may be eligible for renewable scholarships.
The Foundation of Wayne Community College’s “Top 15” Scholarship Program is designed to encourage students to study and go into careers in accounting; agribusiness, air conditioning, heating and refrigeration; General Motors automotive systems; engineering (the college’s newest associate degree program); collision repair and refinishing; criminal justice; early childhood education; emergency management; mechatronics engineering; medical assisting; medical laboratory technology; medical office administration; network management; or pharmacy technology.
These scholarships provide full- or part-time in-state tuition and fees while pursuing one of the designated diplomas or degrees at the college. The scholarship is renewable by re-applying each semester if the recipient maintains a 2.5 grade point average and passes 67 percent of attempted credits.
To apply, go to www.waynecc.edu/foundation/scholarships/, download the “College Student Scholarship Application Form,” and note interest in the “Top 15 Scholarship” on the form. Applications also can be obtained from the Foundation by calling (919) 739-7022 or going to the Foundation offices in the Dogwood Building on the college’s main campus in Goldsboro.
The deadline to apply for this scholarship is Friday, July 22.
Wayne Community College is a public, learning-centered institution with an open-door admission policy located in Goldsboro, N.C. As it works to develop a highly skilled and competitive workforce, it serves 14,000 individuals annually as well as businesses, industry, and community organizations with high quality, affordable, accessible learning opportunities, including more than 70 college credit programs. The college’s mission is to meet the educational, training, and cultural needs of the communities it serves.
The Foundation of Wayne Community College awarded 569 scholarships worth more than $367,000 for the summer 2015, fall 2015, and spring 2016 semesters. In addition to raising and dispersing funds for scholarships, it provides funding for innovative campus projects and employee recognition, and offers cultural programs for the community.
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Wayne Community College Continuing Education will hold several information sessions about its nurse aide program in June.
Anyone interested in enrolling in a Nurse Aide I or II course in the fall 2016 session must attend an information session about the registration process for the program. The sessions are free and do not require pre-registration.
The sessions are scheduled for 12-1 p.m. on June 2, 9, and 16; and 5:30-6:30 p.m. on June 7, 14, 21, and 28.
All will be held in Room 161 of the Wayne Learning Center (main building) on the college’s main campus in Goldsboro. Attendees must stay for the entire session in order to obtain registration paperwork and be allowed to sign up for a course during the registration period that will be held in July.
Nurse Aide courses are offered at a variety of times during the day and in both traditional and hybrid (partially online) instructional methods. The fall semester runs mid-August through mid-December.
For additional information on these or any other WCC Continuing Education allied health courses, contact Terrie Wynn at (919) 739-6935 or tjwynn@waynecc.edu or Joyce Hamilton-Fleming at (919)739-6929 or jahamilton-fleming@waynecc.edu or go to www.waynecc.edu/continuing-ed/allied-health/.
Wayne Community College is a public, learning-centered institution with an open-door admission policy located in Goldsboro, N.C. As it works to develop a highly skilled and competitive workforce, it serves 14,000 individuals annually as well as businesses, industry, and community organizations with high quality, affordable, accessible learning opportunities, including more than 70 college credit programs.
Wayne Community College’s mission is to meet the educational, training, and cultural needs of the communities it serves.
