The U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs’ “Mobile Vet Center” will be at Wayne Community College on Tuesday, Dec. 6. It will be in the parking lot in front of the Wayne Learning Center (main building) from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. to provide counseling and information on services for veterans.
The Mobile Vet Center is equipped with confidential space and a state-of-the-art communication package. Its staff provides services such as readjustment counseling, Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder and Military Sexual Trauma counseling, bereavement counseling, and marriage and family counseling, and resources like VA benefits information and suicide prevention referrals. Veterans, service members, and their families are welcome to use it.
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, the college 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.
Wayne Community College’s mission is to meet the educational, training, and cultural needs of the communities it serves.
Wayne Community College’s Winter Fine Arts Festival, set for the evening of Thursday, Dec. 8, will offer treats for the eye and the ear.
It will begin with an art exhibition that opens at 6 p.m. in the Wayne Learning Center Atrium. Dozens of drawings, paintings and designs produced throughout the semester by students in the college’s art classes will be featured.
A choral concert will start at 7 p.m. in Moffatt Auditorium in the Wayne Learning Center. It will include performances by the college’s chorus and “WCC’s Got Talent” contestants.
Over the course of the fall semester, 35 students participated in three WCC’s Got Talent auditions sponsored by the college’s chorus and the Office of Student Activities. A total of 35 contestants were whittled down to the 11 finalists. The audience will be able to vote for their favorite acts.
The WCC’s Got Talent contestants, except one who will provide a spoken word performance, and the chorus will be singing holiday songs. Among the songs on the program are “Bring a Little Jingle,” “Infant Holy, Infant Lowly,” “God Rest You Merry, Gentlemen,” and “Gifts of Love.”
The festival is free and open to the public.
For more information about the event or programs at Wayne Community College, contact Art Instructor Angie Waller at (919) 739-6843 or arwaller@waynecc.edu or Music Instructor Brad Collier at (919) 739-6839 or brcollier@waynecc.edu.
Wayne Community College encourages persons with disabilities to participate in its programs and activities. Anyone who anticipates needing accommodation or has questions about access can contact the college’s disability counselor at 919-739-6729. Please allow sufficient time to arrange accommodation.
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, the college 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.
The WorkKeys® tests for the National Career Readiness Certificate (NCRC) will be offered just twice in Wayne County in December.
The Wayne Occupational Readiness Keys for Success (WORKS) program will provide testing sessions 8:30 a.m.-12:30 p.m. on Dec. 13 and 12:30-4:30 p.m. on Dec. 7. All of these sessions will be held in Room 136 of the Walnut Building on Wayne Community College’s main campus in Goldsboro. Pre-registration by calling (919) 739-7004 is required.
Cost to take the set of three skill assessments (applied mathematics, locating information, and reading for information) is $36 but assistance to cover that cost may be available.
The Airman and Family Readiness Center on Seymour Johnson Air Force Base offers free assessments to military personnel and their dependents. Call (919) 772-1123 for more information and to register for the next testing session on base.
Those wishing to prepare for the NCRC may take advantage of the self-directed instruction and skills upgrade training offered in the WORKS Lab, which also is located in Room 136 of the Walnut Building. The lab is open 9 a.m.-noon on Mondays and Thursdays, 1-4 p.m. on Mondays and Tuesdays, and 5-8 p.m. on Tuesdays and Thursdays. The campus will be closed Dec. 23-27.
Individuals may earn bronze, silver, gold, or platinum certificates based on their performance on the tests. The NCRC is recognized by employers across the state as a proven measurement of job skills.
Wayne County leads the state, with more than 16,600 certificates awarded. A quarter of the county’s population holds the credential.
WORKS is a collaborative effort of the Wayne County Chamber of Commerce, Wayne Community College, Wayne County Public Schools, County of Wayne, Wayne County Career Center, City of Goldsboro, and the Eastern Carolina Workforce Development Board. It is housed Wayne Community College’s campus in Goldsboro.
More information on WORKS and the NCRC is available at www.wayneworksnc.com/works/.
Wayne Community College has been named a “Military Friendly® School” for the sixth time.
The Military Friendly® Schools list honors the colleges, universities and trade schools that are doing the most to embrace military students, and to dedicate resources to ensure their success in the classroom and after graduation. The list of Military Friendly® Schools is provided to service members and their families to help them select the best school for the education and training needed to pursue a civilian career.
The designation shows that a school exhibits leading practices in the recruitment and retention of students with military experience.
Nationwide, 1,273 colleges, universities and trade schools made the 2017 list. Wayne Community College is one of 24 North Carolina community colleges and 61 institutions of higher education in the state to receive the designation. The full list can be found at www.militaryfriendly.com and will be printed in the annual Guide to Military Friendly® Schools.
“Wayne Community College will continue to focus on our service to veterans as a top college priority,” said Dr. Thomas A. Walker Jr., the college’s president. “We consider ourselves an important component in one of the nation’s most military friendly communities.”
According to Daniel Nichols, a Navy Reserve veteran and chief product officer at Victory Media which publishes the Military Friendly® list, “Our ability to apply a clear, consistent standard to the majority of colleges gives veterans a comprehensive view of which schools are striving to provide the best opportunities and conditions for our nation’s student veterans. Military Friendly® helps military families make the best use of the Post-9/11 GI Bill and other federal benefits while allowing us to further our goal of assisting them in finding success in their chosen career fields.”
The Military Friendly® Schools list is created each year based on research using public data sources for more than 8,800 schools nationwide, input from student veterans, and responses to the proprietary, data-driven Military Friendly® Schools survey from participating institutions. The survey questions, methodology, criteria and weightings were developed by Victory Media with the assistance of an independent research firm and an advisory council of educators and employers. The survey is administered for free and is open to all post-secondary schools that wish to participate.
More than 1,600 schools participated in the 2017 survey. Final ratings were determined by combining the institution’s survey scores with the assessment of the institution’s ability to meet thresholds for student retention, graduation, job placement, loan repayment, persistence (degree advancement or transfer) and loan default rates for all students and, specifically, for student veterans.
About Victory Media
Founded in 2001, Victory Media is a service-disabled, veteran-owned small business (SDVOSB) that connects the military community to civilian employment, educational and entrepreneurial opportunities through its G.I. Jobs®, Military Spouse, Vetrepreneur®, STEM JobsSM and Military Friendly® brands. Learn more about Victory Media at www.victorymedia.com.
About Wayne Community College
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, the college 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.
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Wayne Community College’s Student Government Association Officers for 2016-2017 are (l-r in photo below) Special Populations Chair Aziah Morales of Goldsboro, a criminal justice major; Secretary Kellie Woody of Goldsboro, a medical laboratory technology major; President Adam Williams of Kinston, an associate in arts-college transfer major; and Vice President Layla Brinkley of La Grange, an associate in arts-college transfer major.
The WCC Student Government Association is the official organization for conducting the affairs of its members, the curriculum students who pay activity fees. The association serves as the liaison to the college’s administration and the SGA president serves as a non-voting member of the WCC Board of Trustees.
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, the college 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.
