James Ellis, a Fall 2011 graduate of Western Piedmont Community College’s Professional Crafts: Wood program, will exhibit his graduate woodworking show on Friday, Feb. 3, from 6 to 8 p.m. in ...

Morganton, NC – Western Piedmont Community College will offer a Nurse Aide I Refresher course at the College’s Foothills Higher Education Center, located at 2128 South Sterling Street, ...

Morganton – Have you ever heard of gleaning? The dictionary defines it as “to gather (grain or the like) after the reapers or regular gatherers.” Students from Western Piedmont Co...

Morganton--With tax season quickly approaching, Western Piedmont Community College’s accounting students are again providing assistance to qualifying area residents with income tax preparatio...

MORGANTON—Western Piedmont Foundation (WPF) recently reached and exceeded its $120,000 annual giving campaign goal, according to Lisa Miller, WPF Interim Executive Director. 

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Morganton, NC – Western Piedmont Community College’s Basic Law Enforcement Training (BLET) certification program is accepting applicants for the next 17-week class, according to BLET di...

Morganton, NC – The Kontras Quartet, currently in its second year as the Hickory Metro Resident Quartet with the Western Piedmont Symphony, will perform a holiday concert at Western Piedmont ...

Morganton –Western Piedmont Community College’s 2011 Medical Assisting program graduates achieved a 100% passing rate on the national examination for the Certified Medical Assistant (CM...

Morganton—Western Piedmont Community College recently awarded more than 150 Career Readiness Certificates.  The National Career Readiness Certificate is an essential tool and marketable ...

Morganton – Ten students and two faculty members, Star Brown and Tonya Coates, from the Western Piedmont Community College accounting program attended the Student Night Banquet hosted by the ...

Morganton—Western Piedmont Community College awards about 500 Career Readiness Certificates (CRC) every year at the Foothills Higher Education Center campus at 2128 South Sterling Street.&nbs...

Morganton—Western Piedmont Community College instructor Gerri Adams recently received her doctorate, according to Mary Charlotte Safford, College Dean of Humanities and Social Sciences. ...

Morganton – Students and instructors in Western Piedmont Community College’s Building Construction Technology program have been bringing their skills to life while building an everlasti...

Morganton—Western Piedmont Community College instructor Neal Bevans recently published his twelfth legal textbook, Court Procedure and Evidence Issues. This text, designed for crimin...

Parking lots overflowed and hallways were jammed recently on the Western Piedmont Community College campus as more than 350 area residents took advantage of “Mission Transition: Great Careers...

Morganton-- Western Piedmont Community College’s third movie of its 2011-2012 Film Festival, "El regalo de la Pachamama,” will be offered as a free viewing on Wednesday, Nov. 9 at ...

Morganton--Western Piedmont Community College was recently awarded a $1.7 million Title III grant to be distributed during the next five years from the U.S. Department of Education as part of the S...

Morganton, NC – Western Piedmont Community College students enrolled in the College's Simulation and Game Development and Digital Effects and Animation Technology degree programs have collabo...

Morganton, NC – The Kontras Quartet, currently in its second year as the Hickory Metro Resident Quartet with the Western Piedmont Symphony, will perform a fall concert at Western Piedmont Com...

Morganton, NC – Western Piedmont Community College is offering a Wilderness First Aid class on Nov. 4 through Nov. 6 in room 181 at the Foothills Higher Education Center (FHEC), 2128 South St...

Morganton, NC – Western Piedmont Community College is offering a Nurse Aide I Refresher course at the College’s Foothills Higher Education Center, 2128 South Sterling Street, room 167.&...

Morganton—The public is cordially invited to attend “Mission Transition: Great Careers Start Here” Job Fair on Thursday, Oct. 27 from 1 to 6 p.m. on the campus of Western Piedmont...

Morganton-- Western Piedmont Community College’s second movie of its 2011-2012 Film Festival is “The Buena Vista Social Club.”  A documentary film by Wim Wenders about the mu...

Morganton—Western Piedmont Community College invites the public to the College’s inaugural “Get Unplugged! Get Outdoors Day!” on Saturday, Oct. 22, from 10 a.m. to 2:00 p.m....

Western North Carolina potter Michael Kline will demonstrate wheel-throwing and brush working techniques as well as discuss personal experiences as a working studio potter and small business owner ...

Western North Carolina Fine Wood worker, Fatie Atkinson, will demonstrate hybrid steam/lamination bending techniques as well as discuss his personal experiences as a small business owner and studio...

In an effort to showcase and encourage collaboration between area businesses and educational institutions, the North Carolina Partners in Innovation (NCPI) invites the public to attend Innovation 2...

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Morganton--Western Piedmont Community College recently announced a Summer 2011 President’s List of 25 students, and a Dean’s List of 342 students.  Western Piedmont Community Colle...

Morganton--Western Piedmont Community College will be holding a public auction of all surplus equipment on Saturday, Oct. 1 on the Jim A. Richardson campus.  The auction, which is open to the ...

Morganton, NC –Organizers invite the community to attend a Party in Pink Zumbathon on Saturday, Oct. 1 from 9 to 11 a.m. on the Moore Hall Breezeway.  In an effort to put an end to breas...

Morganton, NC –Historic Burke Foundation and Western Piedmont Community College invite the community to attend ‘A Revolutionary Weekend’ in celebration of the 231st Anniversary of...

Morganton, NC – Western Piedmont Community College is pleased to announce the 100% passage rate of 2011 nursing graduates, who all passed the National Council Licensure Examination for Regist...

Journalist and best-selling author Richard Louv will present his talk, “The Nature Principle and the New Nature Movement” next Wednesday as part of the Fall Speakers Forum/Ervin Constit...

Morganton-- Western Piedmont Community College’s first movie of its 2011-2012 Film Festiv...

Morganton, NC –Where would we be if there were no books?  Imagine a world where people rarely talked to one another but instead interacted only with technology, a world where in order fo...

Morganton--Western Piedmont Community College will host the 2011 Fall Speakers Forum/Ervin Constitutional Issues Program from Sept. 26-29. This series of events is free and open to the public. This...

Demetrio Andrade (third from left), a 2011 graduate of Freedom...

Morganton, NC – Valerie Blettner established the William Lee Richardson Scholarship at Western Piedmont Community College to honor the memory of her late husband.  Richardson, a native o...

Morganton—Western Piedmont Community College recently awarded more than 70 Career Readiness Certificates.  The National Career Readiness Certificate is an essential tool and marketable c...

Melissa Grill, Western Piedmont Community College’s Instructional Techn...

Morganton, NC – The Rostan Family Foundation recently established the Burke Middle College Enhancement Fund, the Carlton E. Caruso, Sr. Endowed Scholarship, and the James H. and Doris E. Edwa...

Morganton, NC – The Burke County Master Gardener Volunteer Association recently established a scholarship at Western Piedmont Community College.

“Western Piedmont is very gratef...

Morganton—Western Piedmont Community College instructor Dr. Cheryl Oxford (left) was recently presented the Order of the Long Leaf Pine by College President Jim W. Burnett.  The awa...

Morganton-- Western Piedmont Community College will offer a new humanities class this fall that focuses on local and regional history. The class, “Cultural Study of Broughton Hospital and Men...

Morganton-- Liz Summerfield will serve as an adjunct pottery instructor this fall, according to Courtney Long, Professional Crafts coordinator. 

Summerfield began her early pottery car...

Morganton--Western Piedmont Community College recently welcomed John Ferguson as adjunct professional crafts wood instructor for the upcoming year, according to Courtney Long, professional crafts c...

Morganton, NC –Western Piedmont Community College’s Simulation and Game Development (SGD) half-day program is offering Huskins classes for Burke County high school juniors and seniors. ...

Morganton--Western Piedmont Community College is offering two new Drama courses in the fall semester. The classes, Drama 135 “Acting for the Camera” and Drama 140 “Stagecraft,&rdq...

Morganton, NC – The Gerald P. Cox and Meilia S. Cox Family Founda¬tion Scholarship was recently established by Gerald and Meilia Cox of Rocky Mount. Gerald Cox, a native of Morganton, is ...