WPCC News Archive
Graduation plans announced at WPCC
April 29, 2021 – Western Piedmont Community College will hold its 2021 commencement in a drive-thru setting May 13 from 4-7 p.m. on the main campus. The drive-thru ceremony will be limited to one car per graduate. Extended family, friends and the community may watch...
Edwards earns WPCC Academic Excellence Award
April 22, 2021 – At 52 years old, first-generation college student Kim Edwards is the 2021 recipient of the Academic Excellence Award at Western Piedmont Community College, which the WPCC Trustees presented on April 20. Edwards is a Morganton resident in the...
Medical Laboratory Technology students assist diagnosis of COVID-19
April 20, 2021 – Medical Laboratory Technology students at Western Piedmont Community College have spent the last academic year working behind the scenes of the coronavirus pandemic. Since August, 11 second-year MLT students have completed their required clinical...
College receives $1.5 million grant for new trades building
April 8, 2021 – The Golden LEAF Foundation announced April 1 that Western Piedmont Community College will receive $1.5 million to build a Construction Trades Solution Center. This is part of a $9.6 million Community-Based Grants Initiative by the foundation. The...
WPCC enters Guaranteed Admission Program with Lees-McRae College
April 7, 2021 – Eligible students at Western Piedmont Community College will now be guaranteed admission to Lees-McRae College thanks to a new agreement between the institutions. The Guaranteed Admission Program (GAP) allows WPCC students who earn an Associate in...
WPCC partners with App State co-admission program
April 7, 2021 – Guaranteed admission to Appalachian State University is now possible for Western Piedmont Community College students thanks to a new partnership program, Aspire Appalachian. As a co-admission program, Aspire Appalachian provides a simplified pathway...
WPCC Announces President’s and Dean’s Lists for Fall 2020
Susan Williams, Western Piedmont Community College’s Dean of Student Services, has released the Fall 2020 President’s List of 175 students and Dean’s List of 521 students. Students who enroll in at least 12 semester hours credit on which grade points may be computed...
MLT student on front lines of diagnosing COVID-19
Feb. 17, 2021 – Noe Lopez believes a strong work ethic and kindness are essential to success and has carried that mission into his work as a medical lab assistant during the COVID-19 pandemic. Lopez, a Western Piedmont...
WPCC Nursing students volunteer at COVID-19 vaccination clinic
Jan. 30, 2021 – Nursing students at Western Piedmont Community College bravely volunteered at a COVID-19 vaccination clinic during the last two weeks of January as Burke County battles rising cases of the virus. Forty-six first-year nursing students have assisted...
Local DAR chapter endows new scholarship for WPCC
Jan. 28, 2021 – The Quaker Meadows Chapter of the National Society Daughters of the American Revolution has endowed a new scholarship for students at Western Piedmont Community College. The Quaker Meadows Chapter NSDAR Scholarship will provide one WPCC student $500...