WPCC News Archive
WPCC Interpreting Education Students Complete Service Learning
Students in Western Piedmont Community College’s (WPCC) interpreting education program participate in service learning volunteer projects each semester. Recently, Rachel Barefoot and Angela Onorato volunteered at a fundraising event sponsored by the North Carolina...
College Foundation Receives Cannon Grant to Support Mechatronics Facility
The Cannon Foundation recently made a $100,000 grant award to the Western Piedmont Foundation (WPF) to advance Western Piedmont Community College (WPCC)’s Mechatronics Educational Facility expansion project. The college is expanding and modernizing its engineering and...
WPCC SBC Offers Free Classes in November for Business Owners
Western Piedmont Community College’s (WPCC) Small Business Center (SBC) will offer several classes in November designed for entrepreneurs who own small business or are thinking about starting a business. The classes are free of charge and taught by experienced...
WPCC Pottery Instructors Published in Ceramic Handbooks
Western Piedmont Community College (WPCC) Professional Crafts Program Coordinator Courtney Long and pottery instructor Elizabeth Summerfield are featured artists in a new series of ceramics handbooks entitled Throwing Techniques and Hand-building Techniques, published...
WPCC Student Finds Her Way From Plant Work to Feature Film
Burke County native Julie Whitis is no stranger the art of reinvention. Raised by her great-grandmother until her death, she had to learn quickly how to be on her own at the age of 16. She has lived through three industry layoffs while being a single parent to her...
Same Credit, Half the Time. WPCC B-Term Starts in October!
Registration for the fall semester’s B Term classes at Western Piedmont Community College will be held on Wednesday, Oct. 14 between 8 a.m. and 7 p.m. on the college campus at 1001 Burkemont Avenue in Morganton. B-Term is a 8-week session designed for current students...
WPCC Interpreting Education Students Volunteer at Camp
Students in Western Piedmont Community College’s interpreter education program, Dara Fox (left) and David Yarbrough (right), recently volunteered as support service providers at the 2015 NC Deaf-Blind Associates (NCDBA) weekend at Camp Dogwood in Sherrills Ford, N.C. ...
Revised Agreement Helps WPCC Students Transfer to Independent Universities
Presidents of the North Carolina Community College System (NCCCS) and the North Carolina Independent Colleges and Universities (NCICU) recently signed a revised Independent Comprehensive Articulation Agreement (ICAA) which better defines transfer options for students...
WPCC Small Business Center Director Named State Director of the Year
The North Carolina Community Colleges Small Business Center Network (SBCN) recognized Eddie McGimsey as State Director of the Year during its 2014-15 awards presentations in Greensboro, NC. The Director of the Year is an award presented to the Small Business Center...
WPCC Trustee Receives Order of the Long Leaf Pine
Friends, family, and community leaders recently attended a reception honoring Ron Martin (pictured making an acceptance speech) on the campus of Western Piedmont Community College. Martin, a longtime member of the Western Piedmont Foundation Board of Directors and...