WPCC News Archive

Bank VP Says “WPCC Is My True Alma Mater” Morganton, NC — A wise person once remarked that energy and persistence conquer all things. Western Piedmont Community College (WPCC) alumnus Barbara Erwin is certainly testament to that philosophy. Now a Community One Bank...

WPCC Opened Doors to the Future for Area Educator Morganton — Jo Curtis always wanted to teach. But after graduating at the top of her class from Gamewell High School in Caldwell County, Ms. Curtis began a career as a self-employed hairdresser. She enjoyed that...

WPCC’S Tonya Coates: A Woman of Numbers Determined to Grow Morganton, NC — Tonya Coates’ life is powered by two concepts that seem so very different from one another: the desire to grow and the career of accounting. As a Western Piedmont Community College (WPCC)...

WPCC Helped Sydney Boulware Find Her Drive, Her Courage & Herself Morganton — Sydney Boulware felt “stuck”: at 19-years-old, she had no high school diploma, no job, no driver’s license, no plans for her future. She had left high school four years earlier, and...

WPCC’S Donnie Ray Banks: " From A Drama Student To A Star" Morganton, NC — Now a student at the prestigious Columbia University, Western Piedmont Community College (WPCC) graduate Donnie Ray Banks trekked a long and winding road before finding his passion for acting....

WPCC Prepares Student Lonnie Arthur for New Career Morganton, NC — Like many other Burke County residents, Western Piedmont Community College student Lonnie Arthur is preparing for a new career by returning to college. “I came to Western Piedmont in the early 1990’s...

Western Piedmont Graduate Ben Anderson: ‘WPCC Gave Me The Edge’Morganton — As Ben Anderson’s childhood home-away-from-home, Western Piedmont Community College (WPCC) seems to have influenced his future. Son of WPCC instructor Terri Ollis, the young Ben, by his own...