WPCC News Archive

THANK YOU TO ALL VITA VOLUNTEERS FOR MAKING THE VITA PROGRAM A SUCCESS! Western Piedmont Community College served as a Volunteer Income Tax Assistance (VITA) site for the ninth consecutive year in 2014. The VITA program is a program sponsored by the Internal Revenue...

Morganton, NC – Western Piedmont Community College (WPCC) Medical Laboratory Technology student Teena Xiong was recently awarded the Siemens Healthcare Diagnostics Scholarship for students. The American Society for Clinical Pathology in conjunction with Siemens...

Morganton, NC –  Western Piedmont Community College recently hosted the opening of the fifth annual Raymond B. Goodfellow Student Art Exhibition.  Among the seven award winners are (front, l-r) Amber Vue for the Foundations award; April Barrier for the Mr. Carmen...

Morganton, NC – Western Piedmont Community College’s (WPCC) Dean of Workforce and Professional Development Lee Kiser was recently named as an at large member of the North Carolina Community College System’s (NCCCS) Workforce Development Leadership Committee. ...

Morganton, NC – Western Piedmont Community College (WPCC) Interpreting Education student Linda Bohm recently volunteered as a sign language student interpreter at an area health fair. Also, WPCC interpreting students presented the “Star-spangled Banner” in American...

Morganton, NC – Western Piedmont Community College’s (WPCC) Dental Assisting students use their skills to serve the community in a variety of ways.  In celebration of March as Children’s Dental Health Month, WPCC students placed dental sealants on students from The...

Morganton, NC –Western Piedmont Community College (WPCC) announces the graduation of 16 participants from its second Customer Service Excellence Certification program. After completing the program, designed for new or potential restaurant employees, retail sales...

Morganton, NC – Western Piedmont Community College’s (WPCC) Jennifer Propst, enrollment management director, (shown right) was recently named as the Burke County United Way’s 2013-2014 Campaign Coordinator of the Year.  Ms. Propst was commended on her leadership at...

 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) accounting instructor, Tonya’s goal in her personal and...

Access the job description and application forms here. Morganton, NC – Western Piedmont Community College’s (WPCC) Trustees, who began the search in January 2014 for the College’s next President, invited members of the public to offer their thoughts at the...