![Steve Chettleburgh won a cash prize to help launch his safe dating app for teens at the annual Pitch@WCC event. (Photo by Kelly Gampel)](/news/ontherecord/articles/_media/pitch.png)
Aspiring and fledgling entrepreneurs win cash prizes at Pitch@WCC
Richard Rezler - June 03, 2019
Music was thumping and hors d’oeuvres being enjoyed by the nearly 150 people who turned out to watch Pitch@WCC, the highlight event of the year for the Entrepreneurship Center at WCC on Thursday, May 9.
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![Elizabeth Connors, director of the Surgical Technician and Sterile Processing programs at WCC, delivers the faculty address at the 2019 commencement ceremony. (Photo by Lon Horwedel)](/news/ontherecord/articles/_media/connors.jpg)
Faculty speaker Elizabeth Connors: 'Never give someone the opportunity to provide the narrative for who you are'
Richard Rezler - June 03, 2019
Elizabeth Connors become program director of the WCC Surgical Technology program in 2016 and two years later launched a new certification program that prepares students for an occupation in central processing and sterilization of hospital instrumentation – which happens to be the first job Connors held in the healthcare industry.
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![Abbee Elwell gives the student address at the Washtenaw Community College commencement ceremony on May 18. Elwell simultaneously graduated with an associate degree from WCC and a high school diploma from Washtenaw Technical Middle College. (Photo by Lon Horwedel)](/news/ontherecord/articles/_media/elwell.jpg)
Graduate profile: Abbee Elwell, General Studies
Richard Rezler - June 03, 2019
Abbee Elwell has been taking college classes at Washtenaw Community College since she was a 14-year-old freshman at Washtenaw Technical Middle College. On Saturday, May 19, she delivered the student address at the WCC 2019 Commencement Ceremony and crossed the stage to receive the associate degree in General Studies in Math and Natural Sciences she earned with a 3.94 GPA.
View Post : Graduate profile: Abbee Elwell, General Studiestags: June 2019, On The Record, General Studies, Abbee Elwell, Graduation, ousearch_News_On The Record
![Robert Mathew, a 73-year-old Ypsilanti resident, earned the distinction of being the oldest member of the Class of 2019. (Photo by Sara Faraj)](/news/articles/_media/mathews.jpg)
Graduate profile: Robert Mathews, Occupational Education
Richard Rezler - June 03, 2019
Robert Mathews started taking music classes with iconic WCC instructor Dr. Morris J. Lawrence in the early 1970s. Nearly 50 years later, he’s still taking music classes … now in the Morris Lawrence Building.
View Post : Graduate profile: Robert Mathews, Occupational Educationtags: On The Record, Occupational Studies, June 2019, Robert Mathews, ousearch_News_On The Record
![WCC graduate Mia Guzman (right) with her husband Pedro, son Christian and daughter Brielle after the Spring Honors Convocation. (Photo by Kelly Gampel)](/news/ontherecord/articles/_media/guzman-mia.jpg)
Graduate profile: Mia Guzman, Radiography
Richard Rezler - June 03, 2019
Mia Guzman had a well-deserved, celebration-filled week in mid-May. It started with Mother’s Day on Sunday, May 12 and concluded with the 2019 WCC Commencement Ceremony on Saturday, May 18. In between, her son Christian (pictured) turned 10 and she picked up her honors graduate certificate at the Spring Honors Convocation after completing an associate degree with a 3.7 GPA.
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