Big savings: Textbook alternatives have kept $1.79M in WCC students' pockets; college committed to more
Richard Rezler - February 07, 2018
Kelli Gilbert had a tough decision to make. If she spent $360 on the four textbooks she needed for classes at Washtenaw Community College, she wouldn’t have enough money left to pay the car insurance bill that had come due.
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First-generation students find empathy, help at WCC
Washtenaw Community College - February 07, 2018
Statistically speaking, first-generation college students aren’t as likely to graduate as those who come from homes with college-educated parents.
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Plasterers and cement masons union to hold training at WCC
Washtenaw Community College - February 07, 2018
An international labor union representing trained plasterers and cement masons has agreed to hold its instructor training program on the Washtenaw Community College campus with the first of the annual sessions to be held June 25-29, 2018.
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$4.9M grant aims to raise WCC student transfers to MSU
Washtenaw Community College - February 07, 2018
A $4.9 million grant to Michigan State University will directly impact low-income students hoping to begin a science, technology, engineering or mathematics (STEM) education at Washtenaw Community College.
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WCC, U-M launch innovative collaboration
Washtenaw Community College - February 07, 2018
A unique collaboration among faculty at Washtenaw Community College and the University of Michigan School of Information led to a shared open-source course that will benefit both institutions and creates opportunities for WCC students to transfer to U-M.
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