A vintage publicity photo of Masterpiece By Ben Solis As Washtenaw Community College guitar instructor John E. Lawrence looks in a crate of old 45s, he says he never expected his own music would someday have the same appeal of classic Detroit artists such as Stevie Wonder or The Temptations. ...
Washtenaw Community College has enjoyed an increase in enrollment for the last several years, which has translated into graduating classes of more than 3,000 students for the last three years—3,481 in 2010, 3,505 in 2011, and 3,049 students who applied to graduate in 2012, according to Janet Hawkins, associate director ...
After the latest round of tuition increases at Washtenaw Community College, tuition will have increased 43.3 percent over the course of six years.
For the one-year anniversary of the earthquake in Japan (March 11), Ypsilanti resident Toko Shiiki and French artist Nino Trentinella and students from the Ann Arbor Open School put together an international, collaborative fundraising art and music project to help child victims of radioactive pollution from the Fukushima nuclear power ...
The Perry Nursery School is hosting its annual fundraising party and silent auction — "Piepalooza" this year, complete with a contest for "best tasting pie" —"on March 14 at Washtenaw Community College. And I am thrilled to announce that I've been invited to be a judge at the competition! As they say, it's ...
Called “the father of American terrorism” by PBS documentarian Ken Chowder and “one of the most perceptive human beings of his generation” by University of Massachusetts History Professor Stephen B. Oates, abolitionist John Brown has served as a historic lightning rod since his raid on Harper’s Ferry, Va. in 1859. ...
A dearth of parking at Washtenaw Community College has long been bemoaned by students, but that's all changing with the opening of a new, $12.7 million, 473-space parking structure.
After graduating from Saline High School a few years ago, my niece traveled the world. Julie speaks numerous languages and loves immersing herself in different cultures. She is now taking online classes at Washtenaw Community College, while living in Finland. WCC staff, especially FlexEd Program Manager Michele O'Neil, has been ...
Washtenaw Community College showed off environmentally friendly renovations to its newly renamed Larry L. Whitworth Occupational Education Building during an open house on Sunday. The renovations update the look, feel and practically of the building, which is home to classes in welding, automotive, child care and heating, ventilation and air ...
The Washtenaw Community College Board of Trustees unanimously approved the appointment of new president Rose Bellanca at a special meeting Tuesday afternoon. Bellanca will begin her 3-year contract August 15. She will be paid $180,000 a year with $15,000 in deferred compensation and $7,000 in expenses. The contract will be ...
The Washtenaw Community College Board of Trustees will meet for a special meeting this evening to approve a new president and pay raises for faculty and staff. The meeting will be in the Community Meeting Room of the Morris Lawrence Building at 4 p.m.
Wild Swan presents "Treasure Island" Wild Swan Theater concludes its 31st season of professional theater for families with a production of Robert Louis Stevenson’s classic pirate tale, "Treasure Island." Adapted for the stage by longtime Wild Swan playwright, Jeff Duncan, "Treasure Island" spins a tale of swashbuckling adventure, complete with ...
Rose BellancaOne candidate has withdrawn from the search for the new Washtenaw Community College president and will be replaced by another candidate ahead of public forums later this week. Ann Valentine, president of the Minnesota State Community and Technical College, withdrew her name from consideration. Rose Bellanca will replace her ...
"Yellow Patch" by Martha Armstrong “Looking at the Land: Color and Form” at Washtenaw Community College's Gallery One uses these two aesthetic attributes to reflect the exhibit’s “rich colors of nature.” The two-artist exhibition—Martha Armstrong’s paintings and Susanne Stephenson’s ceramics—consists of art (as the gallery’s exhibit statement tells us) that's ...
Washtenaw Community College faculty and staff members will conduct a fundraising event for those affected by the tsunami and earthquakes in Japan at 6:30 p.m. tonight at The Yellow Barn, 417 W. Huron Street. The event will feature live music from several bands and the sales of postcard packets, which ...
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