Wayne County Community College District News
Browse past news stories for Wayne County Community College District in Detroit, MI:
- Officials to celebrate device maker (Detroit Free Press)
posted on March 14, 2010 at 07:29:46 am
To those searching for snippets of some of the good things going on out there, I offer up Terumo. You may not have heard of Terumo, but lots of surgical patients have. - Applications accepted for year-long film training program (Crain's Detroit Business)
posted on February 23, 2010 at 03:15:40 pm
Applications are now being accepted for a new year-long film production technician training program for Detroit residents. - Action! Training Coming For Film Jobs (WXYZ-TV Detroit)
posted on February 22, 2010 at 10:10:20 pm
A federal grant will help Detroiters train for work in the state's growing film industry. - John Legend to perform and speak at The Max (Detroit News)
posted on February 17, 2010 at 06:09:11 am
There are very few in the music game that possess the level of musicianship and the singing chops of Grammy-winning performer John Legend. - Wayne County news briefs: 1 dead after fight, shooting at Southgate bar (Detroit Free Press)
posted on February 14, 2010 at 08:21:40 am
A Saturday morning shooting outside a bar on Eureka Road has left one man dead and possibly another person wounded, Officer Brian Klonowski said. - Obama to give University of Michigan spring commencement address (Crain's Detroit Business)
posted on February 12, 2010 at 02:09:29 pm
Spring graduates at the University of Michigan will have their commencement address delivered by President Barack Obama, the university announced Thursday. - Obama to Speak at UM Commencement (WILX 10 Lansing)
posted on February 12, 2010 at 03:58:53 am
Will be given honorary law degree May 1. - BLACK HISTORY MONTH: Tuskegee Airmen present careers week for Detroit kids (Detroit Free Press)
posted on February 2, 2010 at 09:14:46 am
Detroit Public Schools students got a lesson in aviation Monday from African-American metro Detroiters who made history as aviators. - Celebrating Black History (Detroit Free Press)
posted on February 1, 2010 at 10:41:40 am
Today begins the 29th annual African American History and Aviation Week presented by the Detroit chapter of the Tuskegee Airmen and the Tuskegee Airmen museum. - OCC nears record enrollment for winter semester (Detroit News)
posted on January 26, 2010 at 04:38:28 pm
Bloomfield Hills -- Oakland Community College registered 29,261 students for its 2010 winter semester, a 12.6 percent increase over last winter and a near-record that is just 101 students short of the college's all-time high in 1992. - IN BRIEF: News from around Downriver (The News-Herald)
posted on January 26, 2010 at 02:46:25 pm
Displaced workers’ guide is on Dingell’s Web site U.S. Rep. John Dingell (D-15th District) recently put his 2010 Displaced Workers Guidebook on his Web site, www.house.gov/dingell. - Educator worked to improve Detroit schools (Detroit News)
posted on January 25, 2010 at 06:13:06 am
Working for more than 20 years as a research associate for Detroit Public Schools' Office of Research, Evaluation, Assessment & Accountability, Charles Green examined various projects and programs at schools throughout the district to determine if each met performance standards. - Get involved (Detroit Free Press)
posted on January 24, 2010 at 08:36:58 am
Authors Tom Weschler and Gary Graff will discuss what it's like to travel on the road with a legendary rock icon when they present their new book, "Travelin' Man: On the Road and Behind the Scenes with Bob Seger" at noon on Tuesday. The program, which is free and open to the public, will be held at Mt. Clemens Public Library, 150 Cass Ave. For information, call 586-469-6200. - Wayne County news briefs: Tuskegee Airmen will inform kids (Detroit Free Press)
posted on January 24, 2010 at 08:35:29 am
The Detroit chapter of Tuskegee Airmen will present its 29th annual African American History and Aviation Week Feb.1-5 at Wayne County Community College District Eastern Campus. - WCCCD closes registration (Detroit News)
posted on January 12, 2010 at 06:11:48 am
Wayne County Community College District closed registration for the first time in its history Monday due to overwhelming enrollment that put the school at capacity. - WCC Forced To Cap Enrollment (ClickOnDetroit)
posted on January 11, 2010 at 07:52:04 pm
If you have not registered for your college class, you may be out of luck. - Wayne County Community College closes registration early (Detroit News)
posted on January 11, 2010 at 07:25:13 pm
Record enrollment has prompted Wayne County Community College District to close registration early for the first time in its history, officials announced Monday. - Two Southeast Michigan job training programs get federal funds (Crain's Detroit Business)
posted on January 6, 2010 at 05:03:19 pm
Two Southeast Michigan job training efforts have been awarded federal grants to help workers laid off from jobs in the auto industry and related sectors. - More unsolved cases (Detroit Free Press)
posted on January 3, 2010 at 08:34:09 am
Unsolved homicides abound in Detroit, where only about 30% of homicides are closed and witnesses are often reluctant to step forward for fear of retaliation. Here is a sampling of some unsolved homicide cases. Store owner shot down at his shop - A look at Detroit's unsolved homicide cases (Detroit Free Press)
posted on January 3, 2010 at 08:34:09 am
Unsolved homicides abound in Detroit, where only about 30% of homicides are closed and witnesses are often reluctant to step forward for fear of retaliation. Here is a sampling of some unsolved homicide cases. Store owner shot down at his shop - Wayne County Community College plans corporate learning program (Detroit News)
posted on December 30, 2009 at 06:09:45 am
Detroit -- Wayne County Community College District is transforming its eastern campus into a corporate college that will serve as the hub for the community college's executive and employee training programs. - RON DZWONKOWSKI: Auto jobs shake-up slams black middle class (Detroit Free Press)
posted on December 21, 2009 at 12:07:15 am
Auto jobs, the avenue to the proverbial American dream for thousands of blacks in the 1930s and 1940s, has now been largely closed off by the disappearance of job opportunities at GM, Ford and Chrysler and the many industry supplier firms. - Bing plans to return to White House to seek job aid (Detroit News)
posted on December 8, 2009 at 08:09:49 pm
Detroit -- Mayor Dave Bing said today he's returning to the White House next week for a holiday reception and plans to lobby for job-creation aid for the city. - New Detroit City Council members shown ropes (Detroit Free Press)
posted on December 6, 2009 at 08:59:21 am
Preparing to take office in January, the five newly elected Detroit City Council members spent two days last week in a fairly exhaustive council orientation hosted by Council President Ken Cockrel Jr., hearing from various department heads and learning the rules. - 2 Day H1N1 Clinic (WXYZ-TV Detroit)
posted on December 2, 2009 at 06:10:22 am
The Wayne County Community College District and the Detroit Department of Health and Wellness is hosting a free two day H1N1 flu vaccine clinic December 2 and 3. - Community colleges shake up schedules (Livingston County Daily Press & Argus)
posted on November 29, 2009 at 10:11:59 am
In an increasingly round-the-clock world, community colleges — already known for tailoring classes to help train people with the skills needed by local employers — must now stretch their schedules, too. - Community colleges adapt to students' busy schedules (Detroit Free Press)
posted on November 28, 2009 at 08:32:21 am
In an increasingly round-the-clock world, community colleges -- already known for tailoring classes to help train people with the skills needed by local employers -- must now stretch their schedules, too. - Summit aims to keep young men in school (Detroit Free Press)
posted on November 15, 2009 at 08:27:49 am
Some have absent parents. Others can't afford to eat. Or live in homes at risk of having the electricity cut off. Others fall into drugs, gangs and violence. - Mayor Dave Bing to speak at forum on Detroit youth (WLNS Lansing)
posted on November 13, 2009 at 09:46:39 pm
DETROIT (AP) - Mayor Dave Bing will join community leaders in a discussion about Detroit's poor high school graduation rate and preventing youth violence through conflict resolution. - Getting DPS students books no easy task (Detroit News)
posted on November 12, 2009 at 06:13:24 am
Despite all the efforts of Robert Bobb and his team, the most basic issues still plague some city schools. Kids are missing books and teachers don't have the supplies to teach.