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Westmoreland County Community College

School Overview:

School Notes:

• The main campus is located at Youngwood, PA. The 80-acre campus comprises four buildings. Founders Hall, Commissioners Hall and Science Hall house general classrooms, science laboratories, computer and desktop publishing laboratories, multimedia technology laboratory, culinary arts laboratory with dining facility, dental hygiene clinic, greenhouse, theater, art gallery, library, Student Services, Learning Assistance Center, Campus Children's Center, bookstore, student lounges, cafeteria, gymnasium, racquetball courts, fitness center, and indoor running track.
• The college offers associate in arts degree, associate in applied science degree, diploma and certificate. There are 62 associate degree, 12 diploma, and 38 certificate programs with options that prepare students for careers or transfer to baccalaureate degree programs at four-year institutions.
• The college offers academic programs which parallel the first two years of a baccalaureate degree program, comprehensive occupational programs which prepare students for employment in a broad array of technical fields, a strong core of general education which prepares students to live and work in an increasingly complex and diverse society, and developmental education, which enables students to overcome academic deficiencies in order to be successful in college-level courses. The college also offers a variety of noncredit courses to meet short-term educational goals as well as to provide leisure and recreational activities for people of all ages.
• Westmoreland County Community College is accredited by the Commission on Higher Education of the Middle States Association of Colleges and Schools.
• Profile last updated: 08/22/2008.

In the News:

• Westmoreland County Community College's plans hinge on business center (Pittsburgh Tribune-Review)
  posted on October 29, 2009 at 04:03:58 am
  Westmoreland County Community College board of trustees adopted a 10-year master facilities plan presented to the public earlier in the day by Jean A. Stark of JMZ Architects and Planners of Glens Falls, N.Y.
• Manufacturing sector remains important to Pittsburgh region (Pittsburgh Tribune-Review)
  posted on October 25, 2009 at 04:05:09 am
  The Pittsburgh region's pool of manufacturing jobs shrunk steadily in the 10 years before the recession began in December 2007, but the area has lost about 11,600 of its industrial jobs in less than two years, state figures show.
• East-suburban items provide localized gift options (Cranberry Journal)
  posted on October 23, 2009 at 09:20:58 pm
  In an era when many of the season's gifts are purchased through the Internet, sometimes, shoppers forget that for the holidays you can't beat home, sweet home -- even when that's online, too.  read more »
• Obara officially boss at WCCC (Valley Independent)
  posted on October 17, 2009 at 07:02:18 am
  HEMPFIELD TOWNSHIP - As Daniel J. Obara looks to the future of Westmoreland County Community College, he took time during his presidential inauguration Friday to honor those visionaries who founded and led the institution.
• Obara takes reins of Westmoreland County Community College (Pittsburgh Tribune-Review)
  posted on October 17, 2009 at 05:04:07 am
  As Daniel J. Obara looks to the future of Westmoreland County Community College, he took time during his presidential inauguration to honor those visionaries who founded and led the institution.

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