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Wor-Wic Community College

School Overview:

School Notes:

• Wor-Wic Community College is a public, two-year college serving the residents of Worcester, Wicomico and Somerset counties. Founded in 1975, the college enrolls about 10,000 students in more than 2,000 classes each year at its campus in Salisbury and at various locations throughout Maryland's Lower Eastern Shore. Wor-Wic provides quality postsecondary educational opportunities to area residents at a reasonable cost.
• Wor-Wic offers programs that lead to an associate of arts degree, associate of arts in teaching degree, associate of science degree, associate of applied science degree, certificate of proficiency or letter of recognition. Wor-Wic offers the first two years of a baccalaureate degree with programs such as general studies, business, computer science, electronics, and elementary and secondary teacher education, for those who want to transfer to a four-year college or university. Other credit programs are more occupational in nature, designed for individuals who want to enter the work force immediately after two years of college, or those who are employed and want to upgrade their skills or obtain a promotion.
• Community and continuing education courses and seminars help students prepare for a new career, upgrade existing job skills and provide opportunities for self-improvement. Courses are offered in a wide range of fields, such as supervision, computers, child care, health and industrial trades.
• Wor-Wic is a state-approved two-year college. It is accredited by the Commission on Higher Education of the Middle States Association of Colleges and Schools. The Commission on Higher Education is an institutional accrediting agency recognized by the U.S. Secretary of Education and the Commission on Recognition of Postsecondary Accreditation.
• Profile last updated: 03/23/2009.

In the News:

• Salisbury Businesses Fed up With Crime (WBOC Salisbury)
  posted on November 11, 2009 at 09:02:23 pm
  SALISBURY , Md.- Salisbury business owners say enough is enough. They say they have had it with crime.
• Cowboyz Saloon (Eastern Shore News)
  posted on October 27, 2009 at 05:33:47 am
  I think all of the Ocean City and Salisbury newspapers sensationalized whatever was going on at Cowboyz Smokehouse and Saloon. There needs to be more respect for free enterprise and business. I think the county liquor people way over-reacted. Another taxpaying enterprise run out of town.
• Cowboyz Saloon (Delaware Coast Press)
  posted on October 24, 2009 at 02:43:53 am
  I think all of the Ocean City and Salisbury newspapers sensationalized whatever was going on at Cowboyz Smokehouse and Saloon. There needs to be more respect for free enterprise and business. I think the county liquor people way over-reacted. Another taxpaying enterprise run out of town.
• Wor-Wic tuition could increase (The Daily Times)
  posted on October 17, 2009 at 08:36:26 am
  SALISBURY -- Wicomico County students at Wor-Wic Community could experience a slight tuition increase in the fall, according to a vote by the college's board of trustees earlier this week.
• SALISBURY NEWS: Tuition could increase for some Wor-Wic Community College students (The Daily Times)
  posted on October 16, 2009 at 05:50:49 pm
  SALISBURY — Wicomico residents are expected to experience a tuition hike after a unanimous vote by The Wor-Wic Community College Board of Trustees.

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