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Montevallo and Wallace State-Hanceville announce partnership with ContinuUM program
MONTEVALLO, Ala. - The University of Montevallo and Wallace State Community College have announced a partnership to offer students an easy transition from the...
Applications being accepted for most Wallace State Health Science programs for Fall 2019 entry
HANCEVILLE, Ala. - The application process is now open for students wishing to apply to Health Science programs at Wallace State Community College. Most...
Wallace State alum Timothy Alexander presents inspiring message to college’s Talent Search participants
Wallace State alum Timothy Alexander visited campus to present during TRIO Day.
HANCEVILLE, Ala. – Timothy Alexander began his story at Wallace State and continues...
Wallace State Nursing sends team on global health outreach with Kenya Relief
A group of eight made up of Wallace State Nursing faculty and students will travel to Kenya March 27-April 7 for a global health...
Wallace State Nursing sends team on global health outreach with Kenya Relief
A group of eight made up of Wallace State Nursing faculty and students will travel to Kenya March 27-April 7 for a global health...
WSCC Athletics: Men’s tennis wins 4th straight match; men’s golf finishes runner-up at Goose...
Wallace State’s Cody Maddox, left, and Anthony Lumpkin, earned All-Tournament recognition at the Ron Marshall Spring Fling Tournament at Goose Pond Colony in Scottsboro.
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Wallace State hosting Carhartt Bassmaster College Series tour stop at Smith Lake March 21-23
HANCEVILLE, Ala.- Wallace State’s BASS Fishing Club and the Cullman Area Chamber of Commerce are hosting the next stop on Carhartt Bassmaster College Series...
Deadline approaching for March Madness Golf Tournament registration
Wallace State’s Relay For Life Team is gearing up for its March 30 March Madness Golf Tournament at Cullman’s Cross Creek Golf Course. The...
Wallace State hosting Fashion Show March 21 in recognition of National Women’s History Month
HANCEVILLE, Ala. – Wallace State’s Student Engagement and the Diversity Committee are hosting a Fashion Show on Thursday, March 21 at noon at the...
Wallace State’s Career Services hosting Job Fair Thursday, March 14
HANCEVILLE, Ala. – Wallace State’s Career Services is hosting a Job Fair on Thursday, March 14 from 10 a.m. to 1 p.m. at the...
Wallace State seeking entries for 2019 Community Art Showcase
HANCEVILLE, Ala. - Wallace State Community College is seeking entries for its annual Community Art Showcase (www.wallacestate.edu/programs/academic-division/artvisual-communications/community-art-showcase) to be held April 8-27, at the...
Women’s Fund of Greater Birmingham presents $25K grant to Wallace State
Kristi Barnett, right, of Wallace State Community College’s Future Foundation, is presented with a $25,000 check from Jacob Smith, left, and Melanie Bridgeforth of...
Wallace State’s Applied Technologies hosts 4th annual Career and Technical Letter of Intent Signing...
Signing with Wallace State’s Aviation/Flight Technology program were Anthony Hall and Jacob Martin during the 4th annual Career and Technical Signing Day. Bert Mackentepe...
Wallace State recognizes Phi Theta Kappa spring inductees
Wallace State’s Phi Theta Kappa honor society recently welcomed its spring inductees.
HANCEVILLE, Ala. – Wallace State’s Phi Theta Kappa Honor Society welcomed new members...
Cullman County Bicentennial Committee donates to Wallace State Fine and Performing Arts program
Wallace State Singers director Tiffany Richter and Wallace State student Riley Adams of Cullman accept a $1,600 donation from the Cullman County Bicentennial Committee...
Wallace State health programs offering new options, curriculum changes
HANCEVILLE, Ala. - Three health programs at Wallace State Community College are making changes to expand their offerings or altering the curriculum to offer...
WSCC Alumni Association plans June tour of Outer Banks and Colonial Williamsburg
A visit to the Wright Brothers Museum in Kitty Hawk is on the agenda for the June 2-9 trip to the Outer Banks and...
ACT prep classes offered by WSCC Alumni Association March 5, 12
HANCEVILLE, Ala. - Students who will be taking the ACT in April have the opportunity to gets tips and study guides for the college...
Wallace State’s Electronics Technology launches Alabama F.A.M.E. program chapter
Left to right: Art Rousseau, Alabama Community College Conference director of career and technical education; Wallace State President Dr. Vicki Karolewics; and Wallace State...
WSCC Nursing students prepare for SkillsUSA presentation
Wallace State Nursing students Taylor Brock, left, Paige Love, Megan Moore, and Nursing Instructor Heather Ashley are preparing for the 2019 Alabama SkillsUSA Leadership...
Wallace State’s ‘2+2’ program receives donation from Poultry and Egg Harold E Ford Foundation
Wallace State’s LaDonna Allen, from the Office of Advancement, presents Wallace State biology/’2+2’ instructor Melanie Glasscock with the check from the Poultry and Egg...
Wallace State Fine and Performing Arts holding scholarship auditions Feb. 15 and March 15
Image courtesy of Wallace State
HANCEVILLE - Current and future Wallace State Community College students will have two opportunities to audition for scholarships with the...
Judge inspires with story of Veterans Treatment Court
Baldwin County District Judge Michelle Thomason spoke Thursday at Wallace State Community College about the success of the Veterans Treatment Court she started in...
Wallace State Diesel Technology students Zachary Benefield, Kyle Keck inaugural recipients of Alabama Trucking...
Wallace State students Zachary Benefield and Kyle Keck were recognized this week by the Alabama Trucking Association as recipients of the inaugural scholarship in...
Judge Michelle Thomason to discuss veterans court at Wallace State event
Baldwin County District Judge Michelle Thomason
HANCEVILLE - Wallace State Community College will welcome Baldwin County District Judge Michelle Thomason as a special guest speaker...
Wallace State’s John Wilson named Chef of the Year by Alabama Chapter of American...
Wallace State Chef John Wilson, right, advises Wallace State student Brye Forbes in preparation for last year’s SkillsUSA national competition.
HANCEVILLE – Wallace State Chef...
Cruise-In and Car Show at Wallace State rescheduled for Jan. 26
LUSTER: Realism and Hyperrealism in Contemporary Automobile and Motorcycle Painting” is on exhibit at The Evelyn Burrow Museum through Feb. 11.
HANCEVILLE - The car...
Wallace State’s Learning Communities welcomes poet Kate Daniels to campus Jan. 24
Kate Daniels
HANCEVILLE – Wallace State’s Learning Communities welcomes poet Kate Daniels to campus on Thursday, Jan. 24 from 9:30 a.m. to 10:45 a.m. at...
Car show and cruise-in to kick start ‘LUSTER’ exhibition this Saturday
Blue Corvette, by Cheryl Kelley
HANCEVILLE - The Evelyn Burrow Museum at Wallace State Community College will host the Alabama Cable Network car show, and...
Wallace State’s Genealogy Collection adding Cullman County History photographs online
A photo of Colonel John Cullmann, founder of Cullman County, is displayed showing Cullmann and his friends enjoying a wine picnic.
HANCEVILLE – Wallace...
Deadline nears to sign on for Spring Fever Tour to Pigeon Forge
The Smoky Mountain Quiltfest will be part of the Spring Fever 2019 trip to Pigeon Forge in March 2019. (Pigeon Forge Department of Tourism)
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Wallace State Sonography program graduates full class of 30
Makenzie Cantrell, left, and Maylen Fantocone, were recognized with awards at the pinning ceremony for the Wallace State Community College Diagnostic Medical Sonography Class...
Evelyn Burrow Museum revved up for new exhibition
Left to right: Blue Corvette, by Cheryl Kelley; Indian Summer, by A.D. Cook; A Good Day for a Ride, by Allan Gorman
HANCEVILLE - The...
Wallace State graduate and PSA Airlines pilot Aaron Mathis visits Flight Technology/Aviation program
Aaron Mathis, left, was instructed at Wallace State by program head Bert Mackentepe.
HANCEVILLE – Aaron Mathis once navigated through Wallace State’s Flight Technology/Aviation...
Richard Jerome Burkett Memorial Scholarship established at Wallace State
Wallace State Community College President Dr. Vicki Karolewics with Mike Burkett, whose family established the Richard Jerome Burkett Memorial Scholarship.
HANCEVILLE - The family of...
Emma Wright crowned Miss Wallace State 2019
Miss Wallace State 2019 Emma Wright, left, Miss Alabama Callie Walker, Miss North Alabama Outstanding Teen 2019 Isabella Allred
HANCEVILLE - Emma Wright of Blountsville...
Wallace State to debut geospatial technology degree in spring 2019 semester
HANCEVILLE – Wallace State Community College is unveiling a new geospatial technology degree during the Spring 2019 semester.
Prospective students interested in the degree can...
Miss Wallace State 2019 to be crowned Sunday, Dec. 2
Top row, left to right: Candra Cornelius, Emily Dia, Charis Freeman, Caroline Grimes; second row, left to right: Lacey Johnson, Rebecca McAnnallay, Audrey McMickens,...
Wallace State Christmas Spectacular set for Dec. 6
Backed up by the Wallace State Jazz Band, Santa Claus and the Wallace State singers perform during the 2016 Christmas Spectacular. The 2018 Christmas...
Wallace State’s Small Farmer Training program offering 6 scholarships for 2019 sessions
Travis Kress
HANCEVILLE – Wallace State’s Small Farmer Training is ready to grow abundantly during the Spring 2019 semester.
The Small Farmer Training program, one of...
Wallace State IT Director Kirk Nugent earns CGEIT credentials
Kirk Nugent
HANCEVILLE – Kirk Nugent, Wallace State’s new director of information technology, has earned the status of Certified in the Governance of Enterprise IT...
Wallace State’s Quiz Bowl team finishes 5th at season-opening tournament, competes in Enterprise on...
Wallace State’s Quiz Bowl team members are, from left, Billy Ellis, Jon Elliott, Megan Corbett and Harrison Wright. Team members not pictured are R.J....
Free Master Class in ballet offered at Wallace State Nov. 17
HANCEVILLE - Wallace State Community College is holding a Master Class in ballet this autumn to offer young people, their teachers, and parents an...
Groundbreaking Friday for Wallace State Technical Education Center for Welding and Entrepreneurship
Concept art shows the planned technical education center at Wallace State in Hanceville. (Courtesy of Wallace State)
HANCEVILLE - Wallace State Community College will break...
19th ranked Lady Lions win 10th consecutive ACCC tournament championship, District L/M title
The Lady Lions defeated Monroe College Sunday to capture their 10th straight ACCC title.
HANCEVILLE -- Wallace State volleyball’s postseason dominance has now covered an entire decade. The...
Wallace State hosts approximately 1,200 high school sophomores during 4th annual college Showcase
A Showcase attendee tries his skills on the Wallace State virtual welder.
HANCEVILLE – Wallace State recently hosted its fourth annual college Showcase at Tom...
Wallace State cross country teams each win ACCC championship; Tanner King named Runner of...
Hamza Abussamour shares a hug with a pair of teammates after finishing the ACCC meet. Abussamour finished fourth overall.
HANCEVILLE - Wallace State’s cross county...
Wallace State cross country teams confident heading into ACCC meet on Saturday
Wallace State’s cross country teams host the ACCC meet on Saturday.
HANCEVILLE - Wallace State’s cross country teams have approached the postseason. Both teams host...
Wallace State electronic billboard dedicated in memory of Kay Barnett
The electronic billboard at Wallace State Community College was dedicated in memory of Kay Barnett. Attending the dedication ceremony are from left, in front,...
Wallace State volleyball wraps up ACCC regular season with perfect mark
Wallace State sophomore Katie Edwards (6) attempts to hit the ball over the net in a match this season.
HANCEVILLE - Wallace State volleyball has...
Wallace State Future Foundation plans for annual Student Investment Luncheon Oct. 31
A five-day, four-night trip of New York is one of the 11 options for the winner of the Premier Winner’s Choice package to choose...
Wallace State’s Medical Assistant program recognized at Hanceville City Hall during MA Recognition Week
Pictured are, front row, from left, students Erin Williams, Andrea Big-Powers, Kristin Hart, Baylee Chrietzberg, Whitney Buettner, Morgan Griffin, Ashley Faulkner, Jazmin Bobo, Nicole...
Wallace State recognizes Phi Theta Kappa fall inductees
Wallace State’s Phi Theta Kappa honor society recently welcomed its fall inductees.
HANCEVILLE – Wallace State’s Phi Theta Kappa Honor Society recently welcomed new...
Wallace State cross country teams heating up before postseason; men’s golf’s Matt Smith earns...
Victor Bravo and the Wallace State men’s cross country team finished third recently at the Sewanee Invitational.
HANCEVILLE - Wallace State cross country is heating...
Wallace State student Amie Willoughby spending week at NASA’s Langley Research Center
Wallace State student Amie Willoughby is participating in the NASA Community College Aerospace Scholars program’s visit to Langley Research Center in Virginia this week....
Wallace State Mini Term II registration Wednesday, Oct. 10, classes begin Oct. 11
HANCEVILLE – Registration for Wallace State Community College’s fall semester Mini Term II classes takes place Wednesday, Oct. 10 and Thursday, Oct. 11. Classes...
Ugandan Kids Choir to perform Oct. 11 at Wallace State
Members of the Ugandan Kids Choir
HANCEVILLE – The Ugandan Kids Choir, a group of 10 talented Ugandan children, will be performing at Wallace State...
Wallace State’s Kathy Buckelew selected to represent ACCS on committee
Kathy Buckelew
HANCEVILLE - Wallace State Community College English Instructor Kathy Buckelew has been selected by Chancellor Jimmy Baker to represent the Alabama Community College...
Wallace State volleyball registers 5 ACCC victories in 5 days, remaining perfect in conference
Wallace State discusses strategy during a timeout.
HANCEVILLE - Wallace State’s volleyball team registered five conference victories over a five-day span, capping the busy...
WSCC welding student Jacob Humphrey among select company contending for spot at WorldSkills Competition
Jacob Humphrey is a sophomore welding student at Wallace State.
HANCEVILLE – Wallace State welding student Jacob Humphrey knows what it takes to be a...
Wallace State recognizing Adult Education and Family Literacy Week
HANCEVILLE - Wallace State Community College is recognizing Sept. 23-29 as Adult Education and Family Literacy Week. The week is held during National Literacy...
The Essence of Autumn on display at The Evelyn Burrow Museum
The Evelyn Burrow Museum at Wallace State is hosting The Essence of Autumn, a photography exhibit featuring the work of regional photographers. The exhibition...
ArtsKids! returns to Wallace State
Area students participate in the SingKids! session of ArtsKids! at Wallace State sing during the Christmas Tree Lighting ceremony in December 2017.
HANCEVILLE - The...
Wallace State students earn places on President’s and Dean’s Lists for summer semester
HANCEVILLE - Wallace State Community College congratulates the 263 students named to the President’s List and Dean’s List for the Summer 2018 Semester. To...
No. 9 Wallace State men’s golf finishes 3rd in WSCC Invitational; freshman Matt Smith...
Matt Smith was named to Wallace State Fall Invitational All-Tournament team after finishing third in this first collegiate tournament.
HANCEVILLE - Wallace State men’s golf...
Wallace State Nursing grad now naval lieutenant commander and member of Trump’s medical team
Naval Lieutenant Commander (LCDR) Chris Lynn walks along the West Colonnade, which connects the West Wing to the Residence and is often seen as...
Wallace State’s Jimmy Hodges, Austin Monk complete Alabama Certified Workforce and Economic Developer program
Wallace State’s Jimmy Hodges (second row, left) and Austin Monk (second row, right) recently completed the ACWED program hosted by the Alabama Community College...
Lance Self, founder and CEO of Zero RPM, named 2018 Wallace State Most Outstanding...
Lance Self is the founder and CEO and CTO of Zero RPM.
HANCEVILLE – Lance Self, founder and CEO of Cullman-based Zero RPM, has earned...
No. 16 Wallace State volleyball, 9-time defending ACCC champion, opens 2018 season on Friday
Members of Wallace State’s volleyball team are, front row, from left, Lexie Riggins, Maya Jones, Katie Edwards, Alex Wiggins, assistant coach Kheala Roberts, head...
Brittany Wagner, formerly of Netflix’s ‘Last Chance U,’ speaks at WSCC Fall Convocation; employees...
Adrian Scott, left, was named the 2018 Wallace State Employee of the Year. Scott, the department chair of the Art/Visual Arts Communications program, has...
Dozens graduate WSCC Nursing program; applications for Spring 2019 being accepted
Wallace State Nursing graduates Terry Beasley and Hannah Vandiver light their lamps in advance of taking the Nightingale Pledge.
HANCEVILLE - More than 70 students...
WSCC Theatre: ‘Mary Poppins’ auditions Aug. 27 for kids ages 9-14
“Mary Poppins” (Walt Disney Pictures/Photofest)
HANCEVILLE - The Wallace State Community College Theatre program will host auditions for the roles of Jane and Michael Banks...
Altec pledges donation for scholarships for 3 WSCC programs
Representatives from Altec present a check to Wallace State Community College President Dr. Vicki Karolewics to establish the Altec Scholarship Fund. The scholarship will...
WaLLi members volunteer with Meals on Wheels
Linda Smith, right, delivers a meal to Diann Bailey of Cullman.
HANCEVILLE - Wallace State Lifelong Learning Institute (WaLLi) members and good friends Linda Smith...
Wallace State’s Aviation/Flight Technology program invites public to airport during World Helicopter Day Aug....
Wallace State’s Aviation/Flight Technology program is celebrating World Helicopter Day on Sunday, Aug. 19.
HANCEVILLE – Wallace State’s Aviation/Flight Technology program is celebrating World Helicopter...
New Wallace State Dance Program begins this fall, headed by former American Ballet School...
Brooke Desnoës
HANCEVILLE - Brooke Desnoës, founder and artistic director of the Academie Americaine de Danse de Paris, today known as the Académie de l’Art...
Hannah Bates Memorial Scholarship started at Wallace State Community College
Family and friends of Hannah Bates have established a scholarship fund in her memory through the Wallace State Future Foundation. On hand for a...
Wallace State WaLLi program hosting Aug. 1 informational meeting
WaLLi members from Wallace State Community College toured Bryant-Denny stadium and the Paul W. Bryant Museum in Tuscaloosa, with a side trip to Dreamland...
Wallace State students represent college at 2018 Student Leadership Institute at Eufaula’s Lakepoint Resort
Wallace State students attending the 2018 Student Leadership Institute were, front row, from left, Katie Burden, Jada Golden, Emily Dia and Challie Johnson, and...
Wallace State Alumni Association offering 2 holiday adventures
A visit to Callaway Gardens to view its Fantasy in Lights display in on the agenda. Photo from www.callawaygardens.com
HANCEVILLE - It may be July,...
Local physician Adam Harrison glad he started education at Wallace State
Dr. Adam Harrison
CULLMAN - From his office at Cullman Internal Medicine, Dr. Adam Harrison looks back at his decision to spend his first year...
Wallace State AmeriCorps VISTA program accepting applications for 4 positions
HANCEVILLE -The Wallace State Community College AmeriCorps VISTA program is currently taking applications for anyone interested in working one of its outreach programs, earning...
WSCC Nursing to host free health fair July 11 in the Bailey Center
Sue Morgan, left, listens as Wallace State Nursing students Karlie Tolbert and Erin Wise share information about making wise food choices during the CELEBRATE...
Wallace State students win 3 silver medals, two bronze at 54th annual SkillsUSA National...
Steven Ballard, far left, and Landon Warnock, far right, won a silver medal in the Robotics and Automation Technology, a year after winning a...
Holly Pond’s Wes Rakestraw appointed interim director of Wallace State’s Oneonta campus
Wes Rakestraw
ONEONTA - Wallace State Community College this week announced the appointment of Wesley (Wes) Rakestraw, of Holly Pond, as interim director of Wallace...
Wallace State’s men’s basketball team named NJCAA Academic Team of the Year
Wallace State’s men’s basketball team is the 2017-2018 NJCAA Academic Team of the Year for earning a 3.48 GPA.
HANCEVILLE – Wallace State’s men’s basketball...
Wallace State’s Kaitlin Richards, Ryan Ratliff selected as NASA Community College Aerospace Scholars
Wallace State students Kaitlyn Richards, left, and Ryan Ratliff have both been selected to travel to NASA’s Stennis Space Center this summer to participate...
Wallace State Singers to present “Sing America Sing!” July 5-7
Wallace State Singers prepare for their upcoming show, “Sing America Sing!” which will be held July 5-7, at 7 p.m. nightly, at the Betty...
WaLLi members enjoy friendly competition in ice cream contest
Winners in the WaLLi Ice Cream contest are, from left, Linda Pearson, 3rd place, Chocolate Chip with Almond; Wanda Creel, 2nd place, Vanilla; and...
Wallace State has school-record 51 student-athletes recognized by NJCAA for academic achievements
HANCEVILLE – Wallace State athletics had a school-record 51 student-athletes recognized recently for their academic achievements during the 2017-2018 year in list released by...
WSCC student Brye Forbes 1st Academy of Culinary Arts SkillsUSA gold medal winner, preparing...
Brye Forbes is the first Wallace State student from the Academy of Culinary Arts program to win a gold medal at the state SkillsUSA...
Dr. Ryan Smith appointed new dean of students at Wallace State Community College
Dr. Ryan Smith
HANCEVILLE - Wallace State Community College has announced the appointment of Dr. Ryan Smith as dean of students. He will assume the...
Wallace State baseball’s Blake Rivera named a NJCAA 2nd-team All-American
Former Wallace State pitcher Blake Rivera is a NJCAA 2nd-team All-American for his impressive work during the 2018 season.
HANCEVILLE – Former Wallace State pitcher...
Wallace State’s Susan Copeland establishes endowed scholarship for nursing students
Wallace State President Dr. Vicki Karolewics, left, presents Susan Copeland with a certificate acknowledging Copeland’s gift to the Wallace State Future Foundation establishing the...
Jessica McBrayer promoted to Wallace State’s new women’s basketball coach
Jessica McBrayer, 29, has been named Wallace State’s women’s basketball coach this week. McBrayer led the Lady Lions to a 23-8 record and to...
WSCC’s Workforce Development program offering free short-term Construction Training classes beginning June 11
HANCEVILLE – Wallace State’s Workforce Development program is offering free short-term Construction Training classes on campus beginning on Monday, June 11.
The courses, taught by...
Wallace State baseball’s Blake Rivera drafted in 4th round by San Francisco Giants
Blake Rivera was selected by the San Francisco Giants in the fourth round of the 2018 Major League Baseball First Year Player Draft on...
Wallace State’s Adult Education Department conducts 2018 graduation
Wallace State President Dr. Vicki Karolewics, left, presents a diploma to an Adult Education graduate as Jimmy Hodges, dean of Applied Technologies, looks on.
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ACT prep workshops planned for June 27 at Wallace State
HANCEVILLE - Students who will soon to be taking the ACT can prepare for the test with two half-day workshops offered by the Wallace...
WSCC women’s basketball’s Sadler, Hill sign with Middle Georgia; Osteen signs with Huntingdon
(Left) Wallace State’s Joy Sadler, left, and Gabby Hill are both set to join the Middle Georgia program next season; (Right) Alexis Osteen signed...
