Tag: Wallace State
Wallace State crowns intramural wallyball champions
HANCEVILLE, Ala. -- The Wallace State Intramural Sports Department held it’s Wallyball Championship Tournament near the end of the Spring 2023 semester, in the...
Simulator benefits WSCC Radiation Therapy students
HANCEVILLE, Ala. - Students in Wallace State Community College’s Diagnostic Imaging program are benefitting from a new tool that allows them to become familiar...
Arab’s Tiffany Dowdy named WSCC Work Study of the Year
HANCEVILLE, Ala. - Wallace State Community College is proud to announce Tiffany Dowdy of Arab was named the Work Study of the Year for...
Wallace State Nursing holds first of 2 pinning ceremonies for Class...
HANCEVILLE, Ala. - Wallace State Community College’s Department of Nursing Education (DNE) recognized around 80 graduates at the first of two pinning ceremonies for...
WSCC SPRING ROUNDUP: Wallace State Golf 6th in nation; Men’s Tennis...
HANCEVILLE, Ala. -- Wallace State Community College’s men’s golf team finished sixth in the nation at the recent National Junior College Athletic Association’s Men’s...
Wallace State Dental Hygiene program graduates 27
HANCEVILLE, Ala. - Wallace State Community College’s Dental Hygiene program graduated more than two dozen students from its annual pinning ceremony.
Class President Emilee Harrington...
WSCC hosting event for women interested in skilled trades
HANCEVILLE, Ala. - Wallace State Community College’s Center for Career & Workforce Development will host “Empowered: Women in the Trades,” a Lunch and Learn on Thursday, June...
WSCC Respiratory Therapy graduates recognized
HANCEVILLE, Ala. — Wallace State Community College’s Respiratory Therapy program graduated more than two dozen students during its annual pinning ceremony.
Class president Jaida Johnson...
WSCC students bring home 35 medals from State SkillsUSA competitions
HANCEVILLE, Ala. - Students from Wallace State Community College are bringing home 35 medals from the state SkillsUSA competition held this week in Mobile....
Sharpe to head Wallace State Women’s Basketball
HANCEVILLE, Ala. — Wallace State Community College President Vicki Karolewics announced the appointment of Allen Sharpe as head coach for women’s basketball. With the...
WSCC: Spring Under the Stars set for April 27
HANCEVILLE, Ala. - The final show for the Wallace State Community College Fine and Performing Arts programs for the spring 2023 semester will be...
Ashley, Cleghorn named Wallace State Teacher, Student of the Year
HANCEVILLE, Ala. - Wallace State Nursing instructor Heather Ashley was named Wallace State Community College’s Teacher of the Year and Rayce Cleghorn as the...
Students sign letters of intent with WSCC applied technology programs
HANCEVILLE, Ala. - Together with dozens of other NC3 Leadership Schools across the country, Wallace State Community College hosted its fifth NC3 National Letter of Intent...
Grant aims to help WSCC students overcome or prevent relationship violence
HANCEVILLE, Ala. - The Megan Montgomery Foundation recently awarded Wallace State Community College a grant to educate students about healthy and unhealthy relationships. The...
Relationships built at Wallace State last long past graduation
This is one in a series of stories celebrating Community College Month during April.
HANCEVILLE, Ala. - When Mary Beth Sellers graduated from Wallace State...
WSCC Sonography program information session set for April 26
HANCEVILLE, Ala. - Wallace State Community College’s Diagnostic Medical Sonography program is hosting an online information session on Wednesday, April 26, at 1 p.m....
Elizabeth St. John exhibition opens at Burrow Museum
HANCEVILLE, Ala. - The Evelyn Burrow Museum at Wallace State Community College is pleased to announce the opening of a new exhibition featuring paintings...
WSCC Big Band Dance set for April 21
HANCEVILLE, Ala. - The Wallace State Community College Jazz Band will hold its annual Big Band Dance on Friday, April 21, at the Burrow...
WSCC Dental Hygiene Clinic hosting open house April 25
HANCEVILLE, Ala. - Wallace State Community College’s Dental Hygiene program will host an open house on Tuesday, April 25, from 9-11 a.m. in the...
Jane Barber Memorial Scholarship to have lasting impact on WSCC Dental...
HANCEVILLE, Ala. - More than 20 students in the Dental Hygiene program at Wallace State Community College were given $500 scholarships from the Jane...
WSCC Health Information Technology program information session April 26
HANCEVILLE, Ala. - Wallace State Community College announces the Health Information Technology program will host an information session Wednesday, April 26, at 9 a.m....
WSCC: Simpson to share impact nurses had on his family at...
HANCEVILLE, Ala. - Before his youngest son Brody was born with a congenital heart defect, Wallace State alumnus Jason Simpson had a passing knowledge...
Lessons learned at Wallace State helped build business
This is one in a series of stories celebrating Community College Month during April.
HANCEVILLE, Ala. — In the half-dozen years since he graduated from...
WSCC Paralegal program earns American Bar Association approval
HANCEVILLE, Ala. - Wallace State Community College recently announced its Paralegal program has been granted approval by the American Bar Association. The House of...
‘Down by the Riverside’ set for April 13-15 at WSCC
HANCEVILLE, Ala. - Wallace State Community College’s Fine and Performing Arts program will present “Down by the Riverside: The Roots of Gospel Music,” Thursday-Saturday,...
WSCC advisor can identify with students she counsels
This is one in a series of stories celebrating Community College Month during April.
HANCEVILLE, Ala. - When Amber Robinson, a success advisor in Wallace...
Celebration of Nursing: WSCC event to include continuing education opportunity
HANCEVILLE, Ala. - The Wallace State Community College Department of Nursing Education’s upcoming Celebration of Nursing event will offer attendees the chance to earn...
Wallace State celebrating Community College Month
HANCEVILLE, Ala. - Wallace State Community College is joining two-year colleges across the state and nation in celebrating the important role they play in...
Wallace State announces winners of intramural pickleball
HANCEVILLE, Ala. -- Wallace State Community College crowned winners in the Intramural Pickleball league for the Spring 2023 semester. This was the first official...
Wallace State Diesel hosting online information session
HANCEVILLE, Ala. - The Wallace State Community College Diesel Technology program will host a Women in Diesel Meet and Greet on Tuesday, April 25...
WSCC Alumni Association trips offer entertainment galore
HANCEVILLE, Ala. - For anyone who loves to be entertained, the Wallace State Alumni Association has the perfect day trips for you to enjoy...
Wallace State partners with Fitzgerald Peterbilt to offer apprenticeships
HANCEVILLE, Ala. - Wallace State Community College announces a new apprenticeship opportunity for students in the Diesel Technology program. Fitzgerald Peterbilt will offer apprenticeship...
WSCC Women’s Golf wins ACCC Championship
HANCEVILLE, Ala. -- Wallace State Community College’s women’s golf team won the Alabama Community College Conference Region 22 championship tournament today at Burning Tree...
Wallace State inducts members into English and math honor societies
HANCEVILLE, Ala. - Wallace State Community College is proud to announce more than 50 students earned invitations to join Sigma Kappa Delta and Mu...
WSCC PTK Alpha Chi Tau Chapter inducts new members
HANCEVILLE, Ala. - Almost 100 Wallace State Community College students were recently inducted into the college’s Alpha Chi Tau Chapter of Phi Theta Kappa...
Hundreds of students tour Wallace State during Spring Showcase
HANCEVILLE, Ala. — More than 1,000 students had the opportunity to try their hands at virtual welding, saw a simulated radiation therapy treatment, learned...
WSCC athletes named ACCC Athletes of the Week
HANCEVILLE, Ala. -- Several Wallace State Community College athletes have been recognized recently as Athletes of the Week by the Alabama Community College Conference.
WSCC...
Apprenticeships offered in Early Childhood Education at Wallace State
HANCEVILLE, Ala. – Wallace State Community College’s Child Development program is working to simultaneously help students earn a salary while completing their education and...
Health Science Career Fair connects students to future employers
HANCEVILLE, Ala. - Hundreds of Wallace State students visited with dozens of potential employers Thursday during the Health Science Career Fair. This was the...
Carson Owens named Wallace State Lions head softball coach
HANCEVILLE, ALA. – Wallace State Community College alumnus and softball assistant coach Carson Owens has been appointed head coach of the Wallace State softball team, President...
WSCC ATHLETICS: 2 teams, 42 student-athletes recognized for NJCAA academic achievements
HANCEVILLE, Ala. – A pair of Wallace State Community College teams and 42 student-athletes have earned National Junior College Athletic Association (NJCAA) academic recognition for the...
A.J. Daugherty named new UAB Head Softball Coach
BIRMINGHAM, Ala. – Director of Athletics Mark Ingram has announced the hiring of A.J. Daugherty as new head coach of the UAB Softball program.
A...
Busted Knuckle Off Road Vehicles to expand facility
CULLMAN, Ala. - A group of members from the Cullman Chamber of Commerce, Wallace State, Cullman Area Technology Academy and the Cullman Economic Development...
Alabama Farm Credit donates over $2,500 for agricultural education
CULLMAN, Ala. — Alabama Farm Credit celebrated “Giving Tuesday” by donating $2,500 to help Wallace State Community College expand its Small Farmer Training Program...
No. 18 Wallace State volleyball notches ACCC road win, hosts Diggin’...
HANCEVILLE, ALA. – Wallace State’s 18th-ranked volleyball team registered its second conference victory on the young season Wednesday night, sweeping Bevill State (25-9, 25-16, 25-10) on...
54 WSCC student-athletes named to ACCC Commissioner’s Academic Honor Roll
HANCEVILLE, ALA. – Wallace State Community College had 54 student-athletes, including 25 from the softball team, earn a spot on the Alabama Community College Conference (ACCC)...
Wallace State’s golf teams conclude respective seasons at nationals
HANCEVILLE, Ala. – Wallace State’s golf teams wrapped up action recently at their respective NJCAA Division I National Championships.
The Lady Lions, coached by J.J....
WSCC ATHLETICS: Women’s golfer Lauren Cole earns 5th career low medalist...
HANCEVILLE, ALA. – Wallace State’s women’s golf team won its second tournament of the spring this week, earning the rain-shortened Northeast Alabama Invitational, and sophomore...
Wallace State Computer Science program commended for new Google IT Support...
HANCEVILLE, Ala. – Wallace State Community College's Computer Science program was recently commended for its newly-created Google IT Support Professional Certificate.
Through a grant...
Wallace State Talent Search celebrates college access
HANCEVILLE, Ala. - Students and graduates from the Wallace State Talent Search Program will participate in the 2021 National TRIO Day of Service Feb....
Wallace State designated Military Friendly School for 8th consecutive year
HANCEVILLE, Ala. – Wallace State Community College has been named a Military Friendly School by Viqtory Media, Inc., for the eighth consecutive year.
Wallace State...
Wallace State invites visitors to view new online art gallery
HANCEVILLE, Ala. - Vibrant self-portraits, innovative photography and dramatic audio – those are some of the creative works you will experience when you visit...
WSCC Health Science students hold in-house COVID-19 vaccine clinic
Updated 2-5-21 at 3:31 p.m.
HANCEVILLE, Ala. - There were smiles all around Friday morning on the campus of Wallace State Community College (WSCC) as...
Wallace State scholarship applications deadline nears for 2021-2022 academic year
HANCEVILLE, Ala. - Wallace State Community College is currently accepting applications for institutional scholarships, with a deadline to apply of Feb. 16. There are...
Wallace State releases fall 2020 President’s and Dean’s Lists
Updated 2-3-21 11:58 a.m.
HANCEVILLE, Ala. – Wallace State Community College congratulates the 780 students named to the President’s List and Dean’s List for the...
Phlebotomy, Medication Assistant, Certified Nursing Assistant programs offered at Wallace State;...
HANCEVILLE, Ala. — If you’re interested in becoming a phlebotomist, medication assistant or certified nursing assistant, you can register of those programs at Wallace...
Wallace State OTA program, Hope Horses form mutually beneficial partnership
HANCEVILLE, Ala. — A group of students in Wallace State Community College’s Occupational Therapy Assistant program have left their mark on Hope Horses, one...
Wallace State distributes holiday meals to students, Cullman Caring for Kids
HANCEVILLE, Ala. – Wallace State Community College recently distributed more than 100 holiday meals to students in partnership with the Wallace State Future Foundation and...
Wallace State Diagnostic Imaging celebrates Class of 2020
HANCEVILLE, Ala. — The Wallace State Community College Diagnostic Imaging program recently celebrated its graduating class of 2020 with a socially distanced event at...
Wallace State offering new Google IT Support Professional Certificate
HANCEVILLE, Ala. – Wallace State Community College's Computer Science program is offering the newly-created Google IT Support Professional Certificate.
Through a grant from Jobs for the Future...
Wallace State’s Adrian Scott earns grant to implement open education resources
HANCEVILLE, Ala. — Wallace State Community College’s Adrian Scott, director of the college’s Graphic Art and Design program, is the recipient of a grant...
Wallace State Community College’s Ready to Work program awarded $50K
HANCEVILLE, Ala. – Wallace State's Ready to Work (RTW) program received a $50,000 grant from the Alabama Community College System.
Alabama’s Ready to Work (RTW) program is a...
Phlebotomy and Certified Nursing Assistant programs announced at Wallace State
HANCEVILLE, Ala. — Wallace State Community College’s Center for Career and Workforce Development announced that registration is open for two health-related programs offering training...
WSCC awarded $459K grant for Career Technical Dual Enrollment scholarships
HANCEVILLE, Ala. – Wallace State Community College recently received a grant for $459,000 from the Alabama Community College System (ACCS) to fund Career Technical Dual...
Apply by Nov. 30 for automotive manufacturing scholarship to Wallace State
MONTGOMERY, Ala. – Current high school and college students interested in pursuing careers in Alabama’s multi-billion dollar automotive industry have less than two weeks...
PREP CROSS COUNTRY: Cullman’s Heaton signs with Wallace State
CULLMAN, Ala. – Another Bearcat athlete celebrated the next stage of their academic and athletic career Wednesday. Tess Heaton was joined by friends, family...
Wallace State OTA program holds drive-through pinning ceremony
HANCEVILLE, Ala. — The Wallace State Community College Occupational Therapy Assistant program honored its most recent graduates during a drive-through pinning ceremony at the...
Wallace State granting scholarships to single moms
HANCEVILLE, Ala. – Wallace State Community College’s Future Foundation has received a grant from the Women’s Fund of Greater Birmingham, allowing single mothers in Wallace State’s service...
Wallace State celebrates newest Mercedes-Benz Tech Co-Op cohorts at special ceremony
HANCEVILLE, Ala. – Wallace State Community College’s Center for Career and Workforce Development celebrated the newest student cohort enrolled in the Mercedes-Benz Tech Co-Op program at a special ceremony...
Wallace State releases spring 2021 schedule of classes and academic calendar
HANCEVILLE, Ala. — Wallace State has released its spring 2021 schedule of classes, which includes modifications to the academic calendar, more classes on campus, new weekend...
Wallace State’s Student Resource Center Tutorial Lab again recognized by CRLA
HANCEVILLE, Ala. – Wallace State Community College’s Student Resource Center Tutorial Lab Tutor Training has earned additional recognition by the College Reading & Learning Association's...
Wallace State proud to recognize First-Generation College Celebration Sunday, Nov. 8
HANCEVILLE, Ala. – Wallace State Community College celebrates first-generation college students every day, but especially Sunday, Nov. 8, which marks the national First-Generation College Celebration.
First generation students are...
Wallace State Communications & Marketing earns 6 NCMPR Medallion Awards
HANCEVILLE, Ala. — The Wallace State Community College Communications and Marketing Department earned six Medallion Awards from the National Council for Marketing and Public...
Wallace State Child Development extends deadline for Spring 2021 applications
HANCEVILLE, Ala. - The Wallace State Community College Child Development program has extended its application deadline for spring 2021 entry through Jan. 1, 2021.
The...
Wallace State Respiratory Therapy program celebrating Respiratory Care Week Oct. 25-31
HANCEVILLE, Ala. — Wallace State Community College’s Respiratory Therapy program is celebrating Respiratory Care Week Oct. 25-31. It is a week set aside to...
Wallace State Medical Assistant program celebrating Medical Assistant Recognition Week
HANCEVILLE, Ala. — Students and faculty with the Medical Assistant program at Wallace State Community College are celebrating Medical Assistants Recognition Week (MARWeek), as...
Wallace State’s new F.A.M.E. cohort recognized at induction and safety signing...
HANCEVILLE, Ala. – Wallace State’s Center for Career and Workforce Development and the North Central Alabama Federation for Advanced Manufacturing Education (F.A.M.E.) programs recognized the college's newest AMT...
Wallace State names student center for Dr. Garlan E. Gudger, Sr.
HANCEVILLE, Ala. — The Alabama Community College System Board of Trustees on Wednesday honored the legacy of the late Dr. Garlan Gudger, Sr. by...
Wallace State’s Aviation/Flight Technology welcomes new training aircraft
HANCEVILLE, Ala. – Wallace State’s Aviation/Flight Technology program has recently added three new Cessna 172 model aircraft and a multi-engine trainer to its fleet.
“These...
WSCC Athletics: Men’s cross country wins Topper Trails championship, women runner-up;...
HANCEVILLE, Ala. – Wallace State’s fifth-ranked men’s cross country team won the Blue Mountain College Topper Trails championship on Oct. 1, while the fourth-ranked Wallace State women finished tournament...
Wallace State receives $1.5M U.S. Dept. of Labor award
HANCEVILLE, Ala. - The U.S. Department of Labor on Tuesday announced an award of $1.5 million to Wallace State Community College, part of $29 million...
WSCC women’s golf wins 4th straight WSCC Fall Invite; Cross country...
HANCEVILLE, Ala. – Wallace State’s women’s golf team opened its fall slate last Friday at Cross Creek Golf Course, winning its fourth consecutive Wallace State...
Wallace State announces Presidential Award of Excellence winners
HANCEVILLE, Ala. – Wallace State Community College is proud to announce the recipients of the 2020 Presidential Awards of Excellence in the Academic, Applied...
WSCC’s Dr. Kathy Buckelew honored for Dale P. Parnell Distinguished Faculty...
HANCEVILLE, Ala. - Wallace State Community College Department Chairperson, English and Humanities Dr. Kathy Buckelew last December was named Wallace State's 2020 Dale P....
National Adult and Literacy Week: Recent WSCC Adult Ed grads Alexander...
HANCEVILLE, Ala. – Alexander Rutherford and Skylar Bolton are recent graduates of Wallace State Community College’s Adult Education Department, each taking different paths to complete the program.
As Wallace State recognizes National Adult Education...
Wallace State seeking artists for digital showcase
HANCEVILLE, Ala. – Minnesota’s Hennepin Technical College and Wallace State Community College have teamed up to host collaborative multimedia online showcase of community artworks...
‘Anxiety Elephants’ author Caris Snider to present by livestream to students...
HANCEVILLE, Ala. – Author, speaker, worship leader and Wallace State alum Caris Snider will discuss her book “Anxiety Elephants: A 31-Day Devotional to Help Stomp Out Your Anxiety”...
Wallace State’s Aljon Celis chooses Stanford after Jack Kent Cooke scholarship...
HANCEVILLE, Ala. – Wallace State graduate Aljon Celis, a 2020 Jack Kent Cooke scholar, begins classes this week at Stanford University in California.
Celis, also...
Wallace State Criminal Justice Department launches new Corrections degree option
HANCEVILLE, Ala. – Wallace State Community College’s Criminal Justice program has added a new Corrections degree career option.
Classes for the new major include Introduction...
Wallace State’s new Technical Education Center for Welding and Entrepreneurship awarded...
HANCEVILLE, Ala. – Wallace State Community College’s Welding Department has been awarded a $200,000 grant by the Appalachian Regional Commission (ARC) for the purchase...
Sophomore Noah Dia named Wallace State’s inaugural NSLS president
HANCEVILLE, Ala. – Sophomore Noah Dia is Wallace State Community College’s inaugural president of the National Society of Leadership and Success.
The NSLS is the...
Wallace State Nursing again earns designation as Center of Excellence
HANCEVILLE, Ala. — The Wallace State Community College Department of Nursing Education has once again been named a Center of Excellence by the National...
Fall 2020 classes begin at Wallace State with in-person, hybrid and online...
HANCEVILLE, Ala. – The usual first-day nerves were there for some returning and new Wallace State Community College students, but for the most part, most were excited to be...
Wallace State Diesel Technology program launching Diesel by Distance offerings beginning...
HANCEVILLE, Ala. – Wallace State’s Diesel Technology program is unveiling a new Diesel by Distance online option beginning with the Fall 2020 semester.
Diesel by...
2020 North Alabama BEST Robotics competition postponed
HANCEVILLE, Ala. – The 2020 North Alabama BEST (Boosting Engineering, Science and Technology) Robotics competition scheduled for this fall has been postponed because of...
2020 Census can be completed at Wallace State’s library’s computer labs
HANCEVILLE, Ala. – Wallace State Community College’s library’s computer labs are the perfect spot for students and local citizens to complete the 2020 United...
Wallace State Nursing holds virtual pinning ceremonies
HANCEVILLE, Ala. – Celebrating more than 200 students who faced unexpected challenges as they completed their studies, the Wallace State Department of Nursing Education held two virtual pinning ceremonies Thursday for graduates of the program.
Program Chair...
Wallace State’s Phi Theta Kappa Honor Society earns Hallmark Award for...
HANCEVILLE, Ala. – Wallace State Community College’s Alpha Chi Tau chapter of the Phi Theta Kappa Honor Society has earned a 2020 national Hallmark...
Wallace State announces plans for Fall Semester operations
HANCEVILLE, Ala.
– Wallace State Community College will begin fall semester classes, as
scheduled, on August 17, 2020.
Classes will take place both online and on campus, and
are...
Wallace State’s Small Farmer Training program offering online agriculture/horticulture classes this...
HANCEVILLE, Ala. – Wallace State Community College’s Career and Workforce Development program is offering an online extension of Small Farmer Training classes during the...