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Wallace Community College Foundations Raise Record Amount for Scholarships

March 8, 2022

Wallace Community College Foundations’ 2021 fall fundraising events had a record-breaking donation year, crossing the $100,000 mark in dollars raised for the first time in its history. The proceeds from the fundraising events will allow the Wallace and Sparks Foundations to award 135 scholarships totaling $102,000 to deserving students in 2022. Both events, as wellRead More

WCCD Nursing Students Achieve Outstanding Pass Rates on NCLEX Exams for 2021

March 1, 2022

Wallace Community College-Dothan (WCCD) graduates of the Associate Degree Nursing (ADN) and Practical Nursing (PN) programs have once again achieved outstanding pass rates on their NCLEX exam for 2021, with a pass rate of 92.31% for ADN graduates and a 90.99% pass rate for PN graduates. In a letter reviewing WCCD’s pass rates for theRead More

WCCD Updates Face Covering Policy 2-23-22

February 23, 2022

Wallace Community College-Dothan regularly monitors information from the Alabama Department of Public Health and the CDC regarding the COVID-19 pandemic and bases health protocols on that information. Considering the latest data, the College will end its requirement for face coverings by the close of business on February 23, 2022, and WCCD will move to aRead More

WCCD Assists Students with Financial Aid Applications

February 17, 2022

The Financial Aid Department at Wallace Community College-Dothan (WCCD) is working with both current WCCD students and high schools throughout its service area to help students and families to complete the Free Application for Federal Student Aid (FAFSA) form to apply for financial aid for college. The State of Alabama now requires FAFSA to beRead More

WCCD Sparks Campus in Eufaula to Hold Career Tech Night

February 14, 2022

February is Alabama’s Career and Technical Education Month! To celebrate, Wallace Community College’s Sparks Campus in Eufaula will hold a community Career Tech Night on Tuesday, February 22, from 5:30 p.m. to 7:00 p.m. The event will be held in the Bevill Center Auditorium on the Sparks Campus located at 3235 S Eufaula Avenue inRead More

WCCD, ACOM, Troy University students collaborate during Interprofessional Simulation

February 14, 2022

Wallace Community College-Dothan (WCCD) hosted a day-long, joint Interprofessional Education (IPE) medical simulation session on Friday, February 11, 2022, in the Health Sciences Simulation Center located inside the Heersink Family Health Science Building on the Wallace Campus in Dothan. The IPE simulation was a collaborative event between WCCD, the Alabama College of Osteopathic Medicine, andRead More

WCCD Fine Arts Department Opens In the Moment Art Exhibit

February 11, 2022

The Fine Arts Department at Wallace Community College-Dothan (WCCD) will open In the Moment, an art exhibition featuring the works of Wallace alum Katherine Murray on February 14, on view until April 4, Mondays through Thursdays, 7:00 am until 3:00 pm in the WCCD Fine Arts Gallery in Cherry Hall on the Wallace Campus inRead More

WCCD Hosts Alabama Dispatcher Safety Training

February 8, 2022

The Criminal Justice program at Wallace Community College-Dothan (WCCD) hosted an Alabama Dispatcher Safety Training on Tuesday, February 8, for local Alabama Law Enforcement Agency (ALEA) dispatchers. The training and demonstration allowed the dispatchers to experience several “real-life” scenarios to help them understand the stresses that law enforcement experience as they communicate with the dispatchers.Read More

WCCD Hosts Dothan Tech Job Shadowing Students

February 4, 2022

Wallace Community College-Dothan (WCCD) hosted job shadowing students from Dothan Tech on Wednesday, February 2, for Dothan Tech’s inaugural Job Shadow Day for Career and Technical Education students. Four Dothan Tech students who were interested in a career in healthcare were placed with WCCD Health Sciences programs. Dothan Tech students shadowed Wallace’s Physical Therapist Assistant,Read More

WCCD Named Gem of the Month by Headland Chamber

January 25, 2022

Wallace Community College has been selected as this month’s Headland Area Chamber of Commerce Gem of the Month. Headland Area Chamber Director Adrienne Wilkins and Chamber Vice-President David Norwood (Alabama Power) presented the award to WCCD President Dr. Linda Young on Friday, January 21. The Headland Area Chamber Gem of the Month is presented toRead More