December 13, 2021
Wallace Community College-Dothan’s (WCCD) Director of Adult Education and The Next Step Youth Program Barbara Steger was recently awarded the Champion Award from the Alabama Adult Education Director’s Association (AEDA). The AEDA Champion Award recognizes the adult education director selected by his/her peers for speaking or acting on behalf of the Adult Education program. “IRead More
December 9, 2021
Wallace Community College-Dothan (WCCD) was recently awarded a $75,000 grant from Lumina Foundation to further its efforts to increase adult student enrollment in credit and non-credit programs. WCCD was one of only 20 community colleges in the nation and one of two community colleges in Alabama chosen to receive funding. “Wallace Community College is soRead More
December 7, 2021
Dothan City Schools Dothan Tech cosmetology students recently toured the Wallace Community College-Dothan (WCCD) Salon and Spa Management and Esthetics programs facilities, where Dothan Tech students learned more about the cosmetology program from WCCD staff and current students. The tour is a result of a partnership between Dothan Tech and WCCD to provide opportunities forRead More
December 2, 2021
Wallace Community College-Dothan’s Women in Welding program was recently awarded Project of the Year by the Wiregrass Resource Conservation and Development (RC&D) Council. The Women in Welding program was a collaboration between WCCD Workforce Development, Wiregrass RC&D, and Lincoln Electric, and provided workshops on the Wallace Campus in Dothan and the Sparks Campus in EufaulaRead More
November 15, 2021
Wallace Community College-Dothan recently increased the hourly pay for its student work-study program to $10 per hour beginning spring 2022, the highest hourly rate in the local area for work-study students. WCCD work-study students work a minimum of 10 hours per week and a maximum of 19 hours. The College typically employs about 15 work-studyRead More
November 8, 2021
This credential establishes Wallace students as more advanced respiratory therapy professionals and opens the door to more career opportunities. Wallace Community College-Dothan’s Respiratory Therapist program recently received confirmation from its 2021 Annual Report of Current Status and Resource Assessment from The Commission on Accreditation for Respiratory Care (CoARC). CoARC reviews this information to determine complianceRead More
November 1, 2021
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. Currently, the news is better. The state’s positivity rate has decreased, and the College’s service area is now at moderate/medium risk for virus transmission, which is a dropRead More
November 1, 2021
Wallace Community College-Dothan was recently awarded a $20,000 grant by the Alabama Department of Early Childhood Education to organize, plan, and manage logistics to offer the Teaching Strategies Accreditation Program for Trainers (APT). This program will prepare the Wallace Community College Child Development instructors to deliver training that promotes teachers’ reliable use of the TeachingRead More
October 29, 2021
Secretary Barbara Cooper of the Alabama Department of Early Childhood Education (ADECE) joined leaders from Troy University, Wallace Community College, and the Alabama Office of Apprenticeship to officially sign documents establishing Alabama’s first apprenticeship for Early Childhood Educators on Wednesday, October 27, 2021, at 1:00 PM at the Coleman Center for Early Learning on theRead More
October 21, 2021
Wallace Community College recently renamed one of their annual baseball athletic scholarships in honor of Coach Johnny Oppert, first head coach of the Govs baseball program as well as Wallace basketball coach and athletic director. The inaugural Coach Johnny Oppert Scholarship was awarded this year to Gov baseball player Don Williams. “It’s a real honorRead More