Wytheville Community College (WCC) will celebrate the graduation of the Class of 2024 during three commencement ceremonies on Saturday, May 11, 2024.
The ceremonies will be held at the Wytheville Meeting Center adjacent to WCC’s Wytheville location at 1000 East Main Street, Wytheville, Virginia. Three graduation ceremonies will be held on May 11 as follows: - Health Professions and Medical Services Programs - 12:30 p.m. - Workforce and Occupational Programs - 3:30 p.m. - Transfer and Educational Partnership Programs - 6:00 p.m.
Many students in the Class of 2024 will be completing multiple degrees, diplomas, and certificates; a total of 486 graduates, 719 degrees, diplomas, and certificates will be awarded. WCC will have 74 high school dual enrollment students who will graduate with a degree, diploma, or certificate that they have accomplished while working toward their high school diploma. “Wytheville Community College is proud of our graduates’ accomplishments, and we reserve this day to celebrate each of them,” says WCC President Dean Sprinkle. “These students have proven that they are ready to transfer to a four-year college or university, or enter directly into a workforce or an occupational career.”
Each ceremony will feature a student speaker from the respective academic divisions: Health Professions and Medical Services—Charlene Randolph, Nursing; Occupational Programs —Ashley Rae Manuel, Criminal Justice; and, Transfer and Educational Partnership Programs—Kelsie Burch, Human Services.
Pinning ceremonies for students who are graduating from Health Professions and Medical Services Programs will also be held. Five pinning ceremonies will be held as follows: Tuesday, May 7, 2024 - Practical Nursing, at 6:30 p.m., at the Crossroads Institute in Galax Saturday, May 11, 2024 -Nursing, 9:00 a.m., at the Wytheville Meeting Center, Ballrooms A, B, & C -Pharmacy Technology, 9:00 a.m., at the Wytheville Meeting Center, Meeting Rooms 1 & 2 - Phlebotomy, 9:00 a.m., at the Wytheville Meeting Center, Meeting Room 3 - Physical Therapist Assistant, at 10:00 a.m., at the Wytheville Meeting Center, Meeting Rooms 1 & 2 - Medical Laboratory Technology, at 10:00 a.m., at the Wytheville Meeting Center, Meeting Room 3 - Dental Hygiene, at 10:00 a.m., at Wytheville Community College Snyder Auditorium in Grayson Hall.
Wytheville Community College is a two-year comprehensive community college serving residents of the counties of Bland, Carroll, Grayson, Smyth (Marion and eastward), Wythe, and the City of Galax. The college, one of 23 in the Virginia Community College System, operates under policies established by the State Board for Community Colleges and the Wytheville Community College Board.
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