The All Babies & Children (ABC) Child Care Conference that will be held on Saturday, June 8, will offer child care providers, foster parents and other adults who work with children the opportunity to earn seven clock hours of credit. The conference will be at Wharton County Junior College at 911 East Boling Highway in [...]
Recently, State Rep. Ron Reynolds (Fort Bend County, District 27) filed HB 3659, which will extend the district service area of the Houston Community College System (HCC) to all areas of Fort Bend ISD high schools. Representative Reynolds stated, “It is important to extend the district of HCC to those students of Willowridge High School in [...]
Fulshear resident and Azusa Pacific University student Hendrik J. Schotanus made the academic Deans’ List at APU. Schotanus is honored for a fall semester 2012 academic standing of a 3.5 or better grade-point average. Schotanus is A Communication Studies Major, who is joined by 1,698 other students receiving the same honor. Azusa Pacific University is [...]
For the 9th consecutive year, FBFN Foundation, the newly formed 501 (c) 3 non-profit charitable arm of Fort Bend Friends and Neighbors will award scholarships to college-bound students from Fort Bend County public high schools. These unique scholarships provide assistance for students to attend a Fort Bend County campus of Wharton County Junior College, Houston [...]
Greg Jeffers from the Abilene Christian University Department of Language and Literature received an award for his paper submission to the Conference of College Teachers of English (CCTE) and the Texas College English Association, hosted on the ACU campus Feb. 21-23. “We are thrilled with the quality of students in our English MA program, and [...]
The Program for Excellence in Selling (PES) at the University of Houston will host the PES Open Golf Tournament to benefit the UH Bauer Business School students in the nation’s top sales program. The golf tournament will be held on March 18 at the Kingwood Country Club located at 1700 Lake Kingwood Trail, Kingwood, TX. [...]
Wharton County Junior College recently received an incentive check in the amount of $49,228.20 from CenterPoint Energy for high marks received by the college in participation with the CenterPoint Energy SCORE Program. WCJC implemented a new lighting project as part of the SCORE program which contributed to significant energy savings and lower operating costs. Pictured left [...]
Diabetes is a chronic disease that is rapidly increasing and affects approximately 6.8% of the Fort Bend County population – whether diagnosed or unknown. “Do Well, Be Well with Diabetes” (DWBW) is an educational series that teaches nutrition and self-care information to improve the lifestyle of the person with diabetes. Texas A&M AgriLife Extension Service [...]
A new food handlers course accredited by the Texas Department of State Health Services is being offered by Texas A&M AgriLife Extension Service. Food Safety: It’s In Your Hands is being brought to the area by Texas A&M AgriLife Extension, Fort Bend County. The class is scheduled for Monday, February 25 starting at 9:00 a.m. [...]
Wharton County Junior College offers General Equivalency Diplomas (GED) and English as a Second Language (ESL) classes at WCJC Campuses in Bay City, Wharton, Richmond, and Sugar Land; at the Northside Center in El Campo; at the Columbus, Palacios, and Weimar High Schools; and at the Fort Bend ISD Education Complex. Orientation is required before [...]
