Wake Tech News

Wake Technical Community College is celebrating an unprecedented show of community support – more than $17.5 million! That’s how much the Wake Tech Foundation has raised over the past two years, through its first-ever major gifts campaign, “The Ripple Effect.” The grand total exceeds the campaign’s goal of $12.5 million and includes an anonymous seven-figure gift, the largest single cash gift in college history. 

More than 500 students received degrees and diplomas at Wake Tech today. Two ceremonies were held in the gymnasium on Main Campus

Twenty-two students graduated Thursday, December 12 from the Basic Law Enforcement Training (BLET) Academy at Wake Tech Community College. The graduation ceremony was held at Wake Tech’s Public Safety Education Campus. 

More than a dozen area law enforcement agencies came to Wake Tech’s Public Safety Education Campus today to recruit for jobs.

Wake Tech Community College now offers financial assistance aimed at helping people get back to work. Funding is available through the NC Back-to-Work program for short-term training programs in specific entry-level technical jobs, including computer technology, biotechnology, and maintenance and construction trades.

Wake Tech students fared well at the third annual Calculus Tournament held by the North Carolina Mathematics Association for Two-Year Colleges (NCMATYC).

Wake Technical Community College has received a $9,000 grant from the Mexican Consulate to help Hispanic immigrants earn educational credentials. The funds will support the La Plaza Comunitaria program as well as providing financial assistance for vocational training.

The Wake Tech Chapter of Phi Theta Kappa International Honor Society had a special gift for Wake Tech President Stephen Scott at their fall induction ceremony. Students presented Dr. Scott with a mace – an ornamental staff made of metal or wood, traditionally carried in academic processions – to commemorate Wake Tech’s 50thanniversary this year. 

Yolanda Briggs is the very first Wake Tech Idol! A Wake Tech student in her first semester, Yolanda competed against 11 other finalists during the Fine Arts contest on Friday, November 8. More than 80 students auditioned for the event over several weeks.