When Wor-Wic Community College opened in 1975, part of its mission was to train local people for local jobs. The college soon became a vital link between those who needed an education and businesses that needed skilled employees. Located on more than 200 acres in Salisbury, Wor-Wic serves Worcester, Wicomico and Somerset counties on the Lower Eastern Shore of Maryland.
The school offers majors in business management, health (chemical dependency counseling), liberal arts (humanities), precision production trades (CAD-CAM) and protective services (police science). Nearly one-quarter of all students have selected the business/marketing major, while one-third have chosen health sciences and another third liberal arts.
The rural campus' buildings are both architecturally impressive and student-friendly. The Maner Technology Center provides laboratory space for computer studies, manufacturing engineering technology and electronic engineering technology. Henson Hall houses mathematics and science, as well as nursing and radiologic technology classrooms and labs. Guerrieri Hall contains Wor-Wic's Eastern Shore Criminal Justice Academy, whose program is certified by the Maryland Police and Correctional Training Commissions as both a police and correctional academy.
Wor-Wic provides postsecondary credit programs leading to Associate of Applied Science, Associate of Science, Associate of Arts, or Certificate of Proficiency. Its open-door admission policy and comprehensive student support services enable Wor-Wic to provide educational opportunities for anyone who has the desire and ability to benefit from its programs.
Popular student activities include drama, the film society and the student newspaper, The Wor-Wic Wave. Staff positions on the newspaper are available to all students and no experience is necessary. The group meets weekly and publishes four editions yearly.
Activities organized by The Arts Club help promote drama, writing, art, music and photography. The club publishes Echoes and Visions, the school's creative arts journal, annually. It also sponsors talent shows, book and bake sales, bus trips to Washington and Baltimore theaters, and guest lecturers.
Other campus clubs include the student government association (which sponsors fall and spring festivals and activities for the students), Phi Beta Lambda (a professional business organization dedicated to providing business students with exposure to leadership and business skills) and Wor-Wic's Alpha Nu Omicron chapter of Phi Theta Kappa (a national society for two-year college students).
While remote from metropolitan centers -- the college is 110 miles from Baltimore and 120 miles from Washington, D.C. -- Wor-Wic is a mere 30 miles from Ocean City. This proximity offers a convenient alternative to spring break in Ft. Lauderdale. The beaches of Fenwick Island and Rehoboth are also popular destinations for students.
Funding for Wor-Wic comes from Wicomico and Worcester counties and from the State of Maryland. Special state legislation permits Somerset County to send students to Wor-Wic on a per capita basis. Wor-Wic maintains a partnership with its university counterparts at Salisbury University and the University of Maryland Eastern Shore for students wishing to pursue a four-year degree at those colleges.
The state-approved two-year college is accredited by the Commission on Higher Education of the Middle States Association of Colleges and Schools in Philadelphia. This committee is recognized by the United States Secretary of Education and the Commission on Recognition of Postsecondary Accreditation.
This rapidly expanding college blends academics with the hospitality and charm of the Eastern Shore.
The school offers majors in business management, health (chemical dependency counseling), liberal arts (humanities), precision production trades (CAD-CAM) and protective services (police science). Nearly one-quarter of all students have selected the business/marketing major, while one-third have chosen health sciences and another third liberal arts.
The rural campus' buildings are both architecturally impressive and student-friendly. The Maner Technology Center provides laboratory space for computer studies, manufacturing engineering technology and electronic engineering technology. Henson Hall houses mathematics and science, as well as nursing and radiologic technology classrooms and labs. Guerrieri Hall contains Wor-Wic's Eastern Shore Criminal Justice Academy, whose program is certified by the Maryland Police and Correctional Training Commissions as both a police and correctional academy.
Wor-Wic provides postsecondary credit programs leading to Associate of Applied Science, Associate of Science, Associate of Arts, or Certificate of Proficiency. Its open-door admission policy and comprehensive student support services enable Wor-Wic to provide educational opportunities for anyone who has the desire and ability to benefit from its programs.
Popular student activities include drama, the film society and the student newspaper, The Wor-Wic Wave. Staff positions on the newspaper are available to all students and no experience is necessary. The group meets weekly and publishes four editions yearly.
Activities organized by The Arts Club help promote drama, writing, art, music and photography. The club publishes Echoes and Visions, the school's creative arts journal, annually. It also sponsors talent shows, book and bake sales, bus trips to Washington and Baltimore theaters, and guest lecturers.
Other campus clubs include the student government association (which sponsors fall and spring festivals and activities for the students), Phi Beta Lambda (a professional business organization dedicated to providing business students with exposure to leadership and business skills) and Wor-Wic's Alpha Nu Omicron chapter of Phi Theta Kappa (a national society for two-year college students).
While remote from metropolitan centers -- the college is 110 miles from Baltimore and 120 miles from Washington, D.C. -- Wor-Wic is a mere 30 miles from Ocean City. This proximity offers a convenient alternative to spring break in Ft. Lauderdale. The beaches of Fenwick Island and Rehoboth are also popular destinations for students.
Funding for Wor-Wic comes from Wicomico and Worcester counties and from the State of Maryland. Special state legislation permits Somerset County to send students to Wor-Wic on a per capita basis. Wor-Wic maintains a partnership with its university counterparts at Salisbury University and the University of Maryland Eastern Shore for students wishing to pursue a four-year degree at those colleges.
The state-approved two-year college is accredited by the Commission on Higher Education of the Middle States Association of Colleges and Schools in Philadelphia. This committee is recognized by the United States Secretary of Education and the Commission on Recognition of Postsecondary Accreditation.
This rapidly expanding college blends academics with the hospitality and charm of the Eastern Shore.