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Wayne County Community College District Hosts Open House for the New Educational Multipurpose Center at the Western Campus

Posted on: Thursday, 4 September 2008, 15:00 CDT

DETROIT, Sept. 4 /PRNewswire/ -- Wayne County Community College District (WCCCD) will host a special open house for the community to visit and tour its new state-of-the-art Educational Multipurpose Center. This event will be held on Monday, September 8, 2008 from 4:00 p.m. - 8:00 p.m., at the Western Campus, located at 9555 Haggerty Road, Belleville, MI 48111.

This new 43,140 square foot addition has been constructed immediately west of the existing campus and will provide the District and area employers with a flexible, high-tech academic environment for employee training and student learning.

Dr. Curtis Ivery, Chancellor of WCCCD said, "The Western Campus is one of the fastest growing campuses in our District and the need for this facility has been tremendous. The New Educational Multipurpose Center will enable us to enhance the quality of educational services that the campus already provides and allows us to further expand our program offerings. We are excited to be able to provide our students with such an extraordinary learning environment."

The facility includes a 100-seat lecture hall with interactive conferencing capabilities, six seminar rooms featuring full teleconferencing capabilities with complete multi-media resources, a computer commons lab complex, three flexible technology labs, dining space and a gallery area. This new center will also allow the District to expand its Health Science program offerings and other public Safety programs such as; Criminal Justice, Corrections, Law Enforcement and the new Emergency Response and Safety Associate Degree program. These programs will help support the staffing needs of the airport authority, business and governmental agencies within Western Wayne County.

The Western Campus serves as the center for the delivery of innovative distance learning, throughout the State and globally. The District collaborates with hospitals to offer accelerated online programs in Surgical Technology and Surgical First Assistant.

WCCCD is committed to the continued development of new programs, hosting more community-based training sessions, improving student facilities and services, upgrading technologies, making capital investments in massive building expansion projects, training staff members to enhance their skills to maximize efficiency.

For more information on WCCCD, please visit http://www.wcccd.edu/.

Wayne County Community College District

CONTACT: Tina Bassett or Vidya Moorthy, both of Bassett & Bassett,Incorporated, for Wayne County Community College District, +1-313-965-3010(24-7-365)

Web site: http://www.wcccd.edu/

Source: PRNewswire

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