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WVC students Dillon Cornelius and Juan Martinez worked with Chelan PUD to modernize Dryden Dam with a new electromechanical system and prototype model.

Mary Smith and Tonya Rasmussen earn Wenatchee Valley College’s top student honor, the President’s Medal, for their academic and leadership excellence.

It's graduation season in north-central Washington. Area school districts are celebrating their class of 2025 starting this weekend. In Wenatchee, you can celebrate seniors at 8 p.m. Friday at the Apple Bowl. As always, you'll enjoy fireworks at the end of the commencement ceremony...

Wenatchee Valley College is suspending eight academic programs effective June 30. The college announces this action as part of cost-saving measures due to Washington state's $12 billion budget shortfall. “While we have done everything we can to minimize the impact of program changes on faculty, staff, and students, this is a painful time for our community as these are valued colleagues, friends, m

Wenatchee Valley College announces its 2025 Distinguished Alumni Award recipient. Bertha Sanchez takes home the honors for the Wenatchee Valley College Foundation award. Sanchez is a 1994 graduate of WVC, earning a Associates degree in Arts and Sciences...

Wenatchee Valley College Foundation receives a boost to the Microsoft Technology Scholarship. The college scholarship fund says Microsoft contributed $45,000 to the scholarship. The multi-year scholarship began in 2023 with an initial $25,000 investment...

Wenatchee Valley College has a new program manager. The college names Emily Scovill in this newly expanded roll. She will oversee the WVC Foundation's scholarship program and a new volunteer program called the Knights Collective. "We are excited to have Emily continue with the WVC Foundation in a new and high-level role,” said Rachel Evey, WVC Foundation executive director. “Emi...

A local college instructor is the state's Poet Laureate. Wenatchee Valley College announces Governor Bob Ferguson named Derek Sheffield for the two-year term. The college will celebrate Sheffield's selection with a "Passing of the Laurel" event at 7 p...

Fans of opera and jazz piano have an opportunity for a free concert April 8. Wenatchee Valley College Foundation hosts Piatigorsky Foundation concert from 5:30 p.m. to 7:30 p.m. at the Grove Recital Hall in the Music and Art Center on campus...

Wenatchee Valley College hosting a fair in celebration of Earth Day. The "Sustainable NCW Earth Day Fair" features hands-on activities and learning opportunities. The college says this celebrates the Earth with the community. The event is free...