Preparing for a World of Change Our Initiatives To achieve our mission and learner-centered vision, we will 1. Engage all facets of the WCC community in fostering a learner-centered environment that offers opportunities to acquire the knowledge and skills necessary to live, work, and serve effectively in a world of rapid economic, social, and technological change. 2. Emphasize assessment to guide the continuous improvement of WCC’s learner-centered programs and services. 3. Encourage and support the ongoing growth and development of faculty and staff for the purpose of refining and extending their abilities. 4. Build and sustain a learning, teaching and working environment that models WCC’s core values of caring, collaboration, creativity, engagement, and responsibility. 5. Continue to foster partnerships and collaborations that support and add value to our region’s economic development efforts. 6. Continue WCC’s commitment to community development through a variety of services, cultural activities, and recreational opportunities. 7. Provide the facilities, technology, and human resources necessary to achieve the mission of the college and our learner-centered vision. www.wilkescc.edu is time, like all times, is a very good one, if we but know what to do with it. Ralph Waldo Emerson ~ Essayist, philosopher and poet WCC’s challenge as we approach 2020 is to cultivate and expand our individual and collective capacities to recognize and respond to opportunities in ways that will enhance our learner-centered programs and services. As a learning organization, we will create and sustain quality programs and services through assessment for improvement in order to respond to the diverse needs of those we serve in a rapidly changing world. Preparing learners for success in a rapidly changing world Mission, Vision and Values Our mission, vision, and values prepare those we serve and those with whom we work for living and working in a world of rapid economic, social, and technological change.
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Preparing for a World of Change Our InitiativesTo achieve our mission and learner-centered vision, we will
1. Engage all facets of the WCC community in fostering a learner-centered environment that offers opportunities to acquire the knowledge and skills necessary to live, work, and serve effectively in a world of rapid economic, social, and technological change.
2. Emphasize assessment to guide the continuous improvement of WCC’s learner-centered programs and services. 3. Encourage and support the ongoing growth and development of faculty and staff for the purpose of refining and extending their abilities.
4. Build and sustain a learning, teaching and working environment that models WCC’s core values of caring, collaboration, creativity, engagement, and responsibility.
5. Continue to foster partnerships and collaborations that support and add value to our region’s economic development efforts.
6. Continue WCC’s commitment to community development through a variety of services, cultural activities, and recreational opportunities. 7. Provide the facilities, technology, and human resources necessary to achieve the mission of the college and our learner-centered vision.
www.wilkescc.edu
This time, like all times, is a very good one, if we but know what to do with it.Ralph Waldo Emerson ~ Essayist, philosopher and poet
WCC’s challenge as we approach 2020 is to cultivate and expand our individual and collective capacities to recognize and respondto opportunities in ways that will enhance our learner-centered programs and services. As a learning organization, we will create and sustain quality programs and services through assessment for improvement in order to respond to the diverse needs of those we serve in a rapidly changing world.
Preparing learners for success in a rapidly changing world
Mission, Vision and ValuesOur mission, vision, and values prepare those we serve and those with whom we work for living and working in a world of rapid economic, social, and technological change.
Our Context Wilkes Community College, a member of the North Carolina Community College system, is a public, two-year, open-door institution serving the people of Wilkes, Ashe and Alleghany counties and beyond.
Wilkes Community College enhances the quality of life through the following:• qualityeducationandworkforcedevelopment,including basic-skills, occupational, technical and pre-baccalaureate programs.• economicdevelopmentservicestobusinessand industry, both public and private.• communitydevelopmentthroughavarietyof services, cultural activities, and recreational opportunities.
assessment, planning, and responding to challenges and opportunities.
Our Core ValuesWe cannot solve our problems with the same thinking we used when we created them. Albert Einstein ~ Theoretical physicist, philosopher and author
With a view toward 2020, we see such changes as the emergence of a new, global economy which increases economic interdependence on the one hand and generates new sources of economic competition on the other; employment transition and the need for retraining and updating job skills in our service region; an environment ripe for innovation and entrepreneurship; a more interconnected world, facilitated by innovations in communication and information networking technologies; the steady expansion of opportunities for interaction, collaboration, and exchange among individuals, businesses, nations, and cultures; an increasing proportion of citizens who are retired and/or 60 years or older; an emphasis on environmentally responsible and sustainable growth; an emerging quest for energy independence and clean and renewable sources of energy; and an environment which both requires and rewards individuals who have developed critical thinking skills, creativity, adaptability, and integrity. In short, we are entering a period in which the excellence, rigor, relevance, and adaptability of WCC’s educational programs and services have never been more consequential.
Our Mission
Our Vision
Continuity gives us roots; change gives us branches, letting us stretch and grow and reach new heights. Pauline R. Kezer ~ Former CEO of the Hartford Ballet, and former Connecticut Secretary of State
We are limited, not by our abilities, but by our vision. ~ Anonymous
WCC aspires to be an effective learner-centered educational institution and a dynamic learning organization.
Learner-centered reflects our commitment to an environment which places learning first by offering inquiry-based educational experiences designed to engage students in the learning process and to encourage them to take ownership of their learning. Faculty, staff, and administrators serve as learning facilitators who create, assess, and continuously improve the learner-centered environment.
As a learning organization, we aspire to continually transform ourselves in order to fulfill our mission in a rapidly changing world, engaging in continuous improvement through
The college’s vision is grounded in the mission of the institution and is guided by the organization’s core values of caring, collaboration, creativity, engagement, and responsibility. Our Constituents
“The future depends on what you do today.”Mahatma Gandhi ~ Political and spiritual leader, philosopher
It’s not hard to make decisions when you know what your values are.Roy Disney ~ American Film Writer, Producer, Nephew of Walt Disney
Wilkes Community College is proud of the “open door” tradition of the North Carolina Community College System, meeting people where they are and providing them with opportunities to enhance their quality of life. Our learners are diverse: Students may be attending the college to prepare for transfer to a senior institution, to earn an associate degree, diploma, or certificate for work, to develop workplace or avocational skills, or they may be high school students taking courses to get a head start on college. Others may be attending to learn basic skills, to learn English, or to earn a high school diploma with plans to subsequently take college-level courses. Some may be seeking to enrich their lives through participation in cultural or recreational opportunities at the college. College employees engage in learning to strengthen skills they use in providing a quality learning environment for students and fellow employees.
