FAIRMONT, WEST VIRGINIA – Pierpont Community & Technical College has been selected as a 2022 Most Promising Places to Work in Community Colleges (MPPWCC) award winner by the National Institute for Staff and Organizational Development (NISOD) and Diverse: Issues in Higher Education. Since 2014, the Most Promising Places to Work in Community Colleges (MPPWCC) study […]

The Pierpont Foundation will award more than $50,000 in scholarships to Pierpont Community & Technical College students for fall 2022 and spring 2023. Students in all programs will be eligible for funds that will be distributed through the college’s financial aid department, which will focus on students with the highest financial need. Endowed scholarship funds […]

FAIRMONT, WEST VIRGINIA – Pierpont Community & Technical College’s civility task force is hosting a one-day civility emporium event at its Advanced Technology Center on Friday, March 11. “Civility has never been more important in the workplace or in higher education institutions,” said Dr. Ironda Campbell, professor of Communication and Chair of the Civility Task […]

FAIRMONT, WEST VIRGINIA – Pierpont Community & Technical College’s Phi Theta Kappa (PTK) Honor Society Chapter, Alpha Tau Pi, recently completed its college project by installing a Little Free Library at Pierpont’s Advanced Technology Center in Fairmont that will benefit both Pierpont students and the local community. Little Free Library began in 2012 with the […]

FAIRMONT, WEST VIRGINIA – Employment in healthcare occupations is projected to grow 16 percent from 2020 to 2030, said Amy Cunningham, the interim dean of the School of Health Sciences at Pierpont Community & Technical College. “As the population continues to age and the healthcare industry grows, so does the need for trained healthcare professionals,” […]