Welcome back students!
I am very excited to welcome all you to the fall semester. Whether you are a new student just getting started at MWCC or a returning student nearing the end of your finish line, I wish you the very best this semester and year. You are a part of a very special class of students for me. I became the president of the Mount in March so you are the first class I can officially welcome into the community.
I’d like to say a bit about that last word: community. You are joining a college community focused on providing a comfortable and, yes, challenging opportunity for personal growth. The entire faculty and staff are committed to enabling your success. We succeed together only as a community. We look after each other in the MWCC community. I’m not sure if this has ever been statistically proven but I know in my heart and after 25 years of experience that not one person has ever completed college without having to ask for help in some way, shape, or form. So please use the services available here be it tutoring, academic advising, counseling, library research, and the list goes on and on.
I have a request. In order to create a culture of community, I need each and every one of you to help look after each other as well. Create study groups. Create student clubs and organizations. If your classmate, who is usually big smiles, appears down, ask how they are doing. We can all go a long way when we know we have the support of our community.
I also encourage you to let me know how you are doing. Let me know your challenges and successes. Let me know how we can make your experience at MWCC a better one. I can be reached at jvanderhooven@mwcc.mass.edu and I am always open to meeting with students. Take me up on it! Most of all, stop me in the halls to say hello.
Again, good luck with your fall semester!
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