Warren County Community College program gets certification.
The Enactus Team from Centenary University (formerly Centenary College) proved that it is a force to be reckoned with when it finished in the top 16 of the 469 colleges that competed in the National Competition in St. Louis, Missouri last month.
Centenary University Enactus Team members show their excitement upon scoring 16th out of 469 participants at a recent event. (Special to lehighvalleylive.com) The win gives the team the bragging rights of finishing in the top 3% of the teams in the nation. The team was the only New Jersey Enactus Chapter to advance to the semi-finals.
Enactus is an international organization that connects student, academic and business leaders through entrepreneurial-based projects that empower people to transform opportunities into real, sustainable progress for themselves and their communities. Centenary University students have been part of Enactus (formerly SIFE) for over 23 years.
The team also won runner-up in the AIG Wearable Technology Competition. This competition was based on a project proposal based wearable technology initiated to keep employees safe. The team planned to create an application to run with the Fitbit. It will be customized to keep truck drivers healthy while on the road. They plan to partner with a local trucking company, H&S Trucking, to bring this project to fruition.
The team is comprised of Brittany Weinstein and Brianne Lechner, of Hackettstown; Kyle Maris and Darrian Steward, of Stewartsville; and Jessica Martin, Chris Kiesel, Megan Miller and Ariana Selimi.
WCCC dental program gets certification
Warren County Community College's Dental Assisting students are now eligible to obtain national certification through the Dental Assisting National Board. The Dental Assisting program at WCCC was recently awarded National Entry Level Dental Assisting certification by the Dental Assisting National Board. WCCC is the only school to hold this distinction in Warren, Morris, or Sussex counties.
This 579-hour DANB accepted Dental Assisting program is held on the Washington campus where students attend classes three days per week and are assigned to a participating dental office two days per week.