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Wharton County Junior College geology students and faculty take a photograph with a drone while visiting Enchanted Rock in the Texas Hill Country. A National Science Foundation grant will enable the college to purchase additional drones and training equipment.

Wharton County Junior College drama department students rehearse a scene from "A Recipe for Disaster." Pictured, from left, are Seth Thayne of Wharton, Danté Hancock of East Bernard and Josie LaPrad of Milford, Mass.

Wharton County Junior College art student Yojani Flores works on a sketch as part of a class assignment. Students' artwork is now on display in the Duson-Hansen Fine Arts Building on the Wharton campus as part of a student art show.

Wharton County Junior College's Cosmetology program offers courses in hair cutting, coloring, highlighting, skin care and nail technology. Pictured, foreground, is Kirsten Ochoa of El Campo. In the background is Kayla Hackworth of Bay City.

Wharton County Junior College's Drama Department earned an Excellent rating for its production, "Dracula: A Comedy of Terrors," at a recent play festival in Brenham. Shown performing a scene from the play are, from left, Ryan Martin, Valerie Brown and Aidan Meek.

Wharton County Junior College Band Director Joe Waldrop leads students through a recent rehearsal. Waldrop will direct his final concert with the college on Thursday, March 27, at the Horton Foote Theatre on the Wharton campus.

Daniel Johnson, Program Director of Wharton County Junior College's Nuclear Power Technology program, discusses training methodology at the Bay City campus with visitors from Estonia. WCJC's program was singled out in a state report issued this past fall by the Texas Advanced Nuclear Reactor Working Group.

The 2025 NISOD Excellence Award recipients for Wharton County Junior College include, from left, Derek de la Pena (Social & Behavioral Sciences), Santiago Lopez (Communications & Fine Arts), Lauren Green (Math & Physical Sciences), Stacie Ringleb-Krutilek (Life Sciences) and Kirk Cowell (Communications & Fine Arts).

The Wharton County Junior College Choir and the Wharton Community Chorus rehearse for the upcoming concert, "Salute to Broadway." Scheduled for 7 p.m. Tuesday, March 4, at the Horton Foote Theatre on the Wharton campus, the show is open to the public and free of admission.

Wharton County Junior College Bay City campus specialist Gloria Crockett was recently named a Yellow Rose of Texas by Texas Governor Greg Abbott. Pictured, left to right, are Jeff Stephens, Karen Stephens, Crockett and Ray Beall.

Phillips 66 recently made a $10,000 donation to the Wharton County Junior College Foundation toward vocational scholarships at WCJC.

Wharton County Junior College hosted a ribbon cutting ceremony for its new construction trades training facility, located at the college's Bay City campus. On hand were elected officials, community leaders and college staff and board members. Pictured cutting the ribbon are WCJC President Betty McCrohan and Gloria Millsap, District Director for Sen. Joan Huffman.