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This board game, which walks players throug h Washtenaw Community College ’s history, from a conc ept to the college it is today, can be pl ayed with a just a co in. In turn, each player fli ps the coin. If it is he ads, the player moves forward two spaces; if it is tails, the player moves forward one space. If the player lands on a space with directions, they must follow them. When th e player lands on a blank space, the tu rn is over. The first person to make it to the end wins.
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thousands upon thousands of lives. In this special anniversary edition of The Washtenaw Voice, pages B1 through B8 are dedicated to exploring WCC lore and legends. Remove and unfold this page to play through the college’s fifty years.
1977 - Board of trustees adopts college’s first affirmative action policy, move ahead two spaces.
1983 - Training fa ir he ld fo r la id -off Fo rd workers, lose a turn.
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New Year’s Day 2015 rang in a special time for Washtenaw Community College, which celebrates its 50th anniversary this year. In January of 1965, Washtenaw County voters approved the creation of a community college, and by September, students were registering for classes. In the last half-century
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the college has experienced enormous challenges, profound successes and astounding growth. Dedicated, passionate educators and community leaders took an uncertainty, a risk – the concept of a community college – and turned it into an institution that embedded itself deeply in the community and changed
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10 THINGS YOU MISSED AT THE TRUSTEES MEETING
100 YEARS OF BLACK HISTORY CELEBRATION
TRY YOUR HAND AT OUR SPECIAL 50TH ANNIVERSARY CROSSWORD
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