Wor-Wic Community College was one of only two community colleges in Maryland, and one of 258 campuses across the nation, to be designated as a Voter Friendly Campus by the Fair Elections Center’s Campus Vote Project and Student Affairs Administrators in Higher Education (NASPA).
The initiative recognizes institutions that have planned and implemented practices that encourage their students to register and vote in elections. Its goal is to bolster colleges and universities’ efforts to help students overcome barriers to participating in the political process.
Wor-Wic was evaluated based on a written plan for how it planned to register, educate and turn out student voters, how it facilitated voter engagement efforts on our campus and a final analysis of its efforts, which it continues to maintain. During National Voter Registration Day recently, Wor-Wic held an event on campus in tandem with the Wicomico County Board of Elections to allow students to register to vote.
“We are proud to be a place where students can feel their voices are heard,” said Deborah Casey, Ph.D., president of Wor-Wic. “We feel it is important for our students to be engaged in their democracy and is in keeping with our ethos of being a community-focused institution.”
The institutions designated Voter Friendly Campuses represent a wide range of two-year, four-year, public, private, rural and urban campuses, collectively serving over 3.5 million students. Fair Elections Center is a national, nonpartisan voting rights and legal support organization that works to eliminate barriers to voting and improve election administration across the United States.
