Wilmington College has received another Top Workplace award for cultural excellence — this one celebrates organizations whose most senior leader is a woman. Corey Cockerill serves as the College’s president.
Energage, a purpose-driven organization that develops solutions to build and brand top workplaces, named the College among 157 organizations nationally with fewer than 500 employees to be recognized in this year’s publication. The decision was informed by the College landing in the top five percent of institutions surveyed for employee “confidence and trust in the institution’s leadership.”
J. Brent Bill, chair of the Board of Trustees, praised the president’s key leadership role in the College’s current renaissance. “Corey's work at the College has been nothing less than outstanding and transformational,” he said. “She is leading us into a bright future, and for that we are grateful."
This summer, TopWorkplaces.com named Wilmington College among the best educational institutions in which to be employed in its 2026 awards. It lists the College among its top 67 schools in the nation and top 29 for institutions with 150 to 499 employees. Also, Bucketlist, a rewards and recognition platform, selected WC as a Top Workplace for employee appreciation.
The national Top Workplaces program is driven by employee feedback. Rankings are based on objective, nationally benchmarked data. Wilmington College employees were surveyed for confidential responses earlier this year through the institution’s partnership with Energage. The survey results led to the College ranking in the top 25 percent in seven work culture categories: meaningful work, open-minded, clued-in employees, leaders in the know, company direction and strong values. Also, the College landed in the top five percent for confidence and trust in the institution’s leadership.
PHOTO: WC President Corey Cockerill is pictured meeting with Lieutenant Governor Jim Tressel on Wednesday, when she led a contingent of student-athletes from the College to assist with Tressel's fitness initiative at Washington Trace High School.