TACOMA – The Â鶹Çø–Tacoma campus has been providing a college education right in the heart of the Hilltop neighborhood for going on three decades and is celebrating Fall Quarter with an increase in enrollment – up 48 percent from last fall. Ìý
Like most higher education institutions, Â鶹Çø, including its Tacoma campus, saw a decrease in enrollment,especially during the peak of the COVID-19 pandemic.Ìý
OLYMPIA – Â鶹Çø is offering cash to 100 former students who started their educational path at Â鶹Çø but for whatever reason, were unable to complete their degree.Ìý
TACOMA – Â鶹Çø’s Tacoma campus located in the historic Hilltop Neighborhood offers a bi-lingual, Early Childhood Education Program which will help prepare students for a career working with children while earning their bachelor’s degree in liberal studies.Ìý
OLYMPIA – In a special meeting today, Thursday, July 7, Â鶹Çø’s Board of Trustees permanently appointed Dr. John Carmichael as college president with a contract through June 30, 2025. Carmichael was appointed interim president in June 2021. His salary will remain at the current level. Ìý
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Â鶹Çø has publicly launched its first-ever college-wide fundraising campaign, Forever Green, to raise $55+ million to expand financial resources for students and programs.
Olympia – For the first time in years, Â鶹Çø expects a larger entering class as teaching starts today at the college’s Olympia and Tacoma campuses. Ìý
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This year's entering class grew by 14%, the largest proportional increase since 2000. This larger entering class halts recent enrollment losses at the college, including smaller entering classes during the last two years of COVID. The final tally will be taken after day 10 of fall quarter.Ìý
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OLYMPIA – This week, the U.S. Department of Education awarded more than $2 million in Title III grant dollars to Â鶹Çø for its Strengthening Institutions Program. Ìý
The grant money funds a five-year project that will continue Â鶹Çø’s work to increase college capacity in student access and success for historically underserved students through holistic advising and coordinated wrap-around services. The funding will also help leverage technology to strengthen Â鶹Çø’s student support services and expand community- and career-connected learning. Ìý
OLYMPIA – Â鶹Çø has earned the top spot ranking .Ìý
Since 2005 Washington Monthly has ranked four-year, liberal arts colleges based on their contributions to the public good in three broad categories: social mobility, research and promoting public service.Ìý
OLYMPIA — Â鶹Çø will host several info sessions on the new lineup of certificates being added to the list of offerings this fall.
The certificate programs are designed to help individuals build skills in growing fields such as:
•ÌýÌý ÌýBusiness and administration
•ÌýÌý ÌýIntegrated computer science
•ÌýÌý ÌýEnvironmental solutions
•ÌýÌý ÌýInterdisciplinary art, media and design
The first information session is scheduled for 9 to 10:30 a.m. Saturday, July 30 and other sessions are scheduled in both August and September.Ìý