Annual Report - Everett Community College

Student Success
In 1943, Everett Junior College’s first graduating class included 17 students –
11 women and six men. In 2011, more than 1,800 students earned a degree
or certificate from EvCC, the largest graduating class in the college’s history.
Students choose EvCC today for many of the same reasons students chose
to attend the college in its first years – it’s close to home, affordable, and fits
into students’ lives (In 1942, 40 percent of students worked while attending
school. Today, 36 percent do).
“I started with just one class at a time,” said EvCC 2010-11 ASB President
Stephanie Kermgard, who enrolled in 2007 while on active duty in the U.S.
Navy and graduated in 2011.
Stephanie counts herself among the 90 percent of students who say they’d
recommend the college to a friend. Students say a key reason is the support
offered throughout campus.
EvCC faculty members work with students to create individual academic plans
as part of the college’s new advising requirement, which started in Summer
2011.
To help students struggling with their classes, EvCC offers tutoring through its
Rainier Learning Center, offering customized reading, writing, math, and study
skills assistance to more than 2,000 students.
1973
EvCC students register for classes.
Enrollment has grown from 128 students
the college’s first Fall quarter to more
than 20,000 students in all college
programs and corporate training.
In March 2011, EvCC strengthened its commitment to student success by
joining the national Achieving the Dream project. The college will receive a
$550,000 grant to increase the number of students, especially low income
students and students of color, who stay enrolled and graduate. EvCC was one
of 30 schools nationwide selected for Achieving the Dream in 2011.
The grant will help EvCC increase its use of data “to identify its most successful
practices and identify gaps so the college can find strategies to help more
students reach their educational goals,” said EvCC President David Beyer.
A key part of student success is campus and community involvement. In
2010-11, hundreds of students participated in EvCC’s student clubs
and volunteered with community organizations, raising money for Japanese
earthquake and tsunami victims, collecting food bank donations, building a
home with Housing Hope, donating blood, and more.
Many EvCC students continue serving their communities after graduation,
such as 2011 Distinguished Alumnus Dwayne Lane, who was honored for
his 50 years of involvement with a wide variety of community activities and
organizations.
EvCC presented its Distinguished
Alumnus award to Dwayne Lane
in June 2011. Lane attended
Everett Junior College in 1955
and 1956, prior to establishing
successful auto dealerships in
Snohomish County.
2011