Annual Report - Everett Community College

Faculty and Staff
In 1958, Everett Junior College art instructor Russell Day started the college’s
first art gallery. In 2011, he returned to campus with his wife Marjorie to
dedicate the gallery’s new home in the Parks Student Union.
The gallery, named in honor of Russell in 2008, reopened in April 2011 in
EvCC’s expanded Parks Student Union. The new space reflects Day’s lasting
legacy as an instructor. He was honored for his many years of teaching by
the National Art Education Association in March 2011 with the Presidential
Citation Award.
Russell and Marjorie, a retired EvCC English instructor, are continuing to
help students through the Day endowment for student scholarships. The first
Russell and Marjorie Day scholarship winner was announced at the gallery
reopening.
“I am honored. I’ve heard a lot about Russell Day. I’ve always wanted to
meet him,” said student Sarah Molitch, who plans a career conserving and
restoring artwork.
Russell, who started teaching at Everett Junior College in 1949, was part
of a dedicated group of faculty and staff who helped shape the future of
the college in its earliest years. When EJC opened, it had 12 employees,
including two full-time instructors and seven part-time instructors.
Today, the college employs 400 full-time faculty, staff, and administrators, in
addition to 225 part-time instructors.
1971
EvCC math instructor Bob Killingstad starts teaching
at Everett Community College. Bob still teaches for
EvCC and was selected by students as a “You Made
a Difference” award winner in 2011. One nominator
called him “the best teacher on the planet!”
2011
During 2010-11, numerous faculty and staff members were recognized for
their outstanding work including EvCC Director of Institutional Research
Darryl Dieter, who earned an exemplary status award from the Washington
Community Colleges Humanities Association for his work with the college’s
Humanities Center.
Former EvCC Theatre instructor Arden Flom, who passed away in 2010, was
also honored by the Everett Cultural Arts Commission for his 31 years as the
college’s theatre director, directing more than 173 productions, and his work
with numerous civic and cultural organizations.
Associate faculty member Laura Wild was selected for the college’s highest
honor, the George Shuh award, in June 2011. During the past year, she codeveloped
and taught a sustainable food systems class, hosted a cooking
workshop for campus, co-advised the Students for Environmental Action Club,
and worked with students to plant a sustainable garden on campus.
“She unselfishly gives of herself and her time to put together something
great or exciting for her students,” said award nominator Carla Forney, who
was also selected as a Shuh winner for her outstanding work as Director of
Custodial and Grounds Services.
The highest honor given to EvCC employees are the George Shuh
awards, given by the Shuh family to honor outstanding faculty, staff
and administrators. Winners in 2011 included nutrition instructor Laura
Wild (left), Custodial and Grounds Services Director Carla Forney, and
Grounds and Nursery Specialist John Syson, pictured with Tom Shuh.