Points of Pride: Fall 2024

Many interesting, inspiring, and noteworthy things happen across Seattle Colleges every day. We’ve collected some (but certainly not all) of these stories. Add these to our growing list of points of pride.

Supporting diversity in STEM through LSAMP

In the video above, Tina Akinyi, the director of the Louis Stokes Alliances for Minority Participation (LSAMP), talks about the importance of LSAMP at North Seattle College along with some of her students. LSAMP strengthens the preparation, representation, and success of historically underrepresented students in Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics (STEM) transfer programs. In early 2024, the program was awarded the Distinguished Medal for Service and Justice Award at our 51st Annual Community Celebration of Martin Luther King, Jr. LSAMP is funded through the National Science Foundation under grant HRD2009170.

• LSAMP has served more than 160 students at North over the past two years and recently was renewed for another three years. 
• Learn more at the LSAMP webpage.       
   

North students continue winning streak at UW Foster School of Business

For the seventh time in the past eight years, a team from North Seattle College took first place in the community college group of the Russell Investments International Case Competition at the University of Washington Foster School of Business. The winning team consisted of Associate in Business students Matias Saenz, Vincent Orato, Sarah Greenberg (left to right in photo above), and Zora Rose (not pictured). A team of students from North's International Business bachelor’s program also competed in the event.

• Learn more about the winning team and the event.       
   

Strengthening Seattle Central’s connections to the community

Seattle Central held its second Community Dinner on the evening of Friday, October 24. That feeling of community was evident as one attendee stated, “I'm inspired to know there's all these neighbors around, and I'd like my path to cross with them more often. This kind of gives me hope for the future of the area.”

• Read a feature story about the second Community Dinner.
• View a gallery of photos from the evening.
• Click the image below to view a short video reel posted November 4, 2024, on Instagram (or follow this link).       
      
   

Return of the MAC

The newly painted and resurfaced gym floor in Seattle Central’s Mitchell Activity Center (aka "the MAC") is just one of many changes and significant remodels the facility has undergone since last summer—all aimed at revitalizing campus engagement. In addition to physical renovations, new manager Sammy Faust and the staff of the MAC have worked to focus on activating underutilized spaces, offering more activities, and increasing accessibility to the facilities through a new Punch Pass card system to return the MAC’s attendance to pre-pandemic levels.

• Read about the recent upgrades. 
• Refer to faculty and staff membership options.  
   

Sustainable Building Science Technology Program celebrates 10 years, announces new training and assessment center

South Seattle College’s Bachelor of Applied Science program in Sustainable Building Science Technology (SBST) celebrated its 10-year anniversary in early October with an evening event featuring a reception and alumni panel followed by keynote speaker Kate Simonen, founder and board chair of the Carbon Leadership Forum and leader of the Life Cycle Lab. The evening culminated with the exciting announcement of the establishment of a new grant-funded Pacific Northwest Building Training and Assessment (BTAC) Center at South’s Georgetown Campus. The BTAC Center is supported by a $900,000 grant from the U.S. Department of Energy.

• Learn more about the 10-year anniversary of SBST and the new BTAC Center.  
   

Order's up! South Culinary students gain valuable experience operating food truck

In most culinary schools, it’s fine dining that’s celebrated. And indeed that used to be the capstone project in South Seattle College's Culinary Arts program, which began in 1975. “But we realized during the pandemic it wasn’t pertinent to a lot of students,” says Chef-Instructor David Hatfield. “They wanted something trendier. They wanted the business side of things. So we transitioned to this more popular concept and it was really well received.” Hatfield teaches Management Practicum, aka the Food Truck Class.

• Read a recent feature about the student-operated food truck. 
• South's food truck fleet began with the donation of two trucks in 2023.
• Click the image below to view a short video reel posted November 6, 2024, on Instagram (or follow this link).   
  

Seattle Promise gains additional recognition as a program that helps students thrive

Seattle Promise continues to gain recognition for the access it offers high school graduates to higher education and its effectiveness as a collaborative program that sets students up to thrive. College Spark Washington recently published a feature detailing the history of Seattle Promise from its roots as the 13th Year Scholarship to a districtwide program that enrolled approximately 1,600 students this Fall Quarter.

Graduating Seattle public high school seniors who are part of the Class of 2025 may apply now for Fall Quarter 2025.

• Click the image below to view a short video reel posted October 29, 2024, on Instagram (or follow this link).     
  

Published Tuesday, December 10, 2024