TCC Magazine

Tacoma Community College SPRING 2013

2 Five Stars for

3 New

Phi Theta Kappa Scholarship!

6 Harned Health Center

plus 2011-2012 Annual Reports

The Promise of Spring There is something to be said about turning a new leaf this time of year. The beauty of spring is not only evident in our flowerbeds and trees, but also in the lives of our students.

At Tacoma Community College, the promise of spring means positive change is around the corner for students entering spring quarter, and for some, their final quarter before graduation in June.

Spring is about new life.

Around campus, the signs of starting something new are evident. TCC’s Harned Center for Health Careers building project is taking shape with a projected completion of summer 2014.

The facility will provide state of the art housing and equipment for TCC’s healthcare training programs, including nursing, diagnostic medical sonography, radiologic science, respiratory therapy, health information management, and paramedic training.

Spring is also a time to celebrate.

In 2015, Tacoma Community College is turning 50 and we want to hear from you. To celebrate, the College is beginning an archive and oral history project. We welcome contributions from our readers. Please tell us your stories about TCC. Call 253.460.4381 to find out how you can participate.

Dr. Pamela J. Transue President, Tacoma Community College

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Phi Theta Kappa 5-star Rating

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New Scholarship!

4 The Mathematics of Completion

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From the Vault to the Library

6 Harned Center Construction Begins

8 TCC Foundation Annual Report

13 Creating Veteran Friendly Learning

14 Madison Center for Family Literacy

15 Jack Kent Cooke Foundation Scholarship

16 TCC Annual Report

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TCC’s Phi Theta Kappa Club Coordinates to Compete PTK ranks its clubs on a scale of 1-5 stars. With their award-winning “Honors in Action” project (ranked top three in the nation), TCC’s PTK chapter earned 5-star status this year.

“The point of the study was not to find blame, but to create awareness, because this conflict affects the price of produce here in the Northwest and even the cost of labor,” said Ramos.

Current PTK officers Megan Huerta, Jadey Simmons, Lu Al-Arab, Felix Tam and Jacob Casperson selected an Honors in Action topic this past summer. With the help of other club members, they completed the project at the end of January.

The chapter coordinated with TCC’s Paralegal, Engineering and Environmental Science clubs to explore different aspects of the competition over rivers shared by the U.S. and Mexico. They also looked at ways to better conserve water in our region so that conflicts engendered by water shortages may become a thing of the past. The results were submitted to PTK headquarters for evaluation.

“The national headquarters issue a theme every two years and each school works around that topic to either publish a piece of research, or conducts a seminar (among other options) that raise awareness for the subject provided,” said Club Advisor Dr. Tomas Ramos.

“This year the theme is called ‘The Culture of Competition.’”

The team selected “Geography and Food Resources” from nine available subcategories. Then they researched the water dispute between Mexico and the U.S., exploring the legal issues that arise from conflicting interests between the two countries over rivers that originate in the U.S. but are also vital resources in Mexico.

With a little help from dedicated advisors, an enthusiastic officers group, and a few other student clubs, the TCC chapter of the international community college honors society Phi Theta Kappa (PTK) has gone from “struggling to survive” to “top-ranked chapter” in just five years.

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“It is a long and tedious process and requires endurance, commitment, organization and leadership to complete the assignment,” said Ramos. “We started the process in the middle of the summer and finished it Jan. 29 of this year.”

The TCC chapter’s rise to 5-star status has been rapid and dramatic. “Mary Fox and I took over the program at a time when it was struggling to survive and we were ranked as a 1-star organization,” said Ramos.

Since becoming club advisor five years ago, Ramos has taken on the Greater Northwest Region Coordinator position, and last year’s PTK president LeShaun Alexander became TCC’s first Regional President.

Last year the Regional Conference was held at TCC for the first time, and the club achieved 4-star status.

Conference activities include interactive presentations, educational forums, and the presentation of “Honors in Action” awards.

Photo credit: Jason Ganwich

This year, TCC’s PTK chapter was awarded a total of three awards: • 1st for Honors in Action “Theme 6” • 2nd overall for Honors in Action • 3rd for “Distinguished Chapter” “The conference was a fantastic success, due largely to the tremendous work of our chapter members, officers and of course our wonderful advisors Dr. Ramos and Mary Fox,” said Huerta. “I cannot say enough about what a wonderful group I have supporting me day in and day out.”

The chapter’s role in the larger organization continues to expand; Huerta said TCC’s Chapter Vice President Jadey Simmons was elected Greater Northwest Region President for next year, and Chapter Secretary Lubaba Al-Arab was Elected Greater Northwest Region District 2 Vice President.

TCC Alum Vicci Martinez Creates Arts Scholarship for Women Tacoma musician Vicci Martinez, the voice of our new “Reach Higher” campaign, is teaming up with the TCC Foundation to offer a new scholarship for women with artistic aspirations.

“This means TCC now hosts two of the five regional offices and the regional advisor,” said Huerta.

The scholarship will open with the summer 2013 scholarship

The Phi Theta Kappa organization provides highachieving community college students with access to scholarships, college completion and transfer-planning tools, portfolio building tools, a career resource center, and other services.

page www.tacomacc.edu/vicci and share how the $1,500 scholarship

Learn more at www.ptk.org.

application cycle; meanwhile, applicants are invited to visit the web would help them “reach higher.” The page also has a video in which Martinez explains why she created the scholarship.

“Sometimes you look at other people’s lives, and you think, well, that’s cool that they’re doing that, but I don’t think I can do that.” said Martinez in the video. “You can do anything you want to do – you can live your dreams.”

You may notice billboards and bus ads created for our “Reach Higher” campaign as you drive around town. And you might catch Martinez’s ad on the radio – it’s currently playing on Pandora.

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the old way

statway

Typical Dev. Math Outcomes: 6% of students achieve college math credit in one year.

STATWAY Outcomes: 52% of students achieve college math credit in one year

Based on data from Statway colleges, academic year 2008-09

(Higher) The Mathematics of Completion

Academic year 2011-12

When TCC Math Instructor David Straayer noticed that a predictable percentage of students fail each of three entry-level math classes, he took an unusually simple approach to solving the problem. Instead of attempting to shore up interventions and student resources for the three classes, he asked himself: Would more students achieve successful completion if we consolidated the three classes into two? Or one?

Ten credits in one quarter may seem like a lot of math for a non-STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering & Math) major. But the usual percentage of students passed the “linked” class – getting their entire math requirement out of the way in one quarter – and bringing along the two-thirds of the class who would normally have failed one of the classes, had they been offered in the usual three classes, three quarters format.

Let’s say one-third of students don’t pass a given core math class on the first attempt. Does that mean can you boost completion rates by one-third if you consolidate the three classes into two? Or by two-thirds, if you consolidate the three classes into one?

And the non-STEM major student is exactly who STATWAY was designed for. Though algebra is the traditional college-level math requirement, statistics is increasingly becoming the “math of choice” in today’s data-intensive workplace.

You need algebra to succeed in engineering; for fields like Human Services, statistics may be more useful.

Turns out you can. Straayer’s hunch that you could use math to solve a math completion problem turned out to be correct.

Successful completion for students enrolled in TCC’s new STATWAY course – a two-credit course that replaces MATH 90, MATH 95 (precollege algebra), and MATH& 146 (college-level statistics) – held steady even though the class had been consolidated from three classes into two – which meant that one third more students than normal completed the class successfully on their first attempt.

What may be even more surprising is that the numbers held steady even for last spring’s experimental offering of the STATWAY material as one 10-credit linked course.

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“When we surveyed TCC staff, we found that almost 40 percent reported that they had struggled with algebra,” said Straayer. “Of those who reported that they had struggled, almost 90 percent reported that they felt they were successful in their careers despite never really ‘getting’ algebra.”

For now, only a small percentage of students are going the STATWAY route… and only a small percentage of those students are going the onequarter linked class route. But with college-level math still standing as one of the most persistent academic barriers to college completion, it’s an option Straayer predicts more and more mathphobic students will choose.

ARTIST: Clarissa Sligh TITLE: “Red House”

From the Vault to the Library

TCC Head Librarian Sharon Winters notes that 2,000 students pass through the library each day.

From now on, those students will pass some first-rate art on their way to the study carrel or the research help desk – including a painting by world-renowned Washington artist Fay Jones.

Since 1974, one-half of one percent of the budget for every publicly funded project funds a public art installation. Laura Becker, project manager for “Arts WA – Art in Public Places” helps to resite publicly owned art that, for one reason or another, finds itself homeless.

“Sometimes, over the lifespan of a piece, it needs to be moved,” said Becker. “We have a program to re-site pieces at our partner agencies.”

Winters and other TCC staff members selected nine pieces from the Arts WA Re-Siting Project collection – pieces chosen, Becker said, from a thoughtfully curated collection “deliberately chosen for what they convey about identity and inquiry.” The collection includes work by local and non-local artists.

“We’ve got one of the great spaces here on campus, and we’ve been increasingly using it to show art,” said Winters. “It’s very cool because, over the last three years, we’ve seen students stop in their tracks and engage with the art.”

The Library’s role in showcasing art and literature created by the campus community has also been increasing. Each spring Winters stages a reading of student publications Una Voce and Trillium (May 22, 2:30-3:30p). The new public art collection was introduced at a reading of three recently published works by TCC faculty members – poets Richard Wakefield and Allen Braden, and economist Rob Larson.

The Fay Jones paintings (“Canoe at Dusk” and “Ice Skating”) are located with two other Re-Siting Project works, at the south end of the library in the group study area.

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Photo by Kemer Nelson, Aequalis Photography

Inviting the Community to Campus

Harned Center Construction Begins On a perfect late-summer day that coincided with the 95th birthday of TCC donor Joe Harned, the college officially broke ground on the new Harned Center for Health Careers.

Designed with one main entrance opening onto Mildred Street and one into the center of campus, the not yet completed building has already started pulling the greater Tacoma community in.

“It was a constant theme with the planning committee – to be a place where we could invite the community to campus,” said Pat Brown, TCC’s retired Dean of Health, Justice and Human Services.

On the first day of the groundbreaking, the building brought local philanthropists, politicians, and friends of the college to campus.

Since construction began, Capital Projects Manager Clint Steele estimates that approximately 30 people have been employed on the site on a daily basis – and that there will be 100-150 workers on site during the peak of construction.

The foundation and floor for the lower level are now in place, and Steele says the beams that form the structure’s skeleton will go up in late April and early May. “Once that is completed many other trades will show up and start working,” said Steele. “There will be electricians, plumbers, sheet-rockers, laborers, masons, carpenters, painters, steel workers, glaziers, consultants of all types, inspectors, and other trades.”

Steele also noted that many jobs are created that are not “on site” but directly related to the project.

“Somewhere employees are making the CMU blocks that will be used on the exterior of the building, and somewhere employees are making the steel siding that will be the final façade of the building exterior and roof.

I would estimate for every worker on site there is at least one not on site that is employed to produce the products and materials that will go into the building… the ripple effect is far-reaching.”

The building’s role in uniting workers around a common cause will continue long after it’s complete. NBBJ Architect Liz Jacks notes that the building was designed specifically to “produce caregivers who collaborate.”

“When you see a doctor, you don’t just see a doctor,” Jacks pointed out. “This building will unite faculty, students and staff around delivering common care… we’re blurring the boundaries between campus, social space, and community.”

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TCC Foundation Annual Report

This year, the Foundation allocated over $1,222,885 to support scholarships and critical programs at TCC.

TCC changes a student’s life and there is no typical TCC student.

People move up, regardless of where they start at TCC. More than a half million people have attended TCC since it opened in 1965, including: • The laid off manufacturing worker who retrains as a much-needed X-ray technician

Officers

• The refugee who starts off with no English skills and becomes a successful accountant

President Pat Shuman Vice President Jonathan Phillips Treasurer Wade Neal, JD Secretary Brian King, JD Member at Large Jeanette Lunceford

• The Iraq war Veteran who begins his journey to becominging a medical doctor at TCC

Board of Directors

• The parent who has stayed home to raise a family and is now pursuing his or her dream job • The graduating high school senior who is testing the academic waters before committing to a four-year institution or taking prereqs to move on to a fouryear institution - saving considerable financial resources.

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Photos from 2012 Scholarship Recognition Event by Michael Arabella

• The corporate CEO who needs top rated on-site training for her employees to stay competitive in a global market

• • • • • • • • • • •

Christopher Algeo Griselda “Babe” Lehrer Robert Lenza Dorothy Lewis Mark Lindquist, JD Melanie Manista-Rushforth Theron Meier Sandra Reilley, MD Pamela Transue, PhD Barry Weled, MD Chad Wright

Director, TCC Foundation & Development Director Bill Ryberg TCCF Mission Tacoma Community College Foundation inspires investment in student success.

Contact information TCC Foundation 6501 S. 19th St. I Tacoma WA 98466 P: 253.566.5003 I F: 253.566.5003 www.tacomacc.edu/foundation

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revenue

I shouldn’t be surprised, but I often am, when I reflect on how basic our students’ needs are.

20% Contributions, Pledges and Other Revenue

As an example, the TCC Foundation provides emergency funds to students when life interrupts school and they have nowhere else to turn. These grants are rarely more than $200. They help with rent, car repairs, utility bills, medical expenses, bus passes…needs that, left unmet, can derail even the most committed student.

The dollar amount is small but the gratitude expressed tells me that with each grant we make a critical difference in the life of a student and sometimes his or her family as well.

20% Grants 36% Contracts

-7% Realized and Unrealized Investment Gains and Interest

Many TCC students have no other higher education option. Four-

year schools are too expensive and may not offer the level and type of instruction they need. Our students often come to college with inadequate language, reading and math skills. Many lack full employment. Some seek the skills and knowledge they need to earn a decent wage as quickly as possible. Some need an extra boost before they can tackle a four-year degree. TCC can help with all of that.

expenses 77% Program Support

Thank you for your past and future support.

Pat Shuman, President, TCC Foundation

15% Fundraising 8% Administrative

assets 2011-12 $ 8,597,496 2010-11 $ 8,692,381 2009-10 $ 7,988,283 2008-09 $ 4,596,194

Photos from 2012 Scholarship Recognition Event by Michael Arabella

Your contributions, whatever their size, go a long way to help TCC students succeed. When our students succeed our community benefits, and that’s good for everyone.

20% Quid Pro Quo

$1,703,038

It’s pretty basic, isn’t it? Relevant education plus a little extra help with daily life allow students to survive, thrive and move on to become college graduates and wage earners who can support their families and contribute to our community. Without an option like TCC, many students would have no hope to improve their lives.

For many, that hopelessness extends to entire families.

I find it surprising that even with the huge number of students we graduate each year there are still many more behind them who are the first in their families to attend college. Our first generation students number in the hundreds. What if a higher education option like TCC were not available? What if there were no extra help when emergencies arise? What would our community look like if college were simply out of reach for thousands of capable people with a need as basic as to learn how to do work that can support a family?

11% Special Events

The firm of Dwyer, Pemberton & Coulson, P.C., Certified Public Accountants, conducts an annual independent audit of the Tacoma Community College Foundation.

This report is available for any donor at the Foundation offices at Tacoma Community College. The graphs show the sources and uses of Tacoma Community College Foundation funds as a percentage of the total income and expenses as of June 30, 2012.

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TCC Foundation Donors 2011-2012

Foundation Donors 2011-2012 This donor report acknowledges

2013 Tacoma Wine Classic The Tacoma Community College Foundation’s signature fundraising event will be held

gifts and pledges contributed between July 1, 2011 and June 30, 2012. Gifts received after June 30, 2012 will be acknowledged in the 2012-2013 donor report. Y Every effort has been made to ensure accuracy.

If we have misspelled or omitted your name, please accept our

Saturday

May 18, 2013 from 5:30-10 p.m. on the Tacoma Community College Campus, 6501 S. 19th St., Tacoma.

The Tacoma Wine Classic raises money for Tacoma Community College students through programs such as scholarships, childcare, and student services.

most sincere apology and let us know by contacting the office of Development and Alumni Relations at 253.566.5336 or FoundationInfo@tacomacc.edu.

A Ken Abbott Dan & Paula Albertson Gretchen Alden Christopher & Connie Algeo Jane Anne Allen Allenmore Medical Foundation Altrusa International Club of Tacoma Paul Amoroso Stephen & Sandy Anderson Ivonna Anderson Applied Design Group Patricio & Christina Aravena America Arredondo John Atkins Owen Atkins & Jennifer Auge

B Kevin Bacon David Bahrt Calvin & Joanne Bamford Karla L. Banks Silvia Barajas & Kerwin Manuel Stephen & Mary Barger Bargreen Ellingson Inc. David Bates & Julie Anderson Michael & Stephanie Beardemphl Lois Beck & Mark Holland Anthony & Sharon Bellomo Benn Pottery Anthony & Julie Benson Ingrid Bentzen Dr. Ron & Karen Benveniste Marit Berg Mark Bieraugel Renae Bigelow Bill Acker Consulting Services Charles Bingham

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John Binns, Jr Janice Bishop Cathie Bitz Inez Blair Milton & Judith Bleiweiss Tamara Bobrovytskya John Boerner Margarete Boerner Blake & Sharrie Bolton Peter Bonow Marlene Bosanko Mary Jo Boushie Sam Bowman Conor & Jacqueline Boyd Marianne Brabanski Ben Bradley Richard Brandt Peter Briner & Barbara Mitchell Briner Stephen & Paula Brown Col. Henry & Patricia Brown Leonard & Sharon Bruso Ross & Julie Buffington Jack & Patricia Bujacich Robert & Patrice Bunge Andrew & Marsha Burns Jim & Susanna Buttorff

C Jeri Cacace Cafe Divino Neil & Sharon Callahan Joe & Patricia Candiotta John & Shirley Carmichael Richard & Frances Carr Krystal Cartright Scott & Monica Chambers Mary Chen-Johnson Mary Chikwinya Richard & Laura Chipman Ryan Choate Vicki Christensen City of Tacoma Sheri Clark C.W. Clark & Jill Nordfors Clark Todd & Jennifer Clarke Robert & Deanna Cleaveland Alain Clerc & Bonnie Sand Frank & Judy Colarusso Bill & Gertrude Colby Judy Coleman Columbia Bank Combined Fund Drive,

Secretary of State Community Foundation for the Alleghenies John & Angela Connelly Connelly Law Offices Pat & Patty Coogan Abigail Cooke Charles Coomber & Sharon Rogers David & Sherie Coons Robert & Catherine Cope

Michael Corcoran Justin Corley Kris & Gerald Costello Craig Cowden Dominic Cozzetto Candace Cragg Ben & Gail Cramer Frank & Debbie Crawford Charles Crawford Byron & Kimberly Cregeur Terry Cronk & Michele Newman-Cronk Greg Crowe George Curtis

D Daryl & the Diptones Davies Pearson, P.C. Beth Davis James Davis Richard Davis Richard & Jane Davison Christyanna Dawson Jeffrey & Kimberly Degallier Delta Kappa Gamma Alpha Chapter Don & Sue Dennis Robert & Nancy Dickerson Barbera Didis Frank Dippolito J.F. & Kazumi Divens-Cogez John Dix Royal & Sachiko Domingo Mark & Jennifer Donahue Barbara Driggers Michael & Liz Dunbar Judi Dunham Jeff & Jennifer Durham Dwyer Pemberton & Coulson, P.C.

E Dave Edwards & Patricia Shuman Susan Elkin David & Jeannie Elliott Marla Elmquist David & Sabine Endicott Walt Woolf & Meg Estep Woolf Joshua Estes Robert Ettlinger Carol Evenhuis

F Mark & Kathy Falk Kiril Farkov Nancy Feagin Bruce & Wendy Fein Michael Ferguson Alan Ferguson & Sue Summers Janet Fesq Harriett Fields Christie Fierro Kathleen Figetakis David Fischer & Mendy Lowe Paul & Kimberly Fisher Barry & Laana Fishman Lesley Fleming

TCC Foundation Donors 2011-2012 Wendy Flores Robert Flye Dick & Mary Foege Elizabeth Fortenbery Leanne Foster Kenneth & Mary Fox Franciscan Health System Franke Tobey Jones

Retirement Estates Drs. Joel Frankel

& Barbara Watanabe Iris Fudell Brendan Fuller

Hargis Engineers Steven Harlow Jordan & Sigrid Harris Chalu Harris-Adams Alison Harvey Shana Harvey Gina Hatcher Kathryn Held Marla Hendrickson Susan Hendrixson Richard & Beverly Heydinger Robert Hijiya Tami Hinkle Albert & June Hinson Yun-Yi & Jane Ho Robert Hofeditz & Karen Forsythe Mark & Diane Holcomb Ruth Hollo Sue Holman Thomas & Judy Hosea Tricia Hosea Al & Rosalie Hove Carl & Jerilynn Howell Greg Hubbard & Maggie Ross Dr. Will & Sharon Hubler Drs. John Huddlestone

& Sandra Reilley Leonard Hudson Charles & Lee Hunt Philip & Linda Hunter Barry & Rhonda Huse

G Frank & Carol Garratt Lois Garrison Gary E. Milgard Family Foundation Jessica Gaudino Michael & Kathleen Gehrke General Plastics Gig Harbor Garden Tour Association Bill & Phyllis Gill Patricia Gillingham Roger & Cheryle Glathar Judy Glavin Robert Glavin Carol Goforth Arthur Goodson Jr. Rachel Goon Susan Gordon & David Thureson Charlene Gore Jacqueline Gorman The Gottfried & Mary Fuchs Foundation Brian Graber Cindy Grady Mac Gray & Meagan Foley Gray Lumber Company The Greater Tacoma Community Foundation:

- Ruth Murphy Evans Charitable Trust of Union Bank N.A

- The Ellis Fund

- The Fund for Women & Girls

- The Vibrant Community Grantmaking Program Deborah Greenfield Jeffrey & Maria Gross Thomas & Claudia Gross Shader Richard & Sandra Gwartney

H Robert & Margaret Haan Molly Hagan Don Haggerty & Kathy Deraitus Eric & Lynn Hahn Mark & Nancy Haley John & Sophia Hall Dr. Dale & Susan Hall Herb Hallberg Garth Hansen

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Anders Ibsen Anna Inthavong Daniel & Sara Inveen Hadar Iron & Michael Jobes

J Michael Jacobs Dr. Paul & Anne Jacobson George & Grace Jadin Jensco Elizabeth Jewett JF Parkway

Representative Laurie Jinkins

& Laura Wulf Richard & Melanie Johnson Rickard & Stephanie Johnston Hodge Jones Claire Jordon

K Michael & Margaret Kalton Bruce & Cynthia Kannenberg Emily Wood Keller Mary Kenney KeyBank Fndn--Matching Gifts KeyBank Foundation KeyBank Jessica Kiech Kristen Kiehl Gene & Susan Killian Senator Derek & Jennifer Kilmer Brian King & Sunni Ko Jason & Krystle Kitts Kiwanis Club of Greater Tacoma KLQ Scholarship Fund John & Rebecca Knold Daniel Koch & Ann Dickman Kirsten Konrad Clyde & Sydna Koontz Christine Koval Dave & Christine Koval Julie Kramer & Dale Phelps Viliamu & Lita Kuaea

L L.T. Murray Family Foundation Patricia La Blanc Ottie & Clara Ladd Meredith LaFlesh Kurt Laidlaw Matt Lane Cielito Lane Rich Langhorn Brian Lanier John & Patricia Lantz Karen Larkin Michael E. Larsen Wendy Larsen Dr. & Mrs. Vernon Larson Sandra Larson Erik Laurentz James & Kirsten Lawson Patricia Leblanc Babe Lehrer Kenneth & Rhonda Leonard Dorothy Lewis Brian & Lori Lidyard Mark & Chelsea Lindquist Nick Lindstrom Irina Litvinyuk Terrie Lones Beverly Losey Donald & Patricia Loth Camille Lowman

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Kim Alison Lubin Richard Hanson & Dania Lukey Ron & Jeanette Lunceford Kenneth Lundemo John & Linda Lunkes

M Stephen Mabry Laura Maccary Bruce & Margo Macdonald Alexis MacDonald Robin Macnofsky & Robert Bales Ken Madsen Rick & Marcia Mahaffey Roger Edwards & Marilyn Mahoney Jennifer Manley Scott Marsh Gale Marten James Martinson Catherine Marzyck Richard & Marcia Matthaei Robert Matthews George & Marilyn McBride Mary McCabe Sharon McCormack Jimmy McDonough Jane McFee Michael McGavock Helen McGovern & George Pilant McGranahan Architects David McInturff & Phyllis Izant Mike & Peggy McKasy Barbara Mead & David Glaab Patty Mede Lisa Mellinger Ryan Mello & Jerry Hallman Maria Meneses John & June Mercer Debra Meyerson Alexander & Debbie Mihali Melvin & Roberta Miller Karen Mittet Monica Monk Debra Moore-Yip & Les Yip Morris Foundation Braxton & Sakura Moses Nicholas & Janine Mott Theophilus Mungen L.Toby & Laurie Murray Murray Pacific Corporation Donald & Cyndy Myers

N Haji & Akram Nazarian NBBJ Wade & Kathlyn Neal Douglas Neff Kristeen Nesika Petersen Network for Good Joe & Michelle Nichols Steve & Vicki Nye

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O Randy & Karen O’Brien Allison Odenthal John O’Gara Tom & Skip Oldfield Janet Olejar James Oliver Carolyn Osborne Dr. Hans & Jacquelyn Ostrom

P Karen Palmer Barlow Palminteri Dr. David & Maria Paly TJ & Jacqui Parkes Frank & Nancy Parsons Gayle Peach Frela Peacocke Loren & Diane Pease Pease Construction, Inc. Peninsula Light Company Loyd & Muriel Percy Laurie Peterson Rayisa Petrovska Lois Phelps Jonathan Phillips & Linda Dombroski Donna Phillips Krysten Piano Russ Picha Eric & Charlene Piercy Helen Pilkey Laird & Julie Pisto S. & D. Plattner Clayton & Lynn Pollock Robert & Emily Porter Patricia Powers Jennifer Preston Chushcoff Sondra Purcell

Q Chris Quinn-Brintnall R Ed & Sharie Ramos Tomas Ramos RBC Pleneurethics Society April Reid Drs. Les & Estelle Reid Don & Candyce Rennegarbe Caridad Rhoades Daniel Rice Bill & Ann Riley Andy & Jan Ritting David & Karen Robbins Fred & Anne Roberson Ronald & Valerie Robertson Margaret Robinson Pamela Robinson Jim Robinson Mary Robnett Michel & Pamela Rocchi Jill Rohrbaugh Mike & Darlene Rompogren Frank Rorie 12

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TCC Foundation Donors 2011-2012 Robert & Peg Roy Amber Ruchti Jon Ruckle Ian Ryan Janae Ryan Robert & Meg Ryan Bill & Evelyn Ryberg Catherine Ryberg David Ryberg & Joan Penney Kim Rzeszewicz

S Janice Sakai Charles Salak Paul Sanchez Jason Sandusky Santa Clara Aquamaids Lorena Saucedo Joan Sauer Beverly Sayle Schacht/Aslani Architects Sander Scherman Garzon Denise Schildt Bob Schmitt Doug Schwab Schweitzer Engineering Laboratories Matthew & Kari Scott Kim Seeley Kurt Seemann Peter Serko Sharon Styer Arts Management John & Marnie Sheeran Vicki & Terry Shelton Richard & Catherine Shine Andrew & Joann Shuckhart William Shuman Gary & Mary Sigmen Silver Reef Casino Angie Simpson Jonathan Singer Matthew Sizemore Jim Skalski & Csilla Muhl Jeffrey Skoubo Lee Sledd Dan & Doreen Small Rebecca Smart & Drew Deutsch Dan & Shelly Smith Edward & Jody Smith Joan Smith Leonard & Ann Smith Mel & Barbara Smith Patricia Smith Laurie Hesslein Fund @ Smith

Barney Charitable Trust, Inc. Jeff Soder The Spar Tavern Jennifer Spetsas Rebeccah Sproat Scott & Sandra Sproul Fred & Faith Stabbert David Stahl

Janet Steveni Dr. Larry Stevens Jeffree R. Stewart Col. Willie & Faye Stewart Timothy Stokes Isabel Stout Douglas & Margaret Strausbaugh Bill & Bobby Street Mayor Marilyn Strickland

& Pat Erwin Constance Swank Ronald & Kate Swarner William & Mary Sydor

T Tacoma City Council Tina Tahiri Hank & Linda Tanz R.R. Taylor Brendan & Karin Teles Donald Theiler & Janet Price Andrew & Susan Thompson Linda Thompson Thomas Thompson Warren Thompson Chartrice Tillman Titus Will Families Foundation Lorraine Toler Topia Technology Diane & Michael Topolski Totem Ocean Trailer Express, Inc. Michael Towey Arlene Towne Robert & Sandra Townley Rebekah Townsend Phi Nguyen & Hoang-Oanh Tran Dr. Pamela Transue Ron Trapp Ed Troyer Molly Tuohy Sam & Margaret Tuttle

U Jean Ulianich United Way of Pierce County

Unknown Donors Floyd & Judith Urschel Mel & Judith Urschel Heather Urschel-Speir

V Diane Valdez Rick & Heather Valtee Kathryn Van Wagenen Peter Van Wagenen Linda VanBallenberghe James & Sherilyne Vogt

W Dr. Sumiho & Yasuko Wada Michelle Wagner Susan Wagner Michele Wagoner Dr. Richard & Catherine Wakefield R. D. & Sarah Waldo Lauren Walker Lola Waller Moira Walters James & Marilyn Walton Kimberly Ward Rachel Ward Warlock Holding Company Jack & Dr. Lilly Warnick Kenneth Greg Watson Jeffrey & Linda Watts Alan Waugh Wendey Weathers Martha Webb Norman & Olga Webstad Richard & Monica Weidman Rigel Weis Dr. Barry & June Weled Wells Fargo Bank Wells Fargo Foundation Ted & Janet Werner Annette Weyerhaeuser Frederick & Ki Hyen Whang Angela Wheeler Steve Wilkinson William Mitchell Photography The William W. Kilworth Foundation Carol Williams Leonard & Rita Williams Marlene Williams Mary Williams Wayne Williams Windham Cellars Robert Winter Ronald & Michelle Wiseman Paulina Wlodzimirow Richard Woo & Arlene Joe John Woodard Dan Worthen Chad Wright & Heather Hamilton

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Creating Veteran-friendly Learning

Military veteran enrollment at TCC has gone up more than 100 percent since the Post 9/11-G.I. Bill was passed in the fall of 2008. “We’re averaging between 540 and 580 veteran enrollments per quarter – about 600 if you include those with applications in progress,” said Veterans Affairs Coordinator Bill Harrington. “We used to average about 250-300 per quarter.”

The college responded by adding veteran services, earning G.I. Jobs Magazine’s “Military Friendly School” endorsement four years running.

For instance, the timing of payments coming in from the Veteran’s Affairs Office (VA) can be a bit tricky, so Harrington works with Post 9/11 G.I. Bill students to make sure they get the classes and books they need. The V.A. tuition payment may not come in by the school’s tuition deadline, but Harrington can add a deferment code to ensure that veterans don’t get dropped for non-payment. Students need to have their books at the start of the quarter, so Harrington also works with the V.A. to get book allowances for veterans upfront.

Most veterans attending TCC are eligible for assistance through the Post 9/11 G.I. Bill. “They’re younger for the most part – most are fresh out of their first enlistment,” said Harrington. “We have some older vets and retirees, but most of them don’t have any entitlement left. A good portion of our student veterans are under 30 years old.”

Other Services Harrington works in the Veterans Services Office in Building 14, the hub of veterans services on campus. New “Veterans Navigator” Kara Hayes helps coordinate non-tuition benefits for students. “Her job is helping veterans with resources, referrals, and info about benefits outside education,” said Harrington. “And she’s networking with the faculty and staff, trying to get the faculty aware of some of these other programs that are not education.”

The office serves as a resource for faculty who have questions about how to serve students with PTSD. “We get faculty all the time who say, ‘Can you help this veteran?’” said Harrington. “If they’ll come to us, there’s a lot we can do for them, numerous agencies we can get involved.”

Campus Life Though they make up a relatively small subset of the student population, veterans have had a big impact in student life. During the 2011-12 school year, all three of the ASTCC Student Government leadership positions were held by veterans. The campus has a strong and active Veterans Club, which has hosted a successful Veterans Recognition Ceremony the last two years.

Student veterans have created a culture of respect for veterans on campus, evident in small things, like the large “Thank a Veteran” cards posted in the Student Center on Veterans day and the flags that line the campus walkways on veteran-related holidays – and in larger things, like the fact that TCC’s veterans enrollment is holding steady while veteran enrollments generally are dropping.

“I was told by some of the other schools that their numbers went down, but my numbers are up,” said Harrington.

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Madison Center for Family Literacy : A Community Effort The Fund for Women & Girls is proud to continue our support of TCC Foundation’s Madison Learning program. The collaboration between TCC, the Tacoma School District, and the other partners that help Madison Learning flourish is a great demonstration of the strength of the program. At the Fund, we continue to be impressed with the women participating in the Madison Learning program. They gain so much more than their GED or English language fluency—they improve their self-esteem, become empowered in their everyday lives, and form relationships that help with their future success. y TCC. donated b omputers c ys la p is d Lee Sledd

Gina Anstey, Director, Fund for Women & Girls

Going back to school as an adult can be a challenge.

Going back to school as a non-English speaker with kids?

That’s extra challenging. But there’s a place near the Tacoma Mall where non-English speaking parents and their kids can find educational opportunity – thanks to a network of community partners.

The Madison Center for Family Literacy isn’t a showy place. Located in a small building which co-houses the Tacoma Indian Education Center, it puts lots of used books and repurposed materials to good use. And it accomplishes small miracles for a clientele—mostly Hispanic women with young children—who have few other options.

“Instructors and staff at Madison work with parents to define and achieve their educational goals, which typically include: communicating independently in English, helping their children in school, earning their GED,and getting better jobs,” said Literacy Center Coordinator Lee Sledd. “While parents are in adult education classes, on-site Head Start teachers, an early childhood educator and Americorps volunteers help to prepare their preschool age children to enter school.”

A Madison

grad poses for a family picture.

A joint venture between Tacoma Community College and Tacoma Public Schools, the Tacoma Literacy Center serves people like Anie, who immigrated to the United States with her two daughters in 2004 after working as an accountant in Cuba.

“I chose to go to the Madison Center because my daughter was in preschool there,” said Anie. “I wanted to learn appropriate English.”

Since enrolling in the Madison Center in 2006, Anie has been steadily working her way towards a degree in Human Services. Assuming that she’d continue in accounting, she enrolled in TCC’s I-BEST program and earned an accounting certificate. But she soon found that she wanted a change.

“In Cuba, accounting is different – you have contact with the public,” said Anie. “Here, it is different. I found out that my heart is in human service.”

She finished her Human Services degree at TCC in fall 2012, and is currently completing an internship with DSHS.

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“I motivate my classmates. I tell them, ‘whatever’s going on with your family – it’s going to pass. The education – that’s for yourself. And you need it to be able to help them,’” said Anie. “Education – it can take you anyplace you want to go.”

While the parents learn English, pre-school staff work to give their children the skills and English language grounding they’ll need to succeed in kindergarten.

Anie’s daughter Evelyn, now in middle school, wants to be a lawyer – and she won a “Why I want to be a Paralegal” essay contest at age 14.

“Our ESOL test gains and GED graduates attest to the positive impact we are making,” said Sledd.

“Research has repeatedly demonstrated that higher parental education, especially maternal education, leads to higher educational attainment for children. Research also tells us that providing quality early childhood education and experiences leads to higher persistence in school, and lower incidence of discipline problems and drop-out.”

Associate Dean of Transitional Studies, Kim Ward, is used to cobbling together a program with funding pulled from a variety of sources. In addition to TPS and TCC, the center runs on grants from various community organizations, including Well Fargo, The Greater Tacoma Community Foundation, and the Women’s Funding Alliance.

The TCC Foundation provides a yearly scholarship for the center, named in memory of former TCC instructor Sheila Powers. The school also encourages graduates to enroll in programs such as Adult Basic Skills and I-BEST. (Washington’s I-BEST program, which allows basic skills students to earn employable skills and certifications along with academics, has won national acclaim.)

“The work we are doing is a wise investment which has a huge impact,” said Sledd. “With the support of TCC, TPS and our community, we are investing in our collective future by assisting families to be literate, healthy, and productive members of our community and workforce.”

TCC Student Received Jack Kent Cooke Foundation Transfer Scholarship Simbarashe Change, one of Tacoma Community College’s stellar international students, has been selected to receive a Jack Kent Cooke Foundation Undergraduate Transfer Scholarship. Simbarashe is one of 73 scholars selected from around the country to receive the award this year.

The scholarship will pay up to $30,000 per year. It is designed to cover the final two to three years necessary to achieve a bachelor’s degree.

Awards vary by individual, based on the cost of tuition as well as other grants or scholarships he or she may receive.

Simbarashe has a 3.96 grade point average, serves in student government and in 2012 was selected as the outstanding international student of the year. He hopes to transfer to Stanford University, University of Southern California or New York University to study economics. His long-term plan includes pursuing a master’s of business administration and a law degree so he can start his own securities firm, with the goal to help children in his native country of Zimbabwe.

The Jack Kent Cooke Foundation Undergraduate Transfer Scholarship is a generous scholarship for the nation’s top community college students to complete their bachelor’s degrees at four-year colleges or universities.

The Foundation provides up to $30,000 per year, making it the largest private scholarship for two-year and community college transfer students in the country.

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TCC

2011-12 Annual Report

2011-12 Operating Revenue State Allocation

$ 18,073,549

Local Revenue 1,697,671

Running Start Program Bldg Fee from Excess Enrollment

562,823

General Fees / Overhead

435,809 16,730

ABE Tuition

16,509,097

Tuition/Operating Fees

Subtotal

19,222,130

TOTAL

$ 37,295,679

2011-12 program expenses Instruction & Primary Support Library & Learning Resources

21,147,007 666,299

Student Services

3,948,691

Institutional Support

6,081,237

Plant Operations & Maintenance

2,758,382 405,758

WF / WR Financial Aid

total

35,007,374

2011-12 Capital budget Revenue 4,160,946

State Allocation

19,054

Local Revenue

Subtotal

4,180,000

EXPENSES 1,189,663

Program Expenses

BALANCE 16

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Throwback Thursday

Introducing

(state fte)

Were you here “back in the day”? Do you know that guy taking a library break in a 70s running outfit?(Maybe you ARE that guy?!) Can you help us ID computer equipment that was that last word in cutting edge back in 1989? Play along with us on Twitter and Facebook as we post a TCC Archive photo on Thursday mornings! Photos are linked to TCC’s twitter account @TacomaCC using the hashtag #ThrowbackThursday. We’ll also be posting images and collecting comments on Facebook.

5,005 2010 4,976 2009 4,713 2008 4,506

Fall 2011 Fall Fall Fall

state funding $ 22,039,069 2009-10 20,822,464 2010-11 18,073,549 2011-12 16,301,835 2012-13

(projected)

Student Intent: 37% Transfer 30% Workforce Training 26% Other 6% Basic skills

tcc students 38.8% are students of color Average age = 30 49% female 29% male 22% unknown 360 International students 650 students with disabilities

TCC’s enormous photo collection is currently in the process of being collected and archived by Library staff.

Think you can help identify people, places and events?

Contact Elizabeth Russell at 253.460.3390 to help us preserve our little slice of Tacoma history!

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6501 S. 19th St. I Tacoma WA 98466

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Events Calendar TCC Art Student Exhibition May 1-June 13  Bldg. 4, The Gallery Gallery Hours: noon-5 p.m.

Reception May 1, 4-7 p.m. FREE www.tacomacc.edu/thegallery/ Tacoma Wine Classic May 18  Bldg. 11, Opgaard Student Center, 5:30 p.m. www.tacomacc.edu/tacomawineclassic Student & Faculty Information Literacy Awards Readings from Trillium and Una Voce May 22  Bldg. 7, Library, 2:30-3:30 p.m. FREE TCC Alumni Night with the Rainiers June 1  Cheney Stadium, 7 p.m. $20 ticket includes Party Deck access, BBQ buffet and more! For ticket info call Asha Bhaga at 253.566.6003. www.tacomacc.edu/alumniandfriends/ TCC Spring Choral Concert June 6  Bldg. 3, Theater, 7:30 p.m. FREE Graduation June 15  Tacoma Convention Center, 10 a.m. www.tacomacc.edu/graduation/ Men of Distinction Summer Academy June 24-August 15  TCC Tacoma campus www.tacomacc.edu/mod Gig Harbor Garden Tour June 29-30  various Gig Harbor locations Tickets $25. Benefits TCC Gig Harbor campus Adult Basic Education programs. More info at www.gigharborgardentour.org 10th Annual Athletics Golf Tournament August 16  Northshore Public Golf Course, 1:30 p.m.

Raises money for athletics scholarships. Find out more at www.tacomacc.edu/golftournament

Helping Students “Liberate $250K” TCC’s Open Educational Resources (OER) project set the goal of saving students $250,00 over two years by replacing textbooks in some courses with free open sourced materials. Barely three quarters into the project we reached that goal, hitting the quartermillion mark at the beginning of Spring Quarter 2013. And new materials are still being developed, so the savings to students will keep adding up.

Here’s a snapshot of our OER offerings this year:

• Fall 2012: 6 courses, 16 sections • Winter 2013: 10 courses, 20 sections • Spring 2013: 18 courses, 39 sections.

The project is financed by a $90,000 contribution from student government, matched by the college.

Textbooks are approximately one third of a TCC student’s costs, so offering textbook-free courses can make a big difference. Find out more at open.tacomacc.edu