TCC Magazine - Winter 2010

TCC Magazine Connecting Tacoma Community College with Community

Winter 2010

Driven by Success

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Responsibility meets Commitment TCC Board of Trustees

 Laurie A. Jinkins

Chair

L to R: Darlene Rompogren, EAP; Dr. Pamela Transue, President; Jean Ulianch, Cashier; Laurie Jinkins, Trustee.

 Don Dennis

Vice Chair

 Marilyn D. Walton

 Fred P.S. Whang

 Chad Wright

 Dr. Pamela Transue

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President

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At Tacoma Community College, responsibility meets commitment as we provide training and education that fuels our community’s economic well-being. I couldn’t be prouder of our remarkable team of faculty and staff who have answered the call to meet increased community need with substantially restrained resources.

I know these sacrifices are not sustainable for the long haul. People have deferred vacations, accepted larger class and advising loads, and worked longer hours to support our community through the current economic crisis. Wait times are longer for advising and financial aid. Classes fill within days of opening, and most of our classes are filled weeks before the quarter starts.

But the TCC community has recognized the crisis and worked beyond expectation in crisis mode. They’ve done this without complaint or requests for additional pay. They’ve even done this with offers to take unpaid days off to protect the full range of services we need to help people in our community grow and succeed.

They’ve done this because we’ve been called upon to help our community recover from the largest economic crisis of our time. Despite a 12 percent budget cut this year, we’ve added another 6 percent enrollment on top of record enrollment from the 2008-2009 academic year.

Despite the hard work of faculty and staff, we know people are being shut out, and this goes against the very core of our mission. We look forward to a day when we can, again, fully meet our community’s needs.

The last year has been a challenging one for everyone in our community, and our sacrifices are not over. We’re being asked to cut yet again. But I am confident that together as a community we will emerge from this crisis stronger and more quickly because of the remarkable willingness of the team at Tacoma Community College to sacrifice in order to meet the needs of the community to which we belong. We are in this together.

I’ve always known the people here were committed to doing whatever is necessary to serve our community, but to see it at the levels I have in the last year humbles me. As difficult as these times may be, I feel grateful to be here.

Pamela Transue, President Tacoma Community College

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Editor Sidnee Wheelwright Writers Rachel Payne Dale Stowell

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Research Julie Kramer Photography Sidnee Wheelwright Rachel Payne TCC Magazine is published biannually by Marketing, Communication & Outreach/ IAF, Tacoma Community College, 6501 South 19th Street, Tacoma WA 98466.

While every effort is made to ensure accuracy of all printed information, TCC Magazine assumes no liability for errors in editorial content or advertising.

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No portion of this publication may be duplicated or reprinted without written permission from the publisher.

2............ Focusing on Student Success 4......................Designing for the Future:

TCC’s Health Career’s Center

inspires equity 6................................WCCW Graduation

celebrates success 22............................ A Collaborative Win

Send address changes to: TCC Magazine, 6501 S. 19th St., Tacoma WA 98466 or marketing@tacomacc.edu. Be sure to include both old and new addresses.

Back.....................................Celebrations

Foundation Annual Report 8...........................Primo Grill Celebrates 10 years of great food and art

tcc mission statement:

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TCC creates meaningful and relevant learning, inspires greater equity, and celebrates success in our lives and our communities.

10.............Scholar Spotlight: Shada Hill 11.........................Foundation Donor List 17.......................................... Babe Lehrer

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accreditation:

Tacoma Community College is accredited by the Northwest Commission on Colleges and Universities.

on the cover: Sophomore computer engineering student Landis Huey celebrates successful completion of the Engineering 104 Xetna Tower Competition at the end

TCC Annual Report 18.................... Dave Edwards: Learning

from Life’s Experiences

20........................... TCC by the Numbers 22......................Corporate & Continuing Education

24............................................. Art Gallery 25................................................ Calendar

of Fall Quarter 2009.

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a barrier to completion than a foundation for future course success. And this statistic: 63 percent of entering TCC students who graduated from high school in 2007 required developmental education courses in English, math, and/ or reading during their first year.

Long before a struggling U.S. economy turned its spotlight on community colleges as the key to long-term economic recovery, Tacoma Community College, along with other community colleges nationwide, has been turning a microscope on itself.

Improving program completion rates of a diverse population of students has become a critical and growing part of the job community colleges do.

Focusing on student success Achieving the Dream: Community Colleges Count TCC and five other community colleges in Washington were invited to be part of the nationwide Achieving the Dream initiative beginning in 2004.

The purpose of Achieving the Dream is to use data on students to improve program completion rates. Then, by funding new student support and teaching and learning strategies, community colleges could transform themselves from within. Students who were the first in their families to attend college were the target population for data collection.

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TCC is well-suited to be part of the study. The college serves one of the most diverse, underserved student populations in the state, with a high percentage of students of color, low-income, and firstgeneration students, many of whom are less likely to attain their educational goals.

A Culture of Evidence Early data collected through TCC’s Achieving the Dream initiative showed that bringing under-prepared students up to college level by traditional methods wasn’t working.

For many students, lengthy remedial course work was more

This data-driven discovery underlined the critical need for new TCC students to successfully complete their developmental courses.

Dr. Tim Stokes, Executive Vice President for Academic and Student Affairs notes: “The first measure of student success is an ever-increasing rate of successful completions in developmental education courses. This enables our students to advance to college-level instruction. And it enables TCC to meet its institutional commitment to learning, success and equity for all students.”

Declared and Prepared: Overcoming Barriers Achieving the Dream data is now being used to drive an innovative student support model to successfully take students from the front door to ‘declared and prepared.’

A comprehensive plan to guide students from the time they first walk through the doors of the college until they begin formal studies in their chosen career has become an institution-wide core responsibility.

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Mary Chikwinya, Vice President for Student Services, notes that more than anything, research showed our students need “strong caring relationships with the people who are guiding their studies.”

“The college started what we call ‘Intrusive Advising’” says Chikwinya. Using funds from Achieving the Dream and other initiatives, “we opened a new facility that combines placement, advising, counseling, and career center services, and made it available to all TCC students. Then we staffed it with highly trained specialists who could respond to entry process questions without making referrals.”

More than anything, our students need “strong caring relationships with the people who are guiding their studies.”

Mary Chikwinya, VP for Student Services

Momentum Points Certificate, Degree, Apprenticeships 2008-2009 Baseline Year Quantitative/Computation

First 30 credits

First 15 credits

College Readiness

Basic Skills

Useable Student Data Other changes were made as well. To make sure staff and faculty advisors were on the same page with each student, an Advisor Dashboard was developed. Key student information drawn from multiple parts of the college is collected in one place.

The Advisor Dashboard includes student milestones, early alerts and progress data to notify advisors when a student encounters academic difficulty—in time for effective intervention. Through the dashboard, students also have access to their own academic information. Utilizing the dashboard, advisors work with students to help each one set up their own personal educational plan during their first quarter.

A new course, Human Development 101, is now required for all students who enter college with scores below 12th-grade level. This course focuses on effective study skills,

time management, financial literacy, and how to access campus support services and resources.

Results have been impressive.

Combined with new student orientation protocols, welcome week activities, and streamlined catch-up classes, “By the time students are ready to move on to an academic advisor in their chosen area of study, they have been connected with a powerful and effective multi-intervention strategy,” says Chikwinya. “The relationships—and the skills— they have developed help them hang in there through their critical first year of college.”

Rewards for Results Creating an intervention strategy for new students helped TCC earn its first incentive award from the State Board for Community and Technical Colleges. Colleges that significantly increase the potential for student success can earn monetary awards

through the Washington State Student Achievement Initiative. TCC’s gains across the six momentum point categories—measures of the number of students who reach benchmarks where successful program completion is more likely—averaged 22 percent from a 7 percent increase in degree/certificate completion to a 47 percent increase in basic skills achievement.

TCC’s incentive award was $66,994, with funding coming from the Washington State Legislature, the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation, and the Ford Foundation.

“This is an accomplishment we should all celebrate,” says Stokes. “The results reflect the work of a lot of people really focused on student success.

We know that what our students achieve here is vital to their economic futures.”

Achieving the Dream: Community Colleges Count, TCC Research Brief RB06: Development Ed, January 2007 1

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Design for the future: TCC’s Health Careers Center health careers center:

An innovative facility that teaches the transdisciplinary nature of multiple allied health professions in a simulated, modern hospital environment.

Washington state faces a critical shortage of qualified people trained in the allied health care professions. According to the Washington State Workforce Training and Education Coordinating Board, there were over 11,000 health care vacancies in 2005, and nearly 9,000 of these positions required postsecondary preparation.

Community health care providers have been approaching TCC for years about increasing the number of graduates in these programs, and initiating programs in some of the cutting-edge health professions such as Nanotechnology, Nuclear Medicine and Vascular & Echocardiography. However, extreme space limitations in TCC’s existing facilities are currently forcing the college to deny entrance to more than 700 qualified students into existing health care programs each year.

Inadequate infrastructure: When Tacoma Community College first opened its doors in 1965, the TCC campus was built on an economical “one size fits all” junior college model, with a 30-year design life. Technology infrastructure was non-existent. Building 19, the home of TCC’s health professions programs, is now close to 45 years old and can no longer be retrofitted to meet the technology needs or the teaching methodology for today’s evolving health careers.

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The study laid out a vision for an “innovative facility that teaches the trans-disciplinary nature of multiple allied health professions in a simulated, modern hospital environment.” They outlined a dedicated Health Careers Center with four major functional categories of space, including specialized lab spaces, interchangeable multi-use skills labs; shared instructional space, and program and building support areas such as student breakout spaces, conference and meeting rooms, and faculty offices. The skills labs, and in particular the simulation labs, would be the centerpiece of the facility. High fidelity patient simulators would allow students to learn safely in a problem-solving environment.

The state community college system ranked the project design #1 in its category. In early 2009, the state awarded the college $2.9 million to complete the design phase for a new Health Careers Center.

A design for the future of health care

A facility to meet community need

The proposed 69,266 square foot Health Careers Center is being designed to meet the post-secondary educational needs of more than 9,000 health care job vacancies in Washington.

According to the pre-design proposal, if the final project design is accepted and funded, the Health Careers Center will create “invigorating and technologically advanced learning environment[s]” in support of TCC’s 2005-2010 Strategic Plan.

Three years ago the state of Washington agreed that the need was critical, and funded a predesign study for a dedicated health professions facility at TCC. The two-year study concluded that while “regional shortages have increased demand for technically prepared graduates in these fields… the college is severely constrained by existing, aging facilities that have come to the end of their design life.”

During fall quarter 2009, the college held an all-campus meeting to gather ideas from faculty and staff for the building design. The community was also invited to participate in that meeting. For more information about the center, to provide comments or for questions, contact Clint Steele, Capital Projects Director at 253.566.5207 or via email at: csteele@tacomacc.edu.

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A Sustainable Design Strategy In keeping with TCC’s commitment to sustainability, the Health Careers Center is being developed using sustainable design strategies:

 Solar Orientation to maximize southeastern exposure for optimal winter daylight exposure, and minimizes east and west facing facades in order to avoid solar heat gain during the summer months.

 Solar Shading – trees along the western edge of the plateau will shade the building from summer sun. Atrium clerestories and other exterior building penetrations will allow daylight into the center of the building

 Passive Ventilation – Operable windows will bring fresh air into the building during temperate months. Central atrium space will serve as a “chimney” to passively draw warm air up and out of the building.

 Stormwater Capture will provide the opportunity for possible green roof gardens and reduce storm water run-off and management. Roof shape will allow rainwater capture.

Open Staircases will encourage alternatives

to elevator use.

 Geothermal Heating – One idea being explored is the use of a building system that would utilize ground source heating and cooling through the construction of an adjacent well field in the central campus open space.

Through the design considerations mentioned above, material selections, and other strategies, the Health Careers Center will meet the environmental design criteria for a building rating of LEED (Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design) Silver at minimum, as defined by the U.S. Green Building Council. The college and the architect firm are designing the building to meet the LEED Gold certificate rating.

The College’s new Early Learning Center earned the LEED Gold rating this fall, making it the first building on campus to meet the strict LEED energy and design standards. If all goes as planned, the Health Career’s Center could be next.

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These TCC grads can have a bright future too

Commencement is a celebration—a time for new beginnings. It’s a proud day for graduates, supportive parents and relatives—and for the educators who devote their lives to guiding students toward their educational goals. For those pursuing their education from behind bars, however, commencement takes on added meaning.

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For criminal offenders, the education made available to them while in prison is a chance to learn from past mistakes and learn new skills.

Paula Norby, Dean for Workforce, Basic Skills, and Corrections Education at TCC, notes: “Education is a privilege in a corrections facility.

People are choosing to be in class – they want to be there, and are very motivated.”

Cassandra Scott, a Washington Corrections Center for Women (WCCW) inmate and student speaker at last June’s TCC commencement at WCCW, would agree.

“Knowledge is power,” she said. …

I came to prison in the typewriter age. Now if the possibility of my release is granted, I will be walking out in the technology age.” Scott, who earned her Business Technology certificate, cited a Department of Employment Security statistic that 98 percent of released offenders return to their home communities. She urged her classmates to “knock down barriers with an education and gain some marketable skills.”

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The Tacoma Community College campus at the Washington Correctional Center for Women granted diplomas and certificates to 162 student offenders last June. TCC at WCCW employs a dozen full-time faculty and staff offering instruction from basic skills to career preparation. Department of Corrections (DOC) contracts with the State Board for Community and Technical Colleges to provide basic skills and vocational certificates in each of DOC’s 15 prisons.

Says WCCW instructor Karen Meyer, who has taught at the Purdy campus for 11 years: “In class, we don’t know why our students were incarcerated. People are people – we know them as students first.” Meyers considers teaching at the state’s highest security prison for women “the best job I’ve ever had.” She says she enjoys the satisfaction of watching her students learn, and knowing it might help keep them from re-offending when they get on the outside…

“Some become so dedicated to their studies that they opt to quit their jobs and focus on school full time.”

For the Department of Corrections, making education available to offenders is key to accomplishing their mission to “improve public safety.” According to corrections research, offenders who participate in basic skills education and vocational programs while in prison are better equipped to successfully transition back into the community. They recidivate at a lower rate than non-participants, and when released are employed at a higher rate.* “They start seeing themselves differently,” says Norby. “We can build on their successes.

Those who are in school have the fewest problems in prison, and have the best relationships with others.”

“Look around this room and be proud of your success,” said Scott to her classmates. “We earned it and we made it happen by our actions and efforts. Continue to educate yourself and never stop learning.”

The real lesson about mistakes is learning how not to make them again.

Cassandra Scott, WCCW graduation speaker

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Primo Grill Celebrates 10 years It was Charlie McManus’ idea to create a

restaurant around painted tables and local art—and the sweet smell of an apple wood-fired grill. When McManus and wife and partner Jacqueline Plattner opened the Primo Grill in Tacoma’s 6th Avenue art district in 1999 they had already put their personal stamp on the place they had imagined and then built.

Ten years later, the brightly-painted tables, local art and creative metalwork set the stage for a memorable Mediterranean-meets-Northwest cuisine at the neighborly hot spot with a long list of loyal clientele. This year South Sound Magazine voted McManus “Best Chef” of 2009.

Last August, the Weekly Volcano voted Primo Grill “Best Hall of Fame Restaurant,” noting that “consistency and a peak level of culinary excellence are the hallmarks of this restaurant.”

The Primo Grill celebrated its 10th birthday October 16 with their 10th annual art auction.

The auction comes out of a partnership with Tacoma Community College and the TCC Foundation that began the same year the restaurant opened. The yearly benefit has now raised more than $100,000 for art scholarships and art materials for TCC students.

A Partnership Endures

The tradition began when McManus and Plattner joined forces with TCC art instructor Marit Berg and her students to research the design traditions of ancient Mediterranean civilizations—the restaurant’s culinary inspiration. Berg’s students’ research on Minoan, Greek, Etruscan and Moroccan cultural designs likewise became the inspiration for original hand painted tables created by TCC students for the Primo Grill.

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Every year since then, Marit Berg and her students have created a new painted table to be auctioned at the annual scholarship fundraiser, and often gifted back to the restaurant. Hand painted bowls, in the Grill’s signature ancient Mediterranean style, were a new auction item for the 10th anniversary. Thrown and fired by TCC ceramics instructor Rick Mahaffey and painted by Berg, the bowls raised more than $8,000 for TCC art students.

Two years ago, the auction began to include a fund-an-item to raise additional money for student art supplies. This fund has grown to more than $7,000 and pays for canvas, paper, brushes, paint, clay, bronze and more.

This year’s auction items also included art objects donated by good friends, customers and TCC faculty; and even a private cooking class with Chef Charlie.

“You never know what will happen in 10 years,” notes McManus. “But our relationship with the Tacoma Community College Foundation is the most important relationship in our business.”

Plattner agrees. “This partnership works well for TCC and for Primo Grill,” she concluded.

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TCC Foundation Annual Report

134 scholarships awarded to 101 students for a total of over $200,000

Officers

On behalf of the Tacoma Community College Foundation, we are proud

to provide this annual report on our progress; and thank you all for your generous support over the past year. This year, the Foundation allocated over $775,000 in support of scholarships and critical programs. Your gifts of time and resources go directly to our mission of supporting Tacoma Community College in its mission of providing quality educational and career training opportunities to citizens of our region.

In these challenging economic times, your support has meant so much to our students and their families. Without the Foundation, and our supporters, many of these students would be unable to afford a college education. Your investment in them, and by extension, our community, will pay dividends for years to come.

Thank you, again, for your support. Together, we are making a difference.

Christopher Algeo Tacoma Community College Foundation President

Robin Echtle Associate Vice President for Development & Foundation Executive Director

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, 2009. Unrealized losses from investments are not included in these figures.

$5,854,954

Board of Directors Dave Edwards Frank Garratt Margi Legowik Griselda “Babe� Lehrer Mark Lindquist Robert Ryan David Sarno Pat Shuman Pamela Transue, Ph.D

TCCF Mission The Tacoma Community College Foundation assists the college in its mission by increasing financial resources and expanding educational opportunities through community advocacy, teamwork and innovation.

Contact information TCC Foundation 6501 S. 19th Street Tacoma WA 98466 P: 253.566.5003 F: 253.566.5004 www.tacomacc.edu/foundation

Revenue

$6,414,168 $6,000,000

Christopher Algeo President Ed Brooks Vice President Jeanette Lunceford Treasurer Jennifer Durham Secretary

Contributions 45.9%

$5,231,124

Grants 29.0% $5,000,000

$4,000,000

$4,627,404

Special Events 14.2%

$4,596,194

$4,103,076

Interest 9.2% Other 1.7%

$3,000,000

Expenses

$2,000,000

Program Support 68.4%

$1,000,000

Fundraising 17.8%

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2005-06

2006-07

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Shada Hill — “I just want to provide” *F.A.M.E.

“I enjoy helping people.” This simple statement pretty much describes Shada Hill, whose entire life plan seems to be focused on giving back.

Hill, a 19-year-old Medical Office Professional student, is a tiny dynamo who wants to make a positive difference in the lives she touches.

The recipient of TCC Foundation’s F.A.M.E. Scholarship* for former foster youth has set her bar high.

Hill and her siblings have been in the foster system since they were small. They went “into the system” soon after their family came from Texas to live with an aunt. Says Shada: “She was addicted to drugs along with my mom. Soon after that I went into the system. When I was 14 my mom died of lung cancer.” By that time, they had been in foster care for a decade.

Setting the example

Shada says her younger siblings are the main reasons she works so hard. “I want to provide a better life for them and be the role model they need. I don’t want them to follow a negative decision I made or may make in the future,” she says. “We all make mistakes, but we can use them to continue to live and learn… I want to be an example for that.”

She has been. Her hard work at Mt. Tahoma High School earned her a 4.0 GPA and an Outstanding Scholar award. She was also nominated for membership in the National Honor Society. “In high school, I just studied,” she remembers. At TCC she earned a Passport to College award at the same time she was working as a receptionist at an assisted living home.

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(Fostering Achievement through Mentoring and Education) Foster Student Scholarship Program The eight-quarter F.A.M.E. scholarship program was created by the TCC Foundation to assist foster and former foster youth in educational pursuits.

After earning her AA, Shada plans to become a nurse. “I thought it would be better to minor in something first before going on,” says Shada.

“I want a permanent job before I go back to school.”

A strong support system

Says Shada: “The family I live with now is a blessing. From day one they’ve told me they would never treat me like I was someone else’s child. They would treat me like I’m their own.

And they’ve been a big support to anything and everything I do.

“There are times I want to throw it all out the window and be done with it. But (my siblings) are the reason I am doing this. Being awarded this scholarship, they’ll know there’s scholarships out there for them and for people like myself. And, if I can do it, anyone can do it—I just want to provide.”

“We all make mistakes, but we can use them to continue to live and learn ... I want to be an example for that.”

TCC Foundation Annual Report

TCC Foundation Donors 2008-2009:

This donor report acknowledges gifts and pledges contributed between July 1, 2008 and June 30, 2009. Gifts received after June 30, 2009 will be acknowledged in the 2009-2010 donor report. Every effort has been made to ensure accuracy. If we have misspelled or omitted your name, please accept our most sincere apologies and let us know by contacting the office of Development and Alumni Relations at 253.566.5336 or FoundationInfo@tacomacc.edu.

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Nancy Bordenave

Judy Burcar

Cindy Abbott

Cynthia Baldado

Marian Borg

Steve & Kate Burnham

Abeja Winery

Sharon Ballard

Marlene Bosanko

David Bushnell

Pam Abernathy

Treva Ballard

Randy Boss

Kathy Button

David Adams

Bank of America

Melinda Bouillon

Matthew & Marnie Adams

Margie Baran

James & Donna Boulanger

Ryan Adams

Shirley Barbee

Ron Bounds

Nancy Adrian

Stephen & Mary Barger

Barbara & Paul Bourscheidt

Thomas Ahlberg

Don & Tammy Barnes

Elizabeth Boyd

Camille Camus

Dr. & Mrs. Toshio Akamatsu

Kay Barnhart

Jacqueline & Conor Boyd

Kathy Cannon

Steve & Donna Albers

Celia Barton

Velma Boyd

Ruth Cannon

Joy Alford

Doug Baxter

Tricia Boyes

Lucinda Capers

Christopher & Connie Algeo

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Ruth Bramhall

Bev Carlson

Darin Allen

Lois Beck

Laurie Brauneis

Brett Carlson

Jesse & MacKenzie Allen

Megan & Ted Beck

Jan Brazzell & Wolfgang Opitz

Mary Carlson

Rick & Alvarita Allen

Regina Becque

Vicki Breaker

Sheryl Carlson

Susan Allen

Morgia Belcher

Teresa Brearley

Lorella Carlton

Allenmore Medical Foundation

John Bell

Donna Bredahl

Richard & Frances Carr

Aaron Amidon

Mary Bellarts

Joanne Brenner

Susan Carrier

Christinia Andersen

Sharon Bellinghausen

Gina Breukelman

Kathy Carroll

Candy & Bruce Anderson

Benchmark Event Equipment

Delphine & Francois Briand

Ron Carson

Jeannie Anderson

Karen Benjamin

Peter & Barbara Briner

Tammy Carter

Karen Anderson

William & Karen Benjamin

Kerry & Terry Brink

Constance Cassell

Martha & Gregg Anderson

Stan Bennatts

Pamela Britschgi

Anne Cassidy

Nancy Anderson

Paula Bennett

Kathleen Casteel

Stephen & Sandy Anderson

Marit Berg

Broadway Center for the Performing Arts

Tony Anderson

Helen Berglund

Wayne Anderson

Adrienne Bernardis

Tanya & J. Keith Andrews

Diane Bero

Anonymous

Best Western Wesley Inn of Gig Harbor

Al & Virginia Abbott

Paige Anson Dolores & Wayne Argabright Arletta Gardens & Boutique, LLC. Linda Armington Heidi Armstrong Janne Arthur Karen Atten Lyn Austin-Gigliotti

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Ed & Carmen Brooks Roger Brooks

Peter & Kim Cacace Sharon Cagle Beverly Cameron

Susan Castelin CenturyLink Chalet In the Woods

Michelle Broome

Katherine Chappell & Antonio Kodama

Thomas Broszeit

Jeff Charboneau

Joseph & P.A. Betz

Ellen Brouillet

Mary & James Chikwinya

Alejandra Bicknell

Carl & Irene Brown

Inge Chipman

Bill Acker Consulting Services

Connie Brown & Cathryn Cummings-Bond

Wendy Chisholm & John Boudreau

Charles Bingham Carrie Bishop Benjii Bittle Carolyn Bjerke Diana Blair Joyce Blake Blue Frog Garden Nursery Blue Ribbon Lawn & Landscape BNY Mellon Wealth Management Mary Boatwright

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Judith Brockmann

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Bodegas Paso Robles Boeing Gift Matching Program Donna Bogumill Sherrie Bonsell

Corky & Laird Brown David Brown Marie Brown Col. Henry & Pat Brown Sherry Brown Christine Brubaker Sandra Brumbaugh Lorraine Brusseau Lois Buchanan Cindy Bujacich Holly Bukes Patti Bunnell Shawn Bunney

Beth Christ Joan & Peter Christoffer James & Linda Churchward Lisa Cisneros Donovan Clafton Kathy Claiborne Jennifer Clark Karen Clark Lisa Clark & Carolyn Roseberry Sheryl Clark Robin Clausen Matt Cleary Vicky Cleaver Lucy & Michael Clifthorne TCCMagazine

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Anne Davis

Robert & Darlene Cloud

Cynthia Davis

Janis Coffey

Debbie Davis

Judy & Frank Colarusso

Frederick Davis

Jordan Colburn

Jim & Karen Davis

Charlotte Cole

Kathy Davis

Debra Cole

Mary Davis

Nancy Cole

James & Erma Dawson

G. Coleman

Marjorie Dela Cruz

Karen Colley

Del Tierra Farms

Christine Collins

Jana Kay Demarest

Columbia Bank

Jeanette Demello

Lance Colyar

Karen Demers

Elizabeth & John Comstock

Kelly Demoss

Community Foundation for the Alleghenies

Helen Dempsey-Tennent

Connelly Law Offices Patricia Constantino Abigail Cooke David & Sherie Coons Barbara Copley Karen & Rufino Cordero Suzy Cornelius John & Ruth Corrales-Diaz Janet Cortes Derek Costa Donna Coulter Country At Heart Designs Countrywide Bank, FSB George Cowan Craig Cowden & Kurt Laidlaw Debbie Craig Cindy Crane Elke Cranfill Frank & Debbie Crawford Ella & Willia Crawford Pat Crawley Sharon Creamer Creative Gardener Byron & Kimberly Cregeur Linda Creswell Mark & Val Crisson David Crocker Margaret Cruse Marilyn Cummings Myrna Cunningham Carolyn Curles Robby Currey Katie Cyr

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Jennifer Denekas Don & Sue Dennis Joe Derichsweiler Dave Desertspring Designs II Daniel & Madeline Devlin Maria Devore Terry Dew Karen Dewalt Erin Dewhirst Diagnostic Imaging Northwest Lynn Di Nino Julia & Nick Di Re Sarah Dickinson Kyle Dillehay & Alice Di Certo Cynthia Dillon Suzanne Dircks Linda Dishman Kazumi & J.F. Divens-Cogez Divino Amore Health Care Corp.

Jennifer Dixon Thomas & Sylvia Dixon Janice Dodson Donna & James Doherty Donna Dohmann Mary Dolan Royal & Sachiko Domingo Diane Dorman Doug & Kathy Dorr Tracey Doyle Judy Dresser Jeffrey & Diane Drinkwine Jo Driskell Denise Dubnicka Christina Dudley Kathy Dullum Michael & Liz Dunbar Marilyn Dunton

Lara Durand-Gordon & Melvin Durand Jennifer & Jeffrey Durham Dwyer Pemberton & Coulson, P.C. Chris Dysart Deborah Dzewaltowski

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Linda Fleischmann Florence Kilworth Foundation Dick & Mary Foege Diana Fong Foppiano Vineyards JoLee Ford Karen Ford Forest Foundation Elaine Fosness Leanne Foster Cyd Fougner Richard & Cindy Fowler Kenneth & Mary Fox Peggy Fox

Esther Ellickson

Fraley Insurance Agency - Farmers Insurance Group

Rick & Betsy Ellingson

Framer’s Workshop

David Elliott

Elisa Franceschi

Kay Eltrich

Franciscan Foundation

David Sabine Endicott

Franciscan Health System

Nick Engelhardt

Cherie Franich

Julieanne Engen

Diane Frank

Enjoy Productions Inc.

Serap & Gregory Frank

Barbara Erickson

Elizabeth Freeman-Massey

Randolph & Gayle Erickson

Greg & Margarete Freitag

Joan & Brett Erwin

Laurie Friedman

Walt & Meg Estep Woolf

Joyce Frink

Judith Estes

Carolyn Frisell

Express Personnel Services

Nancy Fullarton

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Diana Gable Claude & Claudia Gahard Paula Gallagher Ginger & Richard Gallagher

Kiril Farkov

Erin & Joe Gann

Ann Farrell

Stephanie Gard

Timothy Farrell

Charlotte Garinger

Susan Feijoo

Frank & Carol Garratt

Betty Felker

Lois Garrison

Diane Felthouse

Deborah Gates

Janet Fesq

G.E. Capital

Joan Fiano

Michael & Kathleen Gehrke

Olga Findlay

Kenneth & Sylvia Gentili

Linda Finkas

Edward Gentz

Nancy Finneson

Michele Ghiselli-Owen

David & Mendy Fischer

Bob Gilberston

Ed Fischer

Christopher Gilbert

David & Donna Fishman

Loretta Gilbert

Jinny Fitch

Tor Gilge

Lesley Fix

Gil’s

Stephanie Flagg

Sharon Giovingo

Susan Flagg

Warren Giss

Ellen Flanagan

Mike Gjertsen

Flanigan Group, Inc.

Bruce Glant

Linda Flatley

Glaser Foundation, Inc.

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TCC Foundation Annual Report

Harrison Medical Center

Carl & Jeri Lynn Howell

K C Computer Repair

Karl Goetzinger

Ronnie Hartliep

Becky Howery

Thomas & Suzanne Keegan

Paul Goetzinger

Paul Hartman

Deborah Hoy

Dessie Keith

William & Alma J. Goetzinger

Lois Hartwig

Greg Hubbard

Tina Kemp

Goin’ Postal Lakebay

Peggy & Steffen Haug

Susan Hudacek

Merrilee Kennedy

Goldschmidt Vineyards

Patty Haynes

Mary Kenney

David Goldsmith & Annie Szvetecz

Janis Hazlegrove

John Huddlestone & Dr. Sandra Reilley Huddlestone

Michael Good

Liz Heath

Arthur Goodson

Marita Heckart

Jonothan Gorman

Hedges Family Estate

Joanna Gormly & T.J. Ralston

Leslie Heineman

Gosselin Law Office

Don Heinz

Gottfried & Mary Fuchs Foundation

Kathryn Held

Patricia Gottfried

Carol Heller

Marilyn Gould

Henderson Bay Products, LLC

Karen Goyette

Holly Hendrick

Brian Graber

Claire Hendrickson

Leslie Gracey

Drew & Kate Hendrickson

Annie Granberry

Debbie Henry

Douglas Granum

Pat Herron

Paula & Thomas Graves

Thomas & Verna Herron

Karen Gray

Valerie Higgins

Greater Tacoma Community Foundation

Karolyn Hillenbrand

Robert Glucksman

Jeffrey & Tammis Greene Athena & Lee Gregory Nancy Gregory Tom Gross John Guadnola Margaret Gustin John Guy & Lorette Meske

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Julia Haack Mimi Hackleman Michael Hagberg Barbara Hagerty John Hagmann Dale & Susan Hall Sandra Hamilton Mary Hamlin Elizabeth Hammersmith Tamera Hanken Carol Hanley Roger & Patricia Hansen Shirley Hansen Adria & Derek Hanson Harborstone Credit Union Jan Harding Connie & Jon Hardy Virginia Hardy Kristen Harkson Susan Harms Bonnie Harris Jeff & Marcia Harris Josh Harrison

Jacob & Elisabeth Himmelman Jim Hines Cindy Hinz Glenn Hird Yun-Yi & Jane Ho Lynn Hodder Karen Hodgson Rick & Linda Hoffer Paulete Hoflin Nancy Hohenstein Jeff Hohman Mark & Diane Holcomb Ann Holder William Holmer John & Catherine Holmes Pamela Holt Homefield Jamie Hone William & Norma Honeysett James Horne Robin Horne Horseshoe Lake Golf Janel Horwath Desiree & Vernon Hosannah Jane Hostvedt Hotel Murano Holly Hovey Ronald Hovey Todd Hovey Dale & Gail Howard

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John & Sarah Idstrom Martin & Teresa Ievers

Carla Kerner Kestrel Vintners KeyBank David Keyes Jennifer Keyloun Key Peninsula Business Association Key Peninsula News

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Internal Medicine Northwest

Dianne Kimball

Tracey Irving

Deborah & John Kinerk

Pamela Isakson

Jean Kinnaman

Rebecca & Robert Iversen

Patricia Kinsman

Olivia & Mason Jackson

Patricia & Kevin Kirkpatrick

Susan Jackson

Sharon Kirry

Paul & Anne Jacobson

Kitsap County

Sylvia Jacobson

Karen Kittmer

Deb (DJ) Jacobson

Jason & Krystle Kitts

Sharon Jaffee

Kiwanis Club of Greater Tacoma

Audrey Janes

Karen & Dayton Knipher

Brooke Jangard

Brenda Kodama

Sandy Jarvis

Linda Koken

Gordon & Diane Jenkins

Vincent & Marilyn Kokich

Virginia Jenkins

Darlene Koopman

Rose & Jeff Jennison

Toni Korneder

Corinne Jensen

Maria Koumantaros

Janis Jensen

Ward Kramer

Susan Jensen

Gregory Krape

Laurie Jinkins & Laura Wulf

Patricia Krause

Arlene Joe & Richard A Woo

Lois Kreitzer

Nancy Joerns

James Krueger

Florise Johnson

Lita & Viliamu Kuaea

Kathryn Johnson

Laura & Michael Kudlo

Melanie & Richard Johnson

Tamara Kuzmenkov Bohner

Nancy Johnson

Berit Kvaernes

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Patricia Jones

Mary Lane

Rick Jones

Maryann Lane

Anthony Judie

Anne Lang

Vickie Julien

John & Patricia Lantz

Margaret Kalton

Eugene & Margaret Lapin

Jim & Linda Kammerer

Sumerlin Larsen

Chris Karamatic

Wendy Larsen

Warner Karshner

Jeanine Larson

Judy Kavanaugh

John Laurent

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TCC Foundation Donors 2008-2009 Barbara Lutzewitz

Lettice McCoy

Randa Money

Law Offices of William C. Wambold

Mary Lyle

Julie McDonald

Kathy Montgomery

Sandra Lawrence

Lori Lynch

Margaret McDonald

Ellie Moore

Kirsten & James Lawson

Bret Lyon

Silvia McDonald

Kaelen & Lindsey Moore

Micahel Lawson

Dyann Lyon & William Jones

Pat McDonough

Karen Moore

Alexis MacDonald

Jane McFee

Susan Moorehead

Margaret MacDonald

Michael McGavock

Marla Morgan

Richard MacDougall

Maureen McGill

Rebecca Morgan

Mark MacLeod

Helen McGovern

Margi & Lee Legowik

Eva & Horst Mader

Sue McGowan

Valerie Morgan-Krick & Bradley Krick

Bradley Lehrer

Ken Madsen

McGranahan Architects

Griselda (Babe) Lehrer

Richard & Marcia Mahaffey

Julie McGrath

Joni Leiding

Sandra Maimbourg

Laura McHenry

Larry Lemon

Faulene Main

Mary McInnis

JT Lengenfelder

Elizabeth Malle & Stephen Cook

Fraser McKay

Catherine Lenox

Kurt Mallery

William McKenzie

Nancy Leonard

Charlotte Mann

Agnes & Jack McLin

Craig Lesley & Katheryn Stavrakis

Connie Manuel

Janice & Victor McManus

Matt Lewandowski

Jana Marcelia

Earl McNally

Dorothy Lewis

Marlene Marcoe

Andrea McNeely

Kandace Lewis

Mona Margolis

Kathy McNeill

Pamela Lewis-Bridges & Edward Bridges

Marine View Beverage - Sumner

Dean McSweeney

Kathleen Maroney

Earle McWright

Sharon Marr

Allen Mears

Gale Marten

Janet Medcalf

Carrie Martin

Mike & Jane Medrzycki

Kathleen Martin

Gary Meigs & Peggy O’Neill

Tiffany Martin

Gunhild Meissner

Norma Marvik

Susan Melampy

Mary Sudar Estates & Appraisals

Myra Menchaca

Karen Mashburn

Jim & Claudia Merritt

Massimo Italian Bar & Grill

Meme Messing

Sandra Masters

Craig Meyer

Glenna & David Mathews

Nove Meyers

Kimberle & Phillip Matison

Microsoft Corporation

Katie Loffer

Mark Matteson & Crista Van Slyck-Matteson

Deborah Mihali

Lorraine Lofton

Dick & Marcia Matthaei

Kathryn Longfellow

Katherine Matthews

Long Shadows Distinguished Wineries & Vineyards

Matthews Estate Winery

Terri Lausten

Norman & Lola Lawson Karla LeBlanc J & S Lee Tonya Lee

Linda Lightfeldt Rita Lillegard Millie Lindell M. Lindenmeyer Mark & Chelsea Lindquist Sherry Lindsay Ed & Barbara Lindstrom Kim Linke Lisa’s Leaves & My Greenhouse Liz Litsch Richard Littlejohn Lori Livingston Rhoda Loe

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Morgan Stanley John & Karin Morris Ricard & Alinda Morris Kim Morter Olson Sakura & B.J. Moses Harold Moss MRG/Diversification, Inc. Muckleshoot Charity Fund Jill & Patrick Mullen MultiCare Health Foundation Libby Munn Michael Munn Carson Murdach Tina Myers

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Helen Nagy Justin Natali & Amy DeBoie Alison Navarrette Ronald Neave Rand & Charlotte Neeves Shannon Neims Andy Nelson Patricia & George Nelson Sharron Nelson Marina Nesterova Nilsen Woodworks Linda Nilsen Nine Lives Studio Tony Nitzke Paula Norby & David Fjosee Norcliffe Foundation Peter & Karen Norman

Zachary Mazur

Michael Miller & Suzanne Smith-Miller

Wendy & Danny Mazzuca

Terry Miller

Jean Nuez

MCC Products

Vikki Miller

Niko Nunogawa

Mary McCabe

Julie Mills

Sally Nutter

Amy McCall & Jody Coulston

Karen Miner

Peggy & Lee McCallum

Tom Miples

Jan McCarthy

Sheila & Harold Mischke

Joanne McCarthy

Abril Mitchell

Katherine McCauley

Kang Mitchell

David O’Dell

John McClimans

Raymond Moffatte

Rick Oehmcke

Diana & Kenneth McCormack

Barb Moilien

Candace & Michael Ognoskie

Kathleen McCoy

Fred Moisio

Donna Oiland

Carolyn McCoy

Julie Monbeck

Thomas & Skip Oldfield

Geneva (Neva) Norton

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TCC Foundation Donors 2008-2009

TCC Foundation Annual Report

Leona & Aaron Pointer

Patricia Riley

Linda Schaefer

Janet & Michael Olejar

Michelle Poitras

Nancy Rimel

K. Scherwood

Kathryn & David Olson

Clayton & Lynn Pollock

Betti Ringlee

Audra Schindler

Jennifer Olson-Rudenko

Jodie Porad

Andrew & Jan Ritting

Judy Schiner & Brian Bell

Hirokazu Omori

Jane Porter

Jeannie Rivers

Linda Schmidt

Judith Oneal

Nadine Porter

Ugene Robbins

Leslie Schmidtke

Carleton & Phyllis Opgaard

Nina Potter

Anne & Fred Roberson

Jeanie Schneider

Pamela Oquist

Pour At Four

Mark & Joan Roberts

Birdie Schock

Rebecca Oster

Dan Powell

Gary Robertson

Abby Schofield

Diane & William O’Toole

Mary Anne Powell

Val Robertson

Samuel & Heather Scholl

Toshiya Oyama

Nancy Powell

Margaret Robinson

Mike & Jill Scholtens

Reid & Emma Ann Ozaki

Ken & Vicki Powers

David Robles

Barbara Schoos & Scott Reichard

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Ronald Powers & Zoe M. Holmes

Mary Robnett

Sara Schroeter

Diana Padavich

Kathryn Preston

Michel & Pamela Rocchi

Sandy Schuder

Reginald Page

Jeanne Prichard

Joseph & Debra Rodgers

Monica Schuler

Patrick Palace & Lisa Baye

Pride Foundation

Judy Rodgers

Joyce Schultz

Trish Palmer

Primo Grill

Josephine Rodman

Paul Schultz

Prudential Foundation Matching Gifts

Rodney Strong Vineyards

Chris Schutz

Elizabeth & Jim Roffler

Deanna Schwaiger

Barbara & James Rogers

Linda Scott

Ronald Rohr

Margo Scribner

Ron Carson Pottery

Bonnie Scrivener

Kathleen Rose

Corinne Scully

Rosie & Todd Rosenbach

William & Tatyana Searcy

Maggie Ross

Secret Garden Boutique

Leslie Rowen

Catherine Seel

Chris Rowley

Judge Karen Seinfeld

Peggy & Rob Roy

Konnie Serka

John Ruby

Settlers Mill

Brad & Lore Rude

Sandra & Francis Shaffer

Janice Rudebaugh

Sheri Shaub-Elford

Janet Rudolph

Paula & James Sheldon

Sandy Ruffo

Alan & Sharon Shelton

Cynthia Ruggiero

Randy Shelton

Ivan & Joan Rumsey

Karen Shelver

Randy & Karen Rushforth

Melissa Sherwood

Sherry Rusunen

Makoto Shibayama

Art Rutkowski

Mitch Shmagin

Robert & Meg Ryan

ShoWare Center

Janice Saki

Anna Shumaker

David Salge

Micheline Sierer

H. & Denise Saller

Nancy Silver

The Salvation Army

Sandra Simatic

David Sanders

James Simmons

Catherine Sanderson

Diane Sinding

Edgar & Diana Sanford

Jill Skogstad

David Sarno

Linda Skyler

Dee Savenetti

Dan & Doreen Small

Chauncey Sawyer

Karen Small

Teresa Sawyer

Rebecca Smart & Drew Deutsch

Beverly Sayle

Adam & Sara Smith

Shirley Scallin

Barbara & Mel Smith

Schacht/Aslani Architects

Smith Barney Charitable Trust, Inc.

Gary Oldman

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Pantages Theater Neel Parikh Pamela Parish Shin Ho Park Ted & Linda Lee Parker Jan Parmelee Laurel Parshall Laurie Partain Selena Pasin Ronald Pate Barbara Patterson Gayle Peach Frela & Frank Peacocke Caroline & Gary Pearson Pease Construction, Inc. Darron & Missy Pease Sylvia Peck Beth Pedersen Peninsula Gardens The Peninsula Market Travis Penn The Pepsi Bottling Group Betty & Don Perry Mari Peterson William Pethick Stacia Pew Dianne Pezzuto Wendy Phillips Randolph & Kristine Pierce Pierce Commercial Bank Helen Pilkey Donelda Pim Lori Plaggemeier Gregory Plancich Patricia Platt Lisa Plummer

Kelly Pruitt Kris Pulliam

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Susan Puterbaugh Meg Putnam Lyle Quasim Christel Racy Mary Ellen Rafferty Rainier Pacific Foundation Ed & Sharie Ramos Karen Ramsey Randy’s Nursery Kathleen Raphael Donald & Karen Rasmussen Gail Ray Suzi Redlin Jan Reeder Regusci Winery April Reid Kendall Reid & Sharon Winters Drs. Les & Estelle Reid Dorian Reines Judith Reinking Bev Reinvik Claude Remy Candyce & Don Rennegarbe James & Georgette Reuter Astrid Rial & Tony Malaghan Cheryl Richards Ron & Robin Richardson Lily Richmond Diane Richter Marie Rider Mary Anne Rieck Gloria Riedner Meka & Josh Riggins

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TCC Foundation Annual Report Edward & Jody Lynn Smith

Judy White

Unique Wine Company, Inc.

Neitha Wilkey

United eWay

William Mitchell Photography

United Way of Pierce County

William W. Kilworth Foundation

Bruce & Kerry Valentine

Bob Williams

Kathleen Valentine

Ellen Williams

Rick & Heather Valtee

Linda Williams

Diane Van Aucken

Wayne Williams

Henry & Linda Tanz

Elisabeth Van Dusen

Nicole Williamson

Rodney & Nini Tayet

Sara Van Perre

Wayne & Helen Willis

Andrea Taylor

Linda Vanballengerghe

Woyne Willis

Jan Taylor

Cary & Crystal Vance

Darrell Willits

Jim Taylor

El & Doris Vandeberg

Krista Willoughby

Kathy Taylor

Van Duzer Winery

Gregory & Sheryl Wills

Phyllis Templin

Ann Verratti

Patty Wilson

Terra Blanca Winery

Pamela Vigil

Roger & Sharon Wilson

Terra Valentine Winery

Vinotique

Dorothy Wimberly

Robert & Patricia Thaden

Heidi Vogel

Windham Cellars

Keiko Wada

Joyce Wingard

A. Elaine Wagner

Wink’s Seafood

Roberta Wagner

Karel & Bernard Winter

Susan Wagner

Dale & Marlene Wirsing

Claudia Thompson

Mary & Fred Wahlgren

Marilyn Wirtz

Marilyn Thompson

Sharon Wainhouse

Carol Wissmann

Warren & Linda Thompson

Richard & Catherine Wakefield

Jean Witte

Agnes Thomsen

Sarah & R.D. Waldo

Cheryl Wolcott

Three Clouds Bakery

G. Walker

Ellen Wright

3 Crazy Cousins

Jeff Walker

Marjorie Wright

Stephen Tillotson

Karen Walker

Susie Wright

David Tison

Thomas Walker

Dan Writed

Titus Will Families Foundation

Deb Wallin

Connie Wysaske

Don Tjossem

Marilyn Walstead

Tom Torrens - Sculpture Design, Inc.

Deborah Walter

Patricia Tonnema

Marilyn & James Walton

Joyce Tovey & Michael Tovey, Jr.

Julie Wardwood

TRA Medical Imaging Centers

Pamela Warner

Pamela Transue & Stuart R. Grover

Lilly & Jack Warnick

Trillium Creek Winery

Washington Community College Humanities Assoc.

Jana Swan

Mercedes Smith

Linda Swanson

Tomi Kent Smith

Michael Sweney

Patricia Snyder

Donald Swensen

Paul & Laurie Snyder

Meredith Sykes

Michael & Joan Soronen Soroptimist International of Gig Harbor Sound Credit Union Sound Electronics Div. of Carl T. Madsen Inc. John Souza Sherrie Spangler Heather Spencer P. Spencer Thomas & Kristin Spilman Rebeccah Sproat Becky St. Clair Fred & Faith Stabbert Pauli & Todd Stakset Stamats Communication, Inc. Arlene Stang Deronda Stanley State Farm Insurance Agency, Inc. Judy Stearns Steele Wines Terry Steinhoff Linda Stephens Sharon Sterling Sterling Savings Bank Sabin Stevens Vivian Stevenson Willie & Faye Stewart Karin Stitt Richard Stivers Barbara & Richard Stockstad Timothy Stokes Marian Stone Ellen Stoner Carol Storaasly Beverlee Storkman Claudia & David Straayer Margaret & Douglas Strausbaugh Rush Stringfellow Stripe Rite, Inc. Melinda Stuart Paula Stuart & Philip H. Lynch Katie Stull

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Tacoma Landmark Convention Ctr. Ron Talley

The Estate of Margaret Oldfield Sharyn Thimmesch Christine Thomas Barrett Thompson

Merita Trohimovich Ailene Tronca Anne Tronca Ed Troyer Emily Truckenbrod Tetsuo Tsuda Virginia & Robert Tucker Jean Tudor Bill Tuppenthaler Karla Jo Tupper Becky Turpin

Virginia Summers

Jane Tuttle

Sunnycrest Nursery & Floral - Landscaper

Jan & Signe Twardowski Jeff Twiner

Sunset Pacific General Contractors, Inc.

Carol Tyler

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Karen Yakovich Chris Yates Alishia Yeager Jean Yeaman Derek Young & Whitney Rhodes Mel & Fred Zanjani Len Zarelli Joan Zartman Mary Zimmer Edward & M.E. Betsy Zimmerman Warren & Ruthmarie Zimmerman Graciela Zusy

Kelly Welsh Stephen Werlock Ted & Janet Werner C. West Chuck & Sharon West Marylyn Westerfeld Frederick & Ki Hyen Whang Angela Wheeler The Whirly Ball Center Karyn Whitacre

Gifts are payable to the TCC Foundation, a not-for-profit 501(c)(3) corporation that accepts and administers philanthropic support for the college.

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Woman of Influence Babe Lehrer “Please note that this lifetime achievement award doesn’t mean I’m ready to stop.”

then. This last campaign, the goal was $7 million, and we raised $9 million!”

This year’s Business Examiner Woman of Influence Lifetime Achievement Award was accepted with the preceding caveat by Babe Lehrer, a long-time Tacoma resident who has been on the Tacoma Community College Foundation Board since 1985.

Tacoma Community College has honored Lehrer’s contributions many times over the years. She was granted an honorary degree in 1995. The Board of Directors awarded her a “20 Years of Service” award in 2005. The “Babe & Herman Lehrer Friendship Garden” was dedicated in 2007.

Lehrer describes herself as “A Tacoma native and one of the city’s biggest boosters.”

Imagine—just imagine—a lifetime of doing all the things you love to do.

She started a clothing store, Lyon’s Apparel, in 1940. With her late husband Herman Lehrer, she built it into a successful small chain of ladies’ specialty shops. The success of Lyon’s Apparel allowed Lehrer to devote her retirement to community activism.

“Following the sale of our business in 1984, I began my new career as a fundraiser and community activist,” said Lehrer. “What I have done as a volunteer, I have done because it felt right to me.”

Lehrer still serves on the Foundation board, and she continues to work on projects that advance her goals.

“If I start a project, I finish it,” said Lehrer.

“Some projects take longer than others, but that’s OK.” “Imagine – just imagine – a lifetime of doing all the things you love to do,” said Lehrer, accepting her Women of Influence Lifetime Achievement Award. “And then winning an award for doing it.”

Lehrer explained that her volunteer activities are concentrated in three main areas: • Making Tacoma a better place to live through the installation of public art.

• Raising scholarship money for students who would otherwise not have access to higher education.

• Spearheading fundraising campaigns that leave a lasting effect.

Fortunately for the college, TCC fits into that list.

“The college is about 45 years old. I’ve been on the board for 24 years. It’s a terrific school – it’s so progressive!”

“When I first came on board with the Foundation, they didn’t have a capital campaign.

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Learning from life’s experiences

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ake a stroll on the campus walkway going north and cross the stone bridge. On the right of the walkway, across from the Early Learning Center is Dave Edwards’ bench. Installed this fall by the TCC Foundation, the bench acknowledges Edwards’ 10-years of service as a college trustee.

Edwards left the Board of Trustees this fall after serving two five-year terms, but is planning on many more years at TCC to enjoy his bench.

He and his wife Pat Shuman, have re-dedicated themselves to the College as members of the TCC Foundation Board of Directors. “I’ve always believed in volunteer work,” says Edwards. “It’s a choice—and part of my lifelong ambition to learn from experiences and do new things.”

Edwards was selected to serve on the TCC Board of Trustees in 2000 after he retired from Weyerhaeuser. Edwards’ background was in finance— first in the treasurer’s office in downtown Tacoma, then at the main Weyerhaeuser facility in Federal Way after it was built in 1971.

Edwards’ business and finance background was a good fit for TCC. Trustees are responsible for governance of the college.

“We’re policy people,” says Edwards. “Trustees need to know how the state system works. It’s more limited than a corporation because the State Board (Washington State Board for Community and Technical Colleges) defines a lot of the parameters for us – and knowing what you have influence over is important.” The Board of Trustees looks at the college from the vantage point of how the entire community college system works; we see who at the college is doing each piece and judge where influence is needed.”

“TCC is a very well run school with good reserves,” notes Edwards. “The management structure at TCC makes this job seem easy. Some schools don’t work as well as TCC. We’ve been lucky that trustees haven’t come with an agenda.

If you keep the needs of students in mind, it’s easy to do a good job.”

Edwards sees the caliber of faculty and staff and the job they do for the community as a big plus for TCC. “My background is with research universities,” says Edwards, who earned his bachelor’s and MBA degrees from Stanford.

“A lot of faculty at large research universities are there because it’s the next thing to do. But at TCC there is dedication across the board;

It’s hard not to be dedicated when you learn what community colleges do. you see it in their extra efforts, their contributions to students, in the way faculty and staff see needs and pitch in each in his or her own way.” Edwards says the biggest difference he sees at TCC is more focus on results, and the life-changing experiences that community colleges offer students. “There’s a lot more community in a community college, and many more possibilities for assistance from the communities they serve,” he says.

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As members of the foundation board, the couple’s college role has changed.“We have a background with the foundation—we’ve been financial and emotional supporters of TCC for some time.” He and Pat for years have funded the Dave Edwards and Pat Shuman Endowed Scholarship, created to help TCC students who have financial need. “The cultivation role is like being a trustee— we’re telling the story of the college. But the Foundation board has to be ready to get out and ask for money. There’s more personal exposure there.”

Says Edwards: “The last 10 years have brought changes to TCC. The most obvious is the physical changes—the new look gives a lot of pride.

But now there are a lot more students. Their needs are a lot more intense. The spirit of the place is as good as it’s ever been, but it makes me want better recognition for the college for the impact it has on the community, and the boost it gives to so many lives. It’s hard not to be dedicated when you learn what community colleges do.”

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TCC by the numbers TCC graduated 766 students with

during the

2008-2009 academic year of budget cuts enrollments, tacoma community college had many reasons to celebrate:

involved in Breaking Through, a national initiative sponsored by Jobs for the Future. The goal of the Breaking Through initiative is to prepare low-skilled adults (below 12th-grade skill level) for success in gaining community college technical certificates and degrees. The one-year, $40,000 grant focuses on I-BEST and transitioning basic skills students into and through professional technical certificate and degree programs.

Race/Ethnicity

Student Intent

12% Asian/Pacific Islander

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Pierce County TCC Pierce County TCC Pierce County TCC Pierce County

7% 9% Hispanic (any race) 8% 3% Native American/Alaskan Native 2% 2% Other and Multi-Racial 5% 39% Students of Color 26%

41%

30%

Other

7%

Pierce County

Basic Skills Education

13% African American

TCC

Workforce Training

80%

Pierce County

Academic Transfer

65% White

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Gregoire as one of five winners of the 2009 Workforce Development Best Practices for Washington state.

Assisted by a $48,000 Job Skills grant, TCC Corporate Education along with Workforce Central, designed a customized curriculum for General Plastics Manufacturing and trained 25 new managers and supervisors to succeed talented employees as they prepared for retirement. This “collaboration of business, government and education has demonstrated how an engaged Washington employer can develop a workforce capable of meeting the tough demands of a global economy,” said the award (see story on p. 22).

TCC is one of 24 learning colleges

and exploding

Pierce County

TCC was selected by Governor

associate’s degrees in June 2009— including international, Running Start, and Fresh Start students.

Note: Adds to over 100% due to multi-races selected.

Source: 2008-2009 SBCTC Data Warehouse. Total reporting race. State supported.

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TCC earned a $66,994 incentive

TCC secured $111,000 in grants to

award from the State Board for Community and Technical Colleges through Washington State’s Student Achievement Initiative for “significantly improving the likelihood of student retention and degree/certificate completion” (see story on p. 2-3).

TCC’s three-year, $1.9 million U.S. Dept. of Labor (DOL) grant to train workers for warehousing industries in Tacoma, Longview and Yakima, enrolled its third cohort—33 students with a waiting list in winter quarter 2010. The grant is part of a U.S. DOL program to improve the ability of community colleges to provide regional workers with skills needed to enter growing industries.

support Columbia Bank’s and Franciscan Health System’s onsite leadership training for employees. $47,000 will provide a front-line leadership training program for aspiring managers at Columbia Bank.

The program will train 34 employees who are also matched with company mentors to support their professional development. A $64,700 grant for leadership training for the Franciscan Health System will train 50 Franciscan clinical employees with the potential to advance to leadership roles within the non-profit organization.

State Allocation

$ 22,384,115

Local Revenue Running Start Program

1,725,253

Bldg Fee/Excess Enrollment

199,307

General Fees/Overhead

534,708

ABE Tuition

19,725

Tuition/Operating Fees

11,513,316

SUBTOTAL

$ 13,992,309

TOTAL

$ 36,376,424

Instruction & Primary Support

Nearly 15,000 students* enroll at TCC each academic year 2007-2008

2008-2009 Operating Revenue

2008-2009 Program Expenses

Enrollment 2006-2007

Tacoma Community College

2008-2009

14,680 14,407 14,639 3-year average: 14,575 *Total unduplicated headcount - each student who enrolls at TCC during the academic year is counted as one student, whether he/she takes one class during one quarter, or enrolls for 15 credits all four quarters of the academic year.

The number of FTE* (full-time equivalent) students has grown 14.4 percent over three years.

Many more TCC students are enrolled full-time, compared to all community colleges in the state (college/system total = 40%)

982,773 4,125,884

Institutional Support

6,465,003

90

Plant Operations & Maintanence

3,430,330

80

WF/WR Financial Aid

100

70

48%

45%

43%

52%

55%

57%

431,799 TOTAL

$ 34,328,072

60 50 40 30

2008-2009 Capital budget revenue

20

State Allocation

2007-2008

2008-2009

10

5,548

5,586

6,350

0

*FTE is calculated as if all credits taken at the college were completed by students enrolled in full-time, 15-credit schedules.

In other words, total FTE is equal to total credits taken divided by 15.

Library & Learning Resources Student Services

2006-2007

3-year change: +14.4%

18,892,283

$ 4,003,434

Local Revenue 2006-2007

2007-2008

2008-2009

1,719,356 SUBTOTAL

$ 5,722,790

FULL-TIME / PART-TIME STUDENTS Source: 2008-2009 SBCTC Data Warehouse The recent large increase in FTE, with fairly stable total enrollment reflects a strong increase in the number of students attending full-time rather than part-time.

expenses Program Expenses BALANCE

$ 3,441,128

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celebrate success

General Plastics Manufacturing Company celebrates its first TCC graduating class: (L to R) Bruce Lind, General Plastics Executive Vice President; Floyd Henry, General Plastics President; Dr. Lisa Edwards, Dean, TCC Enterprise & Economic development; Ron Asahara, TCC Director of Corporate Education; Carol Melby, Washington State Workforce Education Program Administrator; Barry Martin, General Plastics Sales Engineer; Jon Sawyer, General Plastics Plant 2 Liquids Supervisor; Dan Hesser, General Plastics Plant 1 Manager; Mike Kopec, General Plastics Maintenance Superintendent.

A Collaborative Win On October 29, 2009, Tacoma Community College and partners General Plastics and Workforce Central received the 2009 Workforce and Economic Development Best Practice Award from Governor Gregoire.

Community Health partners with Tacoma Community College to provide management training They call him “The Complaint Guy.” Michael Hemming supervises the Call Center for Tacoma-area medical and dental clinics associated with Community Health

According to the Governor’s office, the Best Practice Award recognizes leadership and exemplary accomplishment in a project, program or initiative. As one of five projects recognized with the award in 2009, the training program was cited for its collaboration between business, government and education.

Care of Washington. “I supervise the staff

“These five exceptional projects demonstrate the diversity, innovation and partnerships that are contributing to a new, stronger Washington,” Gregoire said. “Each partnership is helping our state build a globally-competitive economy, and a better future for working families.”

company, not just the call center.”

“We’re proud to be part of a collaboration that demonstrates how an engaged Washington employer can recruit, maintain and develop a top-flight workforce capable of meeting the tough demands of a global economy,” said Dean of Corporate and Continuing Education, Lisa Edwards.

Because of the success of the program and its benefit to the company, General Plastics decided to renew its training contract with TCC for the year 2009-10.

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Taking the Lead

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in the call center. I offer support to them if they’re having a difficult time with a patient.

On top of that, I’m the patient relations specialist. I take complaints from the entire

Hence the nickname. But Hemming didn’t enroll in the management program his company offered in partnership with Tacoma Community College in order to learn how to handle patient complaints.

He’s already had plenty of practice with that.

“I’m usually pretty good at getting things worked out for people,” said Hemming.

Corporate & Continuing Education “The reason why I took the training was I’m

selecting instructors for the class, which

a relatively new manager. I really wanted

was held in weekly 3-1/2 hour sessions

to be able to find a balance between

last summer.

maintaining a good relationship with staff and being able to enforce the company polices and requirements.”

continuing education

“They had several different instructors, each with a different area of specialty. Most had experience in the medical field and

This has been particularly difficult for

could give a pertinent perspective. That’s

Hemming because he used to interact on

important, because managing medical staff

a co-worker basis with the people he now

– it’s a different kind of management.”

supervises. “It was a little weird, because I had those friendships in place. It’s difficult to find a balance between being the nice guy and being the guy who gets things done.”

corporate &

Community Health Care of Washington contracts with the State of Washington to offer medical care for low-income and underinsured people. They’re a provider

Regional Clients 2009-2010 The Boeing Company BP Chehalis Lucky Eagle Casino City of Tacoma

for programs including Basic Health, the

Columbia Bank

Fortunately, the management class

Children’s Health Insurance Program (CHIP),

Community Health Care

Community Health made available to all its

and Healthy Options.

management-level employees addressed that very issue. “I remember the first real thing about the course that stuck out for me was the concept that in order to successfully manage a group of people you have to first learn to manage yourself.”

“We discussed pretty much everything under the sun. Team building exercises, budgeting, employee union relations.”

Hemming appreciates that the Tacoma Community College Continuing Education Department knew what to look for when

“I think the company wanted to offer

Franciscan Health System

some of the managers support in being

General Plastics Mfg. Co.

able to reach the next level in effective

Goodwill Tacoma

management,” said Hemming. “They wanted to give us the opportunity to grow as individuals within the organization.”

“It’s my first time in a supervisory position,” he added. “When I first started, I didn’t see any kind of supervisory role in my future.

But I’ve had a lot of support.”

Supervisory roles are definitely something Hemming sees in his future now.

“My goals have changed considerably. I’d like to have the experience of managing a clinic. Ultimately, I’d like to go to medical school.”

Hemming has set his sights on the University of Washington. But first, he’ll be at Tacoma Community

Metro Parks Tacoma Metropolitan Development Council Nisqually Red Wind Casino Pierce Transit Port of Tacoma Safeway SEIU Silver Reef Casino/ Lummi Commercial Company Tacoma Public Schools Washington State Department of Personnel Workforce Central

College winter quarter as a full-time student – a student who already has a few credits under his belt. “We got college credit for the

Ron Asahara, Director Corporate Education rasahara@tacomacc.edu 253.460.4469

class we took this summer.”

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In the TCC Gallery January 15 – March 15, 2010

at Tacoma Community College

Schedule 2010 Jan. 15 - Mar. 15, 2010 Social Injustice Reception: Jan. 21, 4-7 p.m.

May 17 - Jun. 15, 2010 TCC Student Art Exhibition Reception: May 17, 4-7 p.m.

The Gallery at TCC is open Monday – Friday from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. Admission is free.

To access The Gallery, use the college entrance just off 12th Street between Pearl and Mildred Streets. For more information, contact Gallery Coordinator Jennifer OlsonRudenko at 253.460.4306.

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An Empty Bowls event will be held in conjunction with the exhibition, with all proceeds benefitting the Emergency Food Network. A reception will be held in The Gallery from 4-7 p.m. on Jan. 21.

Jenni Denekas

Launched by the nonprofit Imagine/Render Group in 1990, the Empty Bowls Project is a grassroots drive to eliminate hunger. Local artists have been asked to contribute handmade pottery, and the bowls are distributed to community members with a suggested minimum donation of $10.

A panel discussion on social injustice will be held from 4-5:30 p.m. on Feb. 2. Panel members are Alice Dubiel, Wendy Fein, Ann JohnstonSchuster, John McCuistion and Beverly Aidus.

Artists displaying work at the Social Injustice Exhibition include: R.R. Anderson Karen Benveniste Barbara Bruch Carolyn Burt Alain Clerc Melinda Cox Alice Di Certo Frank Dippolito Alice Dubiel Wendi Fein Marsha Glazière Tom Gross Shader Pat Haase Elizabeth Halfacre Connie Hardy Traci Kelly Gail E. Kelly Ann Johnston-Schuster Margo Macdonald John McCuistion Beverly Naidus Mia Schulte Stan Shaw

Alice Dubiel 2001 • A Tale of Struggle - Slave Trade was Free Trade

Apr. 1 - 31, 2010 TCC Art Faculty Exhibition Reception: April 1, 4-7 p.m.

Poems relating to the exhibition’s theme were chosen by faculty member Allen Braden and will be on display throughout the exhibition.

Elizabeth Halfacre 2009 • Outsourcing the Presidency

Wendy Fein 2008 • Homeless in Kolkata

The Gallery

Throughout the 20th century, American artists have brought attention to issues of social injustice. As we enter the second decade of the 21st century, many of the issues of the past, including the destruction of the environment, homophobia, poverty, racism, sexism, unfair labor practices, and war remain, and many are being addressed in works of art. This exhibition is an opportunity for local artists to submit works of art that comment on social issues of our times.

Gail E. Kelly 2005 • Empty Bowls

Social Injustice, Empty Bowls

TCC Events Calendar

January

For complete information Middle Eastern History Month

1 New Year’s Day - College Closed 4 Winter Quarter Classes Begin 14 Stand up Comedy

about campus events, log on to the TCC website at www.tacomacc.edu

18 MLK Jr. Birthday – College Closed 21 Artist & Lecture Series: Larry Kahaner “Fiscal Fitness Boot Camp” 21 Social Injustice Gallery Reception

February

African American History Month / Lunar New Year Celebration

2 Social Injustice Panel Discussion 3 Ways 2 Pay 4 College 4 Artist & Lecture Series: Saul Williams - Poet / Musician 9 Educational Planning Day – No Day Classes 10 Valentine’s Day Celebration 11 Jonathan Kingham 15 President’s Day – College Closed 18 Artist & Lecture Series: Derrick Ashong (DNA) Musician / Activist 25 Drag Night

March

Women’s History Month

2 Ways 2 Pay 4 College 4 Artist & Lecture Series: Rosa Clemente - Hip Hop Activist 29 Spring Quarter Classes Begin

April

European American Heritage Month

1 Art Faculty Gallery Reception 10 TCC Athletics Hall of Fame Dinner 22 Artist & Lecture Series 24 Pow Wow

May

Asian / Pacific Islander Month

8 Tacoma Wine Classic 11 Educational Planning Day – No day classes 31 Memorial Day – College Closed

June

Gay, Lesbian, Transgender & Bisexual Month

2 All Campus Luau 10 Commencement TCCMagazine

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TCC Volleyball. The Lady

TCC President Dr. Pamela Transue was selected as President

Titan Volleyball team won

of the Washington Association of Community and Technical

the NWAACC Western

Colleges (WACTC) for 2009-2010. WACTC is an organization

Division Title Nov. 5 by

of community and technical college presidents; its primary

sweeping the Highline

role is to develop policy recommendations for the State

CC Thunderbirds in three

Board for Community and Technical Colleges in Olympia,

games, 25-20, 25-19 and

and for the state community college system.

25-22—one of the best season’s in TCC’s history.

Fred Whang, TCC Board Trustee was elected to the

Four 2009 players were

national board of the Association of Community College

named to the NWAACC

Trustees (ACCT) for 2009-2010 at the ACCT conference

West Division All Star

in San Francisco. ACCT is a non-profit educational

Team: Rylee Walker – West Region MVP;

organization of governing boards representing elected and

Courtney Smith – West Region 1st Team;

appointed trustees who govern over 1,200 community,

Jaime Ecklund – West Region 2nd Team; and

technical, and junior colleges throughout the U.S.

Madison Turpin – West Region 2nd Team.

success in our lives and in our communities Photo courtesy of Dane Gregory Meyer

Tim Stokes, executive vice

TCC was recognized as a Military Friendly School by

president of Academic

G.I. Jobs magazine, ranking it in the top 15 percent of

and Student Services, was

7,000 colleges, universities and trade schools nationwide

selected by the Business

that are doing the most to embrace America’s veterans

Examiner as one of 2009’s

as students. According to TCC Student Life, 75 percent of

‘40 under 40’ honorees.

students in the college’s student government are military

The list includes local

veterans.

Celebrate

entrepreneurs, financial

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planners, program

TCC’s Early Learning Center

developers, health care

(ELC) was officially designated

providers, and others who

a LEED Gold (Leadership in

do their bit to make Tacoma a safer, smarter,

Energy and Environmental

healthier, yummier, or groovier place to live.

Design) building by the U.S. Green Building Council last summer. The ELC was also a winner of the Northwest Construction Consumer Council’s 2008 Distinguished Project Award for Public Projects Under $10 million.