2 Five Stars for Phi Theta Kappa

3 New Scholarship!

6 Harned Health Center

plus 2011-2012 Annual Reports

Tacoma Community College

SPRING 2013

tcc mission statement:

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

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

TCCMagazineVolume 4, No. 1

Editor Rachel Payne

Writers Rachel Payne

Shawn Jennison

Design Sakura Moses

Photography Michael Arabella

Jason Ganwich

Stuart Isset

Kemer Nelson

Rachel Payne

TCC Magazine is published biannually by Marketing, Communication & Outreach, Tacoma Community College, 6501 S. 19th St., 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.

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

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.

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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

Contents

2 Phi Theta Kappa 5-star Rating

3 New Scholarship!

4 The Mathematics of Completion

5 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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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.

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 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.

TCC’s Phi Theta Kappa Club Coordinates to Compete“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.

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.

“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.

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”

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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.

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.

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

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

Learn more at www.ptk.org.

TCC Alum Vicci Martinez Creates Arts Scholarship for WomenTacoma 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.

The scholarship will open with the summer 2013 scholarship

application cycle; meanwhile, applicants are invited to visit the web

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

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 WAyTypical Dev. Math Outcomes: 6% of students achieve college math credit in one year.Based on data from Statway colleges, academic year 2008-09

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?

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?

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 (pre-college 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.

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.

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.

“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 one-quarter 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 math-phobic students will choose.

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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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Inviting the Community to CampusHARNED 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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President Pat ShumanVice President Jonathan Phillips Treasurer Wade Neal, JDSecretary Brian King, JDMember at Large Jeanette Lunceford

Board of Directors

• 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

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

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

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

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

• 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 four-year institution - saving considerable financial resources.

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

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

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.

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.

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?

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.

Thank you for your past and future support.

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REVENuE 20% Contributions, Pledges and Other Revenue

20% Grants

36% Contracts

11% Special Events

-7% Realized and Unrealized Investment Gains and Interest

20% Quid Pro Quo

$1,703,038

ExPENSES 77% Program Support

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

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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Foundation Donors 2011-2012

This donor report acknowledges

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

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 AbbottDan & Paula AlbertsonGretchen AldenChristopher & Connie AlgeoJane Anne AllenAllenmore Medical FoundationAltrusa International Club of TacomaPaul Amoroso Stephen & Sandy Anderson Ivonna AndersonApplied Design Group Patricio & Christina AravenaAmerica ArredondoJohn AtkinsOwen Atkins & Jennifer Auge

B Kevin BaconDavid BahrtCalvin & Joanne BamfordKarla L. BanksSilvia Barajas & Kerwin ManuelStephen & Mary BargerBargreen Ellingson Inc.David Bates & Julie AndersonMichael & Stephanie BeardemphlLois Beck & Mark HollandAnthony & Sharon BellomoBenn PotteryAnthony & Julie BensonIngrid BentzenDr. Ron & Karen BenvenisteMarit BergMark BieraugelRenae BigelowBill Acker Consulting ServicesCharles Bingham

John Binns, JrJanice BishopCathie Bitz Inez BlairMilton & Judith BleiweissTamara BobrovytskyaJohn BoernerMargarete BoernerBlake & Sharrie BoltonPeter BonowMarlene BosankoMary Jo BoushieSam BowmanConor & Jacqueline BoydMarianne BrabanskiBen BradleyRichard BrandtPeter Briner & Barbara Mitchell BrinerStephen & Paula Brown Col. Henry & Patricia BrownLeonard & Sharon BrusoRoss & Julie Buffington Jack & Patricia BujacichRobert & Patrice BungeAndrew & Marsha BurnsJim & Susanna Buttorff

C Jeri CacaceCafe DivinoNeil & Sharon CallahanJoe & Patricia CandiottaJohn & Shirley CarmichaelRichard & Frances CarrKrystal CartrightScott & Monica ChambersMary Chen-JohnsonMary ChikwinyaRichard & Laura ChipmanRyan ChoateVicki ChristensenCity of TacomaSheri Clark C.W. Clark & Jill Nordfors ClarkTodd & Jennifer ClarkeRobert & Deanna CleavelandAlain Clerc & Bonnie SandFrank & Judy Colarusso Bill & Gertrude ColbyJudy ColemanColumbia Bank Combined Fund Drive, Secretary of State Community Foundation for the AllegheniesJohn & Angela ConnellyConnelly Law OfficesPat & Patty CooganAbigail CookeCharles Coomber & Sharon RogersDavid & Sherie CoonsRobert & Catherine Cope

Michael CorcoranJustin CorleyKris & Gerald CostelloCraig CowdenDominic CozzettoCandace CraggBen & Gail CramerFrank & Debbie CrawfordCharles CrawfordByron & Kimberly CregeurTerry Cronk & Michele Newman-CronkGreg CroweGeorge Curtis

D Daryl & the Diptones Davies Pearson, P.C.Beth DavisJames DavisRichard DavisRichard & Jane DavisonChristyanna DawsonJeffrey & Kimberly DegallierDelta Kappa Gamma Alpha ChapterDon & Sue DennisRobert & Nancy DickersonBarbera DidisFrank DippolitoJ.F. & Kazumi Divens-CogezJohn DixRoyal & Sachiko DomingoMark & Jennifer DonahueBarbara DriggersMichael & Liz DunbarJudi DunhamJeff & Jennifer Durham Dwyer Pemberton & Coulson, P.C.

E Dave Edwards & Patricia ShumanSusan ElkinDavid & Jeannie Elliott Marla ElmquistDavid & Sabine EndicottWalt Woolf & Meg Estep WoolfJoshua EstesRobert EttlingerCarol Evenhuis

F Mark & Kathy FalkKiril Farkov Nancy FeaginBruce & Wendy FeinMichael FergusonAlan Ferguson & Sue SummersJanet Fesq Harriett FieldsChristie FierroKathleen FigetakisDavid Fischer & Mendy LowePaul & Kimberly FisherBarry & Laana Fishman Lesley Fleming

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Save the date

2013 Tacoma Wine Classic

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

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.

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Wendy FloresRobert FlyeDick & Mary FoegeElizabeth FortenberyLeanne FosterKenneth & Mary FoxFranciscan Health System Franke Tobey Jones Retirement EstatesDrs. Joel Frankel & Barbara Watanabe Iris FudellBrendan Fuller

G Frank & Carol GarrattLois GarrisonGary E. Milgard Family FoundationJessica GaudinoMichael & Kathleen GehrkeGeneral PlasticsGig Harbor Garden Tour AssociationBill & Phyllis GillPatricia GillinghamRoger & Cheryle GlatharJudy GlavinRobert GlavinCarol GoforthArthur Goodson Jr.Rachel GoonSusan Gordon & David ThuresonCharlene GoreJacqueline GormanThe Gottfried & Mary Fuchs FoundationBrian GraberCindy GradyMac Gray & Meagan FoleyGray Lumber CompanyThe 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 ProgramDeborah GreenfieldJeffrey & Maria GrossThomas & Claudia Gross ShaderRichard & Sandra Gwartney

H Robert & Margaret HaanMolly HaganDon Haggerty & Kathy DeraitusEric & Lynn HahnMark & Nancy HaleyJohn & Sophia HallDr. Dale & Susan HallHerb HallbergGarth Hansen

Hargis EngineersSteven HarlowJordan & Sigrid HarrisChalu Harris-AdamsAlison HarveyShana HarveyGina HatcherKathryn HeldMarla HendricksonSusan HendrixsonRichard & Beverly HeydingerRobert HijiyaTami HinkleAlbert & June HinsonYun-Yi & Jane HoRobert Hofeditz & Karen ForsytheMark & Diane HolcombRuth Hollo Sue HolmanThomas & Judy HoseaTricia HoseaAl & Rosalie HoveCarl & Jerilynn HowellGreg Hubbard & Maggie RossDr. Will & Sharon HublerDrs. John Huddlestone & Sandra ReilleyLeonard HudsonCharles & Lee HuntPhilip & Linda HunterBarry & Rhonda Huse

I Anders IbsenAnna InthavongDaniel & Sara InveenHadar Iron & Michael Jobes

J Michael JacobsDr. Paul & Anne JacobsonGeorge & Grace JadinJenscoElizabeth JewettJF Parkway

Representative Laurie Jinkins & Laura WulfRichard & Melanie JohnsonRickard & Stephanie JohnstonHodge JonesClaire Jordon

K Michael & Margaret KaltonBruce & Cynthia KannenbergEmily Wood KellerMary KenneyKeyBank Fndn--Matching GiftsKeyBank FoundationKeyBankJessica KiechKristen KiehlGene & Susan KillianSenator Derek & Jennifer KilmerBrian King & Sunni KoJason & Krystle KittsKiwanis Club of Greater TacomaKLQ Scholarship FundJohn & Rebecca Knold Daniel Koch & Ann DickmanKirsten KonradClyde & Sydna KoontzChristine KovalDave & Christine Koval Julie Kramer & Dale PhelpsViliamu & Lita Kuaea

L L.T. Murray Family FoundationPatricia La BlancOttie & Clara LaddMeredith LaFleshKurt Laidlaw Matt Lane Cielito LaneRich LanghornBrian LanierJohn & Patricia LantzKaren LarkinMichael E. LarsenWendy LarsenDr. & Mrs. Vernon LarsonSandra LarsonErik LaurentzJames & Kirsten LawsonPatricia LeblancBabe LehrerKenneth & Rhonda LeonardDorothy LewisBrian & Lori LidyardMark & Chelsea LindquistNick LindstromIrina LitvinyukTerrie LonesBeverly LoseyDonald & Patricia Loth Camille Lowman

Kim Alison LubinRichard Hanson & Dania LukeyRon & Jeanette LuncefordKenneth LundemoJohn & Linda Lunkes

MStephen MabryLaura MaccaryBruce & Margo MacdonaldAlexis MacDonaldRobin Macnofsky & Robert BalesKen MadsenRick & Marcia MahaffeyRoger Edwards & Marilyn MahoneyJennifer ManleyScott MarshGale MartenJames MartinsonCatherine MarzyckRichard & Marcia MatthaeiRobert MatthewsGeorge & Marilyn McBrideMary McCabeSharon McCormackJimmy McDonoughJane McFeeMichael McGavockHelen McGovern & George PilantMcGranahan Architects David McInturff & Phyllis IzantMike & Peggy McKasy Barbara Mead & David GlaabPatty MedeLisa MellingerRyan Mello & Jerry HallmanMaria MenesesJohn & June MercerDebra MeyersonAlexander & Debbie MihaliMelvin & Roberta MillerKaren MittetMonica MonkDebra Moore-Yip & Les YipMorris FoundationBraxton & Sakura MosesNicholas & Janine MottTheophilus MungenL.Toby & Laurie Murray Murray Pacific CorporationDonald & Cyndy Myers

N Haji & Akram NazarianNBBJWade & Kathlyn NealDouglas NeffKristeen Nesika PetersenNetwork for GoodJoe & Michelle Nichols Steve & Vicki Nye

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O Randy & Karen O’BrienAllison OdenthalJohn O’GaraTom & Skip OldfieldJanet OlejarJames OliverCarolyn OsborneDr. Hans & Jacquelyn Ostrom

P Karen PalmerBarlow PalminteriDr. David & Maria PalyTJ & Jacqui ParkesFrank & Nancy ParsonsGayle PeachFrela PeacockeLoren & Diane PeasePease Construction, Inc.Peninsula Light CompanyLoyd & Muriel PercyLaurie PetersonRayisa PetrovskaLois PhelpsJonathan Phillips & Linda DombroskiDonna PhillipsKrysten PianoRuss Picha Eric & Charlene PiercyHelen PilkeyLaird & Julie PistoS. & D. PlattnerClayton & Lynn PollockRobert & Emily PorterPatricia PowersJennifer Preston ChushcoffSondra Purcell

Q Chris Quinn-Brintnall

R Ed & Sharie RamosTomas RamosRBC Pleneurethics SocietyApril ReidDrs. Les & Estelle ReidDon & Candyce RennegarbeCaridad RhoadesDaniel RiceBill & Ann RileyAndy & Jan RittingDavid & Karen RobbinsFred & Anne RobersonRonald & Valerie RobertsonMargaret RobinsonPamela RobinsonJim RobinsonMary RobnettMichel & Pamela RocchiJill RohrbaughMike & Darlene RompogrenFrank Rorie

Robert & Peg RoyAmber RuchtiJon Ruckle Ian RyanJanae RyanRobert & Meg RyanBill & Evelyn Ryberg Catherine RybergDavid Ryberg & Joan PenneyKim Rzeszewicz

S Janice SakaiCharles SalakPaul SanchezJason SanduskySanta Clara AquamaidsLorena SaucedoJoan SauerBeverly SayleSchacht/Aslani ArchitectsSander Scherman GarzonDenise SchildtBob SchmittDoug SchwabSchweitzer Engineering LaboratoriesMatthew & Kari ScottKim SeeleyKurt SeemannPeter SerkoSharon Styer Arts ManagementJohn & Marnie SheeranVicki & Terry SheltonRichard & Catherine ShineAndrew & Joann ShuckhartWilliam ShumanGary & Mary SigmenSilver Reef CasinoAngie SimpsonJonathan SingerMatthew SizemoreJim Skalski & Csilla MuhlJeffrey SkouboLee SleddDan & Doreen SmallRebecca Smart & Drew DeutschDan & Shelly SmithEdward & Jody SmithJoan SmithLeonard & Ann SmithMel & Barbara SmithPatricia SmithLaurie Hesslein Fund @ Smith Barney Charitable Trust, Inc.Jeff Soder The Spar TavernJennifer SpetsasRebeccah SproatScott & Sandra SproulFred & Faith StabbertDavid Stahl

Janet SteveniDr. Larry StevensJeffree R. StewartCol. Willie & Faye StewartTimothy StokesIsabel StoutDouglas & Margaret StrausbaughBill & Bobby StreetMayor Marilyn Strickland & Pat ErwinConstance SwankRonald & Kate SwarnerWilliam & Mary Sydor

T Tacoma City CouncilTina TahiriHank & Linda TanzR.R. TaylorBrendan & Karin TelesDonald Theiler & Janet PriceAndrew & Susan ThompsonLinda ThompsonThomas ThompsonWarren ThompsonChartrice TillmanTitus Will Families FoundationLorraine TolerTopia TechnologyDiane & Michael TopolskiTotem Ocean Trailer Express, Inc.Michael ToweyArlene TowneRobert & Sandra TownleyRebekah TownsendPhi Nguyen & Hoang-Oanh TranDr. Pamela TransueRon TrappEd Troyer Molly TuohySam & Margaret Tuttle

U Jean UlianichUnited Way of Pierce County

Unknown DonorsFloyd & Judith UrschelMel & Judith UrschelHeather Urschel-Speir

V Diane Valdez Rick & Heather ValteeKathryn Van WagenenPeter Van WagenenLinda VanBallenbergheJames & Sherilyne Vogt

WDr. Sumiho & Yasuko WadaMichelle WagnerSusan WagnerMichele WagonerDr. Richard & Catherine WakefieldR. D. & Sarah WaldoLauren WalkerLola WallerMoira WaltersJames & Marilyn WaltonKimberly WardRachel WardWarlock Holding CompanyJack & Dr. Lilly WarnickKenneth Greg Watson Jeffrey & Linda WattsAlan WaughWendey WeathersMartha WebbNorman & Olga WebstadRichard & Monica WeidmanRigel WeisDr. Barry & June WeledWells Fargo BankWells Fargo FoundationTed & Janet Werner Annette WeyerhaeuserFrederick & Ki Hyen WhangAngela WheelerSteve WilkinsonWilliam Mitchell PhotographyThe William W. Kilworth FoundationCarol WilliamsLeonard & Rita WilliamsMarlene WilliamsMary WilliamsWayne WilliamsWindham CellarsRobert WinterRonald & Michelle WisemanPaulina WlodzimirowRichard Woo & Arlene JoeJohn WoodardDan WorthenChad Wright & Heather Hamilton

Z Ed & Betsy Zimmerman

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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.

Creating Veteran-friendly Learning

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Lee Sledd displays computers donated by TCC.

A Madison grad poses for a family picture.

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 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.

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.

Gina Anstey, Director, Fund for Women & Girls

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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 ScholarshipSimbarashe 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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2011-12 oPERATiNg REVENuE

State allocation $ 18,073,549

local Revenue

Running Start Program 1,697,671

Bldg Fee from excess enrollment 562,823

General Fees / overhead 435,809

aBe tuition 16,730

tuition/operating Fees 16,509,097

Subtotal 19,222,130

total $ 37,295,679

2011-12 PRogRAM ExPENSESinstruction & Primary Support 21,147,007

library & learning Resources 666,299

Student Services 3,948,691

institutional Support 6,081,237

Plant operations & Maintenance 2,758,382

WF / WR Financial aid 405,758

total 35,007,374

2011-12 CAPiTAL BuDgET

Revenue

State allocation 4,160,946

local Revenue 19,054

Subtotal 4,180,000

eXPenSeS

Program expenses 1,189,663

Balance 2,990,337

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Annual Report

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Student Intent: 37% Transfer

30% Workforce Training

26% Other

6% Basic skills

Introducing Throwback ThursdayWere 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.

enrollment fte (state fte)

Fall 2011 5,005Fall 2010 4,976Fall 2009 4,713Fall 2008 4,506

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

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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tcc students38.8% are students of color

Average age = 3049% female 29% male 22% unknown

360 International students650 students with disabilities

6501 S. 19th St. I Tacoma WA 98466

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Events CalendarTCC 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 quarter-million 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