Welcome to
Everett Community College
A Message from the President
For over six decades Everett Community College has played an important part in the success story of our community. From adult learning and relevant professional and technical programs, to readying students to transfer to 4-year colleges and universities, the College is the academic, technical and cultural center of learning for our region.
With the help of dedicated employees committed to serving students, we are moving forward with plans to strengthen our educational programs, improve student success and retention, continue our building projects, and further other important initiatives.
In January 2007 the College opened the doors on a new science and arts facility—Whitehorse Hall—the first of several buildings to be completed over the next two decades as part of the College’s comprehensive master plan.
During the summer of 2008 the College completed a major expansion of the Early Learning Center. Crews remodeled the 8,000-square foot building and constructed a 3,300 square foot addition to the Early Learning Center.
The center offers licensed and accredited on-campus childcare and preschool for children ages 12 months to five years for students, faculty, staff and community members. With the addition, the center now can serve up to 40 percent more children.
During the 2006 and 2007 legislative sessions, the Washington State Legislature adopted recommendations to increase access to baccalaureate degrees in the region, and provided the College with funding to strengthen the University Center of North Puget Sound, create new partnerships with universities, and create a new undergraduate education center on campus.
In 2007, EvCC broke ground on that center, Gray Wolf Hall. The building is the new home for the University Center for North Puget Sound and classes in the humanities, social sciences and communications. The 77,000-square foot building opened for classes in Spring 2009.
In September 2009, the college will broke ground on its next new building, a Fitness and Health Center located off Broadway Avenue. The building is expected to open at the end of 2010.
The new 49,000 square foot center will replace the college’s former gym at 13th and Wetmore, constructed in 1958. The current gym and the surrounding land was purchased by Providence Everett Medical Center in 2007 as part of a land swap agreement that provides EvCC with property across the street from its Broadway Street campus. Forty percent of the cost of the building will be funded by student money, as approved by a student vote in Spring 2007.
The campus is actively engaged in this complex and exciting process with many talented students, faculty and staff participating in dialogues about our plans to meet the higher education needs of our community.
I invite you to become part of Everett Community College and its bright future. Today it is a welcoming and accessible place for all who choose to come here. By joining our community of learners, you are becoming a part of our continuing success story.
I look forward to seeing you,
Dr. David Beyer
President
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