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| SCC Foundation supporters fill the dining hall |
The SCC Foundation hosted its Annual Student Success Campaign Community Breakfast on Wednesday, November 6, 2013. Attended by friends, community, business and the campus community, this traditional breakfast raises crucial dollars to support scholarships and other related student financial benefits.
The PUB dining room was filled with supporters. With the theme "Global Pathways," the breakfast raised funds to support to students so they may pursue the knowledge and skills required to compete in a global economic environment.
Foundation President Mark McVeety, and students Mikayla McGill (nursing program), and Shariffa Edwards (dental hygiene student) explained that sometimes just a few hundred dollars can mean the difference between financial stress and the ability to focus on studies.
Often the Foundation is able to provide funds for enrichment programs for students. Sometimes it's money for a bus pass or a textbook.
State funding for two-year colleges has been cut in half in the last five years, and tuition at SCC has doubled. The Foundation helps to bridge the financial gap for students.
The Distinguished Service Award was presented to Sadayoshi Nojima, from the Trajal Hospitality and Tourism College, which has been affiliated with SCC for twenty years, bringing Japanese students to SCC and Edmonds CC for a six month program. Nojima said that within two years he expected to bring a thousand students a year to the two institutions.
The program is part of the SCC goal to create global citizens of its students.
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