Published August 2003

Education Briefs

EdCC honors Mosier for commitment
to career-training efforts
Recognizing her role in a number of the college’s big steps forward this year, Edmonds Community College recently awarded Jerrilee Mosier, vice president of work-force development and training, the 2003 Excellence in Education Award.

Mosier was honored for her efforts in expanding EdCC’s career-training and distance-learning programs, the school said, including:

• The creation of allied health education programs.
• The expansion of distance-learning offerings by 25 percent and providing access to more than 6,800 students online.
• Obtaining a $500,000 Department of Defense appropriation, with the aid of U.S. Sen. Maria Cantwell, to begin a materials science technology degree this fall.

Mosier, who joined EdCC in 1998, also was noted for ongoing work to bring in more than 300 technical experts and community members to advise the college on how best to provide quality career-training programs for its students.

For more information about work-force development at EdCC, go online to http://workforce.edcc.edu.

Columbia College earns
re-accreditation through 2013
The Higher Learning Commission of the North Central Association of Colleges and Schools accreditation team recently sent formal notice to Columbia College that it had received re-accreditation for the next 10 years, the school announced.

The re-accreditation follows a comprehensive evaluation of Columbia College by the commission last fall.

The college was cited for several improvements made through the years such as the management structure, control and quality of its Extended Studies Division and for improving its overall technological infrastructure.

“Columbia College has been accredited since 1918. We are pleased to see the continuation of accreditation for another 10 years — from 2002-2003 to 2012-2013,” President Gerald Brouder said in a prepared statement.

Columbia College serves 9,500 students through its day, evening, graduate and online programs at its Columbia, Mo., campus and at 29 extended campuses and two teaching locations across the country, including facilities in Snohomish County.

Effort to increase diversity in engineering, science earns business support
The YMCA of Snohomish County’s IDEAS project — Increasing Diversity in Engineering and Science — has garnered support from the corporate community in recent months, receiving a $10,000 grant from the Boeing Co. and a $15,000 grant from the Verizon Foundation.

IDEAS is a collaborative effort of the YMCA of Snohomish County Minority Achievers Program, Everett Community College and Henry Cogswell College to increase the number of students from minority and disadvantaged backgrounds pursuing and acquiring college degrees in electrical engineering and computer science.

As part of IDEAS, two weeklong summer camps were set up for students living in the Marysville/Everett area who were entering the eighth and ninth grades, with curriculum developed by the two colleges to include classroom instruction, laboratory projects and field trips.

“We are very grateful for Boeing and the Verizon Foundation’s support of the IDEAS project,” said JJ Frank, YMCA Minority Achievers Program director. “These grants will help broaden the educational experiences of our local minority youth in the areas of science and engineering.”

EdCC receives $28,600 grant
for construction training
Sound Transit recently awarded Edmonds Community College $28,600 to help train more workers for entry-level jobs in construction, the building trades and apprenticeship programs.

The grant will enable the college to enroll 20 more students in its construction industry training program next year by helping to pay the salaries for two instructors and a job developer, the college said.

Sound Transit awarded several grants, totaling about $200,000, this spring to increase training and apprenticeship opportunities in the construction industry and to ensure a skilled and diverse work force for its current and future projects.

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