2020 – 2021
Annual Report
LOOKING BACK, BACK, LOOKING LEAPING FORWARD FORWARD LEAPING
A year yearofofstrength, strength, flexibility and A adaptability, flexibility, ability, resiliency, and the things we did, to keep us doing the all things we do.
resiliency
As Chair of the Washtenaw Community College (WCC) Board of Trustees, I applaud the College’s leadership, faculty, and staff for all they do each day— in big ways and small—to have an impact on people’s lives. The work done at WCC during the best of times is exceptional. Sustaining that level of work through a global pandemic during 2020-2021 required enormous flexibility—and a vigorous commitment to excellence. At the beginning of the last academic year, WCC faculty and staff were working tirelessly to complete the task of moving the College’s entire academic course load to virtual delivery. By the end of the year, similar effort was being put into developing the protocols that would enable the College to safely welcome students back to campus. We are extraordinarily proud that the College has prioritized the health and safety of the entire campus community, while still making available a broad array of online and on-ground educational offerings for students, partners, community members, and employers. WCC continues to be a key player in our region’s economic development; its impact in creating an educated workforce and filling the talent pipeline is more important than ever. On behalf of the Board of Trustees, we are also proud to be able to freeze tuition for the fourth straight year at $95 per credit hour for in-district students, ensuring continued educational excellence and great value. WCC is a gem for our community—an extraordinary resource for a diverse group of employers and students alike. Each of the seven members of our Board of Trustees is honored to represent the citizens of Washtenaw County, and we promise our continued stewardship of Washtenaw Community College in the years ahead.
William G. Milliken, Jr. Chair, WCC Board of Trustees
From the
Chair
As I reflect upon Washtenaw Community College’s many achievements during the 2020-2021 academic year, I take great pride in all that we have accomplished together. Our students, faculty and staff demonstrated incredible adaptability and resiliency during times of unprecedented change. We have so much to celebrate. We served 18,000 students in credit classes last year, and the Class of 2021 saw 1,769 unique graduates who earned a total of 1,111 associate degrees and 1,036 certificates. More than 500 of our 2021 graduates earned academic honors. WCC expanded virtual instruction and student services to provide a safer campus experience. Our headcount and credit hours remained comparatively stable while many peer institutions experienced double digit enrollment declines. On top of these achievements, WCC was nationally recognized for online education and ranked the #1 community college in Michigan, marking our commitment to innovation, quality, and student success. WCC’s Virtual Classroom model and comprehensive online support services have ensured that students have options for learning and continue to thrive. To prepare students for work in mobility and advanced transportation and to meet emerging workforce demands for skilled talent, we added a brand-new electric Ford Mustang Mach-E to our fleet to provide access to cutting edge electric vehicle technology. Our STEM Scholars program has grown nearly 500% since its inception five years ago, offering the scholars comprehensive social, academic and financial opportunities and research partnerships with the University of Michigan, Michigan State University, Wayne State University and Western Michigan University, thanks to a National Science Foundation grant. We developed an important new pathway to student success and transfer equity with our new HBCU Partnership program with Historically Black Colleges and Universities. We continued our commitment to sustainability and protecting the environment as the first community college to enroll in DTE Energy’s MIGreen Power renewable energy program. I hope you will enjoy reading about these accomplishments and more inside WCC’s annual report. Every member of the WCC family aspires higher each day with support from our community. Thank you to all who are dedicated to the success of our college and those we serve!
Rose B. Bellanca, Ed.D. President, Washtenaw Community College
From the
President
CELEBRATING SUCCESS Resilience and collaboration translates to success for WCC students. In a year that began with upheaval, the WCC faculty and staff completed the Herculean task of offering all student services virtually and creating 434 different virtual classroom experiences, a synchronous option to online learning that did not exist before the COVID-19 pandemic. By the end of the academic year, employees from every division and department at the college were working just as hard to ensure extensive safety protocols were in place to start welcoming students and employees back to campus and classrooms. That’s resilience. Throughout a year of unprecedented change in operation, the college’s goals remained the same. More than 18,000 students took credit courses and nearly 4,000 more enrolled in non-credit classes. More than 3,000 degrees and certificates were granted. Through extensive collaboration, WCC was able to maintain a sense of normalcy by reinstating annual traditions that had been canceled the previous year – including a new way to celebrate its graduates.
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In May 2021, the college’s annual commencement ceremony transitioned to the first Commencement Parade & Celebration. Instead of Pomp & Circumstance and rows of seated graduates, this celebration featured loud, thumping music from a DJ, blaring horns and a steady flow of vehicles traversing a parade route set up on the WCC campus. Nearly 500 graduates of the Class of 2020 and 2021 registered for a spot in the parade, which included a three-hour stream of vehicles – many of them decorated with signs, balloons and cap-and-gown clad graduates popping out of sunroofs. Every graduate had their name and program announced as their vehicle entered the college’s main circular entrance and had a diploma handed to them by WCC President Dr. Rose B. Bellanca as college faculty and staff cheered them on. Graduates were then able to take pictures with family and friends in front of several graduationthemed backdrops.
WCC CLASS OF 2021 1,769
Unique Graduates
1,111
Associate Degrees Earned
1,036
Certificates Earned
29
Average Age of Graduates
59%
Women Graduates
31%
Minority Graduates
62%
Graduates Who Received Financial Aid
Of the 1,769 unique graduates who earned an associate degree:
240
graduated with high honors (3.8 or higher GPA)
295
graduated with honors (3.5 to 3.8 GPA) 5
WCC FOUNDATION AND FEDERAL PANDEMIC RELIEF FUNDS SUPPORT STUDENT SUCCESS Thanks to the WCC Foundation and Higher Education Emergency Relief Funds granted by the federal government, WCC helped many students remain in school during the COVID-19 pandemic. The mission of the WCC Foundation is to give hope and support to Washtenaw Community College students through scholarships and other philanthropic help, creating a better educated workforce and a stronger community.
Over the 2020-21 academic year, the WCC Foundation granted $1,119,750 in scholarship funds while its Student Emergency Fund continued to help students in financial distress remain in school. Letters from students explain the impact of that financial support: “I am a student in the Healthcare Preparation Program and recently came down with COVID-19. While I’ve been self-isolated and quarantined at home, I’ve been unable to work. Thanks to WCC Foundation donors, I was able to receive funds to help pay for food. This not only helps me, but also my family since I am the primary breadwinner while going to college. Because of this assistance, I have been able to safely quarantine and focus on my studies. Thank you very much!” – Danielle H. “I want to say thank you to donors for their contributions to the WCC Student Emergency Fund. I was able to receive funding for food, which helped me immensely. I now have enough
food to last me a few weeks and I don’t have to worry about taking money away from paying bills. I can rest easy for a little while knowing I’m taken care of. This pandemic has brought so many people down and made them worry about not having the essentials. Your generosity has helped to give people some comfort in these hard times. Thank you again, so much.” – Anonymous The WCC Foundation also had great success with virtual fundraising events, including the Women’s Council’s Celebration of Women’s Leadership, its Scholarship Recognition Celebration and a unique format for its 27th annual Jerry Jernigan Memorial Golf Outing that provided participants with a round of individual golf over an eight-week timeframe. Golfers then submitted their scorecards virtually to vie for prizes and bragging rights. 1,654 students received $1,119,750 in scholarships from the WCC Foundation
FEDERAL PANDEMIC RELIEF FUNDING The federal government provided community colleges with grants to support pandemic relief through the Higher Education Emergency Relief Fund (HEERF) under three separate acts: • Coronavirus Aid, Relief, and Economic Security (CARES) Act • Coronavirus Response and Relief Supplemental Appropriations Act (CRRSAA) • American Rescue Plan Act (ARPA)
A portion of these funds is to provide emergency financial aid grants to enrolled students for expenses related to the disruption of campus operations due to the Corona Virus. These funds helped students with expenses including travel, moving, technology, course materials, food, housing, health care, child care and other expenses related to leaving campus and remote learning.
6,978 Students received HEERF funds $7,984,650 HEERF funds students received* *Fiscal Year 2021
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AT-A-GLANCE
REVENUE BY SOURCE
PROPERTY TAX $58,904,247 (55.0%) TUITION & FEES $28,415,491 (26.5%) STATE AID $15,615,365 (14.6%) OTHER $4,144,430 (3.9%)
AFFORDABLE AND ACCESSIBLE Providing a quality education at an affordable price is a hallmark of WCC. That’s why the college’s Board of Trustees froze tuition at a rate of $95 per credit hour for in-district students for the fourth consecutive year. In recognition of the severe financial impact of the COVID-19 pandemic, WCC also reduced the price of in-district distance learning credits to match oncampus tuition rates in the 2020-21 academic year.
$95 PER CREDIT HOUR
FINANCIAL AID
$28,336,028
Total Financial Aid
6,023
Students received some type of financial aid
$14,435,944 |
Grants
$11,321,239 |
Loans
$2,536,833 |
Scholarships
$42,012 |
Work-Study
OPEN EDUCATION RESOURCES SAVINGS Open Education Resources (OER) helped students save a total of $1,914,903 in 2020-21. Since 2017, WCC students have saved a total of $7,773,791 by using these replacements for traditional textbooks.
$1,914,903 SAVED
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TOP PERFORMING EDUCATIONAL INSTITUTION 70,152
DEMOGRAPHICS
TOTAL COURSE ENROLLMENTS, including:
2,920
34,597
Online Virtual Classroom
First-Generation College Students
29,777
1,076
Online Distance Learning
Single Parents
584
4,443
Students with Disabilities
Mixed Mode (On-Campus and Online)
542
Veterans
1,335
398
Traditional (On-Campus)
International Students Based on student self-reported data.
PROGRAM OFFERINGS Associate Degrees Offered:
60
Certificates Offered:
82
4-Year College & Transfer Agreements:
MARK OF QUALITY: ACCREDITOR’S SEAL OF APPROVAL The Higher Learning Commission continues WCC’s accreditation through 2029-30. The HLC “seal of approval” assures prospective students, parents, employers and other stakeholders that the college offers nationally recognized, quality programs and learning experiences. The HLC’s announcement came after the completion of a far-reaching internal review of institutional effectiveness and outcomes, and reaffirms that the college meets the HLC’s rigorous criteria. The efforts of that internal review were led by a committee of WCC faculty, staff and administrators. The initial reaccreditation visits took place in April 2020, with more than 200 individuals across campus participating during the early days of the COVID-19 pandemic, as the college was transitioning to virtual teaching and work. WCC was one of the first institutions to conduct its reaffirmation visits primarily in a virtual format.
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WCC grew its STEM Scholars program, recruiting a record-high number of students for its Fall 2021 cohort — nearly 500% larger than its inaugural class of 2018. More than half the students in the program are women and nearly one-third are first-generation students.
MORE GREAT NEWS WCC purchased 13 automotive test benches with vehicle infotainment systems to provide state-of-the-art training in automotive cybersecurity. Key WCC faculty formed LA-Innovate, a liberal arts innovation group, to advance the importance of the liberal arts in students’ educational, civic and professional endeavors. The college developed a University Transfer Center to provide holistic, accessible services to engage students who are interested in transfer and to increase strategic agreements with transfer partners. 8
EDUCATION
ALPHA SCHOLARS
EMPLOYMENT ENRICHMENT
FOCUS ON STUDENT SUCCESS Every Alpha Scholar is assigned an academic advisor and success coach, experts who will listen to their goals and guide them to success. Alpha Scholars must commit to attending regular meetings with their coach and advisor to stay engaged in the program and to keep gaining momentum toward graduation.
COMMUNITY
Alpha Scholars provides unique opportunities to get involved, build relationships with peers with similar career goals and interests, feel connected to our community, and to capitalize on all the personalized support WCC has to offer.
ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT
WCC used a $1.4 million U.S. Department of Education grant to create Alpha Scholars, a program that helps incoming full-time freshmen complete their associate degrees and reach their academic and career goals.
The Radiography program earned full continuing accreditation from the Joint Review Committee on Education in Radiologic Technology. This continuing accreditation is for an eight-year period, the longest awarded by the organization.
HONORS
The Police Academy was the first in the U.S. to achieve accreditation and the first in the world to receive an “Award of Excellence” from the International Association of Directors of Law Enforcement Standards and Training. 9
FOCUSED ON TRAINING AND CAREER SUPPORT The Center for Career Success evolves to provide more support. Thousands of skilled trades workers receive training.
The Center for Career Success has evolved from the Career Transitions office to offer more support to those looking to start, advance or change carers. The center works collaboratively to ensure students, alumni and community members connect with local employers. A total of 1,297 individuals received one-on-one consulting, staff conducted more than 91 classroom presentations and 1,298 jobs were registered on the department’s Career Connection job board.
training programs on the WCC campus as some hands-on instruction resumed in 2021.
The center’s two signature events, the annual fall and spring career fairs, were held virtually this year and – as always – were free and open to the public. A total of 426 attendees and 114 companies participated in the events.
WCC also led virtual training for nearly 2,000 members of two other skilled trade union training partners, the United Association of Journeyman and Apprentices of the Plumbing and Pipefitting Industry of the United States and Canada and the Operative Plasterers & Cement Masons International Association.
Skilled Trades Unions Return to Campus After a quiet summer in 2020 due to the COVID-19 pandemic, more than 500 skilled trades union workers participated in national
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The United Union of Roofers, Waterproofers and Allied Workers brought 120 workers from 22 states to its week-long National Instructor Training Program at WCC in July 2021. Days later, nearly 400 International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers and National Electrical Contractors Association members participated in their unions’ training program being hosted on campus.
FILLING THE NEED FOR HEALTH CARE AND CYBERSECURITY WORKERS WCC partners with Michigan Works! Southeast to fill health care and cybersecurity talent gaps. A 10-week Cybersecurity Bootcamp gave participants the ability to earn four stackable certificates and a chance to start a well-paying career at Novacoast, a cyber security company with offices in Ann Arbor.
EMPLOYMENT
A Foundations of Caring Bootcamp trained and immediately placed long-term health care workers into paid on-the-job training with one of three Washtenaw County-based health care providers, followed by a full-time position.
ENRICHMENT ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT COMMUNITY
MORE GREAT NEWS Knowing many people in the community were struggling to find work due to fallout from the pandemic, WCC held Career Catapult in October 2020, a free, three-day virtual event to help individuals jump-start careers and land jobs. The Entrepreneurship Center launched a program to prepare students in WCC’s HVAC/R program for future business ownership while supporting local business owners.
HONORS
Ford Motor Company and General Motors partnered with WCC to recruit interns for their clay modeling design and fuel cell technician programs.
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BRIDGING THE DIGITAL DIVIDE WCC surprises Parkridge students with laptops and family digital literacy training. Washtenaw Community College surprised youth ages 6-12 who completed the Parkridge Community Center Summer Learning Experience with new laptop computers and family digital literacy training. The computers and training were paid for thanks to a $60,000 Washtenaw County Youth Development Technology grant funded by the State of Michigan. The grant for the Parkridge Community Center Digital Literacy Initiative was announced on the last day of the summer camp by WCC President Dr. Rose B. Bellanca. State Senator Jeff Irwin secured the funding.
This was the 24th year the college-operated Parkridge Community Center offered a summer enrichment program, but in response to the COVID-19 pandemic it was structured with a larger emphasis on academic instruction led by certified teachers in math, reading and writing. Ypsilanti Community Schools also opened a learning lab at Parkridge to help keep students on track academically while supporting social and emotional needs.
Above, left to right: Ricky Jefferson, Washtenaw County Board of Commissioners - District 6; State Senator Jeff Irwin; Rose Bellanca, Ed.D., WCC President; State Representative Ronnie Peterson; State Representative Felicia Brabec; Jason Morgan, Washtenaw County Board of Commissioners - District 8.
MORE GREAT NEWS The college offered a free series of five interactive Race and Ethnic Relations webinars in February 2021, with over 600 registrations. Webinar recordings were made available on the WCC website for additional viewing. WCC students and staff hosted the Michigan Community College Gender & Sexuality Conference for the second consecutive year. The day-long virtual event for students, faculty and staff from community colleges around the state included keynote speakers, breakout rooms and games. The Entrepreneurship Center’s 10-week Renew Your Business program helped reimagine business plans of minority-, woman- and veteran-owned small businesses in Ypsilanti that were negatively impacted by the COVID-19 pandemic. 12
INCREASING COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT THROUGH ART The Fine Arts Department partners with First Fridays Ypsilanti for ‘Our Layers of Identity’ community art project. The intent of the project was to increase community engagement with the arts and improve well-being and interpersonal connections in response to the COVID-19 pandemic. The months-long project started with packing 500 boxes of art supplies that were distributed to area community members. Community artwork was then displayed in the windows of Ypsilanti businesses. ENRICHMENT ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT COMMUNITY
The college’s third annual WCC Climate Summit took place on March 18 with the theme, “Environmental Justice.”
HONORS
WCC went well beyond recognizing Earth Day by celebrating Earth Month, a month-long summit of talks, activities, and workshops related to sustainability on our campus and beyond. All events were free and open to the public.
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ADDING AN ELECTRIC MUSTANG TO THE STABLE WCC adds all-electric Ford Mustang Mach-E to its cutting-edge technology. The rolling classroom on wheels was purchased with State of Michigan Perkins Funding and is being incorporated into credit and non-credit curriculum within WCC’s Advanced Transportation Center. WCC is a member of the Center for Connected and Automated Transportation (CCAT), a consortium of five midwestern higher education institutions that include the University of Michigan, Purdue University, the University of Illinois, the University of Akron and Central State University. The mission of CCAT is to conduct research and product development on connected and automated vehicles.
WCC showcased the Ford Mustang Mach-E and gave a computer hacking demonstration with its new cybersecurity workbench at the Fall 2021 Motorbella event.
MORE GREAT NEWS WCC participated in the UMTRI/CCAT Global Symposium virtually in 2021 and 2020. President Bellanca delivered opening remarks, and the college provided a virtual tour of its Advanced Transportation Center. Faculty members also participated in a virtual cybersecurity panel. The WCC Economic & College Development Division and the WCC Entrepreneurship Center offered a free, four-part webinar series titled, “Success Tools: Strategies for the Small Business Owner,” with tips to launch and maintain a thriving business. 14
A BOOST TO SMALL BUSINESS OWNERS AND ENTREPRENEURS-TO-BE The Entrepreneurship Center at WCC continues to help individuals develop entrepreneurial capabilities. The center has served 1,608 individuals since opening in October 2014, including 318 new intakes during the 2020-21 academic year. Of those new faces, 72% were women and 40% were Black or African American.
more than 850 attendees. Entrepreneurship Center clients come from 67 ZIP codes across Southeast Michigan, but primarily from Ypsilanti and Ann Arbor.
Forty-four virtual events – including the annual Pitch@WCC competition – drew
ENTREPRENEURSHIP CENTER CLIENTS
32%
26%
10%
Thinking of starting a new business
In the process of starting a new business
Have operated a business < five years
Have operated a business > five years
Common Resources Requested Include:
Businesses Include: Food • Health/Wellness • Education Art/Creative • Beauty/Fashion Consulting • Online Sales • And More!
COMMUNITY
Idea Development • Funding Marketing • Data Mining
ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT
32%
The WCC Entrepreneurship Center sponsored the Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion Internship Program supported by the Ann Arbor Entrepreneurship Fund. The program provided underrepresented college students an opportunity to gain paid work experience at local startups.
HONORS
The Greater Washtenaw Region of the Small Business Development Center (SBDC) at WCC provided 5,600+ hours of counseling to more than 800 small businesses, resulting in 57 start-ups, 538 jobs, and $42 million in capital. The SBDC was awarded the 2020 Great Lakes Women’s Business Council Ambassador Award. 15
A COMMITMENT TO CLEAN ENERGY WCC is the first community college in DTE Energy’s MIGreenPower voluntary renewable energy program. WCC has committed to an escalating enrollment that begins in 2023 and will increase annually, with the college sourcing 100% of its electric power needs through clean energy by 2029. The commitment is part of WCC’s aggressive campus-wide environmental sustainability efforts of the past decade with the intent of achieving a carbon neutral footprint, including signing the American Colleges and University Presidents’ Climate Commitment and outlining extensive long- and short-term goals.
“Protecting our precious resources for generations to come is a critical role for all of us. WCC is thrilled to partner with DTE … to accelerate our longtime commitment to these efforts.” – WCC President, Dr. Rose B. Bellanca
MORE GREAT NEWS Free College Day for the community turned one day into a weeklong virtual event with more than 80 free sessions on multiple topics and a record turnout of nearly 1,300 registrants for 6,225 Free College Week classes! The Early Childhood Education program created a Child Development Certificate Pipeline Program in response to a critical need for certified child development workers in Eastern Washtenaw County. Community members may take free classes while completing a practicum at The Collaborative, a childcare center for low-income residents. 16
WASHTENAW ECONOMIC CLUB HOLDS IMPACTFUL CONVERSATIONS From strengthening community and police relations to the annual economic outlook, WEC is at the forefront of important community conversations. A panel of State Senator Jeff Irwin, Washtenaw County Sheriff Jerry Clayton, Ann Arbor Police Chief Michael Cox, Saline Police Chief Jerrod Hart and Michigan Commission on Law Enforcement Director Timothy Bourgeois made comments and answered questions during a conversation on strengthening community-police relations. The discussion continued after the event for our elected officials to address all questions.
Other meetings focused on advanced transportation and emergency medicine, along with professional networking opportunities.
Additionally, the club held its popular and long-standing Economic Outlook for Washtenaw County, presented by Dr. Gabriel Ehrlich and Donald Grimes from the University of Michigan’s Research Seminar in Quantitative Economics.
COMMUNITY
More than 450 students and community members participated in 40 sessions during WCC’s virtual STEAM Week over three days in February 2021.
HONORS
Educating Washtenaw County! WCC enrolled 3,977 students in non-credit personal enrichment classes, workforce development and contract training. WCC hosted four clinics as part of the nationwide COVID-19 College Vaccine Challenge, a joint initiative of the White House and U.S. Department of Education to increase immunizations. 17
AWARD-WINNING FACULTY Faculty member Doug Waters was honored for the second consecutive year for innovative online course development. Waters received a 2021 Exemplary Course Program Award from Blackboard, Inc. for his work revamping WCC’s Introduction to Business (BMG 140) course. Last year, he received the same honor for his work on the college’s Business Law (BMG 111) course.
Doug Waters, 2021 Exemplary Course Program Award
WCC RANKINGS Community College in Michigan
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Online Community College in the United States by Best College Reviews
Most Affordable Online Community College in the United States by Affordable Schools
— Mary Mullalond, a full-time faculty member in the WCC English and College Readiness Department, was named 2020 Faculty of the Year by the National Organization for Student Success: Michigan Chapter (NOSSMi). — Sandy McCarthy, a professional faculty librarian at WCC’s Bailey Library, was the inaugural winner of the Michigan Academic Library Association’s Academic Librarian of the Year Award.
Associate Degree Producer for Minorities in the United States by Diverse Magazine
MORE GREAT NEWS WCC students Donaven Lee, Justin Washburn and Philip Stolarski were accepted into the NASA Community College Aerospace Scholar program in 2021. WCC digital video students Patrice Scott, Tyler Ferrell and John Sherry earned first-place honors from the Michigan chapter of the National Television Association of Television Arts & Sciences. Three WCC STEM Scholars participated in UM’s Undergraduate Research Opportunity program, including blue ribbon award winners Katherine Liddell, Julio Roque Buenrostro and Taylor Brubaker. STEM Scholar Theo Bohdanowyz interned with The Morton Arboretum in Illinois. Artwork by WCC student Therese Basha Jarjoura was selected from more than 1,200 submissions around the world for a public art installation displayed outside New York City’s Rockefeller Center. 18
MCCA ALUMNUS OF THE YEAR Aisha Bowe honored with Outstanding Alumnus Award. The Michigan Community College Association — which represents the 28 public community colleges across the state — honored WCC graduate Aisha Bowe with its Outstanding Alumnus Award for her professional accomplishments, service to humanity and strong commitment to the purpose and philosophy of the community college mission. Bowe was a mission engineer and aerospace engineer at the NASA Ames Research Center for seven years before founding STEMBoard, an engineering solutions company that solves technology challenges for clients in the aerospace and defense industries.
NEW HBCU PATHWAY LEADS TO STUDENT SUCCESS, TRANSFER EQUITY HBCU Pathway program creates opportunities. A new Washtenaw Community College HBCU Pathway program creates opportunities for student success and transfer equity by providing a clear, direct, affordable and supportive pathway for WCC students to attend one of several Historically Black Colleges and Universities. With benefits such as guaranteed admission and access to in-state tuition, it is the first comprehensive agreement between a Michigan two-year school and a HBCU. The first HBCUs to partner with WCC are Jackson State University and Mississippi Valley State University in Mississippi and Southern University at New Orleans in Louisiana.
WCC nursing students Timothy Guttman and Justin Hunt, and computer science and child development students Sam Keim and Scott Stewart, received a statewide 2021 Breaking Traditions Award from the Michigan Department of Education for succeeding in career and technical education programs considered non-traditional to their gender. For the fifth consecutive year, WCC was honored with Tree Campus Higher Education recognition from the Arbor Day Foundation for effective urban forest management.
HONORS
WCC was designated a “Voter Friendly Campus” by the Fair Elections Center’s Campus Vote Project and NASPA-Student Affairs Administrators in Higher Education. WCC was honored by the American College of Sports Medicine (ACSM) Exercise is Medicine initiative for creating a culture of wellness on campus. 19
BOARD OF TRUSTEES BOARD CHAIR William G. Milliken, Jr.
TREASURER David DeVarti
VICE CHAIR Angela Davis
SECRETARY Ruth A. Hatcher
TRUSTEES Christina M. H. Fleming Richard J. Landau, Ph.D., J.D. Diana McKnight-Morton
WCC PRESIDENT Rose B. Bellanca, Ed.D.
MISSION
VALUES
VISION
Our College strives to make a positive difference in people’s lives through accessible and excellent educational programs and services.
Teaching and Learning:
WCC is a learner-centered, open-door college dedicated to student, community and staff success. We offer a wide spectrum of community college services with an emphasis on premier technical and career educational programs. The College staff continuously learns to improve learning.
We embrace teaching and learning as our central purpose.
Support: We make every effort to help learners achieve success.
Diversity: We respect differences in people and in ideas.
Partnerships: We plan and work together with respect, trust, and honesty within the College and with the communities we serve.
Innovation: We seek the best possible ways to conduct our work.
Washtenaw Community College does not discriminate on the basis of religion, race, color, national origin, age, sex, height, weight, marital status, disability, veteran status, sexual orientation, gender identity, gender expression, or any other protected status in its programs and activities. The following office has been designated to handle inquiries regarding non-discrimination policies, Title IX or ADA/504 inquires: Executive Vice President of Student & Academic Services, SC 247, 734-973-3536. Facility access inquiries: Associate V.P. of Facilities, Development & Operations, DF 112, 734-677-5322 Employment compliance inquiries: V.P. for Human Resources, BE 120, 734-973-3497 Washtenaw Community College is accredited by the Higher Learning Commission 230 South LaSalle Street, Suite 7-500, Chicago, Illinois 60604-1411 • 800-621-7440 • http://www.hlcommission.org/ • For information about Washtenaw Community College, call 734-973-3300. If you have a disability and require accommodation to participate in this event, contact Learning Support Services at 734-973-3342 to request accommodations at least 72 hours in advance. The Student-Right-to-Know and The Crime Awareness & Campus Security Act of 1990 (also known as the Clery Act) requires institutions to disclose information about graduation rates, crime statistics, and security information to current and prospective students. Individuals interested in obtaining this type of information should contact the Dean of Students office at 734-973-3328. © 2021 Washtenaw Community College