Seattle Central Community College
Seattle Central Community College (SCCC) is a community college located in Seattle, Washington, in the Capitol Hill neighborhood. It is one of the three colleges which make up the Seattle Community College District. Its programs include Information Technologies, Business Administration, Apparel Design, ASL Interpreter Training, Cosmetology, Culinary Arts, Graphic Design, Publishing Arts, Photography, Film and Video, Wood Construction, Maritime, and health-related occupations.[1] There is a substantial international student population served by the International Education Programs division,[2] as well as numerous immigrants taking ESL courses through the Basic and Transitional Studies division.[3]
SCCC's administration incorporates the Wood Construction Center and Seattle Maritime Academy, which are on separate campuses in order to house the very specific tools and workspaces needed. The Maritime Academy provides students with STCW training, and is endorsed by the United States Coast Guard.[4]
Central's origins can be traced to 1902, with the opening of Broadway High School. It operated as a traditional high school until the end of World War II, when it was converted to a vocational and adult education institution for the benefit of veterans who wanted to finish high school but no longer fit in at regular schools. As a result, in 1946, its high school students were all transferred to Lincoln High School, and the Edison Technical School (which already shared a campus with Broadway High) was expanded to fill the entire facility.[5]
Edison started offering college-level courses when it was reconstituted as Seattle Community College in September 1966. North Seattle Community College and South Seattle Community College opened their doors in 1970, whereupon Seattle Community College was renamed Seattle Central Community College.[6]
Seattle Central Community College was named Time magazine's Community College of the Year in 2001.[7]
The City Collegian was Seattle Central Community College's award-winning biweekly student newspaper, publishing continuously from 1966 until 2008, when the college administration shut it down as a result of an op-ed that condoned racial profiling, as well as a series of articles that criticized administrative actions.[8] [9] [10]
[edit] References
- ^ Seattle Central Community College,Course Offerings. Accessed 2010-06-28.
- ^ Seattle Central Community College,International Education Programs. Accessed 2011-08-06.
- ^ Seattle Central Community College,Basic and Transitional Studies. Accessed 2010-06-28.
- ^ Seattle Central Community College,Seattle Maritime Academy. Accessed 2010-06-28.
- ^ Paul Dorpat, Broadway High School, Seattle's first dedicated high school, opens in 1902, HistoryLink, 2001-04-15. Accessed 2009-05-25.
- ^ Seattle Central Community College,Our History. Accessed 2010-06-28.
- ^ Andrew Goldstein, Colleges of the Year Time magazine, 2001-09-10. Accessed 2010-06-28.
- ^ Jonah Spangenthal-Lee, Another Student Newspaper Bites the Dust The Stranger, 2008-09-09. Accessed 2009-11-23.
- ^ Amy Rolph, College paper up in the air over shutdown The Seattle Post-Intelligencer, 2008-11-13. Accessed 2009-11-23.
- ^ Nick Perry, Dispute stops presses at Seattle Central The Seattle Times, 2008-11-13. Accessed 2009-11-23.
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