News Releases 2012-2013

Exceptional students recognized at the
56th Annual Mount Vernon Honors Reception  

American Association of Community Colleges highlights Skagit Valley College  

Registration going on Now for Summer & Fall quarters  

Celebrate Student Success with us!
Whidbey Honors Reception is May 17  

Join us May 20 for Latino Information Night ... FREE!  

Celebrate Student Success with us!
Skagit Valley College 86th Commencement  

SVC Summer Hours of Operation  

Don't miss the Mother's Day Brunch!
Hello, Dolly! at McIntyre Hall  

One-day online charitable event to benefit Skagit/Islands Head Start  

SVC to host Celebrate the World!
A Multicultural Family Festival  

Annual Juried Art Exhibition opens May 2  

Celebrating Student Success:
SVC Whidbey Island Campus student
Norma Domingo named to the
All-Washington Academic Team 2013  

KSVR to host Citizenship Day workshop  

Celebrating Student Success:
SVC Parks Law Enforcement Academy
graduates 30 cadets  

Skagit/Islands Head Start receives
SMART Table donation  

Celebrating 26 years of supporting student success!
SVC Foundation now accepting registrations for the
James M. Ford Golf Classic  

Spring Quarter starts tomorrow, April 9!
There's still time to register!  

Running Start parent info night April 16  

SVC offers "Experience China" trip  

Marine Technology program in Anacortes expands  

Hot Options for Spring!  

Local community and technical colleges,
industry join forces to develop healthcare training program  

It's not too early to think about Spring Quarter!  

Art Gallery features Northwest printmakers  

Music Department announces auditions for
production of Hello, Dolly!  

Join Us!
SVC Alumni & Friends to hold first-ever event Feburary 6  

Tickets on sale now!
Raj Patel, academic, activist, and author to kick off GlobalFest January 28  

Champions of Diversity Program honors 87 local high school students  

Governor Appoints Christon Skinner, of Oak Harbor, as new SVC Trustee  

Prepare for a successful Winter Quarter:
New Student Orientation is today!  

Don't miss out!
Open Enrollment going on NOW!  

SVC announces Limited Services for Dec. 24 and 31  

Art Gallery features work by Cynthia Camlin  

Get ready for YOUR new year!
Registration going on now for Winter Quarter  

Students to prepare, deliver Thanksgiving meals to families in need  

SVC to receive $243,587 grant for Sustainable Agriculture Education  

SVC Early Childhood Education and Washington State Migrant Council sponsor Literacy & Cultural Institute  

Art Gallery features mixed media work by Zack Bent  

Adult Literacy Week October 15-21:  

SVC hires new Men's Head Baseball Coach and Dream Field Coordinator  

NEW! SVC San Juan Center to offer on-island Medical Assistant program  

Summer hours of operation  

Former SVC Cardinal pitcher makes
Major League Baseball debut  

JOIN US!
Chefs Tom Douglas & Thierry Rautureau
are bringing Seattle Kitchen to
Mount Vernon!  

SVC Foundation accepts $39,000 bequest,
starts new scholarship  

Trustees Association honors two local leaders for furthering mission of
Skagit Valley College  

Train for a new career:
Composites Technology class begins
July 9 at SVC Marine Technology Center  

Congratulations, Graduates!  

Coming Soon: more bus service between
Sedro-Woolley and Mount Vernon Campus  

Congratulations, Graduates!  

Mark your calendar!
85th Commencement Ceremonies  

SVC alumna Dorcas Lewis Corbin, 92-year-old daughter of Charles Lewis,
to attend new Charles Lewis Hall groundbreaking June 12  

Join the walk/run:
  

SVC mourning the death of
Trustee Don Piercy  

Marine Tech open house May 17  

SVC welcomes poet and activist Alurista
to Mount Vernon Campus  

SVC Center for Non-Profit Excellence continues workshop series  

Calling All Colors music raffle
going on now!  

SVC announces "Skagit Run for Congo Women"  

SVC welcomes poet and activist Alurista
to Mount Vernon Campus  

18th Annual Law Day
Free Legal Advice Clinic  

Fun on the Links! SVC Foundation now
accepting Ford Golf registrations  

Join us! Swinomish Tribe to dedicate
Story Pole to SVC on April 16  

Two SVC students named to
All-Washington Academic Team  

SVC selects Dick Freier as
interim Men's Basketball Head Coach  

Running Start Parent Info Night  

KSVR, KSVU to air encore readings from
2010 Skagit River Poetry Festival  

Art Gallery to feature work by Lee Mann  

Local college is bullish on veggies
KOMO NEWS -- March 4, 2012  

SVC to host World Fiesta Celebration  

Special performance of
Into the Woods to benefit the new
Gary & Tamera Tollefson Scholarship  

GlobalFest 2012 to present international business workshops  

SVC Center for Non-Profit Excellence continues workshop series  

Culinary Arts joins Meatless Mondays
initiative, offers new veggie options  

SVC Art Gallery features oil paintings by
Seattle-area artist Sandra Power  

Humanitarian and Author, Lisa Shannon,
to kick off GlobalFest 2012  

Champions of Diversity program at SVC
honors 99 local high school students  

SVC receives $334,000
in Air Washington grant  

SVC Board of Trustees approves plan
to pursue offering the college�s first-ever
baccalaureate degree  

SVC Board of Trustees Name President  

Skagit/Islands Head Start receives grants
to enhance outdoor play  

SVC Celebrates Adult Literacy Week
October 16-22  

SVC Board of Trustees announces
schedule of interviews for
presidential finalists  

SVC Board of Trustees announces presidential finalists  

SVC Art Gallery exhibits unique, historical process of photography discovered in the 1850s  

SVC seeks nominations for
Champions of Diversity awards  

SVC student receives
Sydney S. McIntyre, Jr. Scholarship  

SVC Center for Non-Profit Excellence
announces fall workshops  

SVC Board of Trustees approves
presidential profile for position search  

Whidbey Island Campus presents Yates, Carol Huber awards  

Governor Gregoire reappoints Don Piercy to the SVC Board of Trustees  

Puget Sound Energy awards recognize SVC faculty, staff excellence  

SVC Mount Vernon Campus creates parking for fuel-efficient vehicles  

Skagit Valley College Presidential Search begins with community forums  

SVC President Tollefson to retire in December 2011  

SVC Students Jeramy Harstad and Kathryn Hale named to All-Washington Academic Team  

SVC joins Achieving the Dream,
the leading national community college reform network committed to improving student success and completion  

SVC Foundation accepts $80,000 bequest, starts new scholarship