Seattle Central College Dr. Yoshiko Harden, Seattle Central College’s vice president of Student Support & Services since 2016, has been appointed as the college’s acting president. This follows the announced selection of Dr. Sheila Edwards Lange, who became Central’s president in 2015, as chancellor of the University of Washington Tacoma. Edwards Lange provided strong leadership to the college…
Graeme Vissers On April 29th, the 13th annual Engineering Mentor Night was held from 5-6:30 p.m. virtually on Zoom, hosted by Michael Pugh, SACNAS President and MESA-LSAMP scholar at Seattle Central College, along with STEM organizations including: PSEC, MESA at Seattle Central College, TRIO, RST (The Ready Set, Transfer!), PNW LSAMP (The Pacific NorthWest Louis Stokes Alliance…
Alex Su | The Seattle Collegian On March 10th, Seattle Central hosted an evening with Jericho Brown for the Central 2 Community Series. Jericho Brown is the author of three collections of poetry and has won several awards recognizing his talent throughout his career. The Tradition (2019) was a finalist for the 2019 National Book Award and the winner of the…
Alex Su | The Seattle Collegian On Jan. 28, the Associated Student Council (ASC) hosted a forum to inform students about the new ctcLink transition. This was held via Zoom and featured panelists President Dr. Sheila Edwards Lange, Vice President of Student Services Dr. Yoshiko Harden, and the Dean of Student Development Ricardo Leyva-Puebla. The event was hosted by Alex Roque,…
Michael Robinson Chavez/The Washington Post At about 1 PM Eastern Time — or 10 AM Pacific Time — on Jan. 6, hundreds of President Trump supporters broke through the security surrounding the U.S. Capitol Building and laid siege to the building’s inner chambers in addition to the offices of several congress members. The supporters had previously gathered there for a…
Alex Su On December 3rd, the Associated Student Council (ASC) at Seattle Central hosted a student open forum via Zoom. It featured college president Dr. Sheila Edwards Lange; VP of Student Services, Dr. Yoshiko Harden; and the Dean of Student Development, Ricardo Leyva-Puebla. The event was hosted by Alex Roque, the Executive of Issues and Concerns for…
Alex Su Tony Award-winning Intiman Theater announced on October 18, 2020 their new partnership with Seattle Central College. Intiman is a professional theater company in Seattle that has won many more awards including the Gregory Award for Outstanding Musical, 2018 Teeny Award, and the 2019 Seattle Mayor’s Arts Award. The theatre is administered by Artistic Director Jennifer…
Harlow Poffenberger | The Seattle Collegian Like the rest of us in 2020, student-parents at Seattle Central are faced with an unprecedented transition into virtual learning. However, so are their children. Due to Covid-19, student-parents now need to juggle homeschooling their children while attending school themselves, inflicting an overwhelming workload on an already taxed population. As of October 9th there are…
Alexa Villatoro | The Seattle Collegian Since the dismantlement of Capitol Hill’s Organized Protest zone on Jul 1, an encampment has occupied Seattle Central’s South Plaza. Central’s President Dr. Sheila Edwards-Lange had addressed the Central community in a statement last week, alleging the site was “taking on an aggressive and intimidating posture.” Dr. Edwards-Lange says the college has been receiving complaints…
Astro Pittman | The Seattle Collegian Last week, the federal government had announced new restrictions that directed international students on F-1/M-1 student visas to leave the country had they been registered for a fully online course load this fall. The July 6 directive also prohibited issuing visas to students enrolled in programs or schools that were fully online during the fall,…