Beginning June 18, 2018, South Puget Sound Community College (SPSCC) will use Omnilert to send emergency notifications to subscribers.  e2Campus, the system previously used by the college for emergency notifications, has shifted to Omnilert.

No action is required of students, staff, and faculty who already receive emergency alerts from the college through e2Campus.

Article via Nisqually Valley News
By Daniel Warn

Earning an associate’s degree is now more accessible than ever to Yelm citizens.

In a joint partnership with Yelm Community Schools, South Puget Sound Community College is coming to Yelm this fall, establishing a campus at Yelm High School.

Love jazz? Don't miss the live performance of local student jazz combo The Waywards on KNKX radio on Wed., June 13, 2018 at 12 p.m.

The Waywards are made up of SPSCC, SPSCC CCE, and TESC students:

• Noah Plumley
• Theo Ragan
• Nick Rawson
• Rogan Keys
• Danielle Westbrook

The group will be interviewed on air and will perform live on KNKX for a studio audience.  Listen online at KNKX.org or tune into 88.5 F.M.

All student services, including the One Stop, Start Here, and front desks, at Olympia and Lacey campuses will close at 4 p.m. on Friday, June 15, 2018 for the commencement ceremony.  They will resume with summer hours on Monday, June 18, 2018.

Seven SPSCC student athletes, former student athletes, and coaches have been nominated for the 2018 Sports Awards. Award winners will be announced at the 2018 Sports Awards, hosted by Thurston County's Sports commission, on June 19 at Indian Summer Golf & Country Club from 6 p.m. - 9 p.m.

Read the entire story on the Clipper Athletics website.

 

The student speaker for the 2018 SPSCC Commencement is Senator of Diversity & Equity Affairs Danny Case. Case will tell the transformative story of his journey of academics and sense of self since childhood, including the impact that SPSCC had on him.

Tuition and fees for the 2018-19 academic year are now available at spscc.edu/tuition-fees.  Students enrolled in Fall Quarter 2018 will pay the new tuition and fees.

Tuition for Fall Quarter is due by Aug. 28, 2018.  The first day of Fall Quarter classes is Sept. 17, 2018.

SPSCC is collaborating with Providence Health & Services to train and hire ten students as nursing assistants for Providence Mother Joseph Care Center in Olympia.

Providence will select ten aspiring Certified Nurse Assistants (CNAs) to receive a sponsorship that will fully fund their education, supplies, and certification costs.  Successful students will have the opportunity to be hired to work at Providence Mother Joseph Care Center upon program completion and certification. 

SPSCC welcomes professor Kip Fulbeck to close out the 2017-18 Artist & Lecture Series season.  Fulbeck’s lecture, a powerful message surrounding multiracial identities, will be held at the Kenneth J. Minnaert Center for the Arts on Thursday, May 17, 2018, at 7:30 p.m. 

Kip Fulbeck is a pioneering artist, spoken work performer, and filmmaker.  Recipient of the UCSB Distinguished Teaching Award, he is also the author of several books. Fulbeck created The Hapa Project, which was awarded the inaugural Loving Prize at the Mixed Roots Film and Literary Festival.