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| Type | Public college |
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| Established | 1965 (1965) |
| Endowment | $5,127,981[1] |
| President | Chantae Recasner (interim) |
| Students | 16,814 |
| Location | , Washington ,U.S. |
| Campus | Urban, 15 acres |
| Language | English |
| Website | seattlecentral |
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Seattle Central College is apublic college inSeattle, Washington, United States. WithNorth Seattle College andSouth Seattle College, it is one of the three colleges that comprise theSeattle Colleges District. The college has a substantial international student population served by the International Education Programs division[2] as well as many immigrant and refugee students taking ESL courses through the Basic and Transitional Studies division.[3] Seattle Central College also encompasses the Wood Construction Center and Seattle Maritime Academy, which are on separate campuses.
Seattle Central's origins can be traced to 1902, with the opening ofBroadway High School. It operated as a traditional high school until the end ofWorld War II, when it was converted to a vocational and adult education institution for the benefit of veterans who wanted to finish high school. As a result, in 1946, its high school students were all transferred toLincoln High School, and the Edison Technical School (which already shared a campus with Broadway High) was expanded to fill the entire facility.[4]
Edison started offering college-level courses when it was reconstituted asSeattle Community College in September 1966.North Seattle Community College andSouth Seattle Community College opened their doors in 1970, whereupon Seattle Community College was renamed Seattle Central Community College.[5]
In March 2014, the Seattle Community Colleges District Board of Trustees voted unanimously to change the name of the District to Seattle Colleges and to change the names of the colleges toSeattle Central College,North Seattle College andSouth Seattle College.[6] The decision followed similar decisions by nine other Washington state community colleges that had recently started to offer baccalaureate degrees.
Seattle Central College is an urban campus on Seattle'sCapitol Hill, located along its main thoroughfare, Broadway, and west ofCal Anderson Park. The college occupies 10 buildings. Its main structure is the five-story Broadway-Edison Building, which stands south of the four-story Science and Math Building. West of the Broadway-Edison building stand the four-story Mitchell Activity Center, a bookstore, and on-campus apartments for international students; south stand the three-story Broadway Performance Hall, the South Plaza, and the five-story Fine Arts Building. Other structures in the southern part of the campus include a three-story South Annex, Erickson Theater, and Siegal Center (the Seattle Colleges District headquarters). There is also a four-story parking garage just west of the Broadway Performance Hall.
In addition to its campus, the college owns several parcels between Pine and Pike streets.[7]
Seattle Central College offers two accreditedbachelor's degree programs, aBachelor of Applied Science in Applied Behavioral Science, and a Bachelor of Applied Science in Allied Health. The applied nature of the degrees places increased emphasis on teaching practical skills, versus theory. In addition, two-yearassociate's degrees are offered that comply with Washington's Direct Transfer Agreement (DTA). The DTA guarantees that all credits taken will be accepted for transfer to any state university in Washington for completion of a bachelor's degree at that institution for persons wanting to pursue a B.A. or B.S. outside of Seattle Central.
Seattle Central's Basic Studies Division offersESL training to non-native speakers to achieve English proficiency, as well as aGED preparation and testing program.
Seattle Central College's Seattle Maritime Academy provides students aspiring to enter theU.S. Merchant Marine withSTCW training, through two different programs, each requiring about one year to complete. The Marine Deck Technology program teaches skills designed to prepare students to qualify for anAble Seaman–Special rating, while the Marine Engineering Technology program prepares students to qualify as a marine electrician or junior engineer. Both programs culminate in a 60-day at-sea internship aboard a large commercial ship. The academy operates its own 82-foot vessel,Maritime Instructor (formerlyUSCGCPoint Divide), for instructional purposes.[8]
The college's Seattle Culinary Academy offers a five quarter certificate program in Specialty Desserts and Breads, and a six quarter certificate program in Culinary Arts. Both are accredited by theAmerican Culinary Federation.
Seattle Central's Wood Technology Center offers three certificate programs (carpentry, cabinet making, and marine carpentry) ranging in length from four to six quarters.
Other vocational training offered by Seattle Central includesinformation technology andgraphic design programs. A two-yearAssociate of Science in Nursing is offered to prepare students to becomeregistered nurses.
The Mitchell Activity Center is an 85,000 square feet (7,900 m2) athletic facility constructed in 1996. It includes racquetball and squash courts, gymnasiums, a strength training facility, and a game room.
The City Collegian was Seattle Central College's award-winning biweekly student newspaper, published continuously from 1966 until 2008. In that year, college administrators shut it down and cancelled journalism classes after controversial articles by student journalists embarrassed the administrators, prompted student protests, and incurred administrative hostility toward the journalists and their publication. The paper's faculty adviser, Jeb Wyman, resigned to protest administrative actions.[9][10][11]The City Collegian returned to print asNew City Collegian on June 5, 2012. Written by Seattle Central students, the publication was sponsored by a local business,Cupcake Royale, and received no funding from the college. It has since ceased publication.[12][13][14][15][16] A magazine,The Central Circuit, was established in 2011 and published several times a year. It was the only student publication funded by the college until it suspended publication in 2016 due to the lack of an advisor.[17]
Since 2018, Seattle Central College's newspaper has continued in the form ofThe Seattle Collegian.[18]
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