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“BTC provides student-centered, high-quality professional technical education for today’s needs and tomorrow’s opportunities.”
Admissions
360-752-8345
outreach@btc.edu
Additional Resources at bellingham technical college
“Accessibility Resources (AR) exists as a center of disability education and resource center for students, staff, and faculty. The professionals in the Accessibility Resources Office are happy to help students navigate the landscape of higher education as well as locate necessary services on campus and within the community. We are invested in students' academic success and goal attainment as well as providing a seamless accommodation process for faculty.”
Email: ar@btc.edu Phone: 360.752.8345. Location: College Services (CS)Room 106
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“BTC counselors have one goal: to help students experience success. Whether you need assistance to overcome the barriers that sometimes get in your way, or some support while you learn to manage the educational process, we’re here for you.
Counselors provide both academic and personal counseling services for students experiencing difficulties that interfere with learning. Our focus is on providing support, clarifying choices, handling difficult situations, and accessing community resources.”
Email: counseling@btc.edu or call 360-752-8345
Email:finaid@btc.edu Phone:360.752.8351 Location: College Services (CS) Room 101
Financial Aid Modification: *Do you have a change in financial circumstance and need to modify your Financial Aid application? Click here to download a PDF document specific to the BTC Financial Aid modification process.
“Scholarships are another source of free money to help pay for school. Scholarships are provided by Bellingham Technical College Foundation, and other organizations and donors, based on certain criteria.”
Email: finaid@btc.edu Phone:360.752.8351 Location: College Services (CS) Room 101
“TRIO Student Support Services is a federally funded program on campus aimed at helping students adjust to college life, succeed in their classes, graduate with a degree or certificate, and start their career or transfer to a four-year university to continue their education.”
Email: trio@btc.edu Phone: 360.752.8640 Location: Campus Center (CC) CC 218
“If you’re like many BTC students, you’re a working adult, are raising a family, or have other responsibilities—so attending and studying for classes can be a challenge. You’re not alone! Even the best students have difficulty juggling it all.
That’s why we offer Tutoring Services—a free service to help you increase your understanding and achieve success in math, accounting, chemistry, biology, writing, English, and many other courses. Tutors are recruited for whatever subject is requested by BTC students.”
https://www.nwic.edu/
Northwest Indian College
“Through education, Northwest Indian College promotes Indigenous self-determination and knowledge.”
Admissions
360-392-4269
admissions@nwic.edu
Additional Resources at northwest Indian college
Contact: (360) 392-4256 advisors@nwic(dot)edu
Center for Student Success: Northwest Indian College student services and programs are available to assist students in identifying and achieving their educational, career, and personal goals. Student Support Services are designed to complement the instructional programs and assist students in reaching their fullest potential. The Center for Student Success provides experiences that foster student leadership, cultural awareness, responsibility for self and others, and active community participation. These opportunities increase the quality of student life.
Email CSS@nwic.edu for questions or assistance.
Dean of Students: Victoria Retasket | 360.392.4255 | vretasket@nwic.edu
We partner with the Lummi Nation to help our students find affordable, local, and reliable childcare with our partners at the tribe.
COVID-19 Resources, Virtual Welcome Center
Helpful for incoming students during the COVID scenario, includes checklists for future students
Financial Aid Modification: *Do you have a change in financial circumstance and need to modify your Financial Aid application? Click here to download a PDF document specific to the NWIC Financial Aid modification process.
“The Math and Writing Center provides tutoring and other support to help students achieve their academic goals. The Math and Writing Center is located in building 3, just off the main parking lot on North Campus.”
Contact: (360) 392-4235 or email skoohbour@nwic.edu
TRiO
“TRiO Student Support Services offer a holistic approach to student development through Academic Coach Advocacy, facilitated workshops, educational method development, and student activities.
The mission of TRiO-SSS is to increase the knowledge, retention, and graduation rates of low-income, first-generation, and students with disabilities, and facilitate their transition from one level of post-secondary education to the next.”
TRiO Student Support Service,
Program Director
Joan Banel
jbanel@nwic.edu
(360) 392-4331, cell: (360) 224-3255
TRIO Academic Writing Mentor
Jory Mickelson
https://www.skagit.edu/
Skagit Valley College
“Skagit Valley College exists to expand opportunities and horizons for students and to improve the communities in which they live. We achieve this by welcoming and valuing diverse learners, providing quality education and support and contributing community leadership and service.”
Admissions
Mount Vernon Campus: 360-416-7700
Also at Skagit Valley College: NW Center of Excellence for Marine Manufacturing & Technology
Ann Avary
Center of Excellence for Marine Manufacturing & Technology
Skagit Valley College
360.466.6282, x3001
Additional resources at Skagit Valley College
“Our advisors provide an environment of encouragement and support that promotes a positive, rewarding experience at SVC. Counseling services are also available for current or returning SVC students to provide academic/educational counseling, career counseling, confidential crisis intervention and/or short-term personal counseling, as well as referral to community resources to help students adjust to, cope with, and succeed in college.”
Contact: counselingandadvising@skagit.edu
“The Disability Access Services (DAS) office at Skagit Valley College is committed to ensuring equal access to all programs, services, and activities for qualified students with disabilities. The DAS is also dedicated to working with students, staff, and faculty in developing and implementing the most appropriate strategies for a successful learning experience while maintaining the academic standards and integrity of the mission of the College.”
Contact: https://www.skagit.edu/disability-access-services/contact-staff/
“The Financial Aid Office is pleased to offer students help in completing FAFSA or WASFA Financial Aid Applications all year long! If you need help completing your application, please join us from 2 – 3:30pm every 2nd and 4th Tuesday of the month in Lewis Hall 206!”
Contact: https://www.skagit.edu/financial-aid/contact-financial-aid/
Financial Aid Modification: *Do you have a change in financial circumstance and need to modify your Financial Aid application? Click here to download a PDF document specific to the SVC Financial Aid modification process.
Student Equity and Inclusion Services
“Student Equity & Inclusion Services assists traditionally under-represented students achieve academic success through counseling and programming activities. Our programs facilitate student success by fostering and sustaining an inclusive campus community. Our goal is to develop programs and resources that promote multicultural and social justice awareness, education and appreciation for diversity. We support a welcoming, safe and constructive environment for all students.”
Contact: https://www.skagit.edu/student-equity-and-inclusion-services/contact-staff/
“The TRiO Student Support Services Program is a federally funded grant program that assists eligible students who want to excel in college but may have backgrounds that make their task difficult or challenging.”
Contact: https://www.skagit.edu/trio-support-services/contact-staff/
“Our tutors are dedicated to helping students to help themselves in achieving academics success. At Skagit Valley College, we offer an array of services including one-on-one tutoring for TRIO students, and Drop-In, Writing, English as a Second Language, and Online tutoring for all SVC students.”
“Thank you for your service! We will provide basic information needed to access and use your VA Educational Benefits. The SVC Veterans Education Office stands ready to provide outstanding customer service to you as you embark along the path toward achieving your educational goals at Skagit Valley College!”
Contact: https://www.skagit.edu/veterans-outreach/contact-staff/
https://admissions.wwu.edu/
Western Washington University
“WWU prepares and inspires individuals to explore widely, think critically, communicate clearly, and connect ideas creatively to address our most challenging needs, problems, and questions.”
Admissions
360-650-3440
Admit@wwu.edu
Additional Resources at Western Washington University
“The WWU Career Services Center empowers our community to explore, to connect, and to create their future. The Career Services Center is here to support faculty, staff, students and alumni of WWU. We are providing many of our regular services virtually.”
“The Mission of the Counseling Center is to facilitate student success and psychological well-being through culturally sensitive clinical services, outreach, and consultation. In keeping with the educational mission of the university, we also contribute to the mental health professions by serving as a training site for graduate students in psychology and counseling. We support the professional development of our staff and strive to embody the wellness we promote within the campus community.”
Location: Old Main 540
Office Hours: Monday – Friday, 8:30 AM – 4:30 PM
Phone: (360) 650-3164
COVID-19 information: https://www.wwu.edu/coronavirus, https://admissions.wwu.edu/covid-19-faq
“The Disability Access Center is a team of student employees and staff, who have a passion for student success. We partner with over 1,500 students a year, to help them excel not just at WWU, but as they move into the working world. Our goal is to help students grow to be confident, self-advocating, engaged members of society, who use their unique talents to enrich the communities that they live in.”
Location: Wilson Library 170
Phone: Voice: 360.650.3083, VP: 360.255.7175 E-mail: drs@wwu.edu
“The Ethnic Student Center (ESC) is a student-run organization within the Association Students (AS) of Western Washington University and was established in 1991. Our goal is to help students Affirm their identity, Build a sense of community, and Cultivate leadership (Our "ABCs"). The ESC is also home to 19 diverse clubs open to students of all backgrounds. These clubs promote the values of the ESC and offer a “home away from home” for all students. Many students within the ESC have moved on to become leaders on campus and in the community. The Ethnic Student Center is located on the 7th floor of the Viking Union in the Multicultural Center and provides anything a student might need-- comfortable lounging space, TV with cable, plenty of desk space, computers, supplies, and a supportive staff. Students often come before, between, and after classes to have lunch, study, have meetings, or just relax and hang out. Come down and join us!”
Location: Viking Union 736
Phone: (360) 650-7274
“We make every effort to help eligible students meet their educationally related financial needs through grants, scholarships, student employment, loans, or some combination of these aid programs.”
Location: Old Main 265
Office Hours: Monday – Friday, 9:00 AM – 4:00 PM
Phone: (360) 650-3470. Email: financialaid@wwu.edu
Financial Aid Modification: *Do you have a change in financial circumstance and need to modify your Financial Aid application? Click here to download a PDF document specific to the WWU Financial Aid modification process.
“WWU actively participates in Washington’s Passport to College Promise Scholarship Program, launched in 2014-15 to help students from the foster care system prepare for, attend, and succeed in college. Through the Passport program, WWU students who have been in the foster care system can access significant support from freshman year through graduation, with assistance in academic, personal/social, financial, and career areas.”
Contact: Lorrie Bortuzzo at Lorrie.Bortuzzo@wwu.edu, at (360) 650-4133
“LGBTQIA+ Western works to advance the holistic thriving of diverse LGBTQIA+ students, faculty and staff at Western Washington University by collaboratively engaging the university community with transformational knowledge, resources, advocacy and celebration.”
Contact: L.K. Langley, LGBTQIA+ Director. Pronouns: they/them/theirs. Email: L.K.Langley@wwu.edu
Multicultural Center, Viking Union 753. Tel: (360) 650-7500. facebook.com/lgbtqwestern/
“The WWU Scholarship Center is available to assist students and their families as they search and apply for scholarships. The awarding of a scholarship represents not only a significant source of financial assistance, but recognition of your special achievements and an investment in your potential. Please feel free to contact us as you proceed through the scholarship process.”
Location: Old Main 245
Office Hours: Monday – Friday, 9:00 AM – 4:00 PM
Phone: (360) 650-3471
Student Outreach Services (SOS)
“Student Outreach Services serves first-generation, multicultural and non-traditional students and engages students in personalized academic coaching, peer mentoring and specialized programs using a global and multicultural focus to support student persistence and academic achievement.”
Location: Old Main 387
Office Hours: Monday - Friday 8:00 AM - 5:00 PM
Phone: (360)650-7443
Mission: We, the VSO, support our military-connected student population with resources that foster academic success and financial resources while promoting student development.
Email: Veteran.Services@wwu.edu
Phone: (360) 650-3324
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Whatcom Community College
“Contributing to the vitality of its communities by providing quality education in academic transfer, professional-technical, and lifelong learning.”
Entry & Advising
360-383-3080
Here is an interview from Northwest Career and College connections with Carmen Green from Whatcom Community College, sharing tips for first gen students to help make the most of their experience at WCC.
Additional Support Services at Whatcom Community College
Interested in WCC? Start with these resources:
Access and Disability Services
“Welcome to Access & Disability Services (ADS) at Whatcom Community College! The ADS Office values the diversity students with disabilities bring to WCC’s campus community. Through intentional programs, services, and reasonable accommodations, ADS strives to ensure students with disabilities have equal access to Whatcom Community College. In addition, ADS staff encourage the development of independence and self-advocacy skills while supporting the learning experience.”
Access & Disability Services
Laidlaw Center 116
ADS@whatcom.edu
360-383-3080 for appointment
Kerri B. Holferty, M.Ed.
Director for Access & Disability Services
kholferty@whatcom.edu
phone 360.383.3043
fax 360.383.4043
video phone for deaf callers 360.255.7182
Melissa Anderson, M.Ed.
Access Specialist
manderson@whatcom.edu
phone 360.383.3084
fax 360.383.4084
“Achieve, Imagine, Motivate! Whatcom Community College's AIM program provides ongoing personalized advising, coaching, mentoring, tutoring, and more to WCC students who are committed to achieving their educational goals. Our program was created specifically to serve students with limited income, students with disabilities, students who would benefit from additional academic support, students of color, and/or students who will be the first in their families to graduate with a bachelor's degree.”
AIM Office
Entry & Advising
Laidlaw Center 116
aim@whatcom.edu
360.383.3143
“Attending college can be a time of exciting opportunity, academic achievement, and personal growth. However, if a student is trying to manage other roles or concerns during their academic experience, college can also become very stressful. Work responsibilities, financial needs, relationship concerns, and health issues are just a few of the demands that can increase a student’s stress level and make it more difficult to achieve their academic goals.
This is part of the reason the Whatcom Community College Counseling Center provides short-term personal counseling for currently enrolled students. Counseling services at WCC are free and confidential. Our counselors understand the stresses of college life, and the events that can distract from the goals students are trying to achieve.”
Contact: first floor of the Laidlaw Center, in the Entry & Advising area (LDC 116). Phone: 360.383.3080
Financial Aid Office
Laidlaw Center 135
finaid@whatcom.edu
p 360.383.3010
Financial Aid Modification: *Do you have a change in financial circumstance and need to modify your Financial Aid application? Click here to download a PowerPoint presentation specific to the WCC Financial Aid modification process. A PDF version can be found here.
LGBTQIA+ Student Success Initiative
“Community college student leaders proposed the sexual orientation and gender identity questions to the State Board to increase response to students’ needs while tracking the success of the LGBTQIA+ population as a whole. Implementation of this process serves as testimony of Whatcom Community College's commitment to diversity, academic achievement, and student success.”
Rachel Rodriguez
QSA/Pride Club Co-Advisor
rrodriguez@whatcom.edu
360.383.3039
Guy Smith
QSA/Pride Club Co-Advisor
gsmith2@whatcom.edu
360.383.3556
Jennifer Allen
QSA Co-Advisor
jallen@whatcom.edu
360.383.3254
Terri Thayer
QSA Club Co-Advisor
tthayer@whatcom.edu
360.383.3073
Media Inquiries
Public Information Officer
pio@whatcom.edu
360.383.3310
“The Intercultural Center supports educational equity and academic achievement for diverse student populations by providing access to resources and a safe place to connect through a culture of inclusion and respect. Our connections with each other are important! Many of us learn better when we study together. In the Intercultural Center, we consider community building to be an invaluable component of academic support as well as an important way to work toward social justice.”
Intercultural Center
Syre Student Center 217
p 360.383.3100
Tanya Zaragoza-Rosas
Equity & Diversity Coordinator
tzaragoza@whatcom.edu
p 360.383.3100
“WCC's Learning Center includes the Math Center, Writing Center, One-on-One Tutoring and Online Tutoring for students. We are located in Cascade Hall 113.”
Learning Center
Cascade Hall 113
10 a.m. - 3 p.m. Monday - Thursday
LC@whatcom.edu
p 360.383.3090
“Committed to providing college access, Whatcom Community College minimizes barriers by offering in-state tuition and grant funds to eligible DREAMers. Our students may receive grant funds, financial aid application support, scholarships, and support from a team dedicated to academic success. Whatcom maintains confidentiality of student education records, including immigration status.”
Tanya Zaragoza-Rosas
Equity & Diversity Coordinator
tzaragoza@whatcom.edu
p 360.383.3100
Terri Thayer
Associate Director for Academic Advising & Career Services
Entry & Advising
Laidlaw Center 116
tthayer@whatcom.edu
360.383.3068
Amy Riedel
Associate Director for Student Access & Career Pathways
Instruction / Advising & Career Services
Kelly Hall 008
ariedel@whatcom.edu
360.383.3194
Yusuke Okazaki
Career & Academic Advisor
Laidlaw Center 134C
yokazaki@whatcom.edu
360.383.3125
Zorganics Institute
“ZORGANICS Institute’s mission is to provide education, skills, and experience for the students to become successful in their field of expertise. By providing each student with a comprehensive, holistic education alongside post-graduate counseling, ZORGANICS Institute strives to provide opportunity for employment and advancement in the beauty industry.”
www.ZorganicsInstitute.edu
Phone number - (360) 318-6411
Email- info@zorganicinstitute.edu
Zorganics Institute Beauty and Wellness in Bellingham, Washington, offers a variety of programs in cosmetology, esthetics, master esthetics, manicuring, massage therapy, barbering, hair design, and instructor training. The curriculum for each program is designed to provide students with the skills and knowledge they need to succeed in their chosen field. Here is an overview of the curriculum for some of the programs offered at Zorganics Institute:
● Cosmetology: The cosmetology program covers topics such as hair cutting, coloring, styling, waxing, chemical treatments, skincare, makeup application, and nail care.
● Hair Design: The hair design program covers such as hair design, hair cutting, coloring, chemical and texture services
● Esthetics: The esthetics program covers topics such as skin analysis, facials, makeup application, hair removal, and body treatments.
● Master Esthetics: The master esthetics program covers advanced topics such as microdermabrasion, chemical peels, and laser treatments.
● Manicuring: The manicuring program covers topics such as nail anatomy, nail diseases and disorders, manicures, pedicures, and nail enhancements.
● Massage Therapy: The massage therapy program covers topics such as anatomy and physiology, kinesiology, pathology, massage techniques, and business practices.
Zorganics Institute Beauty and Wellness in Bellingham, Washington, offers a variety of student support services to help its students succeed in their education and career goals. Some of the student support services offered by the institute include:
● Career counseling: The school provides career counseling services to help students explore their interests and match them with suitable career options. The school also provides post-graduate counseling to help students find employment and advance in the beauty industry.
● Financial aid: Zorganics Institute has been approved for Title IV, Federal Student Aid programs. Students can apply for financial aid using the FAFSA (Free Application for Federal Student Aid) with the code 043003. The institute also has a Financial Aid and Workers Retraining program information page on its website where students can find more information about the financial assistance programs available to them.
● Flexible schedules: Zorganics Institute offers flexible schedules that allow students to balance their coursework with other commitments.
● Hands-on learning: The institute provides hands-on learning opportunities that allow students to practice their skills and gain practical experience.
Overall, Zorganics Institute is committed to creating an inclusive and accessible learning environment for all students. The institute has a page on its website dedicated to career opportunities, where they list current positions available at the institute as well as available positions at other salons and spas. The possibilities for graduates of Zorganics Institute are endless. Future students can become business owners, global educators, school directors, editorial stylists, medical spa directors, style consultants, physician assistants, estheticians, master esthetics, massage therapist instructors, manicurists, or barbers.
For support services contact: 360-392-8243
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