Side view of Center at Kent Station

Edith Bannister, Vice President for Extended Learning and Resource Development, is responsible for off campus programs which include the new GRCC Center at Kent Station, a new Auburn Center, Continuing Education, WETRC, Study Abroad, Distance Learning, and international program development for instruction programs.

KENT:  The new GRCC Center at Kent Station is scheduled to open for fall quarter 2005.  This facility is strategically planned in two phases to accommodate an anticipated growing student population.  The location is also suited to improve service to students in the northern part of the College’s district, including Renton and northern Kent.  All services in the current Kent Center will transition to the new location, but priority will be on FTE-generating credit courses in ABE, developmental education, academic transfer courses and professional/technical education.  This is an important new direction for the College and an investment in the future. 

Downtown Auburn

AUBURN:  As an economic development effort in collaboration with the city of Auburn, the College will lease a new facility owned by the city – the Transit Center in downtown Auburn.  Current operations including the Small Business Assistant Center and ABE classes  will move from their current downtown location to the new center, which is nearly four times larger.  The new location will include a dedicated training facility for WETRC operations, as well as three classrooms  to allow GRCC to better serve the community.   

A monthly newsletter that gives you the facts...          May 23, 2005  -  Vol. III, Issue vii

Welcome to The Report Card, a monthly newsletter containing information on various topics related to institutional effectiveness.  This issue is on Resource Management and Extended Learning and Economic Development.

Background: 

Green River funds its programs and services from several different sources with attention to cost efficiency.  Because of the increasing number of students and the associated costs in providing programs and services, the college needs additional funds beyond those appropriated by the state legislature.  Over the past decade, Green River has developed and expanded a variety of entrepreneurial activities and services to generate additional revenue. In addition, the Green River Community College Foundation continues to acquire resources for the college through its fundraising efforts, as well as its efforts to secure grants. 

Highlights:

Green River is on pace to meet or exceed its enrollment targets in all categories (as measured in FTES). 

• The college will exceed its FTE targets for Running Start and academic international students by 23% and 14% respectively.  (See Figure 1).

The Green River Community College Foundation raised over $493,000 in private funds during the 2003-04 fiscal year and received an additional $1.37 million in grants. (See Figure 2).

• The Foundation’s assets increased substantially from the previous year and are currently over $26.6 million. This is mostly due to the addition of Campus Corner Apartments (student housing) (See Figure 3).

Green River operates several self-supporting programs and services that provide continuing education for the community.  These programs and services are supported by user fees and receive no state funding. Green River has three self-support efforts: (1) Continuing Education, (2) Center at Kent, and (3) the Washington Environmental Training Center (WETRC).

• The number of students served by the Center at Kent increased by 21% over the past year, whereas the number of students served by Continuing Education decreased slightly. (See Figure 4).
   
• The number of students served by WETRC increased by 23% from the prior year.