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Points of Pride: Fall 2025

Many interesting, inspiring, and noteworthy things happen across Seattle Colleges every day. We’ve compiled another edition of some (but certainly not all) of these stories. Add these to our growing list of points of pride.

Community Health and Education (CHED) at Seattle Central

One of Seattle Central’s Bachelor of Applied Science degree programs in Allied Health, the CHED program is expressly nonclinical, focusing on the social side of public health to improve people's experiences with healthcare. Students can explore multiple career pathways including physician associate (PA), health administration, and medical anthropology, among others. A focus on social justice is also deeply ingrained in the program.

A recently completed video showcases faculty, alumni, and students sharing their experiences. We can take pride that this program is producing in-demand graduates for this important work while contributing to the greater good.
 

 

 

North grads making their mark in tech 

As shake-ups and changing technology continue to affect the IT industry, tech workers are navigating the evolving landscape. The Seattle Colleges Foundation recently caught up with a couple of alumni and a soon-to-be graduate of two of North's flagship technology programs. You'll hear from Dureti Shemsi, ‘25, a Solution Architect at Snowflake, Inc.; Lenny Brown, ‘21, an Engineer at Amazon; and Jacq Horizon, ‘26, completing his last year after a summer internship at Expedia. 

Dureti, Lenny, and Jacq

 

South awarded grant to launch electric vehicle training

The Washington State Board for Community and Technical Colleges (SBCTC) has awarded a workforce development grant to develop electric vehicle training within South Seattle College’s automotive technology program. Selected through a competitive process, the grant is among 12 awarded to community and technical colleges across the state, funded through the SBCTC's Workforce Development Fund (WDF) program. 

Automotive technology students working on a car at South Seattle College

 

Seattle Promise renewed by voters with nearly 80 precent support 

On November 4, 2025, citizens of Seattle voted to renew the Families, Education, Preschool, and Promise (FEPP) Levy through June 2032. After the first night’s vote tally, 76 percent favored the proposition. As the week progressed and more votes were counted, that percentage increased each day. The final count saw nearly 80 percent (79.96) of Seattle voters support the levy—up significantly from 68 percent for the inaugural FEPP levy in 2018.

Seattle Promise logoAmong the keys to generating that kind of support and goodwill are the individual stories of the students themselves—each with their own perspective and personal testimony about how access to higher education provided opportunity, helped them find a path, and changed their lives. Multiply that by the thousands of local students who have taken part in Seattle Promise, and the scope of the program's transformative power is revealed.

Not only is the Seattle Promise program itself a point of pride, but so is each and every story from our “Promising Alumni.” Click on each name to learn their story. 
 

Kevin, Vladimir, Isabella, and Floyd

Latifa, Anthony, and Fathima

Cub, Fatoumata, and Jackson


A week prior to the election, The Seattle Times ran a front-page feature that included interviews of two current Seattle Promise Scholars. Read Seattle students fuel their futures with help of free tuition program (opens in new tab on The Seattle Times website).

Front page of the September 27, 2025 edition of The Seattle Times featuring the headline article "Seattle students fuel their futures with help of free tuition program"

At a recent event celebrating Seattle Promise's first seven years, a short documentary made its debut. The video covers the history and impact of Seattle Promise as told by the leaders throughout the city of Seattle who helped create and support the program.