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) Bachelor of Applied Science Program
- Watch the CHED program video on YouTube.
- Learn more about the Bachelor of Applied Science program in Allied Health—Community Health and Education at Seattle Central. (Link opens to webpage on Seattle Central's website.)
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.
- Read the Foundation’s College Minute story, Seattle Colleges grads making their mark in tech (link opens to story in LinkedIn).
- Learn more about the Bachelor of Applied Science in Application Development and Bachelor of Science in Computer Science at North Seattle College (links open to webpages on North Seattle College's website).
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, with funded through the SBCTC's Workforce Development Fund (WDF) program.
- Read about the electric vehicle training grant award.
- Learn more about South Seattle College’s automotive technology program (link opens to webpage on South Seattle College's website).
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.
Among 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 true 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 Martinez Flores, North Seattle College grad
- Vladimir Andral, North Seattle College grad
- Isabella Caldejon, Seattle Central College grad
- Floyd Sagor, South Seattle College grad
- Latifa Souleyman, Seattle Central College grad
- Anthony and Fathima Garcia, North and Central grads, respectively
- Cub Gionet, South Seattle College grad
- Fatoumata Jawara, Seattle Central College grad
- Jackson Kolar, North Seattle College grad
A week prior to the election, The Seattle Times ran a front-page feature story 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).
