News

WCC enrollment sees uptick for first time since the pandemic

2 years ago in Local

Photo: KGMI

BELLINGHAM, WA. – (KGMI.com) Whatcom Community College’s enrollment saw an uptick this fall for the first time since the pandemic began.

Like many secondary education institutes in the country, WCC is still recovering to pre-pandemic numbers.

Cascadia Daily News reports the number of students on-campus has increased over a 25% since fall 2022.

The college is working to do outreach to Latino populations and students over 25 years old to further increase enrollment.

WCC also faces a retention issue, but a newly hired dean for student success is focusing on retention.

Full-time enrollment is up 6% from last fall.

The numbers of students enrolled full-time is still down from fall of 2019, standing roughly two-thirds of what enrollment once was.

Recent Headlines

10 hours ago in Community Events, Dedicated To Service, Entertainment, Lifestyle, Lifestyle Lookout, Local, Outdoors

Lifestyle Lookout: St. Patrick’s Day Parade, Celtic Rock, Firefighter’s Ball and Birding

There is no shortage of opportunities to celebrate Irish heritage and the many wonders of the Emerald Isle this weekend. We have you covered in this week's Lifestyle Lookout.

13 hours ago in Education, Entertainment, Features, Lifestyle, Photos, We Are Whatcom

Kelly Sorbel: Operations Director at Make.Shift Art Space

For a punk like Kelly Sorbel, giving back to the community and supporting younger fellow punks is as important as his own creative expression. His work at Make.Shift Art Space offers him the opportunity to do just that.

19 hours ago in Sports

PWHL to reach national US TV audience with Scripps Sports to broadcast neutral site game in Detroit

The Professional Women's Hockey League is coming to a TV set near you in the United States. The league announced that its neutral-site game at Detroit on March 28 between the New York Sirens and Montreal Victoire will be the first accessible to a national U.S. television audience.

1 day ago in Community Events, Entertainment, Lifestyle, Local

Local poetry contest accepting submissions from Whatcom residents

The top ten poems selected will be engraved on plaques installed outside the front of the Bellingham Public Library.

2 days ago in Entertainment

Oscars preview: Producers tease ‘KPop Demon Hunters’ and ‘Sinners’ celebrations

The producers behind the 98th Academy Awards have set out to celebrate not just the hit song "Golden" from "KPop Demon Hunters", but the cultural phenomenon of the film itself. That logic is why the only other nominated song that will get a moment on the broadcast is "I Lied to You," from "Sinners," a blockbuster hit and the most-nominated film of all time.