Career and Employment Services Council
History
November 6, 1987
Met unofficially at Columbia Basin College to work on mission, name and by-laws. Sharon Bieker from
Spokane Community College was elected first president of the organization for the 1988/89 year. Gwen
Leth of Columbia Basin College was voted in as president elect and Anne DePuydt of Skagit Valley
College was elected associate manager for a two year term. The name of Washington Association of
Community Colleges Career and Employment Services (WACCCES) was decided upon. Sharon was asked
to send a letter to the dean's commission explaining who we were and what we wanted to do and asked
to become a sub-commission. The group worked on revision of the Student Services Manual.
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May 1988
WACCCES met at Highline Community College. Cal Crow was the keynote speaker. He spoke on
"Applying New Information About Learning As It Relates to Career Development." We worked on the bylaws, goals and application to WSSSC.
February 1989
Sharon Bieker received notice that the Washington Association of Community College Presidents
approved WACCCES' request to become a recognized sub-commission of the Student Services
Commission.
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subcommission_1988.doc
approval_of_subcommission_1988.doc
April 1989
The meeting was held at North Seattle College. Gwen Leth resigned as president of WACCCES due to her
leaving Columbia Basin College to accept a position with Westinghouse/Hanford. An election was held.
Chris Miller of Highline Community College was chosen as president and Susan Walters of North Seattle
College was voted in as president elect. Sharon Bieker moved to the position of past president. Jan
Yoshiwara of the State Board for Community College Education attended and explained the history and
background of the board and the relationship between the board and WACCCES.
October 1989
The meeting was held in the city of Chelan. The association was given a survey to gain an understanding
of the background and duties of each member. Work continued on revising the placement section of the
new Student Services Manual. Phil Swanberg of Highline Community College and Chris Miller were asked
to serve on a state-wide vocational follow-up process, the Vocational Preparatory Outcomes Review
Board. The purpose is to follow up vocational students and track their job placement after leaving
college. The Employment Security Department will assist.
WACCCES president made a report to the Washington State Student Services Commission conference in
February of 1990 explaining what the association had done and its future plans.
April 1990
The meeting was held at Green River Community College. Sharnelle Moore of the Washington Job
Service Center spoke on placing diverse student populations on the job. Bruce Patterson of United
Parcel Service made a presentation on how to write better job orders for the colleges. Three excerpts of
videos on job interviewing were shown and discussed. An election was held as Susan Walters was
unable to fulfill the position of president. Anne DePuydt of Skagit Valley College was voted the new
president. Jan Adams of Whatcom Community College became president elect and Diane Devlin from
Green River Community College became the new organizational manager.
October 1990
The meeting was held at Olympic College. President Elect Jan Adams of Whatcom Community College
stepped in early to fill the position of president since Anne DePuydt resigned from her position as
director of cooperative education at Skagit College to move. Ballots were sent out to fill the president
elect position. Sandy Wall, assistant director of student services at the State Board for Community
College Education gave an update of the 1991-93 SBCCE budget, the Higher Education Coordinating
Board biennial budget request, outcomes assessment, disabled student task force and other legislative
issues. Phil Swanberg of Highline gave a report on the vocational outcomes project. From his report it
was learned past students indicated a need for more help from the placement office. There was
discussion on doing a promotional video for the Association. A survey on placement software was to be
sent to members.
Spring 1991
The Association met in Wenatchee in conjunction with the dean's commission meeting. There was an
update on research committee members had done on producing a video promoting the AA degree. Jerry
Woodard, a representative from WCCCC, discussed the process the Association would have to go
through to establish a state-wide career computer system. Committees worked on the following topics:
Integrating job search assistance into vocational programs; establishing a state-wide coordinator; better
publicizing job search assistance on campus and increasing state funding so colleges can adequately
provide job search assistance. Faye Krenkel of Spokane Community College was voted new president
and Lewis Latimer of Edmonds became president elect. Diane Devlin of Green River Community College
remains the association manager.
October 1991
The Association met at Green River Community College. A survey of what each college is looking for in a
computer program was summarized. The results indicated more comprehensive software with ease of
entering and retrieving data. A list of duties a state-wide coordinator could do to help college placement
offices was suggested.
April 1992
The meeting was held in Leavenworth. Lewis Latimer of Edmonds Community College became president,
Damaris Pearson of North Seattle College was voted in as president elect, Alicia Gaskievicz of Spokane
Community College as the association manager and Faye Krenkel, also of Spokane Community College,
became past president. As the state vocational colleges are now a part of the community college
system, the name of the association was changed to reflect this addition. The new name is now
COMMUNITY AND TECHNICAL COLLEGES CAREER/EMPLOYMENT SERVICES COUNCIL. A committee was
formed to make the necessary changes with the bylaws to include the vocational colleges. Two
promotional videos were shown and the cost of producing one was discussed. Three members
volunteered to put together a survey to better define the services needed from WCCC. The need for a
computer program to unify a state-wide student employment computer software track to teach job
search skills on campus is seen as an area that needs attention. A survey was sent out but the return
was small and answered by a variety of sources on different campus.
October 1992
The Community and Technical Colleges Career/Employment Council met at Clover Park Technical
College. The spring meeting will be held in conjunction with the dean's Student Services Commission at
Rosario Resort on Orcas Island. There is limited lodging available and all members will not be able to
attend. The bylaw committee shared their revisions, followed by discussion. Legislative funding that may
affect college placement offices was presented. A decision to not produce a promotional video was
made as it was agreed it would become quickly outdated and because of the cost involved. Damaris
Pearson of North Seattle College resigned from the position of president elect as her job at the college is
changing and will not be as involved in placement as in the past. An election was held and Molly Reitz of
Highline Community College will take her place.