President Mitchell Leads Olympic College
Anyone who thinks that leadership doesn’t count has not visited Olympic College lately. Yesterday, I attended the annual Olympic College Foundation luncheon and listened as Dr. David Mitchell, the President of Oympic College, reported on the progress of our community college.
Under Dr. Mitchell, two beautiful new classroom buildings have been built; financed by State of Washington Capital funds. The student center and book store have been expanded and there are plans to bring the new Nursing four year program to the Bremerton campus. Dr. Mitchell also reported that enrollment is up 20% and the Foundation has raised over 10 million dollars in new endowments that will support scholorships for needy students.
As someone who worked on the campus from 1996 to 2002, it’s hard to believe the improvements that have been made with the new classroom buildings, the new Haselwoood library, and the addition of more student parking.
Dr. Mitchell shared with the crowd of over 300 supporters that he has been in conversations with Washington State University to provide a four year B.A. program in engineering, which would make my friends in the shipyard very happy as they have to look nationwide for engineers.
This kind of progress does not just happen, it requires leaders who have a passion to help students and leave the college better than they found it. Dr. David Mitchell is such a leader and our community is very lucky to have him as the President of Olympic College.
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