South Puget Sound Community College

South Puget Sound Community College is a public community college in southwest Olympia, Washington. The college contains 125 acres (0.51 km2)[1] and is serving about 5,979 full and part-time students[2] as of the fall 2018 quarter.

South Puget Sound Community College
TypeCommunity college
Established1962
PresidentDr. Timothy Stokes
Location
Olympia
,
Washington
,
United States
Campus125 acres (0.51 km2)
MascotClippers
Websitewww.spscc.edu

Student media

A student-led magazine, The Sounds, is provided approximately once a month, for free throughout the school. The change from newspaper to magazine happened in 2019.

Library

The Library/Instructional Support Services provides access to information, ideas and creative works to further the South Puget Sound Community College's mission of student success in postsecondary academic transfer and workforce education that responds to the needs of the South Sound region.

The library website gives student access to many online databases, eReserves, and eBooks. The website was maintained by the webmaster Robert Pratt.

Hawks Prairie Campus

A satellite campus (referred to as the Hawks Prairie campus) was located in the neighboring city of Lacey at the Hawks Prairie center until spring of 2015.[3] It has since been replaced by the new Lacey Campus.

Athletics

South Puget Sound Community College competes in the Northwest Athletic Conference (NWAC) as the Clippers, fielding a men's soccer team, a women's volleyball team and men's and women's teams for basketball.[4]

References
  1. "South Puget Sound Community College". Retrieved 12 January 2009.
  2. "South Puget Sound Community College". Retrieved October 19, 2019.
  3. "South Puget Sound Community College - Hawks Prairie Center". Retrieved 12 January 2009.
  4. "South Puget Sound Community College - Sports". South Puget Sound Community College. Retrieved September 21, 2016.


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