Executive Vice President for Academic and Student Affairs candidate Dr. Marcia Somer to visit today, Thurs., March 17

As a reminder, this week, finalist candidates for the Executive Vice President for Academic and Student Affairs (EVP-ASA) will be interviewed on campus on Monday, March 14; Tuesday, March 15; Thursday, March 16; and Friday, March 17. All Campus Forums on each of those days will occur in the Automotive Showroom from 3 to 4 p.m. Please plan to attend and participate.

If you are unable to attend, DVDs of each EVP-ASA Campus Open Forum will available in the Library on the day of a candidate’s Forum.

• Viewing of the DVDs will occur in the Library and will not be available for check-out.
• Feedback forms (on paper) will be available for those viewing the DVDs to complete.  (A lockbox in which to place completed feedback forms will be in the Library.)
• The deadline for viewing DVDs and submitting feedback forms is 5 p.m. on Monday, March 21, 2016.

Today’s EVP-ASA candidate is Dr. Marcia Somer:

Dr. Marcia Somer has been in higher education’s community and technical colleges for the past 25 years. Her most recent experience was as an associate dean of instruction at Lake Washington Institute of Technology in Kirkland, Washington. Prior to that, Dr. Somer was a Dean of English and Social Sciences and Dean of Instruction at Diablo Valley College in Pleasant Hill, California, and Clover Park Technical College in Lakewood, Washington respectively.

Dr. Somer has also been a tenured professor for 16 years at Kapiolani Community College teaching human development in Honolulu, Hawaii, and South Puget Sound Community College teaching early childhood education in Olympia, WA.

Dr. Somer’s educational background includes a Ph.D. from Oregon State University in Education – Community College Leadership, MA in Child and Family Studies from Washington State University, and BS in human development from the University of Hawaii at Manoa.

Three of her proudest accomplishments were establishing a diversity course graduation requirement, receiving the Frances Davis Award for Excellence in Education, and parenting. She has two adult children, one who is a graduate of Western Washington University, and the other a current student at the same institution.