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New Student Orientation


The Mission for Student Orientation Activities and Programs (SOAP) is to provide resources and support to students at the onset of their academic careers at South Seattle Community College. SOAP is a part of Student Life; Student Life is a network of departments committed to providing meaningful services, activities and communications that build community; ensure academic success; encourage creative expression, personal growth, and well-being; foster diversity and social justice; and promote student advocacy and leadership.

For questions regarding New Student Orientation, please feel free to contact us at 206-764-5332.

Cessa Heard-Johnson
Dean of Diversity, Retention and Student Life
South Seattle Community College



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Cessa Heard-Johnson
Dean, Diversity, Retention and Student Life
CHJohnson@sccd.ctc.edu

Advice to new students

Welcome to South Seattle Community College. I am so excited to have you join our community here. I’m really proud of the students and community at South. Others might have asked you or you might have asked yourself – WHY SOUTH?

Small class size with personalized attention from faculty.
Our spacious 87 acre wooded campus – including a six-acre arboretum - is a West Seattle oasis.
Our graduates succeed! Transfer students experience success rates comparable to those who start at a university.
Students earning technical degrees enjoy an average 85% job placement rate.
… that between 50-55% of SSCC’s student population are students of color?
…we assist over 8,000 students (full and part-time)?
Our Bachelor of Applied Science in Hospitality
Our New LPN to RN Ladder Program
Our Northwest Wine Academy
Our Remodeled and expanded Automotive Collision Repair facility
Our 13th-Year Promise Scholarship
I look forward to meeting each of you. Please stop by The Office of Student Life to meet our Student Orientation Activities and Program Team. And again, welcome to South Seattle.



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