Spokane Falls Community College

Spokane Falls Community College
Type Public
Established 1967
President Janet Gullickson
Students 8,042
Location Spokane, Washington, United States
47°40′36″N 117°27′52″W / 47.67667°N 117.46444°W / 47.67667; -117.46444Coordinates: 47°40′36″N 117°27′52″W / 47.67667°N 117.46444°W / 47.67667; -117.46444
Campus Urban
113 Acres
Colors Blue & Gold         
Athletics National Junior College Athletic Association
Sports 15 Varsity Teams
Nickname Bigfoot
Mascot Skitch
Affiliations Northwest Athletic Conference
Website www.spokanefalls.edu

Spokane Falls Community College, part of the Community Colleges of Spokane, opened in 1967 in west Spokane, south of Riverside State Park, on a 113-acre (0.46 km2) campus.

SFCC offers programs for students seeking an associate degree, with some 66 percent of SFCC students preparing to transfer to four-year institutions. SFCC also offers a number career-technical degree and certificate programs, including orthotic/prosthetic technician, hearing instrument specialist, physical therapist assistant, and occupational therapy assistant. SFCC also is considered a center of visual and performing arts, with highly regarded programs in drama, music, fine art, photography and graphic design. The campus has a close working relationship with the Mukogawa Fort Wright Institute, a higher education facility for students from Japan studying in the U.S. and also has education centers at Fairchild Air Force Base and in Pullman, Wash.

The college publishes The Communicator, a bi-weekly student newspaper, as well as Communicator Online. The latter was a 2009 Associated Collegiate Press Online Pacemaker winner and has placed among the top ten two-year college newspapers in North America in the last four years.

Athletics

SFCC partners with Spokane Community College as the Community Colleges of Spokane, using the team name the Sasquatch. They compete in the Northwest Athletic Conference (NWAC). The official colors are blue and gold.

Notable alumni

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