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LUDINGTON DAILY NEWS • WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 30, 2016 THE FIRST OF THREE SPECIAL FEATURE PUBLICATIONS CELEBRATING THE 50TH ANNIVERSARY OF

WEST SHORE COMMUNITY COLLEGE

INSIDE THIS ISSUE: OUR HISTORY, AND ALUMNI SHOWCASE

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WSCC celebrates five decades of serving Mason, Manistee, Lake and Oceana Counties

BY RILEY KELLEY DAILY NEWS STAFF WRITER

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rom its beginnings in 1967, West Shore Community College has evolved and grown with the educational and vocational needs of its students, ex-

50 years of service panding its program and course offerings and always keeping pace with new educational technologies.

In March of 2017, WSCC will celebrate 50 years of empowering the people of Manistee, Mason, Lake and Oceana counties and beyond through education, service and excellence, and the college is celebrating this milestone with a year of anniversary events on campus and in the community.

“We’re very excited about this,” WSCC President Dr. Kenneth Urban said of the school’s 50th anniversary. “We’ve been working hard on pulling together a yearlong celebration that will run through June 30, 2017.”

The events will honor WSCC’s tradition of “honoring the past, but building our future,” Dr. Urban said.

WSCC’s Executive Director of Communications & Community Engagement Thom Hawley

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describes the anniversary programming as a journey that the college’s administration, faculty, staff and alumni will embark on over the next several months to celebrate five decades of teaching and learning, serving the community and building organizational excellence in western Michigan.

“During that half century of existence, West Shore Community College has grown into one of the premier community colleges in the state,” Hawley said.

It’s true that WSCC has made amazing strides over the past 50 years. What began as a collection of evening classes taught at Manistee and Scottville high schools is now ranked among Michigan’s 10 best community colleges for 2016, offering multiple degree and certification for its diverse student body.

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To recognize the important role West Shore Community College serves in the community and to celebrate its 50th anniversary, the College is inviting its alumni to share their student success stories.

The stories WSCC alumni can tell will inspire the next generation of students to accomplish great things making our future even brighter.

Alumni are asked to submit a written testimonial to describe how their West Shore education has helped them to succeed in their career and influenced their impact on the community. One alumnus who submits a story will be honored with a $2000 scholarship in the alumnus’ name to benefit a student from his or her high school alma mater who plans to attend the college in 2017.

Submissions will be accepted throughout the anniversary year and a list of the selected finalists, with input from a panel of six area residents, will be posted on the College’s web site at the end of February 2017. The contest winner will be announced in March.

Participants need to have earned at least 45 WSCC credit hours.

For more information on the contest or to submit your story, go to the college website, www.westshore.edu, or contact Tasha Dault at tdault@westshore.edu or 231-843-5805.

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Dr. John Eaton remembers

BY CARMELITA TIFFANY DAILY NEWS CORRESPONDENT

‘I knew the most important part of making the new college a success was the quality of the personnel we put in place.’

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ohn Eaton, first president of West Shore Community College, looks back on his beginnings at West Shore Community College with sentimentality and a sense of humility.

In 1967, he received a letter from a former MSU professor, Max Smith, with a brochure about the newlyplanned community college which would serve Mason, Manistee, Lake and Oceana counties. He asked Smith if it would be a good idea to apply for the presidency. “I wouldn’t have sent you the thing if I didn’t think you should,” Smith replied.

And so, Eaton’s future, and the future of education in west Michigan, was hewn.

Dr. John Eaton was not without an idea of what needed to be done. His experiences as a dean of instruction at Chochise College in Douglas, Arizona and as a principal in the Ionia school system gave him the real-life knowledge to combine with his studies in community college administration at Michigan State University to be the perfect fit as the first president of WSCC. “I knew the most important part of making the new college a success was the quality of the personnel we put in place,” he said. “It was the one requirement I posed to the board of trustees when I was offered the position — that I would be allowed to go to any measure to hire the best staff I could find.”

With that agreement, the 41-year-old was hired to lead the team which would make West Shore Community College a teaching institution which would improve the lives of thou-

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John Eaton, West Shore Community College’s first president, talks about the college’s first 15 years. sands of students and their families and the community as a whole for a half century.

He was allowed to travel throughout the country, and did so for months to recruit people whom he felt would fit his vision for the new community college.

The new president travelled a great deal during most of the first year of employment, and admits that

his initial office was his 1965 Volkswagen.

“Even though WSCC was one of the last community colleges to be founded, the idea of a community college was relatively new,” Eaton said. “Most of the people had no idea what they were interviewing for.

Those who joined up in this pioneering effort were willing to put up with the temporary classrooms until

permanent buildings were built.”

The first administrator who Eaton hired was Robert Bradley, dean of business services, who was an integral part of the beginning of the college. Then secretaries Marjorie Knudsen and Sadie Riffle rounded out the administrative staff. Instructors were recruited from all over the country, but the initial in-

structors for the first term in the fall of 1968 were local teachers who taught night classes in “borrowed” classrooms in Manistee and Scottville. Enrollment for the first term was an impressive 113 students.

Eaton brought on many staff members, whose names would be etched not only into the history of the college, but in the minds and hearts of those early students who would go on to prosper and raise families who, in turn, would attend the college.

Names included humanities instructor Leo Teholiz, business professors John Brastrom and William Stapleton, speech instructor Wilma Paulus, psychology instructor Jean Case, communication professors Bert Kelley, Dorothy Trebilcock and Harold Nuckolls, math instructor Donald Strouf, science instructors Dave Rodell and Dale Sutton, sociology professor Judith Seutter, and vocational technology teacher Clark Hamilton, teaching blueprint reading.

Kathleen Eaton, one of his three daughters, was a student at WSCC — She went on to further her education, but reminds her father that her three favorite instructors of all were those from WSCC. Many challenges were overcome, including the actual choosing of the location for the college. After much deliberation, research, and even a court case, the property located

in Victory Township was purchased.

Eaton looks back at the first year on the present site with fondness: He enjoys reminiscing about the two farmhouses and six modular units which served as offices and classrooms while construction commenced. There were always incidents that required creative solutions.

“The parking lot was finished first, with no lights installed,” he recalled.

“Bob Bradley and I would park our cars at either end of the lot and shine our headlights so the students could find their cars.”

Now, after living away for a time, Eaton has returned to Ludington to enjoy the beauty and sense of community that drew him and his family here so many years ago. He still holds great pride and sentiment in WSCC, as if it were a child he brought into the world and now regards with satisfaction in what it has become. He does so with much modesty, however, crediting the board of trustees throughout the years and the leaders who followed him to keep the ship on course.

“The most impressive note that I can make is that very few colleges, after 50 years, can pride itself in the fact that there were only four presidents during that time,” he said.

“That goes to show how committed we became to the institution and its mission.”

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From the beginning West Shore Community College gets its start

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he year is 1967, the day, March 6. It’s a historic day for residents of west Michigan — voters in the Mason County Intermediate School District and Manistee County School District have just approved the establishment of a new community college.

Planning for the new college, however, began long before that. The following chronology has been gathered from newspaper articles and college files.

FEB. 28, 1962 O.J. DeJonge, superintendent of Ludington Schools, wrote a letter to Arnold Carlson, superintendent of Scottville Schools, inviting Carlson and other superintendents in the Manistee, Mason and Oceana Intermediate School Districts to join an advisory committee which had been looking into the possibility of establishing a community college to serve the area.

The first meeting of the group had been held on Feb. 7, 1961. Participants were DeJonge; Dr. Max S. Smith, director of the Michigan State University Office of Community College Cooperation; N.E. Radtke, superintendent of Manistee Schools; E.A. Schimke, Oceana County Superintendent of Schools; and Leonard Bestrom, Mason County Superintendent of Schools. The next meeting was set for March 27 at 8 p.m. at Ludington High School.

JULY 24, 1964 Maurice Goodreau, superintendent of the Manistee Intermediate School District, wrote a letter to inform Leonard Bestrom of the results of a Manistee County community college feasibility study completed by Max Smith of the Michigan State University. The study concluded that Manistee County did not have a large enough potential enrollment. Goodreau and Kaleva Normal Dickson Superintendent Maynard Hoeh were contacting neighboring ISDs to see if they were interested in combining efforts to start a community college.

NOV. 12, 1964 ­ Dr. Ferris N. Crawford, assistant superintendent of public instruction, met with the school superintendents of Lake, Manistee, Mason and Oceana counties to discuss plans for a community college.

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NOV. 12, 1964 ­ L.L. Bestrom, superintendent of the Mason Intermediate School District, circulated resolution of support for a community college to be considered by each school district in the four counties.

APRIL 14, 1966 ­ A meeting was held at Gibbs Country House Restaurant near Ludington with representatives from the Michigan Community College Board, Michigan Department of Education and representatives from Lake, Manistee and Mason counties to crystalize plans for establishing a college.

The West Shore business offices sported a much different look when the building first opened.

MONDAY, MARCH 6, 1967 An election was held in the Mason and Manistee ISD districts to decide: 1) Where a college should be established 2) Whether there should be a tax millage to support the college, and 3) Who the trustees of this college should be.

The vote was 6,640 to 3,224 to establish the college; 6,335 to 3,513 to establish a millage; and the seven trustees elected were E. Dean Raven, Ellen Elder, Helen McCarthy (six-year terms), O.J. DeJonge, Barry Bourdo (four-year terms), Bruce A. Draper, A. Ivan Pelter (two-year terms).

Early West Shore classrooms offered the top of technology at the time, complete with individual typewriters for students to use.

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West Shore welcomes first board Board of Trustees holds first meeting of many

MARCH 27, 1967 The first meeting of the new community college’s Board of Trustees was convened at 10 a.m. at the Mason Intermediate School District office.

Officers were elected — Oliver DeJonge, chairman; Barry Bourdo, vice chairman; Bruce Draper, treasurer; and Helen McCarthy, secretary.

The trustees were selected as the name “West Shore College” and set the meeting date as the first Monday of the month at 1 p.m. at the Mason County Intermediate School District office in Ludington.

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JAN. 4, 1968 Dr. Eaton announced that Robert Bradley had begun his duties as business manager and that the college could be operating out of offices at the C.W. Smith Building in Scottville.

MAY 1, 1967 During the monthly meeting of the trustees, Trustee Draper made a motion, which passed unanimously, that the name of the college be changed to “West Shore Community College” and that this name be presented to the Michigan Department of Education for approval.

JAN. 22, 1968 John L. Ham, production manager at the Filer City Mill of Packaging Corporation of America was named to the WSCC Board of Trustees after Barry Bourdo resigned because he was moving out of the college district.

SEPT. 1967 Dr. John Eaton, Dean of Instruction at Cochise College, Douglas, Arizona, was selected as WSCC’s first president. He would begin working with the college district in October. The native of Marshall, Michigan had been on the staff at Chochise since 1964. Also, he had been at the Ionia school system for 13 years before becoming a Kellogg Fellow to study community college administration at the University of Michigan in 1962.

MAY 23, 1968 At a special meeting, the Board of Trustees voted to locate the campus at the corner of Stiles and Sugar Grove roads based on the recommendations of a special site survey team from Ann Arbor.

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1969

College is approved by voters.

First president, Dr. John M. Eaton.

Construction begins on the campus site.

Breaking ground on a new building.

rs‌ Addition to Tech Center underway.

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1971

Campus Center, WSCC’s first permanent building dedicated.

First commencements, 18 nursing students.

62 students graduate in first general commencement.

WSCC Foundation is formed, funds raised for rec center

Nursing program starting out strong.

One of the first commencements at WSCC.

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College welcomes teachers SEPTEMBER 1968 Part-time instructors were hired for evening classes to be offered at Manistee and Scottville high schools. They were Harry Nuckolls, Judith Seutter, Donald Strouf, Bert Kelley, Leo Teholiz, John Bastrom, Clark Hamilton, and Dorothy Trebilcock.

There were 118 enrolled in the first eight classes — 47 men and 67 women.

September 1968 — Plans for the first college building, prepared by architects Vander Meiden and Koteles of Grand Haven, were approve at a Board of Trustee meeting. The Trustees hoped to advertise for construction bids by Nov. 1.

WEST SHORE COMMUNITY COLLEGE’S FIRST FULL-TIME FACULTY HARRY C. CALDWELL, Social Science, preparer of the college faculty handbook JUDY A. CLAERR (CALDWELL), Communications

NOV. 14, 1968 Members of a student advisory committee from 12 area high schools were named. They were Martye Durham, Mason County Central; Sally Heyd, Baldwin; Lyn Edwards, Bear Lake; Janice and Jean Kran, Free Soil; Jessica Steinberg, Ludington; Kristy Edel, Manistee Catholic Central; Carol Carlson, Manistee; Sherri Amburgey, Manistee; Lynn Price, Mason County Eastern; Linda Hopkins, Onekama; Micky White, Baldwin; Dick Wendt, Mason County Eastern; Chuck Potter, Walkerville; Mike Jiraitus, Pentwater; Leonard Diesing, Onekama; Roger Lehrbass, Mason County Central; Bill Neal, Ludington; Bob Lynch, Brethren; Eric Davidson, Brethren; and Ed Merriman, Bear Lake.

ROBERT E. HARRISON, Communications BARBARA A. KNUDSEN, Director of Practical Nursing TERRY E. LUXFORD, Business RICHARD C. LYON, Counseling DR. RAYMOND P. MAYER, Science and Mathematics ROBERT M. MCCANN, Social Science RONALD E. MOUSEL, Health, Physical Education, and Recreation DAVID L. RONDELL, Science THOMAS J. RUESINK, Automotive Technology DAVID L. STENZEL, Music LEO TEHOLIZ, Art and Humanities CARL E. TODD, Machine Technology ROSEMARY E. WALL (ST. JOHNS.), Communications

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Building a college DECEMBER, 1968 At the monthly meeting of the Board of Trustees a five-year development plan was approved and also a college seal, which had been drawn by Leo Teholiz.

January, 1969 —Winter team enrollment totaled 156 in 13 courses offered in Scottville, Ludington and Manistee High Schools during the evening hours.

MARCH 14, 1969 The low bid of Alstrom Construction Co. of Muskegon was tentatively accepted for the construction of the Campus Center.

It was $801,820 and after discussions with the company, alterations in specifications lowered the price to $739,000. It was hoped that further reductions could lower the cost to $675,000.

Also, it was announced that five instructors had been hired, and that 105 applications for full-time enrollment for the 1968-70 academic year.

Many attended the college’s first open house.

APRIL 1969 The Michigan Board of Education approved elections of annexations to be held in the Baldwin, Pentwater, Weare-Crystal, Walkerville School Disticts.

In June, during the school elections, voters approved joining the college district in Walkerville (69-16) and Weare-Crystal (44-11) but annexations proposals were defeated in Baldwin and Pentwater.

MAY 4, 1969 Dedication ceremonies were held for the campus, with about 100 persons in attendance. Also, plans were revealed for the Media Center.

This photograph was taken in the completed West Shore Community College Media Center.

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First building dedicated MAY 17, 1970 On May 17, 1970, a dedication ceremony was held for the West Shore Community College Campus Center, the first permanent building on campus.

Oliver J. DeJonge, chairman of the Board of Trustees at the time, wrote this letter for the dedication’s printed program: “This is a proud day for all citizens of the West Shore Community College district. Today represents one of the milestones in efforts toward the fulfillment of our dreams.

“On behalf of all the personnel of West Shore Community College, we welcome you.

“This fine facility in which we meet today is the first of several buildings and is known as the Student Services Center. Others in process of construction and contemplation are the Technical Vocation Center and the Instructional Media Center.

“We have appreciated the cooperative efforts in the development of the campus and we continue to anticipate such interest and aid. Providing these collegiate facilities close to the homes of our citizens fills a real need for the ever increasing number of youth and adults wishing to continue their education.

“As those of you have already enrolled in the college have discovered, a competent and dedicated faculty and administration are important to the excellence we desire.

“It is our intent to make this a high quality institution, one which will provide sound educational programs in the liberal arts, one which will offer technical and specialized vocational study, one where adults as well as young people may find adequacy in learning.

“The Board of Trustees believes that with this competent and dedicated faculty, and this fine facility and with the continued support of our citizens, the excellence of West Shore Community College is assured.”

A flagpole on campus was among the later sites the college dedicated.

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Documenting WSCC’s history

West Shore alum, author helps college celebrate 50 years

‘I’m grateful that I had the opportunity to write the book so that the story won’t be forgotten.’

Sarah Jensen

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here is a great deal to celebrate for West Shore Community College’s 50th anniversary, and the college has enlisted Sarah Jensen — author, Mason County native and WSCC alumna — to help mark the occasion with a commemorative book documenting the five decades of WSCC history.

“They wanted to have a commemorative book celebrating their first 50 years,” Jensen said. “The book committee wanted to have a book with all of this in one place telling the whole story.”

Jensen’s literary credential are extensive. She is a New York Times bestselling author and a former staff writer and current contributor to the Ludington Daily News. But it’s the unique family connection she has with the college that makes her such the perfect choice for this project.

“My grandfather, Lars Jensen, had owned 160 acres of what became the West Shore campus, and my father eventually owned 10 of those acres,” Jensen said. “I already knew much of the early history of the land, and living there, I’d watched the construction of the college right in my back yard.

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Construction efforts for the Student Services Center were underway in 1969.

WSCC’s campus was initially comprised of relocatable, temporary buildings.

Sarah’s father Viggo Jensen served on the WSCC custodial staff during the college’s early years. He was an avid photographer, and took many photos of the campus that Sarah has accessed for the creation of her book.

The photo archives that her father compiled came in handy when conducting research for the project.

“Resources are scattered and my perspective would Jensen’s connection to the portunity to tell a story that — newspaper archives, colbe important in putting to- school. When he asked her had never been told before lege archives, key people all gether the history, and that to write the book commem- — a story with both per- over the country,” Jensen it would be fun.” orating the college’s 50th sonal and historical signifi- said. “The memories and Thomas Hawley, Executive anniversary, Jensen didn’t cance that would allow her the story are all out there Director of Communica- even hesitate. to dig into her family’s past somewhere, and I was excittions & Community Engage“I said yes immediately,” while also exploring the im- ed to be able to bring everyment and book committee she said. pact of this institution on thing together to record the chair at WSCC, knew about Sarah Jensen saw an op- the region. full story, which had never

been done systematically.”

Jensen attended West Shore Community College after her graduation from Mason County Central high school in 1972.

“I walked to class through our meadow and through the ravine,” she said.

She earned her Associate of Arts degree in 1975 and went on to Michigan State, where her experience at WSCC by the WSCC faculty.

“At Michigan State, I majored in anthropology, inspired by the course I took with Dr. Dale Sutton at West Shore,” she said.

The book, “West Shore Community College: The First 50 Years” — due out in 2017 — has been a labor of love for Jensen, and a chance to reconnect with her roots.

“It’s also been great to revisit the early days and to interview people like Dr. John Eaton, the college’s first president, as well as some of my former instructors,” she said. “It’s been a chance to catch up after 40 years.”

Jensen is proud that the land that once belonged to her family is now home to a place of learning and culture, art and science, and feels fortunate to be able to contribute to the continuing story West Shore Community College.

“I’m grateful that I had the opportunity to write the book so that the story won’t be forgotten,” Jensen said.

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Time to enroll A flyer, right, encouraged interested students to enroll in classes at West Shore — promising the reward of an education.

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50 YEARS: West Shore celebrates milestone year with special events FROM PAGE 1

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s part of the 50th anniversary celebration, West Shore Community College is sponsoring a classic Hollywood film series in collaboration with Manistee’s Vogue Theater.

Two films from each decade of the college’s existence (1967-2017) are being screened through June, 2017.

The remaining films will be shown on Dec. 13, Thom Hawley, Jan. 17, Feb. WSCC Office of 14, March the President 14, April 18, May 16, and June 13, at 7:30 p.m. at the Vogue.

Moviegoers will be charged the average ticket price for the decade in which the films were released.

Before some of the films, college faculty or film experts will provide a contextual history or the political or social significance the film may have had with the world at the time of its release.

For more information, contact the Vogue Theater, 383 River St. in Manistee (231) 508-8005.

HELP WSCC TELL ITS STORY As West Shore Community College celebrates its 50th anniversary, the college staff is asking the public and alumni for photos and artifacts related to their experiences at West Shore to be used in several upcoming projects, including a history book, future special sections like this

one, and the further development of the college archives.

The book will commemorate the land, leadership, student activities and academic achievements of West Shore since its inception. It will include dozens of pictures — some of which the college hopes will come from community members. The book is being authored by alumna Sarah Jensen and is expected to be available in mid-2017.

The college is also creating an archive, the goal of which is to gather, organize, preserve, and make accessible materials relating to the founding, organization, and work of the college. The Director of Library Services, Renee Snodgrass, is asking the public to donate their memories of West Shore for inclusion in the archives.

“We’re looking for photos, documents, and physical items that are unique and tell part of the story of our college,” Snodgrass said. “I’m excited to gather all of this history and then share these artifacts and items with the public.”

Digital photos and documents can be emailed to rsnodgrass@westshore. edu, and items can be brought to the William M. Anderson Library during the library’s open hours, which are 8 a.m. – 4:30 p.m. from now until June 3, and then during extended hours for the summer semester.

Due to space limitations, not all items can be accepted.

FOR MORE informatiion, call Renee Snodgrass at (231) 843-5869.

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A groundbreaking graduation

FIRST COMMENCEMENTS West Shore Community College actually had two “first” commencements.

On Aug. 27, 1970, the college’s first practical nursing graduates were Jeanne Bond, Evelyn Boven, Evelyn Christensen, Eldonna Jackabon, Ann Kimball, Jessica Kirker, Edythe Kirt, Sandra Lindeman, Pamela Rankin, Marilyn Raven, Janis Roche, Sharon Rohr, Christie Schulz, Thelma Schmidt, Betty Scott, Dorothy Smith, Emilie Wheeler and Mildred Wrzesinski.

The first general commencement was held on Sunday, June 13, 1971 in the Campus Center Lounge.

Dr. John M. Eaton, president, was the keynote speaker, and others on the program were Dr. Raymond Mayer, president of faculty senate; and Michael Razminas, president of student senate.

A week earlier, baccalaureaute services had been held with Robert Bradley, dean of business services, as master of ceremonies.

The 62 members of WSCC’s first graduating class were Joan M. Archer, Betty L. Arnold, Douglas A. Barch, Barbara A. Bartosiewicz, Jon L. Bengston, Alfred V. Bennett, Judith A. Burke, Paul F. Burns, Jacqueline G. DeFouw, Deborah S. Dilsworth, Mary Alice Doleys, Ronald C. Dwyer, Robert N. Ely, Bruce J. Feliczak, Arlie A. Fredrickson, Alice M. Fugere, Linda K. Fugere, Gregory A. Gamache, Daniel L. Genter, Joel J. Goerbig, Thomas J. Hammond, David L. Hanson, David E. Henry, R. Peter Heyse, Pamela K. Hilliard, Cathy L. Iverson, Ronald H. Jacobson, Diane L. Juterbock, Thomas Kalina, Cecilia Kapcia, Ronald L. Kass, Harvey L. Kirchoff, Ross E. Kissell, Thomas A. Korinek, Susan V. Krause, Dean H. Kruse, Gary W. Lange, Lance Lifer, Renee S. Luomala, Michael J. Mazur, Paul J. Morong, Stephanie R. Motyka, James H. Nelson, Mary E. O’Farrell, Gerald L. Parsons, Karen K. Peterson, Michael R. Piper, Debra J. Rahn, Michael G. Razminas, Bette M. Roberts, Michael D. Schneider, Stephen C. Serinis, Richard J. Shepar, Timothy J. Sorenson, Marc C. Stepniewski, Arthur J. Sutton, Sheila S. Talsma, James F. Taylor, Darwin J. Tennant, James R. Vine, Richard Wendt and Donald E. Wheaton.

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Putting students first since 1967 West Shore Community College has been

part of the community since 1967, and the word “community” is more than just our middle name—it’s our reason for being here. We’re here to serve all our communities with quality educational and instructional programs, job training, cultural arts and enrichment, recreation and wellness, and much more.

WSCC graduating class of 1974.