From the President

Welcome to summer semester at Wallace State Community College!

This summer, in addition to a wide array of classes on campus and online, you'll find events and activities available for students of all ages. Golf lessons, song writing and filmmaking workshops, visual arts and biotech institutes, camps for athletics and for students interested in STEM (science, technology, engineering and math) programs are just some of those offerings. We are also pleased to announce the continued greening of our campus, which includes such initiatives as the additional landscaping and sidewalks across campus, a new recycling program, and a Clean Air Policy that prohibits smoking on campus except in personal vehicles.

In fostering engagement and wellbeing, our primary focus is always the positive effect of those efforts will have on student outcomes. Wallace State is dedicated to providing an excellent student experience that ensures our graduates are the best prepared graduates in the nation for the careers they seek and for university transfer. As a result, more high school seniors taking the ACT indicate a preference for attending Wallace State than any other college in the Alabama Community College System, and the Aspen Institute recently designated Wallace State as one of the top 120 community colleges in America based on the outcomes our students achieve. We lead the Alabama Community College System in graduation rates and a recent report in Community College Week ranked Wallace State among the "Top 50 Associate Degrees: Health Professions and Related Clinical Sciences" in the United States.

Whether you are just joining Wallace State or enrolling for the first time, we hope that you, too, will feel inspired by the Wallace State of Mind!

Best wishes,
Vicki P. Hawsey
President