Introduction Letters
A Welcome from Our President
I’m thrilled to welcome you to the 2025-2026 academic year at Spokane Falls Community College. As your interim president, I could not be more excited for the year we have ahead of us! The entire student affairs team is eager to support you and your students as we progress through the year. After years of diligent planning and design by our faculty and staff, it is nothing short of a historic achievement to begin fall as a guided pathways institution. This work will lead us toward eliminating opportunity gaps and increasing student completions and success. Student affairs will continue our collaboration with instruction to provide an excellent student experience. High on our priority list is implementing data-informed student interventions, working through the next phase of our customer relationship management (CRM) software implementation, refinement of our outreach and communication plan, and development of a program review model for continuous improvement.
I look forward to a wonderful year of working with you to support our students in the achievement of their academic goals.
Respectfully,
Interim President
Patrick McEachern
A Welcome from Our Vice President of Learning
Welcome! Here at SFCC we have a long tradition of excellence and have always taken pride in providing high-quality programs, courses, and teaching. In recent years, however, we have become increasingly aware of the support and guidance our students need in order to achieve their goals during their time at SFCC.
This is no small task, as the population we serve lives in a very complex world, and many factors can impact a student’s path to success.
However, we embrace the challenge. As a dedicated group of life-long learners, we are always working together, ever seeking to improve our practice, to live up to our potential as a college as we assist our students to achieve theirs.
There is much work to be done, but we have also made great progress.
Welcome to SFCC. I hope you will find it as meaningful as I do to belong to this community.
Vice President of Learning
Bonnie Glantz
A Welcome from Our Vice President of Student Affairs
Welcome to a new academic year at Spokane Falls Community College!
I’m honored to serve alongside you as the Acting Vice President of Student Affairs and to be part of a community so deeply committed to student success. Every day, I see how your creativity, care, and innovation shape the student experience in profound ways. As our learners navigate complex challenges and opportunities, your partnership with Student Affairs is essential in helping them find their path and thrive.
This year, we will continue to build connections across divisions, rethink how we reach and support students, and use innovation as a mindset that invites experimentation, reflection, and continuous improvement. With the implementation of new technology and communication strategies this year, we will be able to communicate more effectively and efficiently with our students. Together, Student Affairs and Instruction can create the conditions for equity, belonging, achievement, and discovery that define the Falls experience.
Thank you for the work you do, the compassion you bring, and the difference you make every day. I look forward to an inspiring year together.
Vice President of Student Affairs
Jim Mohr
Welcome and Appreciation from the CETL Director
Welcome to the Falls and to the SFCC Faculty Handbook!
This book was created by the Faculty Development Committee and maintained by that committee (particularly Donna Evans and Judi Throop) for several yeras. When the CETL replaced the Faculty Development Committee in 2022, the Office of EDI Program Coordinator Dahveed Bullis helped our original CETL Director Jared Anthony update it. In the summer of 2023, SFCC student Johannes De’Eldred further updated the content and migrated it to the Pressbooks platform. Dahveed and I have continued to update the handbook since the CETL has changed hands in 2024 but I want to acknowledge and thank each of these individuals for their hard and good work on this valuable faculty resource.
If you see something wrong with the book or would like to see something added, please email me at jessica.hoppe@sfcc.spokane.edu
And please keep an eye out for invitations from the CETL for professional development opportunities in the months and years ahead.
In gratitude,
Jessica Hoppe
Director of the SFCC Center for Engaged Teaching and Learning
