Liberty Hall Open House Emphasizes Community Benefits

Administrators, faculty, and students gathered on the second floor of Liberty Hall today at 1 p.m. for a ribbon cutting ceremony and open house to showcase the new building and its partnership with Providence Medical Center.

Representatives from college administration, EvCC students,
and Providence Medical Center cut the ribbon together. 

The event included speeches from College President David Beyer, Chair of the Board of Trustees Betty Cobbs and Everett Mayor Ray Stephanson as well as from Providence Medical Center representatives, faculty member Elliot Stern, and nursing student James Harrigan.
Many of the speakers highlighted how the new building will influence the community because of the health resources it will provide, as well as how it will help improve the North Broadway neighborhood.

"This community college has fine memories for me," said Stephanson. "It's so wonderful to see this fine addition to Everett Community College."

Stephanson emphasized the role the new building will play in education for health care and criminal justice. Both the nursing program and the criminal justice program are held in Liberty Hall.

"Education of new first responders is so vitally important," he added, mentioning how the new building provides incredible resources and groundbreaking technology for students.

Everett Mayor Ray Stephanson spoke about how EvCC has
been such a positive influence to the city of Everett. 

The ribbon cutting ceremony also included a performance from drummers of the Tulalip tribe, who sang a blessing song while playing drums. The drum beats represented the paddling of a canoe, which was to show how we are all on spiritual canoes on a journey.

"We put a lot of emphasis on being healthy: body, mind, and spirit," said one of the performers.

After the ribbon cutting, guests were invited to take tours of Liberty Hall to explore some of the new technology and take a look at the clinical simulation lab.



Story by Lily Haight