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Back to School Guide: Fall 2025

Welcome Back, Cardinals!

Join Us On Campus!

Student Life has planned a number of events that will help welcome students and staff to campus this quarter. You are invited to participate in any and all – connecting with each other, connecting with students, and building community.

Visit Cardinal Connect to learn more!

Student Support Services and Resources

We are here for you and ready to help you get started! Find resouces and information to help you apply, placement options, and enrolling in classes.

For help with Canvas through eLearning, visit the eLearning homepage.

Need help with your classes? SVC offers in-person and online tutoring for both Mount Vernon and Whidbey Island campuses. In addition, all students can access online tutoring through the Western eTutoring Consortium at any time of the year and the Online Writing Center.

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TRIO Student Support Services is a federal grant program that welcomes you into a caring community and provides a sense of place at SVC. Our services support you in reaching your academic goals. We provide personal advising, free one-on-one tutoring, transfer assistance and planning, and much more. Learn more about our program and apply to participate at the TRIO homepage.

The SVC Libraries at Mount Vernon and Whidbey Island are ready to help you be successful!

Not sure how we can best help you? Email mv.library@skagit.edu and a librarian will be happy to help you!


The Diversity Center is located in Cardinal Center C-177 on the Mount Vernon Campus and is open Monday-Friday from 9 a.m.-4 p.m. The Diversity Center offers a safe and affirming space for people from historically marginalized communities and offers resources such as: diverse library, fridge, microwave, study tables, desktops, and lounging space complete with couches and a TV. There will occasionally be programs hosted in this space as well.

The Office for Equity and Inclusion is pleased to partner with our community organizations to offer opportunities to our community to attend Skagit Valley College. SVC is pleased to offer a parent leadership training, Escuela para Padres in Spanish, to support parents with navigating and learning about the United States school system and how to support their children while they are remote learning during the pandemic. If you wish to enroll, please email Yadira Rosales for more information, Yadira.Rosales@skagit.edu

The Office of Student Equity and Inclusion Services assists traditionally underrepresented students achieve academic success through counseling and programming activities. Our programs facilitate student success by fostering and sustaining an inclusive campus community. Our goal is to develop programs and resources that promote multicultural and social justice awareness, education, and appreciation for diversity. We support a welcoming, safe, and constructive environment for all students. Our office is located in the Cardinal Center C-190 suite with Student Life.

We understand challenges can arise during your educational journey and we are here to support you. SVC offers several emergency funding resources. These funds can help pay for technology, tuition, food, housing, healthcare, childcare, and other basic needs. SVC students in need of financial support should visit the Emergency Assistance page for a comprehensive list of available resources.

Sign-ups will be available through a Canvas announcement on Tuesdays. Students sign up ahead of time for pick-up which will take place in the Cardinal Center, room C-190 at the Mount Vernon campus or in Old Main, room B-116 at the Whidbey Island campus. We do our best to partner with local food distribution organizations such as Skagit Gleaners and Helping Hands as well. Please direct questions to Melissa Kristofferson.

For information about the SVC Food Pantry and additional community resources, visit the Student Basic Needs Resources page.

We are excited to have our SVC student-athletes return to NWAC competition, following College and NWAC health and safety guidelines. Stay connected and updated with the Cardinals. Visit the Athletics website.

SVC offers expanded access to Wi-Fi at several SVC parking lots:
  • Mount Vernon Campus: Laura Angst Hall (Lot L1) and Joe Reeves Hall (Lot L2).
  • Whidbey Island Campus: Wi-Fi from SVC and the Sno-Isle Library cover the parking lots.

Visit the Library website for information on free/low-cost internet and other low-cost technology services.

Taking Math online can be challenging. SVC is offering in-person support for all students registered for an SVC Math course. All in-person Math support will be offered by SVC Math faculty and will be available on both the Mount Vernon and Whidbey Island campuses. This service is offered free of charge to all registered students. 

SVC’s Worker Retraining program can provide scholarships if you wish to gain skills in a high wage, high demand field. Our program assists students who receive unemployment benefits, as well as displaced homemakers, those discharged from military service, those who were self-employed and now unemployed, and those who have applied for Trade Act benefits regardless of your application status. Washington’s Employment Security Department offers the Training Benefits program, which offers additional weeks of unemployment benefits so eligible claimants can train for careers in high demand fields.

  • The number of weeks you can receive Training Benefits varies according to your claim, but it is usually 26. These are in addition to the weeks you are eligible for, when not in training!
  • If approved for training benefits, you do not have to look for work as long as you are enrolled and making satisfactory progress in your training program.
  • The Employment Security Department does not pay for books, tuition, or school-related fees, but SVC’s Worker Retraining program does!

For more information about Worker Retraining, email Lisa Barnett, Lisa.Barnett@skagit.edu.