Campus heads brainstorm expansion

By Judah Breitbach

“The goal is to be a destination college in five years,” said Athletic Director Rick Ross on the college pursuing an aggressive expansion plan. 

Enrollment is at a low; PC is the smallest community college in Washington State. 

Despite this, we just won a NWAC women’s soccer championship title. 

Ross knows better than most how to design a winning infrastructure. 

President Luke Robins and Vice President of Student Services Jack Huls are leading the charge along with Ross. 

Robins sent a campus wide email with a questionnaire on campus perception — this was sent as a probe, as he stated in the email, to reassess the school’s mission statement. 

Becoming a compelling two-year school that will attract students from Fort Lauderdale, to Frankfurt has more than a few roadblocks. 

Perhaps first and foremost, is how do we attract more out-of-state and international students? 

Ross suggests that a possible means of executing this is perhaps to beef up the performing arts, either by adding programs or investing more in existing programs. 

Another option is adding to the athletics arsenal. 

A tantalizing option that Ross and Huls have discussed is that of adding an e-ports team. 

The downside is relatively low. There are no travel costs as the teams compete online. 

There would be no leagues, conferences or divisions; The Pirates could play Boise State one week and Yale the next. 

If the program were to be unsuccessful, the campus would simply acquire new computers, albeit gaming specific computers. 

Other sports that have been knocked around the ballpark were women’s bowling and swimming.