Edmonds Community College hired Dr. Steve Woodard as the new Dean for Student Success: Retention and Completion.

In his new role, Woodard will provide leadership and vision for student support services such as the Advising Resource Center, Counseling and Resource Center, Wellness Center, Services for Students with Disabilities and the Veterans Resource Center.

“My focus will be on building community,” Woodard said. “My main goals are to increase and strengthen the capacities of our current services and broaden the student scope, perspective and experience.”

Woodard initially joined the Edmonds Community College team in 2014 as a Navigator in the PACE-IT program — an online competency-based IT certificate program — where he worked primarily in structuring and staffing student services programming.