April 23, 2019

Media Contact:
Libby Siebens, community relations executive director, 509-682-6436 (Mon.-Thurs.)
Yuritzi Lozano, WVC CAMP director, 509-682-6975

The Northwest CAMP Consortium (NWCC) will be hosted at Wenatchee Valley College April 27-28. Students from WVC’s College Assistance Migrant Program (CAMP) and more than a dozen CAMP programs from Washington, Idaho and Oregon will be in attendance. 

The theme for this year’s NWCC is: “Cultivating student leadership and community engagement.” Over 400 students, staff and volunteers are expected to participate.

The goal of NWCC is to provide a fun, educational, and safe experience that promotes leadership, diversity, and academic success. This conference aims to prepare college students to continue to be successful scholars and encourage them to give back to their community. 

CAMP is a federally-funded initiative designed to support students from migrant and seasonal farmworker backgrounds during their first year in college. The U.S. Department of Education and Office of Migrant Education created CAMP in 1972. It was established at Wenatchee Valley College in 2009.

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Wenatchee Valley College enriches North Central Washington by serving educational and cultural needs of communities and residents throughout the service area. The college provides high-quality transfer, liberal arts, professional/technical, basic skills and continuing education for students of diverse ethnic and economic backgrounds. Visit our website, wvc.edu.

Wenatchee Valley College is committed to a policy of equal opportunity in employment and student enrollment. All programs are free from discrimination and harassment against any person because of race, creed, color, national or ethnic origin, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, the presence of any sensory, mental, or physical disability, or the use of a service animal by a person with a disability, age, parental status or families with children, marital status, religion, genetic information, honorably discharged veteran or military status or any other prohibited basis per RCW 49.60.030, 040 and other federal and laws and regulations, or participation in the complaint process.

The following persons have been designated to handle inquiries regarding the non-discrimination policies and Title IX compliance for both the Wenatchee and Omak campuses:

• To report discrimination or harassment: Title IX Coordinator, Wenatchi Hall 2322M, (509) 682-6445, title9@wvc.edu.
• To request disability accommodations: Student Access Coordinator, Wenatchi Hall 2133, (509) 682-6854, TTY/TTD: dial 711, sas@wvc.edu.