About Centers of Excellence

The Washington State Community and Technical Colleges sponsors 11 Centers of Excellence.  A Center for Excellence is a college designated as a statewide leader in specialized workforce education and training for industry that help the state’s economy grow.  Centers serve as a point-of-contact and resource hub for industry trends, best practices, innovative curriculum, and professional development opportunities.  Centers maximize resources by bringing together workforce education and industry partners in order to develop highly-skilled employees for targeted industries. 
The Center of Excellence for Advanced Materials and Processing at Edmonds and Everett Community Colleges won the distinction as a Center through a competitive process based on rigorous criteria that seek to ensure Edmonds and Everett Community Colleges are poised to provide statewide educational leadership.