Support Services

Advisors help students clarify and achieve their educational goals. Advising staff also assist students with quarterly course selection, transfer planning, educational planning, and student success strategies.

Access and Disability Services (ADS) works to ensure that students with disabilities have both informational and physical access to all college resources and programs.

Pierce College provides counseling services to enrolled students at Pierce Fort Steilacoom, Pierce Puyallup, and off-site locations. Counseling services are free to enrolled students.

The TRiO program at Pierce College Fort Steilacoom provides academic and personal support in order to increase students' college success and assist them in the transfer to four-year colleges or universities.

Students who have served in the military are invited to visit the Veteran Student Center to use computers, utilize the study areas, meet with other veterans, access the textbook lending library, and get assistance with transitioning to civilian life.

Service-Learning is a teaching and learning strategy that integrates meaningful community service with instruction and reflection to enrich the learning experience, teach civic responsibility, and strengthen communities.