{"id":9339,"date":"2019-10-11T16:44:00","date_gmt":"2019-10-11T16:44:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.blackbaud.com\/customer-stories\/williamson-college-of-the-trades"},"modified":"2025-01-21T15:34:14","modified_gmt":"2025-01-21T20:34:14","slug":"williamson-college-of-the-trades","status":"publish","type":"customer-story","link":"https:\/\/www.blackbaud.com\/customer-stories\/williamson-college-of-the-trades","title":{"rendered":"Williamson College of the Trades"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<section class=\"hero hero--customer-story\" id=\"hero--customer-story-block_74c4812ddac403110e875374ea158eb0\">\n    <div class=\"hero--customer-story__container has-image\">\n        <div class=\"hero--customer-story__container-diamonds d-none d-md-block\">\n            <div class=\"diamond-top__gradient\"><\/div>\n            <div class=\"diamond-top__green\"><\/div>\n        <\/div>\n        <div class=\"container\">\n            <div class=\"row\">\n                <div class=\"col-9 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class=\"acf-innerblocks-container\">\n<section class=\"lede-quote\" id=\"lede-quote-block_ba7d0dc91a2446a5c411d7f39fd9916f\">\n                        <div class=\"longform-content-lede-quote__content\">\n                <img decoding=\"async\" class=\"longform-content-lede-quote__content__image\" src=\"https:\/\/www.blackbaud.com\/wp-content\/plugins\/blackbaud-blocks\/blocks\/acf-longform-lede-quote\/\/img\/quote-rectangle.svg\" alt=\"quotes\">\n                <p class=\"body-medium body-large\"><span class=\"blue-highlight\">\u201cOur technology solution is now on par with the best-practice education we provide our students.<\/span> That is truly exciting for all of us invested in the future fulfillment of Williamson\u2019s mission and vision.\u201d<\/p>\n            <\/div>\n                            <div class=\"longform-content-lede-quote__name\">\n                Todd Zachary            <\/div>\n                            <div class=\"longform-content-lede-quote__organization\">\n                <i>Senior Vice President and Chief of Staff, Williamson College of the Trades<\/i>            <\/div>\n            <\/section>\n\n<section class=\"lede-paragraph\" id=\"lede-paragraph-block_518d1b40fab1ed721327f3303cd1e14c\">\n    <div class=\"lede-paragraph__heading\">\n        <span class=\"tag\">\n            Overview        <\/span>\n    <\/div>\n    <p class=\"body-large\">\n        Learn how Williamson College of the Trades delivered a big-university experience from a tight-knit\r\ncommunity with the right education management partner.    <\/p>\n    <\/section>\n\n\n<section class=\"wysiwyg wysiwyg-white white-bg\" id=\"wysiwyg-block_c797b22ae9229955cf42d4366977d2a9\">\n            <h3>Williamson College of the Trades partners<br \/>\nwith Blackbaud to integrate entire campus like<br \/>\nnever before.<\/h3>\n<p class=\"body-medium\">Williamson College of the Trades aims to provide young men in need with<br \/>\nthe opportunity to become respected leaders and productive members of society. Since 1888, the college has offered academic, trade, technical, leadership, moral, and religious education based on the values of faith, integrity, diligence, excellence, and service. About 100 young men\u2014generally over 75% of whom are federal Pell Grant eligible\u2014each year receive a fully-funded, three-year education valued at nearly $100,000 through Williamson College. Students have the choice to focus on a trade, such as carpentry, masonry, machine tools technology, paint and coatings technology, landscaping and turf management, or power plant technology.<\/p>\n<p class=\"body-medium\">\u201cFor these young men, college may have never been a real consideration,\u201d<br \/>\nsaid Todd Zachary, Senior Vice President and Chief of Staff. \u201cBut now they\u2019re<br \/>\nbeing offered a $97,000 scholarship and\u2014with hard work\u2014a ticket to a<br \/>\nsuccessful career.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"body-medium\">\nWilliamson\u2019s graduates enjoy a 98% job placement rate, with the remaining<br \/>\n2% accounting for students who go on to pursue higher education. \u201cFor the most recent graduating class, we had 175 companies competing for 79 graduates,\u201d Zachary said. \u201cOn average, graduating students often receive four to five highly competitive offers in their specific discipline.\u201d<\/p>\n    <\/section>\n\n\n<section class=\"wysiwyg wysiwyg-white white-bg\" id=\"wysiwyg-block_d317b06de9afbf33cf04773456cf8dec\">\n            <h3>A New Solution for New Needs<\/h3>\n<p class=\"body-medium\">With growing expectations from its faculty and students, the need for<br \/>\na more robust education management solution became increasingly<br \/>\napparent. Williamson\u2019s search for the right solution began and eventually<br \/>\nended with Blackbaud.<\/p>\n<p class=\"body-medium\">\n\u201cWe looked at a number of options in addition to Blackbaud. You name it, we looked at it,\u201d Zachary said. \u201cBut our 20-plus year history with Blackbaud and its solutions for higher education held the promise of providing everything we wanted to achieve and more.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"body-medium\">Blackbaud solutions\u2019 ease of use, customizability, and robust set of<br \/>\nfeatures made the decision easy for the team at Williamson. The college implemented Blackbaud\u2019s comprehensive cloud solution for higher education institutions\u2014which includes enrollment management, student information<br \/>\nmanagement, learning management, and billing management, plus<br \/>\nfundraising and relationship management and financial management\u2014to<br \/>\nintegrate each facet of the college\u2019s operations, from back-office processes<br \/>\nto student engagement.<\/p>\n<p class=\"body-medium\">\nFor example, critical records and information previously managed in simple<br \/>\nspreadsheets now reside in one location for all to review, revise, and access<br \/>\nin real time. \u201cAll of our information will now be interactive and digitally<br \/>\nintegrated,\u201d Zachary said. \u201cThere\u2019s no need for staff or students to physically<br \/>\nvisit separate offices for different items that were once only available in hardcopy format and filed away in someone\u2019s office.\u201d<\/p>\n    <\/section>\n\n\n<section class=\"wysiwyg wysiwyg-white white-bg\" id=\"wysiwyg-block_701ea45a3f0432a76e6acb751d933346\">\n            <h3>Discovering Untapped Possibilities<\/h3>\n<p class=\"body-medium\">Williamson is eager to enhance the faculty-student relationship with<br \/>\npersonalized touchpoints, where instructors view a complete picture of each<br \/>\nstudent\u2019s history, progress, and records\u2014all available in an integrated system.<br \/>\nLikewise, students will get a big-university experience within the tight-knit<br \/>\nWilliamson College community. Students will have the ability to track and manage their college experience more so than ever before by accessing all<br \/>\ninformation in a single place, with a single login\u2014anywhere, any time and on<br \/>\ntheir mobile devices.<\/p>\n<p class=\"body-medium\">\n\u201cTo keep the analogy in the trades, it\u2019s like we\u2019ve been walking around using<br \/>\na tool kit that had a flathead screwdriver and a pair of pliers,\u201d Zachary said.<br \/>\n\u201cAnd now, in addition to those items, we have a full set of socket wrenches,<br \/>\nseveral types of pliers, numerous hammers, high-tech laser levels, and a slew<br \/>\nof tools we have never had before.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"body-medium\">\nAs Williamson College of the Trades receives its new class of freshmen<br \/>\nand welcomes back returning upperclassmen, the college is poised to<br \/>\noffer enhanced functionality that will improve each student\u2019s experience.<br \/>\n\u201cOur technology solution is now on par with the best-practice education<br \/>\nwe provide our students,\u201d Zachary said. \u201cThat is truly exciting for all of us<br \/>\ninvested in the future fulfillment of Williamson\u2019s mission and vision.\u201d<\/p>\n    <\/section>\n\n<section class=\"pull-quote pull-quote__top-bottom white-bg\" id=\"pull-quote-block_985ab735b92d0520d27f26122857ebac\">\n    <div class=\"pull-quote__wrapper\">\n                <div class=\"pull-quote__wrapper-content\">\n            <div class=\"pull-quote__wrapper-quote\">\n                <h4 class=\"h5\">\u201cOur 20-plus year history with Blackbaud and its solutions for higher education held the promise of providing everything we wanted to achieve and more.\u201d<\/h4>\n            <\/div>\n            <div class=\"pull-quote__wrapper-name\">\n                Todd Zachary            <\/div>\n                            <div class=\"pull-quote__wrapper-role\">\n                    Senior Vice President and Chief of Staf                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