Columbia College-Whidbey Island will celebrate 10 years of education excellence from 3 to 5 p.m. Thursday at the CPO Club on Ault Field Road in Oak Harbor. All faculty, staff, students and area alumni are invited to attend.

Dr. Gerald Brouder, president of Columbia College, and MarJean Knokey, director of Columbia College-Whidbey Island, will provide remarks. Vice president for adult higher education, Mike Randerson, will also attend.

“I am proud to serve the military and civilian learners of the island,” said Knokey. “It’s an honor to be able to educated the men and women who keep America free and to help civilian students achieve their dreams.”

Columbia College-Whidbey Island was established in 2001 on Naval Air Station Whidbey Island. Today it continues to serve civilian and adult military learners in the area and is part of the college’s extended network of more than 30 nationwide campuses.

The college offers three associate and four bachelor’s degree programs as well as 21 associate, bachelor and master degrees online.

For information, go to www.ccis.edu.