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SYSTEM NEWS | OPINIONS
Grandview college teaches the language of wine
Classes are at Yakima Valley Community College in Grandview and are presented by Wenatchee Valley College.
Mid Columbia Tri City Herald, March 29, 2009
http://www.tri-cityherald.com/915/story/525441.html
Clark County uncorks an industry
. . . the winery association is working on viticulture education in Clark College in Vancouver. Norm Banks, winemaker at Confluence, is part of an advisory committee working with Clark College to develop a program in oenology, the science of winemaking.
The Oregonian, March 30, 2009
http://www.oregonlive.com/business/index.ssf/2009/03/clark_county_uncorks_an_indust.html
Bellingham Technical College students head to culinary competition
Bellingham Herald, April 1, 2009
http://www.bellinghamherald.com/102/story/854676.html
Competition stiff for scholarships
Lynnwood Enterprise, April 1, 2009 (Edmonds CC, Shoreline CC)
Bilingual viticulture education program benefits local vineyard
Othello Outlook, April 1, 2009 (Yakima Valley CC, Wenatchee Valley)
http://othellooutlook.com/?p=521
Igniting excitement for literature
The Easterner, April 1, 2009 (Spokane CC, Spokane Falls CC)
BUDGET-RELATED SYSTEM NEWS
Skagit Valley College to be hit by budget cuts
KAPS Radio, April 1, 2009
http://www.kapsradio.com/kaps-radio-660am-news-headlines/svc-to-be-hit-by-budget-cuts/
Yakima Valley Community College Feeling the Pain of Budget Cuts
KNDO/KNDU Tri-Cities, April 1, 2009
http://www.kndu.com/global/story.asp?s=10114492
Building upgrades could prepare schools for post-recession boom
Spokesman Review, April 2, 2009 (Spokane CC, Spokane Falls CC)
CBC vocational building among proposed projects
Tri-City Herald, April 2, 2009
http://www.tri-cityherald.com/kennewick_pasco_richland/story/530111.html
Wenatchee Valley College in line for new arts, music center
The Wenatchee World April 2, 2009
House capital budget includes money for local construction, soil cleanup
… replacement of two buildings at Yakima Valley Community College
Yakima Herald, April 2, 2009
TRENDS| HORIZONS | EDUCATION
Skills to Learn, to Restart Earnings
New York Times, April 2, 2009
http://www.nytimes.com/2009/04/02/business/retirementspecial/02reskill.html?_r=1
POLITICS | LOCAL, STATE, NATIONAL
With billions to cut, state budget negotiations begin
Gregoire proposed $372 million in cuts, offset partly with tuition hikes of 7 percent for universities and 5 percent for community and technical colleges
The Herald, April 1, 2009
http://www.enterprisenewspapers.com/article/20090401/NEWS01/704019826/0/ETPZONELT
Tuition rates still in flux, student voice lacking
UW Daily, April 2, 2009
http://dailyuw.com/2009/4/2/tuition-rates-still-flux-student-voice-lacking/
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