SBCTC NEWS LINKS | Articles about – and of interest to – Washington state community and technical colleges
SYSTEM NEWS | OPINIONS
Port and WWCC talk about expansion concept
KLEW TV, July 9, 2009 – includes video link
http://www.klewtv.com/news/local/50406062.html
New training center a message to Boeing
Snohomish County teamed up with an aerospace group and two community colleges [Edmonds, Spokane] Thursday in an effort to keep the Boeing Co. and related employers in Washington state.
The Herald, July 10, 2009
http://www.heraldnet.com/article/20090710/BIZ/707109984/1005
Job training will get boost / Aerospace institute plans two new sites
Snohomish County plans to lease a 30,000-square-foot building at Everett’s Paine Field to be a “centralized training center” for aircraft mechanics and technicians, Reardon said. Spokane Community College, which now runs an aircraft technician program at Felts Field, plans to open a similar facility at Spokane International Airport.
Spokesman Review, July 10, 2009
http://www.spokesman.com/stories/2009/jul/10/job-training-will-get-boost/
Gourmet dining on the cheap
Grilled sea scallops with a watercress lemon butter sauce, a chevre-stuffed artichoke with sorrel butter, and wild salmon noisettes with a ginger peach glaze. It all sounds super fussy — and that, it is. But that’s just fine with Bates Technical College culinary instructor Roger Knapp, who, with a team of second-year Bates culinary students, introduced the college’s first fine dining service June 16 in a small dining room that flanks the Bates cafeteria.
Locally, South Puget Sound Community College in Olympia and Olympic College in Bremerton are two of the 11 ACF accredited postsecondary schools in Washington state.
The News Tribune, July 10, 2009
http://www.thenewstribune.com/ae/story/806372.html
Bleak Economy Squeezes Community Colleges
It's a similar story in California, Arizona and, according to Norma Kent of the American Association of Community Colleges, at almost every one of her group's 1,200 member schools.
"The state of Washington, for example, has experienced the highest budget cut for the community colleges that they've ever had," she says. "The state of Californi is in very dire straits that you hear about every day. And they've projected that they may turn away as many as 200,000 students this year."
NPR, July 10, 2009
http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=106450201
TRENDS| HORIZONS | EDUCATION
Oregon governor plans to veto higher ed cuts
The Oregonian, July 10, 2009
http://www.oregonlive.com/politics/index.ssf/2009/07/gov_ted_kulongoski_plans_to.html
Scientist shortage? Maybe not
USA Today, July 8, 2009
http://www.usatoday.com/tech/science/2009-07-08-science-engineer-jobs_N.htm
POLITICS | LOCAL, STATE, NATIONAL
Will the last reporter in Olympia please turn off the computers?
Seattle Times, July 10, 2009
FRIDAY LITE NEWS
Monkeys recognize poor grammar
National Geographic News, July 8, 2009
http://news.nationalgeographic.com/news/2009/07/090708-monkey-grammar.html
Obama to Hold Job Performance review with every American Worker
The Onion, 2009
http://www.theonion.com/content/video/obama_to_hold_job_performance
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