Tuesday, July 28, 2009

NEWS LINKS | July 28, 2009

 

SBCTC NEWS LINKS | Articles about – and of interest to – Washington state community and technical colleges


 

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White collar workers finding new gigs in big rigs (Bates Technical College)

KING 5, July 28, 2009

http://www.king5.com/topstories/stories/NW_072809BUB-truck-driving-schools-LJ.852d2b48.html

 

2 Wash. state college boards meet together

Seattle P-I.com, July 28, 2009

http://www.seattlepi.com/printer2/index.asp?ploc=t&refer=http://www.seattlepi.com/local/6420ap_wa_washington_colleges.html

 

OLYMPIA: Budget would fund 'bioregion initiative'

“Baird…also said…he secured $375,000 for science, technology, engineering and math (STEM) education programs at Centralia College.”

Tacoma News Tribune, July 28, 2009

http://www.thenewstribune.com/news/northwest/story/825659.html

 

Bellevue College bestows inaugural Lockwood Distinguished Faculty Award on developer of college’s 1st bachelor’s degree

Bellevue Reporter, July 24, 2009

http://www.pnwlocalnews.com/east_king/bel/community/51591672.html

 

A WWI veteran celebrates 109 in Spokane, Wash.

“An active golfer well into his 90s, Jack decided at age 94 that he would earn his high school diploma, a feat he accomplished in 1996, at age 96. He immediately enrolled at Spokane Community College in a class on Albert Einstein's theory of relativity.”

Anderson Valley Post, July 28, 2009

http://www.andersonvalleypost.com/news/2009/jul/28/a-wwi-veteran-celebrates-109-in-spokane-wash/

 

 

 


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