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Buried treasure trove / Ranch offers both gems and geology for rock hounds
He took a geology class at Spokane Community College where his teacher Andy Buddington encouraged him to incorporate his love of geology into fun and entertainment.
Spokesman Review, August 15, 2009
http://www.spokesman.com/stories/2009/aug/15/buried-treasure-trove/
Back-to-school backup: Event offers supplies
Students from the Clover Park Technical College cosmetology program offered haircuts.
The News Tribune, August 16, 2009
http://www.thenewstribune.com/news/local/story/846477.html
CONTEST: Take Pics Of The Highline CC/Burien Town Blog Ads On A Metro Bus, Win $50 Gift Certificate!
HCC launched a new ad campaign on Metro buses this August, and now, apparently Scott’s face is plastered all over them … The problem is, Scott hasn’t yet seen any buses with his, um, interesting face on them …
B-Town Blog, August 16, 2009
Eclectic KBCS-FM overhauls programming as listener interest wanes
Seattle Times, August 17, 2009
http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/entertainment/2009674801_kbcs17m.html
One in, one to build: Habitat dedicates house, breaks ground
It was the first project completed by a framing class led by Fred Kimball and sponsored by Peninsula College and the Homebuilders Association. … Francisca deLanphear and her six children, ages 2 to 13, broke ground for their new house. An employee at Caring Hands day care, deLanphear is also a student at Peninsula College and is planning a career in nursing.
Peninsula Daily News, August 17, 2009
http://www.peninsuladailynews.com/article/20090817/news/308179994
TRENDS| HORIZONS | EDUCATION
New Carnegie Mellon U. Project Will Build Online Community-College Courses
Now Carnegie Mellon plans to work with a consortium of community colleges to set up four "high gatekeeper" courses, defined as classes that have poor success rates but are important to getting degrees. … The new project involves partnerships with a variety of associations and state systems in North Carolina, West Virginia, Kentucky, and Washington. The proposal calls for reaching 40 community-college partners within three years.
The Chronicle of Higher Education, August 14, 2009
http://chronicle.com/blogPost/New-Carnegie-Mellon-U-Project/7692/?sid=wc&utm_source=wc&utm_medium=en
At Sinclair Community College, Focus Is Jobs
Autoworkers, seeing no future in the industry, have turned to a model community college in Ohio to acquire marketable skills in other fields.
New York Times, August 15, 2009
http://www.nytimes.com/2009/08/15/business/15college.html?emc=eta1
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