SBCTC NEWS LINKS | Articles about – and of interest to – Washington state community and technical colleges
SYSTEM NEWS | OPINIONS
More than 200 students receive scholarships from CBC Foundation
KVEW TV, October 2, 2009
http://www.kvewtv.com/news/index.php?story_id=18918
Minority-owned companies rising in Tri-Cities
The [multicultural business] guide … was distributed free as a community resource, said Donna Campbell, CBC's vice president for instruction, ... She said CBC would like to update the guide if the college gets more funding for it. CBC did recently get $600,000 in federal money to help revitalize Pasco's downtown … said Cruz Gonzalez, assistant vice president of grants administration.
Tri-City Herald, October 4, 2009 (Columbia Basin College)
http://www.tri-cityherald.com/business/story/741669.html
No surprise here: Financial aid applications on the rise
Yakima Herald, October 5, 2009 (includes link to HECB report, including CTCs)
http://www.yakima-herald.com/blogs/report-card/posts/23928
TRENDS| HORIZONS | EDUCATION
At Transfer Time in California, Thousands of Students Hit a Dead End
Chronicle of Higher Education, October 5, 2009
http://chronicle.com/article/At-Transfer-Time-Thousands-of/48678/
Editorial: Action needed to keep Boeing jobs in state
Walla Walla Union-Bulletin, October 5, 2009
http://www.union-bulletin.com/articles/2009/10/05/opinion/daily_editorial/091005editorialboeing.txt
POLITICS | LOCAL, STATE, NATIONAL
Environmental advocate Jay Manning is moving from the state Department of Ecology to chief of staff for Gov. Chris Gregoire.
The Olympian, October 6, 2009
http://www.theolympian.com/southsound/story/994334.html
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