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SYSTEM NEWS | OPINIONS
Bates students to visit legislators to deliver unique message
Bates Technical College students will deliver a sweet message to several state legislators and their aides …
The Suburban Times, January 26, 2010
http://www.thesubtimes.com/2010/01/26/bates-students-to-visit-legislators-to-deliver-unique-message/
Center to provide learning experiences
KAPS Radio, January 26, 2010 (Skagit Valley College)
http://www.kapsradio.com/kaps-radio-660am-news-headlines/center-to-provide-learning-experiences/
A year after the mill
Dozens of workers laid off when Weyerhaeuser closed its Aberdeen mill on Jan. 26, 2009, have pursued new education, new jobs or other opportunities in the past year. … at least 20 former mill workers were attending South Puget Sound Community College. Dozens headed to Grays Harbor College …
The Daily World, January 27, 2010
http://www.thedailyworld.com/articles/2010/01/27/local_news/doc4b60890796ae0928978851.txt
Honors and Awards
Anita Ordóñez, director of multicultural student services at Skagit Valley College has received the Longevity Eagle Award by Opportunities Industrialization Center of Washington.
Community College Week, January 27, 2010
http://www.ccweek.com/news/templates/template.aspx?articleid=1631&zoneid=3
Highline and Federal Way schools offer head start for college
Highline Community College and Federal Way Public Schools have teamed up once again. This time the partnership hopes to replace what was lost with the closure Puget Sound Early College (PSEC) last year.
Federal Way Mirror, January 29, 2010
http://www.pnwlocalnews.com/south_king/fwm/news/83000317.html
High-Impact Practices at Community Colleges
Professor Barbara Clinton of Highline Community College has developed an Honors Program that, since its 2003 inception, has transformed hundreds of lives.
AACU liberal.education nation January 29, 2010
http://blog.aacu.org/index.php/2010/01/29/high-impact-practices-at-community-colleges-2/#more-516
OUR VIEW | Welcoming Cougars to Kitsap County
The announcement that Washington State University could offer bachelor’s degrees in engineering at Olympic College this coming August couldn’t have come at a better time.
Kitsap Sun, January 30, 2010
http://www.kitsapsun.com/news/2010/jan/30/our-view-welcoming-cougars-to-kitsap-county/
College Goal Sunday
KNDU TV, January 31, 2010 (Columbia Basin College)
Programs provide funds for education, job training
The Workforce Investment Act, Opportunity Grant, WorkFirst and Worker Retraining programs are available at most community colleges throughout the state as well as Community Colleges of Spokane. Nearly 550 people have taken advantage of these programs during the fall and winter terms at Spokane Community College alone.
Spokesman Review, January 31, 2010
http://www.spokesman.com/stories/2010/jan/31/going-far-afield/
Student veterans find strength in numbers
A new support group at Lower Columbia College is helping student veterans adjust to college life and deal with life after deployment.
The Daily News, February 1, 2010
http://www.tdn.com/news/local/article_812a8fc0-0df7-11df-845b-001cc4c002e0.html
Biology instructor adds comical learning methods
[David] Cunnington began his college career at Big Bend Community College as a music and drama major. … Barb Jacobs [Big Bend biology] is the instructor who changed his life. She "convinced me there was nothing else to study, nothing as remotely close to as interesting as biology," Cunnington said. "It really jazzed me."
North Idaho College Sentinel, February 1, 2010
Farm-fresh school lunches on the way
The Alley Café at Wenatchee Valley College will be serving up a seasonal, locally grown lunch for regional farmers and school food service directors when they meet in the campus theater
Wenatchee World, February 1, 2010
http://www.wenatcheeworld.com/news/2010/feb/01/farm-fresh-school-lunches-on-the-way/
U.S. Virgin Island teen learns trade at CBC
Tri-City Herald, February 1, 2010
http://www.tri-cityherald.com/yahoonews/story/884839.html
TRENDS| HORIZONS | EDUCATION
Tuition a hot topic at college fair
The News Tribune, January 31, 2010 (Tacoma CC)
http://www.thenewstribune.com/news/local/story/1051201.html
Top salaries at WSU jumped by nearly 23 percent
The Olympian, February 1, 2010 (CCs of Spokane)
http://www.theolympian.com/southsound/story/1122361.html
POLITICS | LOCAL, STATE, NATIONAL
Letter: Higher ed accountability
Tri-City Herald, January 29, 2010
http://www.tri-cityherald.com/letters/story/882055.html
State might still keep faith with college students it awarded [WAVE and Washington Scholar] scholarships
The News Tribune, January 31, 2010
http://www.thenewstribune.com/callaghan/story/1051162.html
Senator wants colleges to get lottery money
The News Tribune, January 31, 2010
http://www.thenewstribune.com/news/local/story/1051211.html
Labor tightens the screws on Democrats in the legislature
Angry over setbacks in the 2009 session, labor lobbyists this year are threatening to sit out the next election or run candidates against backsliding Democrats.
CrossCut, February 1, 2010
http://crosscut.com/2010/02/01/washington-legislature/19555/
MONDAY *BONUS* LITE NEWS
Chicken evades captors on Glendale campus
A quick thinking chicken has made its home at Glendale Community College. The chicken apparently has lots of friends among the students who like to feed it.
KABC TV, January 29, 2010
http://abclocal.go.com/kabc/story?section=news/local/los_angeles&id=7247013
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