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A first look at the new WestSide
For nearly two years, the Wenatchee School District and Wenatchee Valley College have been working on a land-swap deal. … where the college will build a new Music and Arts Center, for the Eagles Lodge property.
The Wenatchee World, February 10, 2010
http://www.wenatcheeworld.com/news/2010/feb/10/a-first-look-at-the-new-westside/
Residents come together united by love of the ukulele
Students and faculty members from the South Puget Sound Community College, The Evergreen State College and Saint Martin’s University along with members of the community have been meeting informally when time permitted
The Olympian, February 12, 2010
http://www.theolympian.com/opinion/story/1134916.html
Green jobs don't grow on trees
Opportunities for these green jobs, which sometimes pay upward of $50,000 a year, have blossomed as training efforts have increased. South Seattle Community College, for example, offers training programs for energy auditors (home-conservation advisers).
Seattle Times.
Seattle Times, February 12, 2010
http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/ecoconsumer/2011011556_ecoconsumer13m.html
Colleges, universities here brace for further budget cuts
Community Colleges of Spokane expects it likely will have to cap enrollments and use some of its reserves …
Spokane Journal of Business, February 12, 2010
http://www.sbctc.edu/docs/news/spokane02-12-10.pdf
Recovery Dollars for Health Care Training
KPLU FM, February 12, 2010
GUEST COMMENTARY: University Centers create economic opportunity
By James Gaudino, Central Washington University president; Jack Oharah, Edmonds Community College president.
The Herald, February 13, 2010
http://www.heraldnet.com/article/20100213/OPINION03/701039951
New college program will focus on peace, rights issues
Spokane Falls Community College is preparing to launch a Peace Studies program that would be the first for a community college in the state of Washington.
Spokesman Review, February 13, 2010
http://www.spokesman.com/stories/2010/feb/13/new-college-program-will-focus-on-peace-rights/
New college program will focus on peace, rights issues
Spokane Falls Community College is preparing to launch a Peace Studies program that would be the first for a community college in the state of Washington.
Spokesman Review, February 13, 2010
http://www.spokesman.com/stories/2010/feb/13/new-college-program-will-focus-on-peace-rights/
[Grays Harbor] College Foundation announces annual Mystery Getaway fundraiser
The Daily World, February 13, 2010
http://www.thedailyworld.com/articles/2010/02/13/local_news/doc4b7662b110a32131986110.txt
LETTER: Protest over tuition was warranted
After reading Clark College President Robert K. Knight’s Feb. 7 local view, “Community, technical colleges need support,” I was extremely moved by the statement that an investment in college students now will drive economic recovery in the future.
The Columbian, February 14, 2010
http://www.columbian.com/news/2010/feb/14/protest-over-tuition-was-warranted/
Closing yacht club donates funds to students
The [Moses Lake Yacht] club’s final act will be community-minded. It will donate all of the money left in its bank account — $8,700 — to Big Bend Community College for its intervention scholarship program. That fund is used to help students who are facing a hardship finish a degree.
Columbia Basin Herald, February 15, 2010
http://www.columbiabasinherald.com/articles/2010/02/15/news/doc4b79cbc37914b371148375.txt
[Columbia Basin College] looks to fill gaps in post-Hanford economy
Tri-City Herald, February 15, 2010
http://www.tri-cityherald.com/kennewick_pasco_richland/story/902178.html
Opinion: Hope for the future slipping away for too many students
… we work in collaboration with local school districts, Whatcom Community College, Bellingham Technical College, Skagit Valley College, and Northwest Indian College.
By Bruce Shepard, Western Washington University president
The News Tribune, February 16, 2010
http://www.thenewstribune.com/opinion/regionalvoices/story/1072076.html
Environmental education group seeks memories from residents of the Strait
Peninsula Daily News, February 16, 2010 (Center of Excellence at Peninsula College)
http://www.peninsuladailynews.com/article/20100216/news/302169988
Pathways day care program faces funding cuts
Columbia Basin College provides vocational English as a second language classes and training for a child development associate certificate in the second phase …
Tri-City Herald, February 16, 2010
http://www.tri-cityherald.com/yahoonews/story/903281.html
Everett CC Instructor of 41 years puts light on eight faces of college: Lloyd Webber crafts tribute to school he loves
The Herald, February 16, 2010 http://www.heraldnet.com/article/20100216/NEWS01/702169902&news01ad=1#EvCC.Instructor.of.41.years.puts.light.on.eight.faces.of.college
TRENDS| HORIZONS | EDUCATION
GUEST COLUMN: Lawmakers must retain [state] need grants for Washington college students
By Larry Gossett, Metropolitan King County Council member
Seattle Times, February 15, 2010
http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/opinion/2011060112_guest15gossett.html
More Latino students are going away to college
In the Los Angeles Times, February 15, 2010
http://www.latimes.com/news/local/la-me-latino15-2010feb15,0,1453191.story
Student Data Systems, Unite!
U.S.-convened panel of experts, Gates grant aim to help states develop common standards to share data; effort troubles privacy advocates. more
Inside Higher Ed, February 16, 2010
http://www.insidehighered.com/news/2010/02/16/data
POLITICS | LOCAL, STATE, NATIONAL
Gregoire signs bills aimed at cutting government costs
Seattle PI, February 15, 2010
http://blog.seattlepi.com/seattlepolitics/archives/194563.asp
A whiff of mutiny among Democrats in Olympia
Democratic majorities, while large, are much less solid than the numbers indicate. Caucus mutinies are brewing over the budget and taxes, both on the left and the center. This week, some important cards will be laid on the table.
CrossCut, February 15, 2010
Lawmakers wrangle over furlough bill
The Olympian, February 16, 2010
http://www.theolympian.com/southsound/story/1139129.html
Wash. Senate approves tuition control to 3 schools
Seattle PI, February 16, 2010
http://www.seattlepi.com/local/6420ap_wa_xgr_tuition_control.html
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