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SYSTEM NEWS | OPINIONS
Bellevue College President Jean Floten to receive Phi Beta Kappa Pathfinder Award
Bellevue Reporter, March 15, 2010
http://www.pnwlocalnews.com/east_king/bel/community/87697817.html
Investment earning spike SVC scholarship funds
Whidbey News Times, March 17, 2010
http://www.pnwlocalnews.com/whidbey/wnt/business/88216207.html
Getting a Running Start
By YVCC Running Start Student Azalea Koestler
Yakima Unleashed Blog, March 17, 2010
http://unleashed.yakimablogs.com/2010/03/17/getting-a-running-start/
Toyota Honors WVC instructors
KPQ Radio, March 19, 2010
http://www.kpq.com/modules.php?name=News&file=article&sid=1980
Music is a Part of Him
Featuring Ben Barg, YVCC Running Start Student
Yakima Unleashed Blog, March 19, 2010
http://unleashed.yakimablogs.com/2010/03/19/music-is-a-part-of-him/
Governor Gregoire announces April Student Employment Month
Note: As a rule, student newspaper articles are not included in News Links, but this article highlights a system-wide proclamation and the value of work-study and on-campus work experience.
Centralia CC Blue & Gold, March 19, 2010
CBC ag program faces growing demand
Tri-City Herald, March 21, 2010
http://www.tri-cityherald.com/2010/03/21/947269/cbc-ag-program-faces-growing-demand.html
Grants revitalize downtown Pasco with Latino style
Now, seven more businesses will get new facades and their owners will receive education through a partnership with Columbia Basin College. ...
Tri-City Herald, March 22, 2010
http://www.tri-cityherald.com/2010/03/22/948166/grant-program-revitalizing-downtown.html
Pierce County students among best in state community colleges
Ten Pierce County college students will be honored as members of the 2010 All-Washington Academic Team at noon Thursday at South Puget Sound Community College in Olympia. Bates Technical College, Clover Park Technical College, Pierce College Fort Steilacoom, Pierce College Puyallup, Tacoma Community College.
The News Tribune, March 22, 2010
http://www.thenewstribune.com/2010/03/22/1118949/pierce-county-local-students-among.html
Native American students and dropouts: Confronting the problem
Now 27, Alphonse eventually got her G.E.D. She attends Seattle Central Community College and hopes to transfer to Seattle University and pursue a career in the health care industry. … One of the Yakama educators he has collaborated with is Patsy Whitefoot [YVCC Board of Trustee Chair], the president of the Indian Education Association who went to boarding school on the Yakama reservation when she was a little girl.
Seattle Post Intelligencer, March 22, 2010
http://www.seattlepi.com/local/417108_nativeeducation22.html
OC to Offer Training for Three New 'Green' Certifications
Kitsap Sun, March 22, 2010
http://www.kitsapsun.com/news/2010/mar/22/oc-to-offer-training-for-three-new-green/
LCC to spend $1.55 million on campus upgrades
The Daily News, March 22, 2010
http://www.tdn.com/news/local/article_025168a2-354a-11df-ad88-001cc4c03286.html
TRENDS| HORIZONS | EDUCATION
Student Loan Bill Poised to Pass in Health Vote
Under the new legislation, the government would expand an existing direct lending program, eliminating the fees paid to banks.
New York Times, March 22, 2010
http://www.nytimes.com/2010/03/22/education/22pell.html?emc=eta1
Aim High Without Fear
Social scientists have long speculated that those who aspire to a college degree but fail to attain one will suffer psychologically as a result of reaching too high for dreams they couldn't realize. … But new research suggests otherwise, and may reinforce the views of those who (like President Obama) say that aiming high is always the best message to send young people.
Inside Higher Ed, March 22, 2010
http://www.insidehighered.com/news/2010/03/22/adjustment
What Part-Timers Want
Inside Higher Ed, March 22, 2010
http://www.insidehighered.com/news/2010/03/22/adjunct
POLITICS | LOCAL, STATE, NATIONAL
Student Aid and Financial Responsibility Act (SAFRA)
Fact sheets per congressional district on impact of SAFRA with useful messages about the legislation.
Congressional Education & Labor Committee, March 2010
http://edlabor.house.gov/blog/2010/03/education-reconciliation-landm.shtml
Gregoire names Jill Satran deputy chief of staff
Tri-City Herald, March 22, 2010
http://www.tri-cityherald.com/2010/03/22/948703/gregoire-names-jill-satran-deputy.html
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