Thursday, April 8, 2010

NEWS LINKS | April 8, 2010

SBCTC NEWS LINKS | Articles about – and of interest to – Washington state community and technical colleges


 

SYSTEM NEWS | OPINIONS

 

7th Annual American Indian Film Festival

Video news story about the American Indian Film Festival at Bellevue College. Includes interview with Sara Sutler-Cohen, interim social science div. chair, about the late Phil Lucas (Choctaw), BC instructor and world-renowned film-maker who founder festival.

Northwest Indian News, March 2010

http://www.nwin.tv/NWIN41.html

 

Community and Technical College

Panel of Pierce County college presidents – Lyle Quasim, Bates TC; John Walstrum, Clover Park TC; Michelle Johnson, Pierce District; Pamela Transue, Tacoma CC – discuss the state of affairs in light of budget cuts.

KBTC TV Northwest Now, April 1, 2010

http://www.kbtc.org/page.php?id=345

 

Skagit Valley College Announces Hall of Fame 2010 Inductees

Skagit Valley College (SVC) has named 18 people to its Hall of Fame, an award to honor individuals who have made extraordinary contributions to SVC or honored it by their personal achievements.

Northwest Business Monthly Magazine, April 2010
http://www.nwbmonline.com/content/newsm/news.asp?show=VIEW&a=999

SVC's Automotive Tech Program Receives National Certification

Northwest Business Monthly Magazine, April 2010

http://www.nwbmonline.com/content/newsm/news.asp?show=VIEW&a=998

 

Bellevue College receives $3 million to train IT healthcare professionals
The US Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) has awarded Bellevue College first-year funding of $3.36 million to lead a 10-state consortium of community colleges in expanding health information technology (health IT) training over the next two years.

Bellevue Reporter, April 7, 2010

http://www.pnwlocalnews.com/east_king/bel/community/89937502.html

 

Dr. Kevin McCarthy named Dean of Bellevue College’s Health Sciences, Education & Wellness Institute

Bellevue Reporter, April 7, 2010

http://www.pnwlocalnews.com/east_king/bel/community/90116627.html

 

 

TRENDS| HORIZONS | EDUCATION

 

A College Guarantees Job Offers — or Else a Refund
TIME Magazine, April 7, 2010

http://www.time.com/time/nation/article/0,8599,1978286,00.html?xid=rss-topstories

 

POLITICS | LOCAL, STATE, NATIONAL

 

Compromise found? Budget announcement expected

The News Tribune, April 8, 2010

http://www.thenewstribune.com/2010/04/08/1140128/compromise-found-budget-announcement.html

 


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