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SYSTEM NEWS | OPINIONS
Pasco grad looks to start [cross country running] club at CBC
Tri-City Herald, June 13, 2010
http://www.tri-cityherald.com/2010/06/13/1063695/pasco-grad-looks-to-start-xc-club.html
Robert Ozuna appointed to YVCC Board of Trustees
Robert Ozuna, president and CEO of RGI Corporation in Sunnyside, was recently appointed to the Yakima Valley Community College Board of Trustees ...
Yakima Herald, June 22, 2010
http://www.yakima-herald.com/blogs/report-card/posts/robert-ozuna-appointed-to-yvcc-board-of-trustees
Space Needle chef's ambitions are Sky High
Executive chef Jeff Maxfield has done a masterful job of crafting a menu that focuses on local food and wine. He has pulled together a winning team that is able to execute those dishes. … Maxfield: Right after high school, I went straight to South Seattle Community College, the only ACF (American Culinary Federation) accredited school at the time in the state.
Seattle Weekly, June 22, 2010
http://blogs.seattleweekly.com/voracious/2010/06/space_needle_chefs_ambitions_a.php
Grant assists TCC, UWT transfer students
Tacoma Community College (TCC) has received a matching grant of $100,000 to fund scholarships for students who transfer to the University of Washington Tacoma (UWT).
The Hites Family Community College Scholarship Foundation awarded the grant to TCC earlier this month. Local businesses and individuals contributed $50,000 in matching funds to make the grant possible, according to TCC Foundation Executive Director Robin Echtle.
Tacoma Daily Index, June 22, 2010
http://www.tacomadailyindex.com/portals-code/list.cgi?paper=88&cat=23&id=1792223&more=0
TRENDS| HORIZONS | EDUCATION
New Chief for 2-Year-College Group
The American Association of Community Colleges announced Monday that it had selected Walter G. Bumphus, who has led two-year institutions of all types in nearly 40 years in higher education, as its new president and chief executive officer. Bumphus, now A.M. Aikin Regents Chair in Community College Leadership at the University of Texas at Austin, will succeed George R. Boggs as AACC's top official in January.
Inside Higher Ed, June 22, 2010
http://www.insidehighered.com/news/2010/06/22/bumphus
POLITICS | LOCAL, STATE, NATIONAL
Ore. governor to challenge state employee pay, benefits
Seattle PI blog, June 21, 2010
http://blog.seattlepi.com/seattlepolitics/archives/211925.asp
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