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Teaching experience drew newest LCC president to career in education
Chris Bailey, a vice president at Centralia College, will become Lower Columbia College's 11th president when he replaces Jim McLaughlin in September.
Longview Daily News, June 7, 2011
http://tdn.com/news/local/article_dafb540e-915d-11e0-81c0-001cc4c03286.html
Clothing design program could be snipped from Seattle Central CC
Washington state has 34 community and technical colleges and the legislature is cutting $161 million in funding over the next two years. Colleges must decide in the next few weeks which programs with be cut back and which will be eliminated.
KING 5 News, June 6, 2011
Big Bend students may see higher costs
Students at Big Bend Community College are likely to see tuition rise by 12 percent next year. The increase follows a state budget which reduced funding to the state community and technical college system by $76.8 million during the next fiscal year and $84.3 million in fiscal year 2013. BBCC President Bill Bonaudi said administrators projected to lose about $5 million from the college's budget starting two years ago, and the projection is holding steady. "What we're starting to see is a very long waiting list of students that are waiting for classes," he said. "What the long term impact of that will be is hard to predict."
Columbia Basin Herald, June 8, 2011
http://www.columbiabasinherald.com/news/article_88c2b1c6-912d-11e0-91b6-001cc4c03286.html
Governor honors 20 smart managers
Gov. Chris Gregoire handed out her 2011 Governor’s Award for Leadership in Management citations to 20 state government managers Tuesday. Among the recipients: Jan Yoshiwara – Her leadership helped earn national recognition for the State Board for Community & Technical Colleges’ student achievement initiative.
The Olympian, June 8, 2011
http://www.theolympian.com/2011/06/08/1679466/governor-honors-20-smart-managers.html
EVOO Cannon Beach hires Liberty (and RTC) grad as new sous chef
Bidema came to EVOO as its first intern in 2007 as part of the Culinary Arts Program at Renton Technical College.
Issaquah Press, June 7, 2011
http://www.issaquahpress.com/2011/06/07/whos-news-59-10/
Dream day: Hometown Mariners draft Edmonds CC player Smith-Brennan
Everett Herald, June 8, 2011
http://www.heraldnet.com/article/20110608/BLOG05/110609832
(Several other CTC students selected in early rounds of MLB draft: Ames, LCC; Hebner, GRCC; Conwell, BC…, Seattle Times, June 7, 2011)
Lake Washington Technical College Opts to Continue Parent Ed Program
A recent decision by Lake Washington Technical College to continue funding parent education programs around the Eastside means Redmond Toddler Group (RTG) will be able to continue offering its usual classes this fall and into next year
Redmond Patch, June 8, 2011
Centralia College Tuition to Jump
Pending approval by the State Board of Community and Technical Colleges, Centralia College managed to form its 2011-12 budget and absorb an estimated $1.78 million in cuts without laying off large numbers of staff — however, students will now shoulder a burden themselves as they face a 12 percent tuition increase in 2012 and another in 2013.
Centralia Chronicle, June 8, 2011
http://www.chronline.com/news/article_9c3db500-91f7-11e0-a293-001cc4c03286.html (subscription required)
York High (York, Maine) grads to head in many directions
Adam Ruger, 18, is heading west, but to Skagit Valley College in Washington State where he plans to study boat building and mechanics.
In this he was influenced by a friend of the family, York boat builder Paul Rollins, he said.
"I've always liked boats. I lobster right now," he said. As yet, he said, "I have never built a boat."
Boat-building schools in Maine seemed financially out of reach, he said, so he'll travel across the country where he knows at least one person, a relative.
SeacoastOnline, June 8, 2011
http://www.seacoastonline.com/articles/20110608-NEWS-106080320
Five W-M grads awarded Ferguson scholarships (three of the five attending Walla Walla CC)
Five graduates of Weston-McEwen High School have been awarded Ferguson Scholarships…Albee plans to continue his studies at Mt. Hood Community College. Baumann will attend Walla Walla Community College, where she will play on the volleyball team. Cain will also play volleyball at Walla Walla Community College. Greenwalt plans to study nursing at Walla Walla Community College. Harnden will attend Boise State University in the fall and plans to study mathematics.
Walla Walla Union-Bulletin, June 8, 2011
http://union-bulletin.com/stories/2011/06/08/five-w-m-grads-awarded-ferguson-scholarships
Friends of victims in Nevada plane crash plan memorial
The couple's friends at Everett Community College are desperate to get in touch with Hincapie's family…Hincapie was a bright student who was finishing up her last level of English as a second language classes at EvCC, said her instructor, John Bruemmer.
Everett Herald, June 8, 2011
http://www.heraldnet.com/article/20110608/NEWS01/706089815
Editorial: The ugly reality of college access in Washington
It could have been worse: That’s about as good as the news gets for students struggling with how they’ll pay their tuition bills at the state’s colleges and universities this fall.
The News Tribune, June 8, 2011
http://www.thenewstribune.com/2011/06/08/1697186/the-ugly-reality-of-college-access.html
TRENDS| HORIZONS | EDUCATION
Obama stresses need for manufacturing job training
With jobs and the economy topping Americans' concerns, President Obama headed to a community college in Northern Virginia to highlight the need to train workers for the manufacturing jobs he believes are key to strengthening the economy.
MSNBC, June 8, 2011
Another Round
The latest -- and perhaps the last, at least for now -- of a series of hearings on for-profit colleges in the Senate Committee on Health, Education, Labor and Pensions opened in a changed atmosphere.
Inside Higher Ed, June 8, 2011
http://www.insidehighered.com/news/2011/06/08/harkin_hearing_on_for_profit_colleges
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