Free textbooks:
New website helps profs find best e-books and videos
Building on several years of work with free textbook development, the
state’s community college board has created a website that highlights the
best available free- and low-cost textbooks and other educational resources
from around the country. The website is called OPEN Washington,
and its aim is to help professors and college instructors find free or
low-cost online textbooks, videos, curricula and other resources from a
wide variety of sources. It was created by the State Board for Community and
Technical Colleges (SBCTC).
The Seattle Times, July 28, 2014
The Avista
Center for Entrepreneurship program will give many ideas on starting,
growing a business
Leaders from Walla
Walla Community College in Clarkston are getting ready to
start up an entrepreneurship program and they're looking for people
interested in expanding their business or starting one from the ground up.
KLEW TV, July 28, 2014
Technical
education comes into sharper focus
North Idaho College’s Trustees recently voted to establish the new home for
NIC’s career and technical program adjacent to the Kootenai Technical
Education Campus (KTEC). It appears that NIC is evolving an organizational
structure similar to the successful model used at the Community Colleges of Spokane
(CCS).
Northern Idaho Business Journal, July 28, 2014
CPTC: Nurse
Camp
Twenty-one high school students from the MultiCare Health System Nurse Camp
2014 visited Clover
Park Technical College July 24.
The Suburban Times, July 28, 2014
Clover Park
Technical College launches its first bachelor’s degree program
The “Silver Tsunami” is on the horizon, and Clover Park Technical College is
preparing for the worst. The term refers to the more than 40,000
manufacturing workers set to retire over the next 10 years in the
Seattle-Tacoma metropolitan area, said Steve Addison, director of bachelor
degrees and new program development at the college.
The Bellingham Herald, July 27, 2014
State money
paves way for expansion of LCC children's education program
Low-income children will have a better chance of enrolling into Lower Columbia College’s
Head Start/Early Childhood Education and Assistance Program (ECEAP) this
spring after the program has received almost $300,000 this year in
expansion money.
The Longview Daily News, July 26, 2014
Archaeological
dig planned for immigrant village site on Bainbridge
Archaeologists may soon begin excavating the site of a south Bainbridge
village that teemed with Japanese immigrants a century ago. The
Bainbridge Island Historical Museum is partnering with Olympic College and
The Kitsap County Historical Society and Museum on a plan for the first
intensive archeological survey and excavation at Yama, a village that had
its heyday in the 1890s and burned down in the 1920s.
Kitsap Sun, July 26, 2014
New auto tech
company donates to PC program
Electric and hybrid technology is the future for the automotive industry,
and the Automotive Technology Program at Peninsula College just received a
boost to its program that will have its students industry-ready.
KONP, July 25, 2014
School projects
around the Valley are progressing
Yakima Valley
Community College is working on a new building scheduled to
be finished next spring. The nearly 44,000-square-foot Palmer Martin Hall
will house the art, modern language, speech and communication and education
departments. Ongoing work is visible from Nob Hill Boulevard and 16th
Avenue as the exterior brick walls take shape. The total cost of Palmer
Martin Hall is just over $19 million.
Yakima Herald, July 25, 2014
Obama
Administration: These job-training programs are the most effective
The Workforce Innovation and Opportunity Act, signed Tuesday by Biden and
the President, is a culmination of Biden’s review on the
employment and training programs that are the most effective in getting
skilled people into needed jobs. ... According to the report, there
are currently over 30 programs across the country that are most effective
in training skilled workers for jobs available now: [Listed in
alphabetical order] 1. Big
Bend Community College: Moses Lake, Washington, Big
Bend Community College has implemented I-BEST classes that provide two
instructors—one who teaches professional-technical content, and one who
supports the development of basic skills. I-BEST programs support English
as a Second Language students, and help train all students for a career or
higher-paying jobs.
eCampus News, July 24, 2014
Trustees extend
LCC President Chris Bailey's contract
Lower Columbia
College President Chris Bailey will be around at least
through the 2016-2017 school year, after the Board of Trustees voted to
extend his contract by a year earlier this week.
The Longview Daily News, July 24, 2014
Taxiway at
Grant County International Airport to be replaced
A new taxiway is slated for the Grant County International Airport.
... “This is one of our busiest runways and it’s used by (Big Bend Community College)
for virtually all of its flight training activity,” Port Executive Director
Pat Jones said.
iFIBER One News, July 24, 2014
YVCC Students
Quadcopter to Aid With Potential Fire Areas
Four students and a professor at Yakima
Valley Community College have teamed up with The Nature
Conservancy to create a quad-copter to aid in forest health and
restoration.
KAPP TV, July 24, 2014
Pierce College
hires Col. Mark Haskins as new Executive Director for Military Programs
Retired United States Air Force Col. Mark Haskins will join Pierce College as
the new Executive Director of Military Programs later this summer.
The Suburban Times, July 24, 2014
CPTC: An
Evening of Glamour at Midsummer Night’s Hair Show
The McGavick Student Center at Clover
Park Technical College was turned into a fashion runway
July 22. Hair models walked the catwalk to showcase the creative talents
and imaginations of students from the Cosmetology Program for the Midsummer
Night’s Hair Show and 50th Anniversary event.
The Suburban Times, July 24, 2014
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