Centralia College is in the middle of
its summer quarter, but some of the students on their campus Thursday were
noticeably younger than college age. The college hosted students from W.F.
West High School for one day out of the school’s five-day summer STEM
academy delving into science, technology, engineering and mathematics, or
STEM, training. It was only a fraction of the entirety of the camp, but
staff at the college gave the students — including many freshmen and
sophomores — a glimpse and a hands-on preview of what they could study in
college.
Centralia Chronicle, August 9, 2014
WCC developing
health care programs with $567,500 grant
Picture a patient talking to a doctor after being diagnosed with a serious
illness. As the doctor discusses treatment plans, prescriptions, and
prognosis, the patient’s mind is reeling. Often, the patient’s eyes glaze
over and they don’t retain information about the illness or treatment plan.
To combat this and other problems, the Affordable Care Act created a new
category of workers to guide patients through the health care process. ...
To fill that need, Whatcom
Community College is developing programs to prepare
students and health care workers for emerging careers in health care with
the help of a $567,500 grant from the State Board for Community and Technical Colleges.
... Whatcom Community College is the lead organization in the grant. Its
partner organizations include Edmonds
Community College, Seattle
Central College, Highline
College in Des Moines, Wash., and Clark College in
Vancouver, Wash.
Bellingham Business Journal, August 7, 2014
EdCC nationally
recognized for efforts to reduce student default rate
Edmonds Community
College is highlighted for its strategies to combat student
loan defaults in a national study released on July 22. The study
focuses on nine community colleges representing different geographic
locations, student-body sizes and academic offerings. It examines
predictors of loan default and strategies colleges use to prevent it.
Edmonds Beacon, August 7, 2014
LCC president
among invitees to attend White House gathering
Lower Columbia
College will be honored on a national stage Tuesday in a
White House gathering of education officials from across the nation.
... Edmonds
Community College and Lake Washington Institute of Technology
— will be represented along with other states’ schools.
The Longview Daily News, August 7, 2014
Highline
College president recognized as Pacific Region award winner
Jack Bermingham, president of Highline
College, was chosen as the Pacific Region winner of the
2014 Chief Executive Officer Award presented by the Association of
Community College Trustees.
Federal Way Mirror, August 7, 2014
Here's a first
— community colleges to coordinate training in composites
If many different colleges are going to teach students how to manufacture
with aerospace composite materials, they should make sure those students
learn much the same things. That’s the premise behind a just-launched
yearlong effort by 10 community colleges in Washington to coordinate their
course offerings in composites manufacturing. The effort is being
funded by a $135,000 grant from the Washington
state Board for Community and Technical Colleges. There
are 34 community colleges in Washington, of which 24 offer aerospace and
advanced manufacturing training. Ten of those offer composites training,
including colleges in Edmonds,
Everett and
South Seattle.
Puget Sound Business Journal, August 5, 2014
Aerospace 101:
Everett advanced manufacture training center to open this fall
By next fall, Everett
Community College’s new 37,000-square-foot aerospace
manufacturing training center should be airborne. The new
center, converted from a former medical records storage facility for
Providence Hospital, will contain hands-on training for people working in
welding, composites manufacturing, machining and operating computer-driven
milling equipment.
Puget Sound Business Journal, August 5, 2014
CPTC: Alum’s
Software Benefits Hemodialysis Technician Students
Great things have happened at
Clover Park Technical College since its Hemodialysis
Technician Program was awarded a Department of Labor grant. CPTC
received a portion of the nearly $12 million grant through its
collaboration with the Health eWorkforce Consortium. The grant enabled the
College to add an evening Hemodialysis Technician program for students
unable to attend classes during the day.
The Suburban Times, August 4, 2014
QuickStart to
College helps low-income students find education success
QuickStart is a free opportunity for low-income, first-generation
college-going seniors from area high schools to get expert help. It is a
collaborative, volunteer effort supported by staff and faculty from
FuturesNW, Western Washington University, Whatcom Community College and Bellingham Technical College
to ensure that all students have the information they need to be able to
apply to a college or university of their choice.
The Bellingham Herald, August 3, 2014
Grandview
entrepreneurs to get a boost with new business incubator
Local business owners in Grandview are about to get a boost. The port
district plans to set up an incubator. It will give some up-and-coming
companies a chance to grow. KIMA got a peek at the facility. ... The
idea is inspired by Yakima
Valley Community College, which operates two wine
incubators on its Grandview campus. Mark Wysling runs his winery from one
of them.
KIMA TV, August 1, 2014
Nels Hanson,
former head of SPSCC and Centralia College, dies at age 95
Nels Hanson, the founding president of the higher education district that
came to include South
Puget Sound Community College, died on Saturday of natural
causes at his home in Lacey’s Panorama City. He was 95. Hanson
was the first president of Centralia
College, and helped create legislation that established the
state’s Community College Act of 1967.
The Olympian, July 31, 2014
Columbia Basin
College teacher has chemistry with teaching science
A force of nature. That's one way to describe Karen Grant. Now Columbia Basin College's
chemistry professor also can be called a fellow of the American Chemical
Society, the largest scientific society in the world.
The Tri-City Herald, July 31, 2014
How Drones
Could Make Forest Restoration Easier
Drones could soon be the newest gadgets in forest conservation. A
group of college students in Washington recently built and tested a drone
that will survey the health of the forest. The hope is that drones will
speed up restoration efforts and save some money. “You guys ready for
the test flight?” asked Ryan Haugo, a forest ecologist with The Nature
Conservancy. “Yeah, I think so,” said Rheno
Prajadipta. Prajadipta is an engineering student at Yakima Valley Community College.
Jefferson Public Radio, July 31, 2014
WVC and the budget struggles
In mid-June, we had the distinct pleasure of shaking the hands of Wenatchee Valley College
graduates for both the Wenatchee and Omak campuses. From short-term
certificates to two-year associate degrees, 683 Wenatchee students and 100
Omak students earned an award during the 2013-14 academic year. All now
hold a credential that proves they have completed a course of study to
prepare them to enter the next phase of their adult lives, whether a career
or continued higher education. We are proud of our graduates and
their accomplishments. At the same time, we can't help worrying about how
WVC will continue to offer affordable access to college into
the future.
Wenatchee World, July 10, 2014
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