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Schools, cops
hope for the best and plan for the worst
Following last week’s tragedy at Marysville-Pilchuck High School,
Bremerton School District Superintendent Aaron Leavell sent a reassuring
automated phone message to parents and guardians of local students.
... Wolfe said officers often visit Olympic College and Bremerton
schools to familiarize themselves with campus layouts. An active shooter
training was held at OC last year and law enforcement agencies are hoping
to hold a similar exercise at Bremerton High School next year, Wolfe
said.
Bremerton Patriot, Oct. 29, 2014
Washington
colleges take aim at preventing sexual assaults
About 425 staffers from more than 50 Washington community, private and
public four-year colleges will gather at the University of
Washington’s Seattle campus Thursday to discuss how to prevent college
sexual assaults. In the past year, there’s been a heightened concern
nationally about sexual assaults on campus, as officials raise
concerns about both the emotional and academic impact these attacks can
have on students. States and individual colleges have passed new laws and
policies aimed at curbing sexual assaults. But there’s disagreement
about the best approach.
The Seattle Times, Oct. 29, 2014
Community
leaders gather to celebrate veterans’ center in Lacey
About 100 people were on hand Wednesday to celebrate the opening of the
Lacey Veterans Services Office, an office that will provide convenient
counseling services for active duty members of the military, veterans and
their families in the area. ... In addition to the veterans office,
Rowe Six is set to be occupied by the new Lacey campus of South Puget Sound Community
College. ... SPSCC’s President Dr. Timothy Stokes,
who also attended the dedication, said the main building is expected to
open a year from now.
The Olympian, Oct. 29, 2014
Fresh Sheet: Sugar
artist doesn’t take cake
While Spokane’s Bob Lombardi helped his three-person team win the “Small
Scare” challenge, it wasn’t enough to triumph over the entire season of
Food Network’s “Halloween Wars.” “We gave it our all. We stood
together. We overcame many hurdles in our path,” Lombardi said.
... The sugar artist has taught culinary arts at Spokane Community College
for more than 30 years.
The Spokesman-Review, Oct. 29. 2014
Grant to aid
low-income Clark College students
Clark College
received a $20,000 grant to help people in poverty navigate social
services and education. The grant was made possible by Bank of
America. The one-time training session for 50 staff members from
Clark College and local agencies will help the partners work together to
boost access to education and services for people in Clark, Skamania and
Klickitat counties. About 44 percent of Clark College students are
low-income and first-generation college students.
The Columbian, Oct. 29, 2014
Pierce
College Puyallup Student Life challenge promotes sustainability
Pierce College
Puyallup is ramping up efforts to become even more environmentally,
socially, and economically sustainable by taking a stand against the use
of plastic bags. Every student who takes a pledge against using plastic
shopping bags will be given a free Pierce College reusable shopping bag
that reads, “Pierce College: Together Making a Difference.”
The Suburban Times, Oct. 29, 2014
Tri-City
women tell Murray paying for education, child care remain barriers
Affordable child care and education are among barriers working women in
the Tri-Cities face, Sen. Patty Murray was told during a Tuesday forum at
the Tri-Cities Business & Visitor Center. Sherry Armijo,
Abadan’s vice president of sales, told Murray and more than 50 women and
a few men that something also needs to be done to overcome the most
silent form of discrimination — low expectations. It’s important to
find a way to raise those expectations, said Armijo, who also is the chairwoman
for Columbia
Basin College’s Board of Trustees.
Tri-City Herald, Oct. 28, 2014
Columbia
Basin College houses nuclear reactor model
Columbia Basin
College is now home to a nuclear reactor model. The model
was built in the 70s and it will be used as a teaching tool for the
college's nuclear technology program.
KEPR TV, Oct. 28, 2014
At 85, Tacoma
Sumi artist Fumiko Kimura continues to explore artmaking process
How would you prepare for a showing of your own artwork — one that spans
a career of more than six decades? “Do come to my place,” offers
Fumiko Kimura over e-mail, cheerfully. “Just to let you know, my place
now looks like I could be evicted.” The Nisei artist, now 85 years old,
is currently storing most of her paintings at her home, in order to select
and mount them for a retrospective show at Tacoma Community College
in November.
The International Examiner, Oct. 28, 2014
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HORIZONS | EDUCATION
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Yellen:
Awareness of economists' diversity needed
Federal Reserve Chair Janet Yellen says she wants to raise awareness of
the need for diversity among economists, with relatively few women and
minorities still choosing to major in economics in college.
The Olympian, Oct. 30, 2014
More
specificity on benefits of community college
Disadvantaged students who enroll at community colleges and who would not
otherwise have attended college are more likely to earn a bachelor's
degree in the future, according to a newly released research paper.
And while many policies focus on getting students into four-year colleges
instead of community colleges, the study found that the vast majority of
community college students do not suffer a penalty to their eventual likelihood
of completing a bachelor's degree.
Inside Higher Ed, Oct. 29, 2014
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POLITICS | LOCAL, STATE, NATIONAL
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Gainful
employment arrives
The U.S. Department of Education today will release what is likely the
Obama administration’s last chance to set regulations to clamp down on
for-profit colleges. But this second iteration of “gainful employment”
rules will fail to please either advocates for the for-profit sector or
its critics.
Inside Higher Ed, Oct. 30, 2014
Lawyers, high
court justices debate school funding
The debate over money for education was heard at the Washington Supreme
Court again on Tuesday. But this time it had to do with the state's new
commitment to public charter schools. A coalition of teachers,
parents and community groups is suing the state to stop the new charter
system from getting off the ground. The discussion Tuesday focused
on what the state constitution says about the money to be used to pay for
public schools. The central questions were: How many of those dollars are
restricted to traditional public schools? How much leeway does the
Legislature have in paying for the education of children whose parents
decide to send them to charter schools?
KOMO, Oct. 28. 2014
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