Higher ed: not
everyone wants to leave the nest
Nereyda Barajas wanted to leave her hometown of Sunnyside to pursue a
college education. But she also couldn’t bear the thought of leaving home.
... Looking back, she said it may not have been so easy to leave. She
attended a summer seminar at Yakima
Valley Community College that required staying at the YVCC
dorms during parts of the week. While Yakima and Sunnyside are less than an
hour apart, Barajas was feeling homesick.
Yakima Herald, Dec. 9, 2014
Opinion: WCC
explores advancing women in STEM classes
By Heidi Ypma, math professor at Whatcom Community College. At
Whatcom Community College, we’re working to bridge that gap to create
career opportunities for women and to strengthen America’s talent pool in
these critically important fields. This type of instructional innovation is
one of Whatcom’s strengths. Today, a STEM (science, technology,
engineering and math) degree equals career opportunity. STEM education is
critical if America expects to compete in the global economy. If women
aren’t in STEM labs and classrooms, we underutilize a source of human
capital for this important work and lose potential leaders in the field.
The Bellingham Herald, Dec. 8, 2014
Guest: Honor
community-college teachers by naming college buildings
By Maureen Murphy Nutting, North
Seattle College retired history faculty
member. Does it matter what our college buildings are named? Should it
matter? Most of the faculty and staff at North Seattle College think so. We
think that it is high time to begin naming some buildings after outstanding
former faculty. There could be no better person to start with
than Lynda Wilkinson, a teacher who died last February, just as
construction of a new campus building neared completion. Wilkinson was
one of North Seattle College’s most extraordinary and beloved teachers. She
taught electronics there for 30 years, mentoring thousands of students as
well as faculty and staff. She helped many find new directions, good jobs,
and self-confidence. She gave her time and talents selflessly. Her working
days generally stretched to 16 hours, her door was always open, and her
approach was direct, sensible, supportive and compassionate.
The Seattle Times, Dec. 8, 2014
Youth
Development program graduates get skill sets for success
The sky was overcast, another gray Northwest December day. The
classroom at Everett
Community College's Jackson Conference Center was brightly
lit and full of applause, smiling faces and teens ready to conquer the
world. They were clapping for their accomplishments and their
ambitions. The 25 students had just finished an eight-week course in the
soft skills needed for success in the American workplace. They had spent
most of the past eight Saturdays learning about financial literacy, how to
make an elevator pitch, public speaking and other skills often left out of
standard school curriculums.
Everett Herald, Dec. 8, 2014
Opinion: There's
a hunger in higher ed
By Brandon Lueken, program coordinator, student programs at Bellevue College. The
students at Bellevue College, like all community colleges, have seen their
expenses rise over the past 10 years. Quarterly tuition and fees at a
community college with a standard 15 credit load costs $4,000 a year, per
the Washington State Board for Community and Technical Colleges.
... The lowest cost educational option available to students, the
reliable community college system, may soon outpace student’s ability to
pay.
Bellevue Reporter, Dec. 5, 2014
CPTC: Spreading
holiday cheer on campus
Clover Park
Technical College brought holiday cheer to campus Dec. 4 to
help ease the financial and mental stress that often occurs during the
holiday season. The Holiday House Program is an annual college-wide giving
event put on by volunteers and supported by CPTC’s Foundation. This
year the program supported 58 eligible student families, including 88
children, with presents and gift cards for the holidays. An additional 16
families received food items.
The Suburban Times, Dec. 5, 2014
College
students and inmates team up for formal debate
College students got a chance to interact with hardened inmates at the Pen
today. Those inmates included a man locked up for crimes you may remember
right here in the Tri-Cities. KEPR learned how he's trying to turn his life
around, through events like these. ... Kevin [Kafiyev] says he didn't
realize he had such a support system. But now that he knows he does, it has
inspired him to want to go to college. He has hopes of going to Udub
when he's out. The debate program with local college students from Whitman
and Walla Walla
Community College is helping Kevin reach his goals.
KEPR TV, Dec. 4, 2014
EdCC leader
elected to national executive board
Edmonds Community
College Board of Trustee Chair Emily Yim was elected to the
Association of Community College Trustees Executive Committee.
Edmonds Beacon, Dec. 4, 2014
Providing for
one of their own
Staff and students at
Centralia College came together in honor of one of their
own on Tuesday, hosting a bone marrow drive for Edward Riley, the social
media coordinator for the college. Riley was diagnosed with
myelodysplastic syndromes, otherwise known as MDS, an aggressive form of
cancer that affects the bone marrow and blood. The disease is similar to
leukemia. In all, 28 people signed up to join the bone marrow
registry, a number Tanya Nobles, a donor recruitment representative for
Puget Sound Blood Center, said was a good number.
The Centralia Chronicle, Dec. 4, 2014
Battle Ground
program puts students on health careers path
"Is this blurry?" asked Anna Gurnik, 15, pointing to the eye
chart while Matthew Matey, 6, who wears glasses, squinted at the chart and
nodded. "Let's try the row above then," she said. Gurnik has
a solid start toward her career goal of becoming a dental hygienist. She is
enrolled in the Battle Ground district's health science careers program,
which allows students to take a concentration of health science classes,
get hands-on experience in health care and earn Clark College
credit at no cost.
The Columbian, Dec. 4, 2014
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