Need for more
nurses growing around Valley, across nation
With improved access to health care, the increasing number of aging baby
boomers and retirements in the medical community, industry experts are
projecting a nursing shortage that could see the United States needing
anywhere from 200,000 to 1 million nurses by 2020. The Yakima Valley’s
three nursing programs are doing their best to combat that. “The
beauty of us having the nursing programs that we have in this community” —
at Heritage University, Yakima
Valley Community College and Washington State University —
“is that people tend to stay local,” said Veronica Knudson, CEO of Yakima
Regional Medical and Cardiac Center, who worked as a nurse herself for many
years.
Yakima Herald-Republic, March 31, 2015
U.S. Labor
Department hails SCC-administered aerospace training consortium
A statewide consortium of 11 community and technical colleges designed to
train aerospace workers is getting accolades from the U.S.
Labor Department. Air Washington, administered by Spokane Community College, was
designated last week as an "exemplary workforce training program"
by the federal agency. The collaborative effort received a three-year, $20
million Labor Department grant and has developed open access curriculum and
training materials to help promote continued affordable workforce
development.
The Spokesman-Review, March 30, 2015
Olympic College
among top 10 best community colleges in nation
Olympic
College didn’t win the money, but it sure won bragging
rights. Every other year, the Aspen Institute picks 150 community
colleges in the nation to consider for its prestigious Aspen Prize for
Community College Excellence. The 2015 award is only its third, but twice
OC has been asked to apply for the honor. This year, OC was chosen as one
of the top 10 community colleges in the nation when it comes to student
success. ... The finalists: Brazosport College in Lake Jackson, Texas;
El Paso Community College in El Paso, Texas; Eugenio María de Hostos
Community College in Bronx, New York; Indian River State College in Fort
Pierce, Florida; Olympic College; and Renton Technical College in Renton.
Central Kitsap Reporter, March 30, 2015
Challenges are
plenty for updating a 40-year-old medical code system — from 13,000 to
68,000
Say you find yourself in a spacecraft, and all of a sudden, you crash and
hurt yourself. In ICD-10, there’s a code for that. ICD-10 — the
International Statistical Classification of Diseases and Related Health
Problems, version 10 — is scheduled to be the new national standard for
medical coding come Oct. 1, six months from now, as mandated by the Centers
for Medicare and Medicaid Services, or CMS. ... Yakima Valley Community College’s
Medical Billing and Coding program has been teaching ICD-10 alongside ICD-9
since 2012, instructor Sandy Erlewine said, and will probably continue
teaching ICD-9 at least through next spring so students can still learn to handle
older claims that haven’t been processed by the Oct. 1 changeover date.
Yakima Herald-Republic, March 30, 2015
SPSCC names
Mote as foundation director
South Puget Sound
Community College in Olympia has named Tanya Mote as
interim executive director of the College Foundation. The program maintains
more than 150 scholarships for students, and awarded more than $380,000 in
local scholarships and emergency aid to Thurston County students last year.
The Olympian, March 30, 2015
Shoreline
Community College to offer full-ride scholarships
In the first program of its kind in this state, Shoreline Community College
is offering 56 full-ride, two-year scholarships to high-school students in
the class of 2015 who live in Shoreline or nearby Lake Forest
Park. Called Shoreline Scholars, the program is modeled after one in
Oregon and aimed at students with a grade-point average of at least 3.5 and
some level of financial need.
The Seattle Times, March 29, 2015
Plans
developing for Film is Truth as nonprofit video center
The Film is Truth video store in downtown Bellingham is one of
apparently a small handful of video stores nationwide attempting to survive
as nonprofits. With the idea so new, the question remains whether the
public, with ready access to movies online, will support a brick-and-mortar
archive of videos, even one that reaches out to the community with classes,
workshops and other programs. “No one, at least no one who cares about
books, questions the value of an independent bookstore or a library with
community programming in this age of Amazon,” said Anna Wolff, a poet, a
writing instructor at Whatcom
Community College and president of Film is Truth’s new
board of directors. “I see us in the same vein, playing a parallel role in
the community for film lovers, filmmakers, and even the ‘film
curious.’"
The Bellingham Herald, March 29, 2015
WSU coaching
legend Brayton dies at 89
You should have seen the look on Mel Stottlemyre’s face. The former
New York Yankees pitcher and coach, in Yakima for a Parker Youth &
Sports Foundation event in 2006, had just seen Bobo Brayton enter the room.
Stottlemyre hurried through a crowd, hugged Brayton, then held each of his
former coach’s shoulders while looking at Brayton’s beaming countenance
with sheer, unadulterated joy. That’s the way it no doubt was for
countless Washington State Cougars and others who had played for, coached
with or otherwise knew the college baseball coaching legend, who died early
Saturday. ... Stottlemyre, though never a Cougar, had been a Yakima Valley College Indian
with Brayton as his coach. It was here, after all, that Frederick Charles
Brayton began his Hall of Fame career.
Yakima Herald-Republic, March 29, 2015
Kaitlin
Dewhirst named ‘Bronze Scholar’
Kaitlin Dewhirst, a student at Tacoma
Community College, has been named a 2015 Coca-Cola
Community College Academic Team Bronze Scholar. The Coca-Cola Scholars
Foundation sponsors the Coca-Cola Community College Academic Team program
by recognizing 50 Gold, 50 Silver and 50 Bronze Scholars, and providing
nearly $200,000 in scholarships annually. Each Bronze Scholar receives a
$1,000 scholarship and a special medallion.
The Suburban Times, March 27, 2015
Student poets
earn recognition at Highline College
“Dreams of Blue” earned Daylen A. Nguyen of Tacoma first place in Highline College’s
2015 Student Poetry Contest. Nguyen was one of 43 writers who submitted 80
poems during the contest, which is a prelude to Highline’s third annual
celebration of National Poetry Month in April.
Federal Way Mirror, March 27, 2015
Career paths at
Clover Park Technical College
About three years ago, the Veterans Resource Center opened on the Clover Park Technical College
campus. "A lot of good comes out of this office," commented Army
veteran Shawn Durnen, the center's lead navigator, as we sat on a
comfortable sofa in a large, well-lit and information-rich room in a
converted warehouse. "We keep our ear to the ground and get
transitioning soldiers, veterans, Guard and Reserve personnel and civilians
what they need."
Northwest Military, March 26, 2015
"Girls
Engaged in Automotive Repair" Course Hosted by Center for Career &
Tech. Education
Many of us know the stress that comes from a flat tire or not knowing why
the engine light is on in our car. This is why the Center for Career and
Technical Education at Columbia
Basin College is hosting its first "Girls Engaged in
Automotive Repair" course or GEAR.
NBC Right Now, March 26, 2015
Food
psychology: making meals more satisfying
What draws you back to your favorite restaurant? Ultimately, you have to
like the food. But restaurants think about more than just taste when they
try to win you over. And the food psychology they use, might also work at
home. Kären Jurgensen trains future chefs at the Seattle Culinary
Academy. Course work isn't just how to chop, sear and serve. It's
also texture, color and shape. ... Students at SCA serve
dishes at their restaurants inside Seattle Central College.
KOMO News, March 26, 2015
CPTC: Student
veteran shares story with local legislators
Clover Park
Technical College student Amber James shared her testimony
with a unique audience. The Environmental Sciences and
Technology student spoke at a Pierce County Legislative Luncheon at
the John L. O’Brien Building in Olympia on March 25. James told her
personal story of serving eight years in the Army — with three combat tours
— and living in her car soon after separating from service. Today, James is
two quarters away from her degree, with her sights set on attending the
University of Washington-Tacoma. Her testimony emphasized the important
role CPTC played in her life and her transition out of the military.
The Suburban Times, March 26, 2015
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