Editorial: Our
Voice: Academic all stars
We’re inspired this week by two Columbia
Basin College students who have overcome notable challenges
to become All-USA Academic All Stars at CBC as selected by CBC President
Rich Cummins. Royden Luckey and Oumou Sidibe come from different
circumstances and have arrived at the same place, graduating with honors
and an enviable GPA. Both are nontraditional students, Luckey because he’s
a little older and Sidibe because she could barely speak English when she
started school. We wish them well on their future endeavors.
Bellingham Herald, April 2, 2015
Drill prepares
local police, firefighters for the worst
The South Puget
Sound Community College was swarming with police officers,
firefighters and emergency vehicles Wednesday, and those passing by may
have heard the occasional gunshot. But don’t worry. It was only a
drill. More than 30 law enforcement agencies and fire departments
gathered at the school’s campus early in the morning for the regional
active shooter drill. All of the usual police and fire departments were
present — Lacey, Olympia, Tumwater, Yelm, the Thurston County Sheriff’s
Office and Thurston County fire districts.
The Olympian, April 1, 2015
Editorial:
Shoreline Community College idea should be adopted statewide
Cheryl Roberts has been busy this week traveling around Shoreline and Lake
Forest Park touting a very good idea she brought with her from Oregon when
she took over as Shoreline
Community College president. Shoreline Scholars is
such a good idea, in fact, that other community colleges in the state
should adopt it. Shoreline Community College is offering free tuition
for two years for 56 high school students graduating this year with at
least a 3.5 grade point average and some financial need. The program is
open to all students in Shoreline and Lake Forest Park, whether they attend
public or private schools or are home-schooled.
The Seattle Times, April 1, 2015
Buildings
coming down on Clark College site
Demolition work is underway on the southwest corner of Fourth Plain
Boulevard and Fort Vancouver Way. The buildings and the property being
demolished are owned by the Clark
College Foundation. The demolition will run through
approximately April 3.
The Columbian, April 1, 2015
CPTC:
Congratulations to All-WA Academic Team honorees
Clover Park
Technical College students Walker Mattson and Callie Dukett
were honored as 2015 All-Washington Academic Team selections at a ceremony
on March 26. The students received their medallions from CPTC President Dr.
Lonnie L. Howard.
The Suburban Times, April 1, 2015
OC's composites
program honored
An Olympic College
program that teaches electronics, precision machining and composites
manufacturing recently was honored by the Open Professionals Education
Network for providing students pathways to aerospace careers. The
community college is part of a statewide consortium that benefited from a
U.S. Department of Labor grant to link job training to emerging industries.
Kitsap Sun. March 31, 2015
Pierce College
announces 2015 Distinguished Alumni
Pierce College
has selected four accomplished alumni to honor during the 2015
Distinguished Alumni celebration. Nominees are selected based on their
achievements in academics, business, community or humanitarian support, or
personal triumph over adversity. This year’s honorees provide
inspirational examples of the impact Pierce College has on its students as
well as the community. This year’s honorees are Sunshine Eversull,
attorney advisor for the Social Security Administration; Nathan
Gibbs-Bowling, Milken Educator Award-winning teacher; Brandon Stogsdill,
author and psychologist; and Victoria Woodards, Former deputy mayor of
Tacoma and CEO of Tacoma Urban League.
The Suburban Times, March 31, 2015
Edmonds
Community College graduates build environmental educational facility in
Italy
Two graduates from Edmonds
Community College, Antonio and Kiersten Baiamonte, are
building a sustainable educational study abroad facility named, Bio-Monte,
Retreats, Tours, and Education in Tuscany, Italy. The Baiamontes, a
married couple, want to connect with students and educators to transform
the land they have found in the Chianti region of Italy into educational
organic vineyards, olive groves, vegetable gardens, fruit orchards, and
medicinal herb gardens. The profit gained from the products they
produce will go towards scholarships to bring students to study at their
facility.
My Edmonds News, March 31, 2015
Bid for
Peninsula College's construction at Fort Worden's Building 202 to be vetted
Peninsula College
has an apparent successful bidder for renovation of Building 202 at Fort
Worden, and officials hope to see work begin in June to turn the structure
into a branch of the college. Pease Construction of Lakewood, which
offered the low bid of $4.5 million, now will be vetted by the state
Department of Enterprise Services to ensure it is a suitable bidder.
Peninsula Daily News, March 31, 2015
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