Increased
clinic hours means more experience for dental technology students
Since she was a little girl, Zoe Smith has loved going to the dentist’s
office. ... As a student in the dental technology program at the Northwest Career and Technical
Academy [at
Skagit Valley College], Smith will be a few steps closer to
that goal come June.
Skagit Valley Herald, May 12, 2015
New student rec
center taking shape at Whatcom Community College
Work continues on a new pavilion and student recreation center at Whatcom Community College,
scheduled to open Sept. 22, the first day of fall quarter at the Bellingham
campus.
The News Tribune, May 11, 2015
Video: Columbia
Basin College gets unveils new 3-D printer
Columbia Basin
College unveils their new 3-D printer that was purchased
with a donation from HAPO Community Credit Union.
Tri-City Herald, May 11, 2015
Mom earns two
degrees while working full time as nurse
If any mom deserves breakfast in bed this Mother's Day, it's Vancouver's
Candace Hart. On May 2 in Everett, Hart received a Master of Science degree
in nursing education from Western Governors University Washington. ... In
1999, when Hart completed her associate's degree at Clark College and
became a registered nurse, she believed she was finished with school. At
that time, nursing emphasized experience over education, said Hart, a
Hudson's Bay High School graduate. But expectations in the nursing field
have changed.
The Columbian, May 10, 2015
Presentations,
mock DUI designed to show kids consequences of driving under influence
It was too late for the guy on the car hood - the EMTs took a second to
check his pulse and moved on. The sad part was, the guy on the hood
was completely innocent. He hadn't been drinking, and neither had his
passenger. The driver that hit them had been drinking and was
arrested. That was one of the things organizers of the Community
Partnership Against Substance Abuse program wanted the students watching to
understand. "Every decision in life really does matter when you're
behind the wheel of a vehicle," said Josh Sainsbury of the Grant
County Sheriff's Office. Students at Big Bend Community College have been
sponsoring the daylong conference, held Thursday, for nine years.
Columbia Basin Herald, May 9, 2015
Cowlitz County
sees job gains, but there's still 'a ways to go'
A lot has changed in the two years since Dave Miller was laid off as a tree
trimmer, and it shows in his smile as he flips through photos on his smart
phone. A union job paying $24 an hour — which he landed last
summer — would bring a smile to anyone who had been unemployed for a
long time. And Miller savors the chance to make even more when he finishes
his apprenticeship and starts welding. ... When he was laid off in 2012, a
friend suggested he apply to a unionized welding fabrication shop. ... But
he didn't have enough qualifications, and having to care for his ailing
father caused him to miss an application deadline for a union
apprenticeship. Instead he enrolled into Lower Columbia College’s worker
retraining program.He completed the two-year program in one year.
Longview Daily News, May 9, 2015
Music, dance
and food spark SPSCC's 20th Cinco De Mayo celebration
With dazzling costuming and Aztec dancing by the Olympia-based Danza Quetzalciol
de Olympia along with a smooth latin music performance by the Intercambia
OlyWa group helped South
Puget Sound Community College kick-off its 20th Cinco De
Mayo celebration May 5th in their Student Union Building.
The Olympian, May 7, 2015
Skagit Valley
College plaza dedicated to former president
When he was president of Skagit
Valley College, Gary Tollefson used to look out the window
of his office, across the parking lot, past the Gary Knutzen Cardinal
Center and picture what would one day stand there — a brand new,
72,858-square-foot building with a multifunctional plaza in front. Planning
for the new Charles Lewis Hall and adjoining plaza began during the
2007-2009 biennium. It all came together Thursday with a dedication of
the plaza, which now bears Tollefson’s name.
Skagit Valley Herald, May 7, 2015
Kaminski, King
named Ted Robertson award winners
Linda Kaminski, president of Yakima
Valley Community College, and Ron King, a longtime local
broadcast sales consultant, each received the 2015 Ted Robertson Community
Service Award this morning. ... The award, named after the late, longtime
Yakima Herald-Republic publisher, was created in 1989 to recognize Yakima
Valley residents who have contributed to the community.
Yakima Herald-Republic, May 7, 2015
Skagit Valley
College alum in Nepal when earthquake hit
Skagit Valley
College alumnus Rob Stiles is no stranger to
earthquakes. After graduating from the college in the late 1990s and
Washington State University in 2001, the Marysville-Pilchuck High School
graduate who considers himself as having his “roots” in the Skagit Valley
found himself living in Los Angeles. But any earthquake he experienced
in California pales in comparison to the one he and his wife Kari
experienced in Kathmandu, Nepal, on April 25.
Skagit Valley Herald, May 7, 2015
CPTC: Medical
lab tech students meet and greet
Dana Guinn’s Medical Laboratory Technician students are just a
few weeks into their first quarter at Clover Park Technical College, but
they had an early opportunity to connect with potential clinical site
representatives at the program’s annual meet and greet event on May 6 in
the Rotunda.
The Suburban Times, May 7, 2015
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