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Ahmad Hilal Abid: Offering students support and mentoring
When Ahmad Hilal Abid learned fellow students at Edmonds College were struggling, he borrowed $300 from his dad to buy chairs and started a group
to help them. He called it The House of Wisdom.
Everett Herald, April 10, 2024
YVC to celebrate refurbished Hopf Union Building on April 12
... Yadira Chavez, president of the Yakima Student Council, said the renovation introduces
fresh spaces for student organizations and clubs to gather and hold activities, "cultivating
a more dynamic and inclusive campus community." [Yakima Valley College]
Yakima Herald-Republic, April 9, 2024
Prevention of cyber security attacks against businesses topic of Whatcom Community College event
Experts warn that cyber attacks have surged among all businesses, big and small. Whatcom Community College (WCC) is partnering with cyber security organizations to host an event that will cover
how to protect from such attacks and how to plan cyber security and computer technology
employee hiring strategies.
Whatcom News, April 8, 2024
Highline College’s All-Washington Academic Team announced
Dedication to community and helping others has earned two Highline College students a place on the All-Washington Academic Team. Grace Thykkuttathil and Maureen
Ondatto have both received $500 for their efforts ...
Westside Seattle, April 8, 2024
Funding roundup: Washington
A $2 million National Science Foundation (NSF) grant to the Washington State Board for Community and Technical Colleges (SBCTC) will fund a five-year initiative that will expand research opportunities for students.
Community College Daily, April 8, 2024
Musicians gather at Northwest Guitar Festival
... "It's a great opportunity for all the players in the Northwest to actually come
together and get to know one another because it's a niche field to say the least,"
says festival director and Yakima Valley College guitar instructor John Paul Shields.
NBC Right Now, April 7, 2024
Wenatchee Valley College receives $70,000 grant to aid paraeducators in becoming certified teachers
Wenatchee Valley College (WVC) has been announced as the recipient of a $70,000 Alternative Routes Block Grant for
the period of 2024-2026. The funding, bestowed by the Professional Educator Standards
Board, is earmarked for the college's Bachelor of Applied Science in Teaching program
...
Source One, April 5, 2024
Higher Education and Politics
Advocacy quick hits: ED updates FAFSA timeline
The U.S. Education Department (ED) this week issued an electronic announcement (EA)
updating the timeline for the processing of Free Application for Federal Student Aid
(FAFSA) data and sending Institutional Student Information Records (ISIRs) – the financial
aid information colleges need to package financial aid offers – to colleges.
Community College Daily, April 11, 2024
DataPoints: Dual enrollment and postsecondary outcomes
... Students who attained a postsecondary credential were more likely to have taken
dual enrollment across all income categories than those who did not attain, and there
was less of a relationship between income and dual-enrollment participation ...
Community College Daily, April 11, 2024
Degrees earned fall again, certificates rise
Doug Shapiro, executive director of the National Student Clearinghouse Research Center,
said in a media briefing Wednesday that the decline in new undergraduate credential
earners is “the steepest that we’ve ever recorded.”
Inside Higher Ed, April 11, 2024
