System News | Opinion
Writing for the Winery class to return to WWCC
... The skill of writing for wineries is one that Sean P. Sullivan has been cultivating
for the past 20 years and will share this spring with students at Walla Walla Community College.
Union-Bulletin, Feb. 18, 2024
Guest Opinion: FAFSA opens doors for many students, their families
It’s an exciting time for our communities’ graduating high school students and their
families! As leaders within our local education systems and business community, we
feel your excitement but also the trepidation of the unknown. [Community Colleges of Spokane]
The Spokesman-Review, Feb. 18, 2024
Pierce College is relaunching student newspaper: The Pinnacle
Since 1974, Pierce College has had a proud tradition of student media on both the Puyallup and Fort Steilacoom
campuses with The Post and The Pioneer. Under the new banner of “The Pinnacle” students
from across the Pierce College District can get their campus news from a single source.
Suburban Times, Feb. 17, 2024
Grays Harbor College celebrates recent success of CDL graduation
Grays Harbor College recently hosted a combined hiring event and graduation ceremony for the latest cohort
of students who completed the six-week Commercial Transportation and Maintenance (CDL)
class.
KXRO, Feb. 16, 2024
Photography featuring Indigenous women on display at college’s Longhouse
Artwork by Ashley Frantz is on display in ʔaʔkʷustəŋáw̕txʷ House of Learning, Peninsula College Longhouse through April 18. ... Her artwork will be on display in the Longhouse,
which focuses on healing through relationships with identity, celebrating womanhood
and coming into your age, organizers said.
Peninsula Daily News, Feb. 16, 2024
Skagit Valley College Board of Trustees gets new member
Carl Bruner has been appointed to the Skagit Valley College Board of Trustees by Gov. Jay Inslee. ... Bruner, a former superintendent of the
Mount Vernon School District, is replacing Kathryn Bennet, who completed 10 years
of service as a board member.
Skagit Valley Herald, Feb. 15, 2024
Diversity series hosts speaker on race and justice during Black History Month
Yakima Valley College’s 2023-2024 Diversity Series, in conjunction with the Associated Students of Yakima
Valley College (ASYVC), will host Omari Amili, author of “Transforming Society’s Failure,”
“Skin Deep” and “In Search of Role Models,” for talks this February in Grandview and
Yakima.
Valley Publishing Company, Feb. 13, 2024
Higher Education and Politics
DataPoints: More colleges offer on-campus housing
The number of community colleges that report college-operated, on-campus housing has
been slowly increasing, with about one-quarter of the nation’s public two-year colleges
today offering the accommodations.
Community College Daily, Feb. 19, 2024
AACC Fast Facts 2024
... AACC analysis of federal data also shows that the number of associate degrees
granted fell by about 28,000, while the number of certificates awarded rose slightly.
Community College Daily, Feb. 19, 2024
Why students applying for college financial aid are facing new technical hurdles
... Del Pilar fears that vulnerable students might decide to take a year off from
college because of FAFSA difficulties, noting that many who paused their higher education
when the COVID-19 pandemic began never returned. He doesn’t want to see a repeat of
that trend.
PBS New Hour, Feb. 18, 2024
