News Links | July 9, 2024
System News | Opinion
Q&A: Linda Kaminski to retire in August after 29 years as YVC president
After serving 29 years as president of Yakima Valley College, Dr. Linda Kaminski plans to retire on Aug. 1. She is YVC's longest serving president.
Yakima Herald-Republic, July 9, 2024
New trustee, Lauren Adler, appointed to Pierce College Board
Lauren Adler, a former Pierce College student, lifetime resident of Puyallup and accomplished government affairs leader,
is proud to join Pierce College’s Board of Trustees.
Suburban Times, July 4, 2024
Yakima student Mariah Cornejo headed to Harvard University
Mariah Cornejo, a recent graduate of Eisenhower High School and Running Start at Yakima Valley College, is headed to college at Harvard University.
Yakima Herald-Republic, July 4, 2024
Starting fall of 2024, Columbia Basin College offering SUDP Program
Columbia Basin College is starting a new program to address the growing need for substance use disorder
professionals. ... The substance use disorder professional program is a 45-credit,
three-quarter program with an emphasis on substance use counseling.
NBC Right Now, July 2, 2024
South Puget Sound Community College to partner with Squaxin Island Tribe for climate resilience grant
South Puget Sound Community College (SPSCC) is set to partner with the Squaxin Island Tribe for a climate-ready workforce initiative,
the college announced at a press release yesterday. [State Board for Community and Technical Colleges]
JOLT News, July 2, 2024
Officials cut ribbon for new Edmonds College fuselage lab
U.S. Rep. Rick Larsen and several local and state elected officials participated in
a ribbon-cutting ceremony Tuesday for the grand opening of Edmonds College’s new fuselage lab, located at the Washington Aerospace Training & Research (WATR)
Center at Paine Field.
My Edmonds News, July 2, 2024
Higher Education and Politics
The College Board's FAFSA takeover
The embattled Federal Student Aid office enlisted executives from the nonprofit to
help launch next year’s aid form. Is it a necessary shake-up or an ethical blunder?
Inside Higher Ed, July 9, 2024
GOP platform: 'Make our college campuses safe and patriotic again'
The Republican Party’s platform for 2024 calls for the creation of “drastically more
affordable” higher education alternatives, accreditation reform, the restoration of
“classic Liberal arts education” and a reversal of the Biden administration’s Title
IX regulations, among other policies.
Inside Higher Ed, July 9, 2024
Public continues to strongly view community colleges
A new report shows that Americans continue to have more confidence in community colleges
than in four-year institutions, most likely due to the cost and value associated with
public two-year colleges.
Community College Daily, July 8, 2024
