<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?><item href="/blogs/news-links/2025/august/2025-08-19.aspx" dsn="blogs"><featured>true</featured><pubDate>08/19/2025</pubDate><title>News Links | Aug. 19, 2025</title><description>Spreading climate science across the curriculum | Funding roundup: Washington | Big Bend Community College launches Agricultural Mechanics certificate program | State Board awards high-demand program funds | Over $1.4 million in scholarships awarded to Bellingham Technical College students | Collaborations aim to expand health care career pipelines | Spokane Community College bracing for potential cuts amid federal funding freeze</description><author>SBCTC Communications</author><category>State Board for Community and Technical Colleges, Big Bend Community Colleges, Bellingham Technical College, Columbia Basin College, Spokane Community College</category><image><img src="" alt=""/></image><image-caption/><tags><tag>ousearch_tags_News Links</tag></tags></item>