<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?><item href="/blogs/news-links/2025/october/2025-10-14.aspx" dsn="blogs"><featured>true</featured><pubDate>10/14/2025</pubDate><title>News Links | Oct. 14, 2025</title><description>Yakima Valley College aids first-gen and low-income students with $900K in grants | ‘What we do here is very different’: Spokane Falls Community College student-run paper, the Communicator, is a finalist for print Pacemaker Award | Student parents piece together child care and higher education | Instructor art exhibit on display at Peninsula College | New event series at Centralia College focuses on food insecurity | Spokane Schools and Spokane Community College partner to build future workforce through trades education</description><author>SBCTC Communications</author><category>Yakima Valley College, Spokane Falls Community College, Pierce College, State Board for Community and Technical Colleges, Peninsula College, Centralia College, Spokane Community College</category><image><img src="" alt=""/></image><image-caption/><tags><tag>ousearch_tags_News Links</tag></tags></item>