System News | Opinion
Inside Olympia - Nate Humphrey and community & technology colleges
Washington’s community and technical colleges are again acting as an economic bellwether,
new system head Nate Humphrey says, with enrollment climbing as the job market cools
and long-term unemployment rises. [State Board for Community and Technical Colleges]
TVW, Sept. 18, 2025
News: Olympic College
Olympic College has added Kitsap County Commissioner Christine Rolfes to its Board of Trustees. ...She
brings more than two decades of public service experience to the board, including
her current role as Kitsap County Commissioner and her 17-year tenure in the state
Legislature.
Seattle Daily Journal of Commerce, Sept. 18, 2025
Past student body president Hoffman is GHC’s new Recruitment Facilitator
Grays Harbor College recently announced that Shelly Hoffman is the college’s new Recruitment Facilitator. Hoffman
is a graduate of GHC and a former student leader who has extensive institutional knowledge
and is committed to student success.
The Daily World, Sept. 17, 2025
Spreading climate science across the curriculum
...The Washington State Board for Community and Technical Colleges received $1.5 million in state funding three years ago to create the Climate Solutions
Program and has gotten $475,000 to keep it going in 2025. [Bellevue College, North Seattle College]
Community College Daily, Sept. 17, 2025
Bellingham Technical College receives scholarship grant for parenting aerospace students
New scholarships at Bellingham Technical College (BTC) will aim to alleviate stress for students who have children. The state Board for Community
and Technical Colleges announced over the weekend that it’s awarded $400,000 in grants
to five schools across the state.
My Bellingham Now, Sept. 16, 2025
Sunfair Parade grand marshal Teresa Rich talks horses, rodeo and the fair
Dr. Teresa Rich was born in Virginia and grew up moving often as an Air Force child
before spending 15 years in Texas....Rich has worked at Yakima Valley College for more than two decades and is the interim president. Before that, she was vice
president for administrative services for 18 years.
Yakima Herald-Republic, Sept. 16, 2025
YVC to host wine release party
...“We first started the French Market and Wine Release as a way to highlight our
French-style wines,” said Annette Wattenbarger, tasting room and program specialist,
“but what really made it special was the community's incredible response. People embraced
the mix of culture, cuisine and celebration — and asked us to bring it back. So here
we are, year three, and bigger than ever!” [Yakima Valley College]
Pacific Northwest AG Network, Sept. 8, 2025
Higher Education and Politics
Tracking college trends among recent high school grads
A new annual report from the National Student Clearinghouse Research Center highlights
enrollment, persistence and completion rates for recent high school graduates, observing
some differences between two-year college students from low- and high-poverty high
schools.
Community College Daily, Sept. 17, 2025
New report warns of skills shortages
The number of college-educated workers retiring far outpaces the number of young people
entering the workforce with similar levels of education, creating a national skills
shortage, according to a new report from Georgetown University’s Center on Education
and the Workforce.
Inside Higher Ed, Sept. 17, 2025
