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Spokane Colleges awarded Avista Foundation grant to develop Indigenous Healing Centers
Spokane Colleges announced Thursday that it has been awarded a $10,000 grant from
the Avista Foundation that will be used to develop Indigenous Healing Environments
Across Lifeways (IHEAL) Centers at Spokane Falls Community College and the Inchelium campus of Spokane Community College.
KREM, Jan. 8, 2026
Joining the pod: Exploring campus art at Whatcom Community College
With claims to fame in workplace education, transfer education, and Running Start,
Whatcom Community College in northern Bellingham also has a pleasant campus to visit. The WCC Campus Art Walking
Tour maps various art pieces that have adorned the campus since the college’s move
in 1986.
Whatcom Talk, Jan. 7, 2026
Showing at CBC's Esvelt Gallery observes life, death, and the modern future
As the future feels increasingly present, artists around the world are grappling with
the ways in which new technologies have bettered, worsened, and maintained life. Esvelt
Gallery at Columbia Basin College is showing Sarah Barnett's "In Vivo" series of oil-on-canvas paintings until January
15th.
NBC Right Now, Jan. 7, 2026
Funding roundup
The Boeing Company has awarded a $250,000 grant to Renton Technical College (RTC) to support the expansion of the Renton Promise program. Renton Promise offers up
to full tuition coverage to graduates of Renton high schools attending the Washington
college.
Community College Daily, Jan. 7, 2026
New FIPSE awards to community colleges
The U.S. Education Department (ED) this week announced the recipients of the latest
round of grant awards through its Fund for the Improvement of Postsecondary Education
(FIPSE), with selections based on new program categories set by the Trump administration
in November. [South Seattle College]
Community College Daily, Jan. 6, 2026
Higher Education and Politics
DataPoints: Community college revenues
Public community colleges received $79 billion in total revenues during fiscal year
2023-24. An analysis by the American Association of Community Colleges of newly released
data from the National Center for Education Statistics shows that roughly one-third
of those revenues came from state government sources, one-quarter from local government
sources and 20% from tuition and fees.
Community College Daily, Jan. 8, 2026
Washington Watch: All community colleges exempt from new IPEDS survey
Reporting for a new Education Department data survey will be limited to institutions
that “primarily” award bachelor’s degrees or higher, exempting all community colleges,
including those that are mainly associate-degree institutions but offer limited baccalaureate
programs.
Community College Daily, Jan. 6, 2026
