News Links | November 23, 2021
System News | Opinion
CBC students must declare COVID vaccine status before heading back to winter classes
Columbia Basin College students must be vaccinated against COVID-19 or file an exemption if they plan to
attend in-person classes next spring. But college officials are taking time this winter
to ask students about their vaccine status and share information.
Tri-City Herald, Nov. 23, 2021
CBC seeks nominations for 2022 MLK Spirit Award
Columbia Basin College (CBC) is seeking nominations for their 2022 Martin Luther King Jr. Spirit Award. The Martin
Luther King Jr. Spirit Award seeks to recognize a student, faculty or staff member,
or community member who strongly believes in equality and ...
KEPR, Nov. 21, 2021
Seattle expands free college program with help from state matching funds
... Speaking from a chemistry lab at South Seattle College Thursday, Mayor Jenny Durkan said Seattle will spend $400,000 of its federal Covid
relief funds on scholarships, and that funding will be matched by the state’s Opportunity
Scholarship Program.
KUOW, Nov. 19, 2021
Shelly Hoffman nominated by GHC for Transforming Lives Award
Grays Harbor College staff and Board of Trustees have nominated Shelly Hoffman for a Transforming Lives
Award from the Washington State Board for Community and Technical Colleges. This award
recognizes current and former students whose lives were transformed by attending a
Washington community or technical college.
KXRO, Nov. 19, 2021
WVC looks to tech, retraining demand to counter continued enrollment drop
Wenatchee Valley College’s enrollment numbers have fallen for the second year, but administrators are hoping
to see a rebound with help from some federally funded high-tech classrooms and people
looking to train for new jobs.
Wenatchee World, Nov. 19, 2021
Trends | Horizons | Education
A community college's contested corporate partnership
“Is this for real?” the American Federation of State, County and Municipal Employees
asks on a website touting its free college benefit. Depends whom you ask. The union
answers its own question in the affirmative, noting that the program has saved more
than 100,000 people $300 million in tuition, fees and book costs since 2015.
Inside Higher Ed, Nov. 22, 2021
UW to pay nearly $100K to The Seattle Times in public records settlement
... “The University of Washington is committed to transparency and responsiveness
in regard to public records,” university spokesperson Victor Balta said. “We are pleased
to have this issue resolved and continue to take very seriously our accountability
to the public as a state institution.”
The Seattle Times, Nov. 22, 2021
DataPoints: Apprenticeship goals
A national initiative led by the American Association of Community Colleges (AACC)
to increase the number of apprentices and services throughout the U.S. is quickly
approaching its goal to serve 16,000 registered apprentices by February 28, 2022.
Community College Daily, Nov. 18, 2021
Politics | Local, State, National
Washington Watch: House passes BBB; Eyes on Senate
After weeks of negotiation among Democrats, House on Friday passed the Build Back
Better (BBB) Act (H.R. 5376) by the narrowest of margins, 220-213. The BBB is fiscal
year 2022 budget “reconciliation” legislation, which means that it needs only a simple
majority to pass the Senate, and all eyes will now focus even more intensively on
that chamber’s deliberations.
Community College Daily, Nov. 21, 2021
