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Screaming gummy bears, angry birds and fire shows: Activities attract families to YVC’s STEM Day
A screaming gummy bear was the hottest ticket Saturday at Yakima Valley College’s STEM Day. ... The screaming gummy bear was just one of many science activities available
for families to check out at the college’s first STEM Day since the COVID-19 pandemic
struck.
Yakima Herald, Jan. 9, 2023
Kadlec trying to combat the healthcare worker crisis
... Kim Tucker is the Director of the nursing programs at [Columbia Basin College]. Tucker says they accept a total of 126 students to the different nursing programs
every year, the catch? There are only 15 faculty members for the programs.
NBC Right Now, Jan. 9, 2023
Washington Watch: Prepare for major ED regulatory changes
... ED also will issue formal “Notices of Proposed Rulemaking” (NPRM) in several key
areas. In several cases, these proposed rules were subject to negotiated rulemaking
in early 2022, at which community colleges were represented by Anne Kress, president
of Northern Virginia Community College, and Will Durden, director of basic education
for adults at Washington State Board of Community and Technical Colleges.
Community College Daily, Jan. 8, 2023
In Focus: A look at Centralia College’s new multisport athletics complex
... “The sports complex, which will include fields for baseball, softball, and soccer,
will use modern turf composed of grass-like fibers supported by soft, tiny balls of
cork or other material that works like dirt to hold each blade aloft,” according to
[Centralia College].
Centralia Chronicle, Jan. 6, 2023
For the love of it: Graphic design veteran David Hampton continues to teach
A classroom in the Music and Arts building at Wenatchee Valley College is filled with 35 desktop computers for graphic design students. The two-year program
has been led by adjunct teacher David Hampton for 12 years ...
Wenatchee World, Jan. 5, 2023
Trends | Horizons | Education
No-cost strategies to strengthen your storytelling
A new year means a new start, and many are heading back to campus with a long list
of resolutions. While it’s tempting to set lofty goals, experts have found that focusing
on small, realistic changes can make the biggest impact.
Community College Daily, Jan. 8, 2023
New Hope Center report on the 'college SNAP gap'
... The report, released Monday, notes that a national student survey conducted by
the Hope Center in 2020 found that only 18 percent of students who reported experiencing
food or housing insecurity were enrolled in SNAP.
Inside Higher Ed, Jan. 10, 2023
An 'ambitious' regulatory agenda
The Education Department’s docket for this year includes amending regulations on accreditation,
state authorization, distance education, cash management and third-party servicers.
Plus, the agency plans new Title IX and gainful-employment regulations this spring.
Inside Higher Ed, Jan. 6, 2023
Politics | Local, State, National
Feds propose ‘student loan safety net’ alongside forgiveness
The White House is moving forward with a proposal that would lower student debt payments
for millions of Americans now and in the future, offering a new route to repay federal
loans under far more generous terms.
The Seattle Times, Jan. 10, 2023
Foxx wins chair of House Ed and Workforce Committee
... “Americans should be free to work, build, and educate their children as they see
fit,” Foxx said. “Under the Biden administration, these fundamental rights are besieged,
but I am committed to safeguarding them. It is time to restore Constitutional government
in America.”
Inside Higher Ed, Jan. 10, 2023
HEROES Act at center of debt-relief legal fight
Executive overreach or legal use of statutory authority? That will be a key question
for the U.S. Supreme Court to consider when it hears arguments in two debt-relief
lawsuits early this year.
Inside Higher Ed, Jan. 10, 2023
