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Peninsula College taps Hattendorf for vice president post
Bruce Hattendorf has been appointed vice president for instruction at Peninsula College. Hattendorf had been serving in the role on an interim basis since October 2023 ...
Peninsula Daily News, Jan. 29, 2024
Yakima area colleges hold workshops to help students apply for financial aid
Students sat at rows and rows of computers on the second floor of Yakima Valley College’s Deccio Center for Higher Education on Wednesday.
Yakima Herald-Republic, Jan. 26, 2024
GHC now providing on-the-job paid training locally for Automotive Technology program
Grays Harbor College has announced that its Automotive Technology program received a Career Launch endorsement
from Career Connect Washington.
KXRO News Radio, Jan. 26, 2024
South Puget Sound Community College ‘hackers’ top cybersecurity contest
South Puget Sound Community College’s (SPSCC) cybersecurity club is in the top ten percent of competing colleges and universities
nationwide in an anti-hacking competitive league.
JOLT News, Jan. 26, 2024
WVC environmental systems, refrigeration technology receives endorsement
Wenatchee Valley College's environmental systems and refrigeration technology (ESRT) program received a Career
Launch endorsement through Career Connect Washington.
Wenatchee World, Jan. 25, 2024
Columbia Basin College ends its 3-day human trafficking awareness campaign
Columbia Basin College along with Phi Theta Kappa National Honor Society and SARC hosted a three day event
to help spread awareness on human trafficking called 'Shine the Light'.
Apple Valley News Now, Jan. 25, 2024
Higher Education and Politics
Washington Watch: More FAFSA processing delays
The U.S. Education Department (ED) on Tuesday issued an electronic announcement (EA)
clarifying the anticipated timeline for processing of Institutional Student Information
Records (ISIRs), the information colleges use to package financial aid offers.
Community College Daily, Jan. 30, 2024
Pair of proposed bills would offer free community college to eligible Washington students
Per capita, Washington ranks among the lowest states in the country in terms of the
number of residents who apply for federal student aid to fund a postsecondary education.
And community colleges are struggling to meet students’ needs nationwide.
The Spokesman-Review, Jan. 27, 2024
House, Senate Republicans want GAO to investigate FAFSA rollout
A group of Republicans in the House and Senate is asking the Government Accountability
Office to investigate the Education Department’s launch of the new version of the
Free Application for Federal Student Aid.
Inside Higher Education, Jan. 25, 2024
