Highline Community College

MEDIA RELEASE

FOR RELEASE: IMMEDIATELY

DATE: October 5, 2007

CONTACT: Laura Manning: (206) 878-3710, ext. 6037; lmanning@highline.edu

Lisa Skari: (206) 878-3710, ext. 3705; lskari@highline.edu

Fall Free for Fifteen

South County academic achievers earn Highline scholarships

DES MOINES, Wash. — Fifteen Highline Community College students are attending school on full tuition waivers during fall quarter after earning Academic Achievement Scholarships. The winning students earned the scholarships by demonstrating a commitment to future academic excellence and having significant honors and achievements.

The winners are Kristy Lommen and Anna Kojevnikova of Auburn; Holly Surface of Buckley; Steve Simpkins and Joseph Burnett of Burien; Nikolas Thomas of Des Moines; Kathleen Walter and Denise Rookstool of Federal Way; Tracy Byrd of Lynnwood; Gagandeep Dhillon and Georgia Maloy of Kent; Timothy Sills of Normandy Park; Habteab Gebreab of SeaTac; and Starr Franklin and Tim Ha of Seattle.

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Academic Achievement Scholarships are awarded each fall, winter and spring quarter to acknowledge outstanding academic achievement and to promote continued excellence in future education. They are administered by Phi Theta Kappa, the two-year college international honor society. Full-time students who are Washington residents and who hold a grade point average of 3.5 or above are eligible to compete for the scholarships.

Tuition at Highline for Washington state residents is $892 for 15 credits. The State Board for Community and Technical Colleges sets tuition rates for all of Washington’s community colleges.

Highline Community College was founded in 1961 as the first community college in King County. With approximately 9,500 students and 350,000 alumni, it is one of the state’s largest institutions of higher education. The college offers a wide range of academic transfer and professional-technical education programs, with online, day, evening and weekend classes, and takes a multi-cultural approach to education for the success of all its students and the prosperity of its surrounding communities. At the core of Highline’s mission and vision are the principles of stewardship for all students, regardless of their backgrounds. Highline does this by participating in and leading innovative local, state, national and international initiatives. Alumni include former Seattle Mayor Norm Rice, entrepreneur Junki Yoshida and noted author Ann Rule.

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