MEDIA RELEASE
DATE: December
10, 2007
CONTACT: Rod
Stephenson, (206) 878-3710, ext. 3696, rstpehen@highline.edu
Lisa
Skari, (206) 870-3705, lskari@highline.edu
Marine Science & Technology (MaST) art show
Highline Community College’s Library Art
Gallery show will feature
the work of entrants in the MaST art contest
throughout December.
The contest features the work of Highline
art students in a variety of media, focusing on marine life and landscapes.
The contest celebrates the ongoing renovation of
Highline’s Marine and Science Technology (MAST)
center in the Redondo neighborhood of Des
Moines.
The Marine Science & Technology (MaST) Center is the marine laboratory for Highline Community College.
Located just four miles south of campus at Redondo Beach,
the MaST Center is dedicated to expanding knowledge about the Puget Sound and the surrounding environment through
teaching, learning, and research. You
may read more about MaST Center
by visiting http://flightline.highline.edu/mast/.
Renovation of the center began this
year. The $2.6 million project will turn
the MaST into a center of marine science education,
featuring classrooms and one of the largest aquariums on Puget
Sound. Our brand new,
2,500 square-foot facility, due to reopen for Spring Quarter 2008, situated on
a 260-foot pier over the Puget Sound, will offer public space, classroom,
laboratories, and office and research areas. With more than 2,000 gallons of
flow-through saltwater tanks, holding more than 80 species of local marine life
and easy access to a huge diversity of nearby habitats, and state-of-the-art
equipment, the center will offer enormous opportunity for research and
education.
The contest is being sponsored by the MaST Center Capital Campaign and Daniel Smith Art Supply
Store of Seattle. Smith will award gift
certificates to three of the contest winners.
The HCC Library Exhibits and Art Gallery,
located on the fourth floor of the Library, is an area set aside for exhibiting
visual arts. Our gallery displays the creative works of faculty, staff,
students and members of the extended community in an effort to provide space
for promoting their diverse talents.
For more information, visit http://flightline.highline.edu/exhibits
or email exhibits@highline.edu.
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 day,
evening, on-line, and weekend classes.
With the most diverse population of any
college in Washington
state, Highline takes a multi-cultural approach to
education for the success of all its students and the prosperity of its
surrounding communities. Alumni include former Seattle Mayor Norm Rice,
entrepreneur Junki Yoshida and noted author Ann Rule.