Highline Community College

MEDIA RELEASE

FOR RELEASE: IMMEDIATELY

DATE: April 18, 2008

CONTACT: Eric Baer, (206) 878-3710, ext. 3513, ebaer@highline.edu

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

Science Seminar returns for spring

DES MOINES, Wash. — Highline Community College’s Science Seminar returns for Spring Quarter with a full line-up of programs on the scientific world.

Now in its eighth year, Science Seminar continues to draw crowds every Friday afternoon for a number of reasons, says its coordinator, Dr. Eric Baer.

“I think that there are a few key things that keep it going,” Baer says. “Science is fundamentally cool, neat, fun, and exciting so that there are plenty of neat topics to talk about.

“Secondly, the Highline Community College faculty are an incredible bunch of scholars who have both depth and passion - enough to present more than 200 science talks and to keep them interesting enough that people keep coming back year after year.

“Finally, the people at Highline - the students, faculty, administrators, and the general public that are in our area, are at their heart curious and want to learn; while some students do take Science Seminar for credit, the vast majority are there because they just want to hear what someone has to say,” Baer says.

Presentations still to come this spring include:

April 25 The 1918 and Bird Influenzas - Rosalind Billhar

May 2 Science and the Law—The HCC Paralegal Program

May 9 Going Green: Sustainable Economics—Woody Moses, TM Sell, James

Peyton

May 16           Learning and Technology — Marc Lentini

May 23           Escher: The Art, The Mathematics — Ed Morris

May 30           TBA

June 6             The Fourth Annual Chemistry Show—John Pfeffer and special guest

Science Seminar is held in Building 3, room 102 on Highline’s main campus. Admission is free.

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.

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