Highline Community College

CALENDAR ITEM

 

FOR RELEASE:  IMMEDIATELY

DATE:                  March 5, 2009

CONTACT:         Donna Longwell: (206) 870-4366, dlongwell@highline.edu

Lisa Skari: (206) 870-3705; lskari@highline.edu

 

Event:               South King County Senior Expo

Dates:               Friday, March 27

Time:               10 a.m. to 2 p.m.

Price:               Free

Location:            Highline Community College’s main campus, Highline Student Union (Building 8), first floor
Highline’s main campus is located midway between Seattle and Tacoma at South 240th Street and Pacific Highway South (Highway 99); address: 2400 S. 240th St., Des Moines, WA 98198.

Description:      Community members can spend a day on the college’s main campus exploring business and personal services for seniors and enjoying live entertainment.

                              Entertainment performances include the Silvertones, a women’s singing group from Port Orchard; Spirit of Sound Singer, a women’s barbershop group from Federal Way; and Holly Rose, a local musical theater artist.

                              Exhibits include AARP, Edward Jones, The Weatherly Inn at Lake Meridian, Wesley Homes, Smith Barney and Highline Audiology.

Sponsored by:    Highline Community College’s Center for Extended Learning, Molina Healthcare, Escapes by Donna Longwell & Associates and Merrill Gardens at Renton Centre

For more
information:    
Call (206) 870-4366 or e-mail dlongwell@highline.edu

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Highline Community College was founded in 1961 as the first community college in King County. With approximately 10,000 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 and weekend classes. Alumni include former Seattle Mayor Norm Rice, entrepreneur Junki Yoshida and Washington state’s poet laureate Sam Green.