FOR
RELEASE: IMMEDIATELY
DATE: March 4, 2009
CONTACT: Rod
Stephenson: (206) 878-3710, ext. 3696, rstephen@highline.edu
Lisa Skari: (206)
870-3705, lskari@highline.edu
Highline Community College seeks outstanding alumni
Nominations being
accepted for Distinguished Alumnus Award
DES
MOINES,
The
Distinguished Alumnus Award honors a former Highline student who has made
outstanding contributions through community service, noteworthy professional
achievement and/or recognized leadership. Nominations are due by April 17,
2009.
Former
Seattle Mayor Norm Rice, who attended Highline in 1968–69, was the first
recipient of the award in 1990. Other past honorees include Junki Yoshida, CEO
of the Yoshida Group; Ezra Teshome, agent with State Farm Insurance and TIME
magazine global health hero; and Chris Carrel, executive director for Friends
of the Hylebos, a nonprofit located in Federal Way.
Last
year’s recipient was
Green
came to Highline in the early 1970s after serving in the Vietnam War. He went
on to complete a bachelor’s degree in English and philosophy and master’s
degree in creative writing at Western Washington State College.
Alumni award nominees should be former Highline students
who attended the college prior to the 2004-2005 academic year.
Nominees will be asked to submit a résumé and personal
profile that will be reviewed by a campus selection committee.
The person selected will be invited to accept the award
and participate in Highline’s commencement exercises on June 11, 2009.
Please send your nominations via e-mail to ayoung@highline.edu or hard copy to Alana
Young, Resource Development Office, Highline Community College, PO Box 98000 MS
99-248, Des Moines, WA 98198-9800.
For more information, call (206) 870-3774, e-mail rstephen@highline.edu or visit www.funds4highline.org.
With
the most diverse population of any college in
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