September 2003

   

 

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THE NATIONAL SCIENCE FOUNDATION AWARDS GRANT TO HIGHLINE COMMUNITY COLLEGE

The National Science Foundation Computer Science, Engineering, and Mathematics Scholarships Program (CSEMS) awarded a grant of $400,000 to Highline Community College for support of the Engineering Scholars Program (ESP). This program will provide support for academically talented, financially needy students, enabling them to enter a university to pursue a Bachelor of Science (B.S.) Degree in engineering, following completion of an Associate of Science (AS.) degree in engineering. The project is under the direction of Rebecca Sliger, Han Lim, Igor Glozman, and Bob Maplestone.

The ESP will award scholarships to financially disadvantaged, academically talented students from underrepresented groups enrolled in engineering. To help these scholars be successful, educational opportunities and student support programs have been designed to increase retention. Cohort courses and activities have been designed to connect the scholars with their peers, the institution and the engineering community. The ESP will also strengthen partnership with area school districts, institutions of higher education and employers in the high technology industry to support students in their pursuit of a B.S. degree.
 

Barbara Bush Foundation Announces 2003 Grant Winners

The Barbara Bush Foundation for Family Literacy has awarded a total of $571,840.48 to develop or expand ten programs that will improve the literacy skills of parents and their children.  Since its inception in 1989, the Foundation has awarded nearly $12 million to 367 family literacy programs in 44 different states.  

Ranging in size from $24,500 to $65,000, the ten winning grant applications were chosen from among 634 proposals, submitted by a side variety of private non-profit and public organizations including libraries, correctional institutions, universities, housing projects, and public schools.  

This year's grant recipients were announced at the Foundation's ninth annual fundraiser, A Celebration of Reading, on April 24.  

Highline Community College was awarded a $65,000 grant to expand the School Success/Learning Project, which targets Limited English Proficient, low-income residents of the Gregory Heights and Seahurst areas.  The project will join Spanish speaking immigrant/refugee parents and their children with adult educators and neighborhood school teachers for evening family literacy classes that focus on the child's success in school and the parent's success in the home. Jeff Wagnitz was instrumental in obtaining this grant for Highline.  

For more information about the work of the Barbara Bush Foundation for Family Literacy, see their website:

 

Faculty Information Bulletin from Access Services

 

Did you know?  The typewriter was invented as a private writing device for a blind member of a royal family?

Welcome to fall quarter 2003 at Highline Community College. This is the first in a series of bulletins that will contain information about disability and education during the 2003-2004 school year. 

Did you know that students who are diagnosed with a disability can receive services to help them to be successful in college? 

A student may qualify for classroom accommodation if any of the following apply:

Received special education services in high school, is struggling with depression or anxiety, has a physical limitation that affects mobility, has a hearing or sight impairment, suffers from a chronic illness or has any diagnosed and documented condition that affects academic performance. 

What does Access Services Do?

The Director of Access Services will meet with students to assess individual needs for classroom accommodation.  Some common classroom accommodations are: enlarged text for vision impairment, a wireless FM system for hearing loss, note taking services for ADD/ADHD, extended time testing for a learning disability, and an adjustable table that will accommodate a wheelchair. Accommodations are based on disability diagnosis and approved on an individual basis. 

How do students request services?

Access Services is located in the upper floor of building 6, in the Student Development Center.  Students can come by or call (206) 878-3710 ext. 3857 to schedule an appointment with Carol Jones, Director of Access Services.  Faculty are always welcome to contact us with any disability related questions or concerns. 

 Have a wonderful fall quarter!

   

Did you loose your favorite parking space to a semi? 

Worried about finding a parking place?

 

Bus Passes Available....You can purchase Sound Transit bus passes at 50 percent of the normal cost thanks to a Commuter Challenge grant, a nonprofit organization affiliated with the Economic Development Council of Seattle and King County.  

Passes are available now in Highline’s Bookstore in Building 6 on the college’s main campus.  

 The grant also helps promote and expand Highline’s Transit Pass Subsidy project, which is part of the college’s Commuter Trip Reduction program.  

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Read the first edition of the Marine Science and Technology (MaST) Center newsletter. 

Click here to read the newsletter. 

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Who Inspires You?

Who Inspires You? Whom Do You Inspire?

 

“Aspire to Inspire” at this year’s Professional Development Day on Friday, October 17, 2003. From everyday acts of kindness to spearheading a national movement, there’s a range of ways we can make a difference and inspire others.

 

Develop your power to inspire others by learning new skills, growing personally and professionally, and garnering new insight into how to make what you do at Highline count.

 

This year’s event includes a diverse selection of workshops, free lunch, and prizes galore. Sign up today for this free, campus-wide event. Visit http://tbird.highline.edu/pres/pddc for details.

 

 

Welcome to Our Team 
(since June  2003)

Name

Position

Department
Darryl Brice Faculty Sociology
Monica Chung Instructional Lab Facilitator WorkFirst
Ché Dawson Faculty Paralegal
Daniel Drischel Hum Services Technology Program Manger Human Services
Cheryl Dunlop Faculty Technical Writing
Amy Ehrlich Faculty Math
Amanda Espinosa-Aguilar Faculty Writing & Multicultural American Literature
Linda Faaren Program Manger for ESL Special Projects Instruction
Ada Franklin Faculty Nursing
Michael Girvin Faculty Accounting
Jo Hopp Faculty Physics
David Madsen Faculty Engineering
Tarisa Matsumoto-Maxfield Faculty Writing & Multicultural American Literature
Woody Moses Faculty Biology
Elise Muller-Lindgren Faculty Nursing
Amber Rowe Instructor Women's Basketball Coach/Intramural Coordinator PE
Grisha Stewart Faculty Math
Teresa Trillo Faculty Nursing
Jeff Ward Faculty Business
Aaron Warnock Faculty Math
Stephen Washburn Faculty ABE/GED

 

 

.... Dr. Elizabeth Chen, Highline Community College Board of Trustees, is the new TACTC Treasurer (Trustees Association for Community and Technical Colleges).    

.... Marie Zimmerman is acting VP of Academic Affairs for fall quarter.

.... Monica Luce is acting Instructional Resources Dean for fall quarter.

 

 

Back to School

Through August and early September, the nation's schools reopen following the traditional summer break. This edition of Facts for Features from the US Census Bureau celebrates students' and teachers' return to school.
 

Students

73.2 million
The number of U.S. residents enrolled in schools -- from nursery schools to colleges. About 1-in-4 residents age 3 and over is a student.

53.4 million
The number of students projected to be enrolled in the nation's elementary and high schools (grades K-12) this fall. That number exceeds the total in 1969 (51.6 million) when the last of the "baby boom" children expanded school enrollments. <

10
Percentage of all students who are enrolled in private elementary or private high schools.

20
Percentage of elementary and high school students who have at least one foreign-born parent.

26
Percentage of high school students ages 15 to 17 who are holding down a full- or part-time job.

850,000
Number of students who are home-schooled. That is 2 percent of all students ages 5 to 17.

9.8 million
The number of school-age children (5 to 17) who speak a language other than English at home. They make up nearly 1-in-5 children in this age group. Most of these children (6.8 million) speak Spanish at home.

72
Percentage of children 12-to-17 years old who are academically on track for their age. The rate is higher for girls than for boys (79 percent versus 69 percent).

22
Percentage of children 12 to 17 who either are enrolled in a special class for gifted students or do advanced work in any subject. The corresponding rate for those ages 6 to 11 is 13 percent.

59
Percentage of children 6 to 17 who participate in at least one of three extracurricular activities, sports, clubs or lessons.

8.2 million
Number of students 25 and over enrolled in college. Students 25 and over account for about half of all college students.

56
Percentage of college students who are women. Women have held the majority status in college enrollment since 1979.

2.4 million
The projected number of college degrees that will be conferred during this academic year.


Schools

4,084
Number of institutions of higher learning that grant college degrees.

Teachers

6.5 million
The number of practicing teachers in the United States -- from pre-kindergarten to college.

$53,300
Average annual salary paid to public school teachers in New Jersey -- highest of any state in the nation. Teachers in South Dakota received the lowest -- $30,300. The national average was $43,300.

 

The Rising Cost of College

$9,326
Average tuition, room and board (for in-state students) at the nation's four-year public colleges and universities for an entire academic year; that is up 75 percent from 1990.

$27,711
Average tuition, room and board at the nation's four-year private colleges and universities for an entire academic year; that is up 84 percent from 1990.

 

The Rewards of Staying in School

$4.4 million
The estimated lifetime earnings of professional (i.e., medical, law, dentistry and veterinary medicine) degree-holders. This compares with $3.4 million for those with Ph.D.s, $2.5 million for master's degree-holders, $2.1 million for those with bachelor's degrees, $1.2 million for high school graduates and $1.0 million for high school dropouts.  

$54,761
Average starting salary offer to bachelor's degree candidates in petroleum engineering, among the highest of any field of study. At the other end of the spectrum were those majoring in the humanities; they were offered an average of $30,653.  


Graduation

84
Percentage of the nation's adults 25 and over with at least a high school diploma.

27
Percentage of the nation's adults 25 and over who have at least a bachelor's degree.


Back-to-School Shopping

$5.4 billion
The amount of money spent at family clothing stores in August 2002. Only October, November and December -- the holiday shopping season -- also sales showed last year greater than $5 billion. Similarly, bookstore sales in August 2002 totaled $1.8 billion, an amount not surpassed by any month except January and December.

 

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We are always looking for guest authors and great story ideas, or items of interest for the "did-you-know" column.  The newsletter comes out the first of each month, so if you'd like to include something, email your ideas to msell@highline.edu at least one week prior. 

 

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