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Achieving the Dream
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 Highline's
Achieving the Dream initiative will submit a draft
implementation proposal to its program coaches this
week. The proposal includes changes to the
developmental math and ESL programs to increase
student retention and success. The final draft of
the proposal will be submitted at the end of May.
Highline is eligible to receive $100,000 per year
for the next four years to support these ongoing
changes.
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Highline's Nursing Department Receives Grant |
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 Our Nursing Department
members under the leadership of
Barbara Smith wrote a successful Promise of
Nursing proposal for “Simulation &
Community–Based Learning for Clinical Nursing
Education” and was awarded $25,000. The funds
will be used for a simulated manikin that will
increase student's opportunities for practicing
clinical skills.
This grant was part of $225,000 raised from the
J&J “Promise of Nursing for Washington” gala
held in March. These grants were issued after
an RFP process for which all approved nursing
programs in Washington state were eligible.
Only proposals that would increase the numbers
of nurses were considered, with an emphasis on
innovation and increasing the numbers of RN’s
and underrepresented/minority nurses. The
reviewers were all active members of the
“Promise” Steering Committee that supported the
event and raised funds for nursing in our state.
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Gangs in Federal Way? |
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Gang activity is a symptom of youth in crisis
Advancing Leadership is seeking partners for an
ongoing effort to create awareness and be proactive
with prevention. You are invited to join the
Advancing Leadership Board of Directors and other
community stakeholders for a meeting on gang
behavior and how to understand and counteract the
harmful influence. This forum will provide an
overview from local authorities and examples of
proactive solutions in other communities so we can
work toward resistency in Federal Way.
Wednesday,
April 25th, 6:00 – 7:30 PM
City of Federal Way, Council Chambers
Contact: Teri Hickel, (253) 838-2605, ext. 102
terih@federalwaychamber.com
learn more
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10th Annual Unity through Diversity Week |
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 Empowering
Communities:
Moving Beyond Individualism
Highline
is proud to celebrate the 10th annual Unity through
Diversity week. Our theme, Empowering Communities:
Moving Beyond Individualism, examines the power of
community in the movement for social justice, equity
and human rights. This year, Dr. Tricia Rose,
Professor of Africana Studies, Brown University,
will provide the keynote address on Monday, April
23, 2007 at 9:00 and 11:00 in the Mt. Constance
room. For more information, contact Yoshiko
Harden-Abe, Multicultural Services at ext: 3041.
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Highline is Hosting Camp Invention
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Camp
Invention
is a weeklong nonprofit summer enrichment program
that fosters creativity, teamwork,
inventive-thinking skills, and science literacy for
children entering grades 1 through 6.
The
National Inventors Hall of Fame Foundation created
the program with support from the U.S. Patent and
Trademark Office. Since is inception in 1990, the
program has grown to more than 800 camps in 44
states. Taught by local educators, this hands-on
inquiry-based program has received rave reviews from
participating educators, parents, and children,
giving it an approval rating of more than 90%!
The
program consists of five thematic modules that make
up 6.5 hours of programming a day for five days. The
program is designed to meet the needs of varying age
groups through primary and intermediate activities
present in each of the modules.
Camp Invention runs
July
9-13, 2007, 10:30--4:30 p.m.
Highline employees receive a discount on this camp.
For more information, contact James Loetterle
jloetter@highline.edu
click here to see the flyer
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What are you doing?
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Nataly Wickham, a vocal student
of Dr. Sandra Glover, at Highline Community College
is the national winner of the Music Teachers
National Association.
More info….
Monica Luce has been
named Interim Dean of Instructional Resources,
effective April 1. Instructional Resources is
comprised of Instructional Computing, Instructional
Design, and the Library.
Scott Hardin will be
leaving us to join the City of Burien as their City
Finance Director.
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Human Powered Paper Vehicle Competition
Winners
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Congratulations to
Rich Bankhead and his ENGR 290 students - they swept
the competition AGAIN this year at the 11th annual
Human Powered Paper Vehicle competition at
EWU. These students worked very hard and the
efforts produced outstanding results, improving on
last year's impressive record of winning 3 out 6
awards to take 4 out of 6 this year! Highline has
set the standard the past two years and is now the
confirmed college to beat in future competitions.
The event is sponsored
by two NSF grants the college has received, the
Engineering Scholarship Program and the Northwest
Engineering Talent Expansion Partnership, which
support recruiting and retention in the Engineering
department.
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