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Highline Receives NSF
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 The
National Science Foundation
awarded a grant of $599,968 to Highline Community
College for support of the "Science Scholars Program
(SSP)," under the direction of Tina Ostrander, Eric
Baer, Gregory Reinemer, Jeff Owens, and Robert
Embrey.
This grant provides scholarships to
students pursuing
degrees in any of the following areas:
Astronomy, Biology, Biotechnology, Botany, Chemistry, Environmental Science, Geology, Marine Science, Oceanography,
or Physics.
Please tell students about the
scholarships – up to $5265 per year. Awards are ongoing and will be made in Fall
Quarter to eligible students! (12 credits, eligible
for financial aid, pursuing any Pure and Applied
Science degree, 2.5 GPA). Any degree path is okay. It does not have to be a
transfer degree. Use the attached file to print applications
for distribution. Note: It is a FERPA violation to
ask students if they are receiving financial aid
when in a group setting.
The URL with complete details is
http://flightline.highline.edu/nsfscholarship/index.htm
 In
September,
Highline upgraded to the latest version of
Blackboard. The new version adds a bunch of cool
features, but also is different in some
important ways. Key differences can be found on
the Bb7 FAQ at
http://flightline.highline.edu/blackboard/bb7.html.
If you are an instructor using Blackboard,
please refer to the attached message, which is
the latest update of the messages sent to the
Blackboard Announcements email list. Workshops
for instructors are still available -see
http://flightline.highline.edu/blackboard
for details.
If you experience any errors, difficulties,
gobbledygook, or general weirdness in the new
version, please let us know immediately at
ichelp@highline.edu with as much
information as possible, including what you were
doing at the time, the URL on which you
received the error and screen shots if you can.
If you have more questions or would like to
request Fall quarter courses, please see
http://flightline.highline.edu/blackboard/
Tim Wrye
Director of Instructional Computing
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Highline
Community College
Science Seminar
Fall
2007
Fridays at 2:10 in Building 3, Room 102;
All are welcome!
Science Seminar takes place every Friday at 2:20
during the year. While students can take it as a
class, all are welcome.
Topics include:
Floods of Lava, The great Ice Age
Missoula Floods, The Mathematical
Impossibility of a ‘Fair’ Voting System,
The Search for Sasquatch, Nessie,
Ogopogo, and Other Fabulous Creatures, The first
Annual Physics Show, and The 5th Annual Chemistry
Show.
Click here for a
complete listing of topics....
Thanks to numerous folks in the library and Media
Services, you can watch many of the science seminars
on-line at
http://flightline.highline.edu/scienceseminars/getinvolved.html
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Justice Comes to Highline
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 The
Washington Supreme Court will be visiting Highline
Community College on May 5 and 6, 2008. The
first day of the visit is time for the court to
visit classes and meet with students, faculty,
Board of Trustees and Foundation members, and the
community, depending on the schedule.
The second day of the visit is when the Supreme
Court will be hearing actual cases throughout the
day. The sessions will be open to the campus and
the public. We have been working with Justice Tom
Chambers for the past 6 months to try and make this
happen. The court usually visits four year schools,
two or so a year. It is a unique honor and
opportunity to have them come to Highline.
For more information, contact Joy Smucker
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The Linn-Benton Community College (Albany, OR) board
has just approved a new program. The
Polysomnographic Technology Program will train
students to work with sleep physicians to help
patients with sleep apnea and other sleep disorders.
The program will include online lectures, hands-on
practice in a laboratory setting and patient contact
in a clinical practicum.
The program will be designed for up to 20 students,
full-time and over three quarters. The course will
be accredited by the Association of Polysomnographic
Technologists and online courses will be through
Highline Community College.
It will begin in the spring of 2008.
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Tuesday, November 13
from 9 AM-12:30 PM ,
Building 8
This fair
is for all
students who
are planning to
transfer to
a baccalaureate
institution in
Washington state.
There will
be admissions
representatives
from 20 Washington
colleges and
universities
at the fair.
Students can stop by
and ask questions
pertaining to their
transfer such as
deadlines, majors,
admissions
requirements
and financial
aid/scholarships.
They can also pick
up application
materials. This is a
great opportunity
for our students to
connect with someone
from their
school plus it
is also a
great place to
explore their
transfer options!
Workshops
include:
How to Write a
Winning Personal
Statement, Business,
Nursing, Pharmacy,
Psychology, UW
Pre-Medicine
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What are you doing?
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Lisa Skari was selected as a Rising Star
Honoree at the Business Examiner's Women of
Influence event on Sept. 19. Women of Influence
recognizes outstanding female leaders in the South
Sound. An independent panel of judges review the
nomination forms of all nominees to select a group
that have made the greatest impact in their
businesses, industries and communities.
see more...
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Dartmouth and Whitman Visit HCC
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During the summer a number
of elite private schools began
to take an interest in our
Honors Program and its students.
Several elite schools expressed enough
interest that they asked to come to our campus to
visit with students and to talk about admission to
elite schools.
Dartmouth visited on Sept. 17, and Whitman was here
on Sept 25. Swarthmore is coming toward the
end of October, and Williams, Amherst, and
Middlebury may visit as well.
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