The State Board for
Community and Technical Colleges released the
following announcement:
Please join us in
congratulating Highline Community College as our new
Center of Excellence in International Trade,
Transportation, and Logistics. Highline has a long
history of work in internationalization,
globalization, and serving the international trade
industry. We look forward to Highline leading the
way in combining their expertise with that of all
colleges offering programs and courses in
international trade, transportation, and logistics
to better serve this essential industry in our
state.
Highline's related programs include
International Business and Trade, Hotel and Tourism
Management, Travel and Transportation, Center for
Extended Learning Certificates and Programs and the
Small Business Development Center
Highline is proud to celebrate
the 10th annual Unity through Diversity week.
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, at 9:00 and 11:00 in the Mt.
Constance room. The entire schedule will be
available soon. For more information, contact
Yoshiko Harden-Abe, Multicultural Services at ext:
3041.
International Council Established
The International Council is being formed to assure
broad communication and provide the mechanism for
our many international activities to compliment each
other. The charge to the Council
is to coordinate international projects and
activities of Highline.
The council
consists of
Scott Hardin, Chair,
Michael Allen,
Raegan Copeland,
Kathleen Hasselblad,
James Peyton.
Each of these individuals
is involved in some aspect of Highline's
international activities. Alice Madsen, Jeff
Wagnitz and Marie Zimmerman will serve as ex officio
members of the Council.
Distinguished
Alumnus Search
Highline Community College is seeking nominations for the 2007 Distinguished Alumnus
Award. The Alumnus Award honors individuals who
attended Highline and who are making outstanding
contributions in their chosen fields of endeavor.
Highline began the award in 1990 with Norm Rice,
former Mayor of Seattle, chosen as the first
recipient. Past recipients have included Junki
Yoshida, Founder and CEO of the Yoshida Food Group,
Highline’s own Dr. T.M. Sell, Larry Blackstock of NW
Cable News, Maurice Sabado of SAIC in San Diego and
last year’s winner, Ezra Teshome of State Farm
Insurance.
To learn more or to
submit a nomination click here
Lisa Skari
was named the Distinguished Service Award winner by
the Association of Washington Community and
Technical College Administrators at the
organization’s winter meeting held early in March.
Click here for complete story
South Seattle Community College won the Digital
Education Achievement award for Higher Education Web
site Category. This site was built from scratch six
years ago by our own Nancy Kent. Aren’t we
lucky she decided to come to Highline!
Financial Aid welcomes Katrina Titchenal and
Charlotte Green as the department's newest
Financial Aid Advisors.
Alice Madsen has been named Highline's Dean
of Instruction for Professional Technical
Education.
Cash
In for Next Year
2007-2008 Scholarships Available
Current and future Highline students can apply for
any and all of the 44 scholarships available through
the Highline Community College Foundation by filling
out one application. At stake is more than $60,000
in assistance for the 2007–08 academic year, with
awards ranging from
$400 to $2,700.
Applications
are available online at
www.funds4highline.org/scholarships.htmand
in the Financial Aid
office, Foundation office, and Student Programs
office. Application deadline is April 13, 2007, 4
pm For more information, call 206-870-3774.
Scholarships are made possible by donations to the
Foundation from individuals, community organizations
and businesses throughout the South King County
area.
Blanca
Berrios
Suzanne Burris
Mary Carlisle
Lorena Celis
Suzy Holmes
Dave Kress
Joel McCluskey
Karin McQuade
Wayne Miller
Marta Reeves
T. M. Sell
Nancy Warren
The Highline Writing
Center will be presenting at the Northwest Writing Center
Association Conference in Bellingham on April 28th. The title of the Presentation is "Rock,
Paper, Scissors: Multidimensional Conversations in
the Writing Center." The panel will include the
writing consultants Dulanjalee Seneviratne,
Christopher Thomas, Andrew Clark, Nikolas Thomas, Anna
Kojenikovna, student writer, and Rosemary Adang as WC Coordinator.
This will be the third consecutive year we've
presented at this regional conference
Spring quarter financial aid checks will NOT be
mailed, as in the past three quarters. Spring
quarter checks will be available to pick up beginning April 2 at 10am. Checks
will be available in Building 2 on April 2 & 3 from
10am – 5pm. After 5pm on these two days, and after
April 3, checks will be available for pick up in the Cashiers Office,
Building 6.
Student
Programs and Workforce Development Services Host
Volunteer Fair
