Spokane Colleges has announced Kimberlee Messina will resign from her role as president of Spokane Falls Community College to serve as chancellor of City College of San Francisco.
LaunchNW, an initiative of Spokane-based Innovia Foundation, has been awarded a $2.5 million grant from Ballmer Group to implement a post-high school education support system for students throughout Eastern Washington.
The Pacific Northwest is experiencing a significant shift in higher education leadership, with an increasing number of women assuming presidential roles at colleges and universities across the region.
Projects are underway at Gonzaga University's Integrated STEM Complex where the university is investing nearly $3 million to update and modernize biomedical science, informatics, and research lab space at the heart of its campus in Spokane.
Christine Johnson has enjoyed a highly-influential career positively impacting the Spokane area's educational landscape, where she served as chancellor of Community Colleges of Spokane, now Spokane Colleges, for 12 years before retiring in 2022.
A unique collaboration between the Salish School of Spokane and Catholic Charities of Eastern Washington is addressing some historical complexities between Indigenous people and Catholicism while at the same time heralding a long-held vision of reestablishing a Salish community on the Spokane River.
Cheney Public Schools is making progress on the development of a new $36 million elementary school that will increase student capacity and provide much-needed public gathering spaces on the West Plains.