Education & Talent

Gonzaga set to host influx of UW medical students

Schoenberg Center gets upgrades as preparation

June 30, 2016

Crews are updating Gonzaga University's Schoenberg Center to host 100 medical students starting studies Aug. 22, and that attendance includes the largest first-year class in Spokane undergoing University of Washington School of Medicine training. Augus

EWU plans to rebid big Pence Student Union Building renovation, expansion

University hopeful work will begin in September

June 30, 2016

Mike McLean

Eastern Washington University hopes to issue a second call for bids in late July for a planned renovation and expansion of its Pence Student Union Building, says Troy Bester, the university's senior project manager. Only one contractor, Spokane-based L

Plans for Jensen-Byrd Building cast online

Website airs new details in development strategy

June 16, 2016

Mike McLean

Jensen Byrd Development LLC, the group that wants to redevelop the Jensen-Byrd building and surrounding properties, has launched a website that includes new details about the developer's vision. The jensenbyrd.com website describes the planned $45 mill

Spokane International Academy cites fast start

Charter school outperforms in testing

June 16, 2016

Blythe Thimsen

Outperformed. That is the word that melted away the nerves gripping Travis Franklin, head of school at Spokane International Academy, as he, the teachers, staff, and students at one of Spokane's two new charter schools nervously awaited their Cambridg

Cross-discipline academia at WSU Spokane's nursing school

New nursing dean drawn to interprofessional approach at WSU Spokane

June 2, 2016

Treva Lind

Future nursing education should involve more learning in teams with cross-discipline health care students, working together in patient scenarios and using technology, says the new Spokane-based dean of the Washington State University College of Nursing.

Spokane Community College begins $1.9 million remodeling project

Old woodshop to become counseling, tutoring center

June 2, 2016

LeAnn Bjerken

Spokane Community College has begun a $1.9 million remodeling project, creating a combined counseling and tutoring center in what formerly was its woodshop space. The SCC campus is located at 1810 N Greene. The project will take place in the Old Main Bu

Changes loom for WSU's Native American health sciences program

Director to retire; med school holds recruitment potential

May 5, 2016

LeAnn Bjerken

Washington State University's Native American Health Sciences program will soon face some changes as it continues its support of providing resources to young Native students pursuing careers in health and sciences. The first change will come about thi

Central Valley School District reworks plans for Ponderosa Elementary

Entirely new facility would save costs over renovation

May 5, 2016

Mike McLean

The Central Valley School District now wants to replace Ponderosa Elementary school rather than renovate and expand it-a move that district superintendent Ben Small claims would save on construction costs, speed up the project schedule, and eliminate th

Kiemle & Hagood creates scholarship fund for HVAC students

Program aims to promote building-maintenance skills

April 21, 2016

Mike McLean

Spokane-based commercial real estate brokerage Kiemle & Hagood Co. recently created the Ed Kiemle Memorial Scholarship Fund through the Community Colleges of Spokane Foundation Endowment Fund. The endowed scholarship program will award two $500 scholarsh

'Flipped classrooms' boost learning

Model provides students hands-on business skills

April 7, 2016

Guest Commentary

Learning exclusively from textbooks and lectures of a traditional classroom setting is no longer enough to properly prepare students with the skills required by modern workplaces. A study by the Association of American Colleges & Universities found that s