Education & Talent

Spokane Community College begins $1.9 million remodeling project

Old woodshop to become counseling, tutoring center

June 2, 2016

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

Whitworth finance team off to national competition

Student team advances for second straight year

April 7, 2016

Whitworth University's four-student Chartered Financial Analyst (CFA) team heads to Chicago next week to compete in an international competition against teams from more than 100 colleges and universities from around the world. The four-day event starts

Gonzaga's entrepreneurial offers evolve, grow

Professor sees demand grow for field of study

April 7, 2016

LeAnn Bjerken

Gonzaga University professor Todd Finkle describes entrepreneurship as a field of study that's constantly changing, evolving to focus on the ideas and passions of its students. The concentration in entrepreneurship and innovation, which he created in 20

Connecting on STEM

Concepts now introduced as early as kindergarten

April 7, 2016

Spokane-area educators and business leaders say they're gaining more traction as they create more STEM-science, technology, engineering, and math-opportunities for students as young as kindergarten age. Lisa White, director of Spokane Public School

Providing workers conduit to careers in construction

West Plains facility seeks to replenish laborer ranks

April 7, 2016

Mike McLean

The Construction Industry Training Council of Washington is helping more than 100 mostly Spokane-area workers start careers in construction trades with classroom and lab courses at its new Eastern Washington Region facility on the West Plains. CITC, the

WSU names Kirk Schulz as new president

Current Kansas State leader chosen for post

March 25, 2016

Staff Report

Washington State University announced this afternoon that it has named Kirk Schulz as its new president. Schulz currently serves as president of Kansas State University, in Manhattan, Kan. The WSU Board of Regents is expected to consider Schulz's con