Education & Talent

Spokane International Academy to open this fall

Old St. Patrick's building to house charter school

April 9, 2015

Spokane International Academy, one of two free charter schools authorized by Spokane Public Schools to open this fall, is putting the finishing touches on the 1914 building in Hillyard that will house its first students, says Travis Franklin, the schoolâ€

Spokane Sheriff's Office relocates training center

Old Mountain View said better suited for classes

March 26, 2015

Mike McLean

The Spokane County Sheriff's Office has moved its training and personnel units to the former Mountain View Middle School, says sheriff's Sgt. Martin Tucker, who oversees the units. The sheriff's training center now occupies 46,200 square feet of le

Gonzaga University unfolds campaign to boost school's visibility

Effort aims to capitalize Bulldogs' hoop success

March 26, 2015

Katie Ross

Gonzaga University has launched a campaign that aims to introduce the university to prospective students outside of the Pacific Northwest by leveraging the visibility of its basketball programs. The marketing promotion tipped off during the West Coast Co

Education projects continue upward trajectory

Spokane Public Schools, EWU's PUB contribute solidly to mix

March 12, 2015

Judith Spitzer

Construction in the education sector is poised to ramp up here, with the recent passage of bond measures in several Spokane-area school districts and capital projects under way or planned for area colleges and universities. The capital projects either pla

Spokane Community College expands its evening offerings

Effort targets workers who don't have degree

March 12, 2015

Judith Spitzer

Spokane Community College has expanded evening hours to accommodate professionals who work full time, enabling them to finish a degree or earn credits to advance their careers. About 74,000 working-age Spokane residents have attended college but don't

WSU students to roll out Go KEFI travel website

Startup Weekend champ will test idea on campus

March 12, 2015

Judith Spitzer

Three Washington State University students who have developed Go KEFI, an affordable adventure travel website, say they are poised to test the platform on the Pullman campus. Amanda Scott, a WSU senior who generated the idea for the website, pitched the

New high tech trading room aids collegiate investors

Whitworth student analysts' investments net good profit

January 29, 2015

Judith Spitzer

Every Thursday morning at 6:15 a.m., Whitworth University senior Ashley Sievers can be found on campus in a high tech trading room, discussing stock pitches and portfolio allocations with other members of the Whitworth Student Investment Group. The H.H.

WSU Spokane firms up U-District health clinic project

University accepts design, starts planning with city

January 29, 2015

Mike McLean

Washington State University Spokane plans to break ground in the spring for the planned $15 million Spokane Teaching Health Center's University District Health Clinic, says WSU spokeswoman Terren Roloff. The university last month approved schematic des

Poll: Voters statewide back WSU medical school

Results shows differences in other areas, however

December 18, 2014

Judith Spitzer

While Washingtonians agree on issues such as whether environmental activism is too aggressive and hurts economic growth, Eastern Washington voters disagree over whether the state should have legalized recreational marijuana, say the findings of a new surv

EWU leader settles in as school sets latest record

University has posted six years of rising enrollment

December 18, 2014

Katie Ross

Mary Cullinan, president of Eastern Washington University, is settling into her new role and has identified some key goals, she says, such as fighting for legislative funding, instituting a new transfer program, and attracting nontraditional students. C