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Olympic College does not have plans to increase the amount of four-year degrees offered, due to the state budget crisis, but administrators are conducting research into what degrees could be offered when the opportunity returns.
In addition to partnerships with both in and out-of-state universities, OC offers a Bachelor of Science in Nursing degree, which the college has been accredited by the state to award. The partnered universities; Old Dominion University, Western Washington University, Saint Martin's University and Washington State University, offer four-year degrees from the Bremerton campus, but the degrees are not awarded by OC.
"Things will eventually turn around, so we need to start investigating and researching into those things now," said OC Dean of Instruction Mary Garguile. "We'll continue to look at the options and continue to keep things open."
Center Lauren Hefflin scored 18 of her game-high 20 points in the second half as Western Washington University overcame a cold shooting night to defeat Western Oregon University 59-50 in a Great Northwest Athletic Conference women's basketball game on Monday, Feb. 7, to extend its winning streak to 15.
The Mongolian Community and friends in Whatcom County will be celebrating Tsagaan Sar, Mongolian New Year from 2 to 5 p.m. Saturday, February 5, at Loomis Hall at 288 Martin Street in Blaine. The event is sponsored by the Sound Essence Project, Blue Sky Education Project for Mongolia, and Bellingham Sister Cities Association.
Guard Zach Henifin scored a team-high 21 points, hitting a shot to force overtime and a go-ahead 3-pointer in the extra period to lead Western Washington University to a 92-86 victory over Saint Martin's University in a Great Northwest Athletic Conference men's basketball game Saturday, Feb. 5, at Sam Carver Gymnasium on the WWU campus.
The Vikings improved to 13-7 overall and 8-4 in the GNAC, remaining undefeated in 10 games at Carver Gym this season.
Guard Amanda Dunbar scored 20 points and had six assists as nationally ranked Western Washington University defeated Saint Martin's University, 63-47, in a Great Northwest Athletic Conference women's basketball game Saturday, Feb. 5, at Marcus Pavilion in Lacey.
State lawmakers are considering a plan that would expand a nonprofit online university in Washington as a way to increase access to higher education.
The proposal, sponsored by Sen. Jim Kastama, D-Puyallup, would create a partnership between the state and the Western Governors University (WGU), based in Utah.
It's 1 a.m. on Saturday, Jan. 29. I'm listening to Arabic chanting coming from loudspeakers about a block away. I assume it is from a mosque, and someone is chanting the Koran to calm the neighborhood.
I've already been out on the street with our apartment manager ("bo-ab"), Shabaan, to check out the makeshift barricades (branches, logs, flower pots, blocks of concrete) that have been set up to slow possible looters.
Trail blazing can be tough work. Toiling in the sun, moving 100-pound boulders and contending with irritable scorpions and the occasional wandering javelina poses its challenges, but for the Fire Four AmeriCorps National Civilian Community Corps team working to develop a system of trails in Casa Grande Mountain Park, the obstacles are part of the fun.
And knowing they are creating something that will be enjoyed by the community for years to come makes the job worthwhile, several team members said.
“These trails will be here for hundreds of years,” said Sarah Rosenbaum, a Fire Four AmeriCorps team member from Massachusetts. “That was one of the things that attracted us to this project.”
A former South Whidbey resident escaped the turmoil in Egypt on Friday after a knuckle-biting trip from his houseboat on the Nile River to the Cairo airport, his mother said.
“He’s in Dubai,” a relieved Emily Schmidt of Langley said of her son, Zach Van Lue. “He got out of there safe and sound without any problems.”
On a basketball court, Zach Henifin plays one position.
Whatever.
The 6-foot-5 junior with a stork-like wingspan has started the bulk of the Western Washington University men's basketball season at the guard position. But lately he's been found defending near 7-footers under the basket.