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WWU's Nick Galati helps Mount Vernon students build microscope - and STEM interest - in summer college prep program 2022-09-21
Whatcom View: Mentors help students succeed in school, life

Many of us have been fortunate to have benefitted from the good advice of mentors in our lives – perhaps a supportive parent, relative or teacher. But for some, role models can be absent, not readily apparent or even negative.

Years ago, when living in Green Bay, Wisconsin, I had a chance…

2016-02-02
Compass 2 Campus named top mentoring program 2015-07-08
Alumni mentors help low-income Seattleites 2014-03-14
Teachers for the future

Growing up, Mount Vernon High School counselor Juan Espinoza didn’t see a lot of teachers who looked like him. As a Latino student, he remembers seeing only one Latino teacher — but a lot of Latino custodians.
“At the time, it was the norm,” Espinoza said. “No one was questioning it, so…

2013-11-19
A fifth-grader’s guide to college

Fifth-graders from Washington Elementary School in Mount Vernon spent the day Tuesday not at their desks doing math problems or reading, but at college learning how to sew and design a costume.
It was the fifth annual Compass 2 Campus day at Western Washington University, where students…

2013-10-23
900 fifth-graders visit Western to imagine college 2013-10-23
Compass 2 Campus needs faculty to present on tour day Oct. 22 2013-09-24
Your vote could help Compass 2 Campus win $25,000 to help youth 2013-04-04
Housing-based mentoring hits home for low-income residents and volunteers

In the study room at Greenwood Public Library, Maggie (not her real name) who is 38 and lives in the nearby Cate Apartments, and Carrie Danielson, a 33 year-old Western Washington University graduate, chat and laugh like old friends.

Actually, the women have known…

2013-02-28
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