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Bothell resident earns scholarship from 草榴社区

Western Washington University student Alexandra Jacqueline Kattar, daughter of Jean and Susan Kattar of Bothell, received a $2,000 Edward Tilden Mathes Endowment for the 2012-2013 academic year.

The Edward Tilden Mathes Endowment is awarded to students planning to teach in the field of鈥

Disruptive Innovation: Rhetoric or Reality?

Recent events at the University of Virginia following the decision of the institution's governing board to remove its president after only two years in office have brought to light some questionable claims that have been animating educational reformers lately.
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Questions of Leadership

The University of Virginia Board of Visitors鈥 vote today about reversing the ouster of President Teresa Sullivan has enough drama to make one wonder whether it was scripted.
What began as a surprise announcement of the president鈥檚 resignation was followed by two weeks of campus鈥

It takes a creative community to make a film about the Mount Baker Marathon

A hundred years ago, it took grit and perhaps a touch of craziness for a small group of loggers, mill workers and other local men to race up gnarly trails at night and dangerous snowfields at the break of day to reach the summit of Mount Baker, then run back down the mountain to catch a train or鈥

Honors Program graduates bright, gifted students
20-somethings go home to regroup

GO AHEAD, ask Joseph Sumi.

Ask him what it's like to graduate from Shorecrest High School in 2005, go to college, get married, move to Idaho with your new wife and no job, equal parts hope and anxiety gunning the motor of a '98 Volkswagen.
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For-Profits' War on Philanthropy

Critics of recent efforts to regulate for-profit colleges have suggested that the Obama Administration is waging a 鈥渨ar鈥 on for-profit universities.
The reality is exactly the opposite: the for-profit sector is challenging a centuries-old practice of separating philanthropy from鈥

Why read the classics? Western's George Mariz will present reasons April 11
P.C. leaders name building for Keegan

Dr. Thomas Keegan may not be leaving much behind when he takes his new job at Skagit Valley College later this year but his name will be linked to the school he led for more than a decade.

By unanimous vote, the Peninsula College board of trustees agreed last week鈥

10 WHO CARED: Rick Tremaine led restoration of ancient courthouse

Looking back, it feels a bit like destiny that Rick Tremaine led the effort to restore the old Territorial Courthouse in Bellingham.The 153-year-old structure at 1308 E St. is the oldest brick building in Washington, and was definitely showing its age when Carl and Nickie Akers donated it to the鈥

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