Education & Talent

Spokane Community College expands its evening offerings

Effort targets workers who don't have degree

March 12, 2015

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

Lending Gonzaga health care expertise to West Africa

Professor travels to Benin to help open clinic, teach

December 4, 2014

Judith Spitzer

Susan Norwood, a nursing professor at Gonzaga University, recently traveled to the Republic of Benin, West Africa, as a Fulbright Scholar Specialist to help set up a new medical clinic and teach basic first aid to staff at a 'community sustainmentâ€ pr

North Idaho College plans $15 million tech-education facility

Architects West to design large Rathdrum building

November 20, 2014

Mike McLean

North Idaho College has selected Coeur d'Alene-based design firm Architects West Inc. to lead the design team for a planned $15 million Career Technical Education Facility that will nearly double the school's enrollment capacity in seven programs, say

T.W. Clark Construction starts $4.1 million transportation building project

Contractor erecting facility in Othello for school buses

November 20, 2014

Judith Spitzer

T.W. Clark Construction LLC, of Spokane Valley, started construction in September on a $4.1 million transportation building for the Othello and Royal school districts, in Othello, Wash.

Spokane Public Schools floats $204.9 million project list

Capital funding measure, M&O levy set for Feb. 15

November 20, 2014

Mike McLean

Spokane Public Schools has finalized its list of projects to be included in a $145 million bond measure that will go before voters on Feb. 15, along with a $202.5 million maintenance-and-operations levy measure.