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WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 27, 2016
Vol. CXXV, No. 17
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Pierce College, TCC among nation's top 150 community colleges Photo Courtesy Tacoma Community College Two Pierce County colleges have been named among the nation's top 150 community colleges by the Aspen Institute and are now eligible to compete for a $1 million prize. The non-profit organization placed Tacoma Community College (pictured) and Pierce College - Fort Steilacoom in the running for the 2017 Aspen Prize for Community College Excellence. The Aspen Institute selected the 150 colleges from a pool of more than 1,000 public two-year colleges across the nation. Nine colleges were selected in Washington State: Clark College, Everett Community College, Highline College, Olympic College, Pierce College - Fort Steilacoom, Renton Technical College, South Puget Sound Community College, Tacoma Community College, and Whatcom Community College. The Aspen Prize, awarded every two years, recognizes high achievement and performance among America's community colleges and recognizes exceptional student outcomes in four areas: student learning, certificate and degree completion, employment and earnings, and high levels of access and success for minority and low-income students. The colleges have been invited to submit applications containing detailed data on how well their students learn, complete degrees, and get jobs with competitive wages after graduating. Ten finalists will be named in fall 2016. The last round involves an on-site visit by Aspen Institute officials. Prize winners will be announced in early 2017. The Aspen Institute is an educational and policy studies organization based in Washington, D.C. Its mission is to foster leadership based on enduring values and to provide a nonpartisan venue for dealing with critical issues. More information is available online at aspenprize. org.
Pierce Transit to host Destination 2040 open house meetings Posted online Tues., Jan. 26 Pierce Transit will host a series of open houses in February to gather public input about services and routes the public would like the agency to provide over the next 25 years. The process is part of Destination 2040, a long range plan that aims to serve as a guide for providing dependable, safe, efficient, and fullyintegrated public transportation throughout the South Sound. To achieve that goal, Pierce Transit will host three open houses to share several service scenarios through the year 2040, as well as gather feedback on which scenarios the public would find most beneficial. The various service options were built using future population and employment projections for Pierce County, as well as factors such as buildable lands, household and employment densities, major activity or industrial centers, and any other criteria known to generate transit ridership and related demand, according to Pierce Transit officials. Pierce County residents are invited to any of the following three open houses: Tacoma — Hilltop Community Room, 1202 Martin Luther King Jr. Way, on Weds., Feb. 3, between 3 p.m. and 6 p.m. Puyallup — Puyallup Public Library South Meeting Room, located at 324 S. Meridian, on Tues., Feb. 16, between 4:30 p.m. to 7:30 p.m. Lakewood — Pierce Transit Maintenance Building 5 Rainier Conference Room, located at
3720 96th St. SW, on Thurs., Feb. 25, between 5 p.m. and 8 p.m. More information is available online at piercetransit.org/destination-2040/.
Childcare facility opens Feb. 8 at Children's Museum of Tacoma Posted online Tues., Jan. 26 The Children's Museum of Tacoma will open a licensed childcare facility in downtown Tacoma in February. The Muse: A Children's Center — located at 1501 Pacific Ave., in the lower level of the United Way Building, which also houses the Children's Museum of Tacoma — is a program of the Children's Museum of Tacoma in collaboration with the University of Washington Tacoma, and will serve approximately 70 children aged 18 months to five years old. The Muse will give priority enrollment to children of students, faculty, and staff of University of Washington Tacoma, but will also offer additional openings for community members interested in its services. The Muse will operate Monday through Friday, between 7 a.m. and 6 p.m., beginning on Mon., Feb. 8. More information is available online at playtacoma.org/themuse.