Bothell resident to speak at WGU Washington’s second annual commencement Saturday at Benaroya Hall

MAY 16, 2013 · 10:55 AM Bothell resident Connie Summers will receive her Bachelor of Science Business and Human Resources Management degree on Saturday and will make remarks as one of three commencement speakers for the Western Governor’s University (WGU) Washington at Benaroya Hall in downtown Seattle. Summers works in Boeing’s human resources department and […]

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Auburn man to speak at WGU Washington commencement

MAY 16, 2013 · 12:47 PM Auburn’s Julius Giron will be one of three speakers at the Western Governors University Washington’s second annual commencement ceremony at Benaroya Hall on Saturday. The ceremony begins at 3 p.m. Giron will join more than 500 graduates, nearly doubling WGU Washington’s inaugural graduating class. Giron will receive his bachelor […]

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Gov. Inslee Signs SSB 5195 into law, extending State Need Grant to WGU Washington students

PRESS RELEASE May 15, 2013, 8:13 p.m. EDT OLYMPIA, Wash., May 15, 2013 /PRNewswire via COMTEX/ — Governor Jay Inslee signed SSB 5195 into law today allowing WGU Washington students with financial need access to the State Need Grant Program. Previously, the state-endorsed, online university was unable to participate due to technicalities in the original […]

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Turner Construction Company Awarded the New Sibley Memorial Hospital

May 14th, 2013 – 0 comments Filed Under – by admin Patient Care Facility in Northwest Washington, DC Moves Forward with Expansion Plans   Washington, DC (PRWEB) May 12, 2013 Turner Construction Company received notice to proceed with the construction of the New Sibley Memorial Hospital, a 469,000 SF, 200 all private bed hospital in northwest Washington, DC. The new Sibley […]

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Museum of Flight to Acquire Lockheed Model 10 Electra via “Project Amelia”

by WarbirdsUpdate on MAY 12, 2013 in AVIATION MUSEUM NEWS The Museum of Flight’s Lockheed Model 10 Electra, is restored with the colors and markings of Earhart’s plane. (Image Credit: The Museum of Flight) The Museum of Flight in Seattle, Washington is well along in its efforts to fund “Project Amelia“which would see the museum acquire a restored and in flying condition Lockheed […]

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Overlake Hospital leases 50K SF in Bellevue medical office building

May 13, 2013, 2:33pm PDT Staff Writer-  Marc Stiles, Puget Sound Business Journal Amos Morgan Photography Overlake Hospital leased more than a quarter of a new medical office building in Bellevue, the building developer announced Monday. The hospital is renting 50,000 square feet of the medical office building’s 190,000 square feet. The building opened in 2011.Healthcare […]

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Museum of Flight’s “Project Amelia” to land historic plane for Earhart exhibit

By Steve Shay 05/03/2013 Top photo by Steve Shay, Bottom photo courtesy Museum of Flight Top photo: Noted long-time Northwest/Delta Airlines pilot, Anne Simpson, a Museum of Flight trustee, is helping a fundraising effort to purchase a restored 1935 Lockheed Electra Model 10-E (pictured below) for a permanent Amelia Earhart exhibit, the same type of […]

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GeekWire Radio: How data, technology and analytics are reshaping education-WGU

March 9, 2013 at 4:33 am by Todd Bishop Our topic this week on the GeekWire radio show: The future of education, and how technology is changing the experience of learning in the classroom and at home. Joining me as guest host is Frank Catalano, the GeekWire columnist who works as aneducation technology consultant. He’s just back from a […]

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Obama to name REI President and CEO secretary of interior

 Sally Jewell, President and CEO of REI. Photo courtesy of The Seattle Times’ Cliff Despeaux. Today The Seattle Times is reporting that President Obama will nominate REI President and CEO Sally Jewell later today as his choice for secretary of the interior, and I couldn’t be happier! I’ve known Sally personally for many years and […]

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