<?xml version="1.0"?><rss version="2.0"><channel><title>News &amp; Events</title><link>http://www.lwtech.edu/</link><description>Read news articles relevant to LWIT and find out more information about events happening on campus.</description><language>en-us</language><pubDate>Sat, 18 May 2013 03:27:30 PDT</pubDate><lastBuildDate>Sat, 18 May 2013 03:27:30 PDT</lastBuildDate><managingEditor></managingEditor><webMaster></webMaster><item><title>Amy Goings Named LWIT President</title><link>http://www.lwtech.edu/about_lwit/press_room/current_news/amy_goings_named_lwit_president.html</link><description>Ms. Amy Goings was unanimously chosen as Lake Washington Institute of Technology's ninth president by the college's board of trustees on May 9. She will begin her position on July 1.</description><pubDate>Fri, 10 May 2013 15:00:00 PDT</pubDate><guid>x6183</guid></item><item><title>Culinary Arts Students Win Big</title><link>http://www.lwtech.edu/about_lwit/press_room/current_news/culinary_arts_students_win_big.html</link><description>LWIT's exemplary culinary arts students and instructors raked in the accolades in April in a number of separate competitions.</description><pubDate>Thu, 18 Apr 2013 20:00:00 PDT</pubDate><guid>x6373</guid></item><item><title>Board of Trustees Selects Presidential Finalists</title><link>http://www.lwtech.edu/about_lwit/press_room/current_news/board_of_trustees_selects_presidential_finalists.html</link><description>Lake Washington Institute of Technology's Board of Trustees has announced five finalists for the LWIT President position.</description><pubDate>Wed, 10 Apr 2013 21:15:00 PDT</pubDate><guid>x6360</guid></item><item><title>Mental Health and Community Resource Fair</title><link>http://www.lwtech.edu/about_lwit/press_room/current_news/mental_health_and_community_resource_fair.html</link><description>May is national Mental Health Awareness month. In spirit of educating and connecting people to community resources, LWIT will be hosting its 6th Annual Mental Health and Community Resource Fair on May 1 from 9:30 a.m. to 1 p.m. in the East Building Mall.</description><pubDate>Wed, 10 Apr 2013 18:45:00 PDT</pubDate><guid>x6359</guid></item><item><title>Presidential Candidate Forums</title><link>http://www.lwtech.edu/about_lwit/press_room/current_news/presidential_candidate_forums.html</link><description>The public is welcome and encouraged to meets LWIT's five presidential candidates, from April 22-26, 2013. All meetings will be from 2:30-4:00 pm in room W305&amp;B on the Kirkland Campus.</description><pubDate>Fri, 5 Apr 2013 16:30:00 PDT</pubDate><guid>x6327</guid></item><item><title>Culinary Arts Making Waves</title><link>http://www.lwtech.edu/about_lwit/press_room/current_news/culinary_arts_making_waves.html</link><description>Lake Washington Institute of Technology's culinary arts students and instructors are making waves again this year.</description><pubDate>Wed, 27 Mar 2013 16:30:00 PDT</pubDate><guid>x6310</guid></item><item><title>Welding Students Land Apprenticeships</title><link>http://www.lwtech.edu/about_lwit/press_room/current_news/welding_apprenticeships.html</link><description>Three Welding Technology students were selected from 70 individuals as finalists for prestigious apprenticeships with the Ironworker's Local 86 in Tukwila.</description><pubDate>Wed, 27 Feb 2013 22:45:00 PDT</pubDate><guid>x6214</guid></item><item><title>Open House Highlights Pathways to Better Lives</title><link>http://www.lwtech.edu/about_lwit/press_room/current_news/open_house_release.html</link><description>Learn more about changing times and the opportunities available at Lake Washington Institute of Technology (LWIT) during our annual Open House Thursday, Feb. 28, from 4 to 7 p.m.</description><pubDate>Mon, 25 Feb 2013 21:00:00 PDT</pubDate><guid>x6204</guid></item><item><title>Student Nominated for Transforming Lives Award</title><link>http://www.lwtech.edu/about_lwit/press_room/current_news/transforming_lives_award_nominee.html</link><description>LWIT student Tiara Martinez has been nominated for the $500 Transforming Lives award presented by the Trustees Association of Community and Technical Colleges.</description><pubDate>Wed, 6 Feb 2013 22:00:00 PDT</pubDate><guid>x6195</guid></item><item><title>Scholarship Named for Former Instructor</title><link>http://www.lwtech.edu/about_lwit/press_room/current_news/scholarship_named_for_former_instructor.html</link><description>The Lake Washington College Foundation has established the Ralph L. Jones Memorial Endowment, creating two new annual $3,000 scholarships for students.</description><pubDate>Mon, 4 Feb 2013 18:45:00 PDT</pubDate><guid>x6182</guid></item><item><title>LWIT Receives $10,000 Puget Sound Energy Grant</title><link>http://www.lwtech.edu/about_lwit/press_room/current_news/pse_grant.html</link><description>LWIT receives $10,000 from Puget Sound Energy to develop the college's emergency operations center.</description><pubDate>Thu, 10 Jan 2013 15:45:00 PDT</pubDate><guid>x6176</guid></item><item><title>LWIT Receives Grant Money to Serve Adult English Learners</title><link>http://www.lwtech.edu/about_lwit/press_room/current_news/ibest_grant.html</link><description>Lake Washington Institute of Technology will receive $136,282 through a State Board for Community and Technical Colleges grant supported by funding from the Bill &amp; Melinda Gates Foundation.</description><pubDate>Wed, 12 Dec 2012 16:15:00 PDT</pubDate><guid>x6015</guid></item><item><title>LWIT Adds Engineering Technology Degree</title><link>http://www.lwtech.edu/about_lwit/press_room/current_news/engineering_technology_degree.html</link><description>LWIT has added an Associate of Applied Science Engineering Technology degree designed for students who like the practical application of engineering, and who would benefit from a hands-on, rather than more theoretically-inclined, program.</description><pubDate>Mon, 26 Nov 2012 20:00:00 PDT</pubDate><guid>x5938</guid></item><item><title>Trio Awarded Eisenhower Fellowships</title><link>http://www.lwtech.edu/about_lwit/press_room/current_news/eisenhower_fellowships.html</link><description>Three LWIT Engineering Graphics students recently won the prestigious Dwight D. Eisenhower Transportation Fellowship, offered by the Department of Transportation, Federal Highway Administration.</description><pubDate>Wed, 14 Nov 2012 21:00:00 PDT</pubDate><guid>x5919</guid></item><item><title>Board Names Dr. Sharon McGavick Interim President</title><link>http://www.lwtech.edu/about_lwit/press_room/current_news/mcgavick_named_interim_president.html</link><description>The LWIT Board of Trustees has appointed Dr. Sharon McGavick as Interim President of the college effective Nov. 7, 2012. She replaces Dr. David Woodall, who passed away suddenly on Sept. 3, 2012. Dr. McGavick recently served as LWIT's president from 2007 to 2010.</description><pubDate>Wed, 7 Nov 2012 16:00:00 PDT</pubDate><guid>x5910</guid></item><item><title>Multi-Level College Prep Courses in Math and English Save Time and Money</title><link>http://www.lwtech.edu/about_lwit/press_room/current_news/college_prep_courses_save_time_and_money.html</link><description>While some LWIT students come straight from high school with high school coursework still fresh in their memories, many are attend after years away from school. Unfortunately, the lapse between their high school classes and today can be a barrier. Until now.</description><pubDate>Wed, 17 Oct 2012 17:00:00 PDT</pubDate><guid>x5880</guid></item><item><title>Machine Technology Program Receives $400,000</title><link>http://www.lwtech.edu/about_lwit/press_room/current_news/machine_technology_program_receives_400000.html</link><description>LWIT's Machine Technology program has received nine new machines totaling around $400,000, which helps the popular program further increase student skills in the hot manufacturing market.</description><pubDate>Wed, 10 Oct 2012 20:00:00 PDT</pubDate><guid>x5875</guid></item><item><title>LWIT is proud to serve our veterans</title><link>http://www.lwtech.edu/about_lwit/press_room/current_news/lwit_is_proud_to_serve_our_veterans.html</link><description>Through our Veterans Service Office, LWIT provides a host of services to veterans and their dependents, from helping them navigate the G.I. Bill, grants, and other sources of educational funding for veterans to providing resources for such things as counseling, filing for disability benefits, and the like</description><pubDate>Wed, 3 Oct 2012 19:00:00 PDT</pubDate><guid>x5866</guid></item><item><title>LWIT Recognized as a Top Military Friendly School</title><link>http://www.lwtech.edu/about_lwit/press_room/current_news/lwit_recognized_as_a_top_military_friendly_school.html</link><description>LWIT is one of Washington's community and technical colleges named as top military friendly schools in the nation according to G.I. Jobs magazine.</description><pubDate>Mon, 24 Sep 2012 18:00:00 PDT</pubDate><guid>x5843</guid></item><item><title>Memorial Service, Scholarship Fund Organized to Honor LWIT President Dr. Woodall</title><link>http://www.lwtech.edu/about_lwit/press_room/current_news/woodall_memorial.html</link><description>Lake Washington Institute of Technology (LWIT) will hold a public memorial honoring the life and accomplishments of college president Dr. David Woodall at 11 a.m., Sept. 27, 2012, in the LWIT Library. Dr. Woodall passed away from an apparent heart attack on Sept. 3, 2012.</description><pubDate>Wed, 12 Sep 2012 17:00:00 PDT</pubDate><guid>x5824</guid></item><item><title>LWIT Students Complete Bus Shelter Art for Campus Bus Stops</title><link>http://www.lwtech.edu/about_lwit/press_room/current_news/bus_shelter_project.html</link><description>Next time you pull into the main campus entrance, take a moment to look at the bus shelters on both sides of 132nd Avenue Northeast. They're a little more colorful than they were last year, and if you look close enough, they'll tell you a story.</description><pubDate>Mon, 10 Sep 2012 17:00:00 PDT</pubDate><guid>x5815</guid></item><item><title>President Dr. David Woodall Passes Away</title><link>http://www.lwtech.edu/about_lwit/press_room/current_news/dr_woodall_passes_away.html</link><description>Lake Washington Institute of Technology President Dr. David Woodall passed away suddenly on Labor Day of an apparent heart attack.</description><pubDate>Tue, 4 Sep 2012 21:00:00 PDT</pubDate><guid>x5808</guid></item><item><title>LWIT Student 2nd in National SkillsUSA</title><link>http://www.lwtech.edu/about_lwit/press_room/current_news/skillsusa_2012.html</link><description>LWIT student Jeremy Talley places second in the nation during the SkillsUSA National Leadership and Skills Competition.</description><pubDate>Mon, 27 Aug 2012 17:00:00 PDT</pubDate><guid>x5786</guid></item><item><title>YOLO ... You Only Live Once</title><link>http://www.lwtech.edu/about_lwit/press_room/current_news/yolo.html</link><description>If you are 16 to 20 years old and have dropped out of high school, or are on the verge of dropping out, now's your chance to discover all that Lake Washington Institute of Technology has to offer you.</description><pubDate>Wed, 8 Aug 2012 17:00:00 PDT</pubDate><guid>x5663</guid></item><item><title>Culinary Knowledge Bowl Team Wins National Competition</title><link>http://www.lwtech.edu/about_lwit/press_room/current_news/culinary_knowledge_bowl_team_wins_national_competition.html</link><description>LWIT's Culinary Knowledge Team won the American Culinary Federation Baron H. Galand Culinary Knowledge Bowl national champion position at the ACF National Convention in Orlando, Florioda, on July 15.</description><pubDate>Mon, 16 Jul 2012 21:00:00 PDT</pubDate><guid>x5619</guid></item><item><title>LWIT at Redmond Derby Days</title><link>http://www.lwtech.edu/about_lwit/press_room/current_news/lwit_at_redmond_derby_days.html</link><description>LWIT's Recruiting office and Redmond campus programs will be hosting a booth at the Redmond Derby Days on Saturday, July 14, 2012, from 10:00 a.m. - 6:00 p.m.</description><pubDate>Mon, 9 Jul 2012 21:00:00 PDT</pubDate><guid>x5615</guid></item><item><title>Local Garden Tour Supports LWIT Horticulture Students</title><link>http://www.lwtech.edu/about_lwit/press_room/current_news/garden_tour_supports_horticulture_students.html</link><description>Smell the roses and grow a gardening idea or two while supporting Lake Washington Institute of Technology's horticulture program. The Pine Lake Garden Club will host a self-drive garden touch in Sammamish on July 28 from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. to support LWIT's horticulture department scholarship program.</description><pubDate>Mon, 9 Jul 2012 19:00:00 PDT</pubDate><guid>x5612</guid></item><item><title>Dr. Kathleen Curphy Named Vice President for Academic Affairs</title><link>http://www.lwtech.edu/about_lwit/press_room/current_news/curphy_named_vice_president_for_academic_affairs.html</link><description>Lake Washington Institute of Technology announced that Dr. Kathleen Curphy will join the polytechnic college as the new Vice President for Academic Affairs on August 13.</description><pubDate>Mon, 2 Jul 2012 14:00:00 PDT</pubDate><guid>x5600</guid></item><item><title>SHRM Student Chapter Receives Award for Third Consecutive Year</title><link>http://www.lwtech.edu/about_lwit/press_room/current_news/shrm_student_chapter_receives_award.html</link><description>LWIT's Society for Human Resource Management student chapter received the Superior Merit Award from the Society of Human Resource Management organization for the third year in a row.</description><pubDate>Mon, 25 Jun 2012 07:00:00 PDT</pubDate><guid>x5593</guid></item><item><title>JUNE 20: SPECIAL BOARD OF TRUSTEES MEETING</title><link>http://www.lwtech.edu/about_lwit/press_room/current_news/special_bot_meeting_062012.html</link><description>The LWIT Board of Trustees will hold a Special Meeting on Wednesday, June 20, 2012, at 9:00 AM. The meeting is open to the public.</description><pubDate>Tue, 19 Jun 2012 07:00:00 PDT</pubDate><guid>x5591</guid></item><item><title>LWIT Offering Summer Classes for Teens</title><link>http://www.lwtech.edu/about_lwit/press_room/current_news/summer_classes_for_teens.html</link><description>Registration for Lake Washington Institute of Technology's summer classes for teenagers is now underway. Designed for teens between 12 and 18, the classes are held at both LWIT campuses from July 2 to Aug. 30.</description><pubDate>Mon, 11 Jun 2012 07:00:00 PDT</pubDate><guid>x5586</guid></item><item><title>LWIT Chosen for Gateway to College Trial</title><link>http://www.lwtech.edu/about_lwit/press_room/current_news/lwit_chosen_for_gateway_to_college_trial.html</link><description>Lake Washington Institute of Technology has been selected as one of up to nine sites across the country to participate in a comprehensive randomized control trial of the Gateway to College model.</description><pubDate>Mon, 11 Jun 2012 07:00:00 PDT</pubDate><guid>x5585</guid></item><item><title>LWIT Graduate Receives BA from CWU at 20 Thanks to Transfer Program</title><link>http://www.lwtech.edu/about_lwit/press_room/current_news/lwit_graduate_receives_ba_from_cwu_at_20.html</link><description>Think outside the box and receive a bachelor&#8217;s degree at less than half the cost of a traditional four-year program. This is the lesson innovative LWIT graduate Elaine Melnik will prove this June when she graduates from Central Washington University.</description><pubDate>Mon, 4 Jun 2012 07:00:00 PDT</pubDate><guid>x5579</guid></item><item><title>Five Win Hot Rod Hall of Fame Scholarships</title><link>http://www.lwtech.edu/about_lwit/press_room/current_news/students_win_hot_rod_hall_of_fame.html</link><description>Five students received $2,000 scholarships from the Washington State Hot Rod Hall of Fame.</description><pubDate>Mon, 4 Jun 2012 07:00:00 PDT</pubDate><guid>x5578</guid></item><item><title>Trio heads to National SkillsUSA Conference</title><link>http://www.lwtech.edu/about_lwit/press_room/current_news/skillsusa_conference.html</link><description>Jeremy Talley, Andy Nadeau, and Jonathon Anderson will represent LWIT at the SkillsUSA National Leadership and Skills Conference in Kansas City, Mo. in June.</description><pubDate>Wed, 23 May 2012 07:00:00 PDT</pubDate><guid>x5567</guid></item><item><title>Walton Chosen for Leadership Program</title><link>http://www.lwtech.edu/about_lwit/press_room/current_news/walton_chosen_for_leadership_program.html</link><description>LWIT Manager of Student Programs Sheila Walton has been chosen to attend the prestigious Washington Executive Leadership Academy (WELA).</description><pubDate>Tue, 22 May 2012 07:00:00 PDT</pubDate><guid>x5566</guid></item><item><title>J Scholar Open House</title><link>http://www.lwtech.edu/about_lwit/press_room/current_news/j_scholar_open_house.html</link><description>The Global Programs and Partnerships department invites staff, students, faculty and the public to attend an open house Tuesday, May 22, for LWIT's three new visiting J Scholars from South Korea. The event will take place in the President's Conference Room from 12:30 p.m. - 1:30 p.m.</description><pubDate>Wed, 16 May 2012 07:00:00 PDT</pubDate><guid>x5563</guid></item><item><title>LWIT Faculty to Speak at Literary Symposium</title><link>http://www.lwtech.edu/about_lwit/press_room/current_news/faculty_speaks_at_literary_symposium.html</link><description>English Instructor Wes Mantooth will present a paper and speak at the Society for the Study of Midwestern Literature Annual Symposium in East Lansing, Mich.</description><pubDate>Wed, 9 May 2012 07:00:00 PDT</pubDate><guid>x5556</guid></item><item><title>Students Win Windermere Foundation Scholarships</title><link>http://www.lwtech.edu/about_lwit/press_room/current_news/windermere_foundation_scholarships.html</link><description>Two LWIT students, Alison Baird and Sara Marie Qualls, recently received $1,000 scholarships from local Windermere Real Estate agents' Windermere Foundation.</description><pubDate>Mon, 7 May 2012 07:00:00 PDT</pubDate><guid>x5555</guid></item><item><title>Funeral Service Education Program Accredited</title><link>http://www.lwtech.edu/about_lwit/press_room/current_news/fse_receives_accreditation.html</link><description>LWIT's Funeral Service Education program received accreditation by the American Board of Funeral Service Education. LWIT&#8217;s program is the only accredited program in the state of Washington and one of less than 60 in the U.S.</description><pubDate>Mon, 30 Apr 2012 07:00:00 PDT</pubDate><guid>x5545</guid></item><item><title>2012 Spring Plant Sale</title><link>http://www.lwtech.edu/about_lwit/press_room/current_news/2012_plant_sale.html</link><description>LWIT's Environmental Horticulture Department hosts their annual Spring Plant Sale on April 27 &amp; 28 and May 4 &amp; 5, on the Kirkland campus. Sale starts at 9 a.m. and ends at 3 p.m. each day.</description><pubDate>Wed, 11 Apr 2012 07:00:00 PDT</pubDate><guid>x5525</guid></item><item><title>LWIT Students Win All-Washington Academic Team Scholarships</title><link>http://www.lwtech.edu/about_lwit/press_room/current_news/all-washington_academic_team_scholarships.html</link><description>Two Lake Washington Institute of Technology students received scholarships at the All-Washington Academic Team competition in March, with one student, Elizabeth Valdez, receiving the prestigious Coca-Cola Bronze Scholar award.</description><pubDate>Wed, 4 Apr 2012 07:00:00 PDT</pubDate><guid>x5480</guid></item><item><title>May 2: Mental Health Fair</title><link>http://www.lwtech.edu/about_lwit/press_room/current_news/mental_health_fair_050212.html</link><description>LWIT's annual Mental Health Fair will be May 2, 2012, from 10:00 am to 1:00 pm, in the East Building Mall. The guest speaker is Sean Campbell.</description><pubDate>Thu, 22 Mar 2012 07:00:00 PDT</pubDate><guid>x5438</guid></item><item><title>Culinary Arts Students Win Gold at Regionals, Nationals Next</title><link>http://www.lwtech.edu/about_lwit/press_room/current_news/culinary_arts_winners.html</link><description>LWIT culinary arts students won the American Culinary Federation&#8217;s (ACF) Western Region Baron H. Galand Culinary Knowledge Bowl in Reno, Nevada.</description><pubDate>Mon, 19 Mar 2012 07:00:00 PDT</pubDate><guid>x5431</guid></item><item><title>2012 Health &amp; Wellness Expo</title><link>http://www.lwtech.edu/about_lwit/press_room/current_news/2012_health_and_wellness_expo.html</link><description>LWIT's Health &amp; Wellness Expo is sponsored by Evergreen Healthcare and Pacific Medical Centers. It will be held on Wednesday, March 7, 2012, from 9:00 AM - 1:00 PM in the East Building.</description><pubDate>Fri, 2 Mar 2012 08:00:00 PDT</pubDate><guid>x5382</guid></item><item><title>LWIT Receives Four-Year Baccalaureate Level Accreditation</title><link>http://www.lwtech.edu/about_lwit/press_room/current_news/accreditation_22712.html</link><description>LWIT has received accreditation at the baccalaureate level this month from the Northwest Commission on Colleges and Universities (NWCCU), the region's authority on higher education accreditation.</description><pubDate>Mon, 27 Feb 2012 08:00:00 PDT</pubDate><guid>x5375</guid></item><item><title>LWIT Eisenhower Fellows Present at Transportation Research Board Meeting</title><link>http://www.lwtech.edu/about_lwit/press_room/current_news/lwit_eisenhower_fellows.html</link><description>Three LWIT Eisenhower Fellowship Recipients attended the annual Transportation Research Board (TRB) meeting in Washington, D.C. last month.</description><pubDate>Wed, 15 Feb 2012 08:00:00 PDT</pubDate><guid>x5356</guid></item><item><title>Students Earn Professional Sponsorships</title><link>http://www.lwtech.edu/about_lwit/press_room/current_news/csi_student_scholarships.html</link><description>Eight Engineering Graphics Department students were awarded professional sponsorships with the Puget Sound Chapter of the Construction Specification Institute (PSI-CSI).</description><pubDate>Mon, 6 Feb 2012 08:00:00 PDT</pubDate><guid>x4712</guid></item><item><title>LWIT Receives $135,000 in I-Best Grants</title><link>http://www.lwtech.edu/about_lwit/press_room/current_news/i-best_grants.html</link><description>Lake Washington Institute of Technology recently received more than $135,000 in grants toward its Integrated Basic Education and Skills Training (I-BEST) program.</description><pubDate>Wed, 1 Feb 2012 08:00:00 PDT</pubDate><guid>x4708</guid></item><item><title>Foundation receives its largest ever gift</title><link>http://www.lwtech.edu/about_lwit/press_room/current_news/foundation_grant.html</link><description>The Lake Washington College Foundation received its largest ever bequest: $290,000 from the estate of Eastside resident and educator Marlene "Malka" Fricks.</description><pubDate>Tue, 24 Jan 2012 08:00:00 PDT</pubDate><guid>x4686</guid></item><item><title>Free Kids Dental Sealant Day: Feb. 4, 2012</title><link>http://www.lwtech.edu/about_lwit/press_room/current_news/free_sealent_clinic.html</link><description>Lake Washington&#8217;s Dental Hygienists&#8217; Society is offering a free preventive dental program for children ages 6 to 13, Saturday, Feb. 4, 2012, from 9 a.m. to 2 p.m.</description><pubDate>Mon, 23 Jan 2012 08:00:00 PDT</pubDate><guid>x4683</guid></item><item><title>All LWIT campuses closed on January 20, 2012</title><link>http://www.lwtech.edu/about_lwit/press_room/current_news/all_lwit_campuses_closed_on_january_20_2012.html</link><description>Both the Kirkland and Redmond campuses of Lake Washington Institute of Technology will be closed on Friday, January 20, 2012, due to inclement weather. (posted at 5:15 PM on 1/19/12)</description><pubDate>Thu, 19 Jan 2012 08:00:00 PDT</pubDate><guid>x4682</guid></item><item><title>2012 Eisenhower Fellowship Applications</title><link>http://www.lwtech.edu/about_lwit/press_room/current_news/2012_eisenhower_applications.html</link><description>LWIT is accepting applications for the 2012-13 Eisenhower Transportation Fellowship. Applications are due in Room W302 by 4:30 PM PST on February 8, 2012.</description><pubDate>Wed, 7 Dec 2011 08:00:00 PDT</pubDate><guid>x4549</guid></item><item><title>Take a Class at our Redmond Campus</title><link>http://www.lwtech.edu/about_lwit/press_room/current_news/take_a_class_at_our_redmond_campus.html</link><description>Explore what our Redmond campus has to offer.</description><pubDate>Mon, 5 Dec 2011 08:00:00 PDT</pubDate><guid>x4545</guid></item><item><title>Dr. Woodall Named LWIT President</title><link>http://www.lwtech.edu/about_lwit/press_room/current_news/dr_woodall_named_lwit_president.html</link><description>Dr. David Woodall was unanimously chosen as Lake Washington Institute of Technology's president by the college's board of trustees on November 29. 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Interested members of the public are invited to comment on LWIT's qualifications for accreditation.</description><pubDate>Tue, 7 Jun 2011 07:00:00 PDT</pubDate><guid>x3970</guid></item><item><title>June 24: Foundation Scholarships Deadline</title><link>http://www.lwtech.edu/about_lwit/press_room/current_news/scholarship_deadline_is_june_24.html</link><description>The Lake Washington College Foundation provides a variety of scholarships for students. 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Farmer's markets have sprung up in almost every town in western Washington and more chefs and home cooks are proud of using the seasonal products produced by local farmers.</description><pubDate>Fri, 18 Feb 2011 08:00:00 PDT</pubDate><guid>x3714</guid></item><item><title>Dental helps provide $45K in free care</title><link>http://www.lwtech.edu/about_lwit/press_room/current_news/free_dental_clinic_follow_up.html</link><description>Lake Washington Technical College (LWTC) dental students combined with Lake Washington Dental Hygienists' Society, and local dental professionals to provide over $45,000 in free services to low-income children during their annual Free Dental Care Day on February 5. 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Learn more in this Education-Executive Magazine story in their Winter 2011 edition.</description><pubDate>Thu, 3 Feb 2011 08:00:00 PDT</pubDate><guid>x3696</guid></item><item><title>LWTC wins 4 national marketing awards</title><link>http://www.lwtech.edu/about_lwit/press_room/current_news/lwtc_wins_4_marketing_awards.html</link><description>Lake Washington Technical College has won four national marketing awards in the Eighth Annual Service Industry Advertising Awards (SIAA).</description><pubDate>Fri, 28 Jan 2011 08:00:00 PDT</pubDate><guid>x3688</guid></item><item><title>Free Youth Dental Clinic on Feb. 5</title><link>http://www.lwtech.edu/about_lwit/press_room/current_news/free_youth_dental_care_clinic.html</link><description>Lake Washington Technical College and the Lake Washington Dental Hygienists' Society are offering free dental care for low-income children, ages 6-13, on Saturday, February 5, 2011, from 9:00&#8200;AM to 2:00 PM on LWTC's Kirkland Campus.</description><pubDate>Fri, 14 Jan 2011 08:00:00 PDT</pubDate><guid>x3681</guid></item><item><title>Bob Monroig &amp; Motorcycles: A perfect pairing</title><link>http://www.lwtech.edu/about_lwit/press_room/current_news/monroig_in_tech_directions.html</link><description>LWTC's Bob Monroig took an ailing motorcycle program and built it into one that turns out highly-trained, job-ready service technicians.</description><pubDate>Fri, 14 Jan 2011 08:00:00 PDT</pubDate><guid>x3680</guid></item><item><title>LWTC is on Normal Schedule for 1/12/11</title><link>http://www.lwtech.edu/about_lwit/press_room/current_news/lwtc_is_on_normal_schedule_for_11211.html</link><description>LWTC is on Normal Schedule for 1/12/11.</description><pubDate>Wed, 12 Jan 2011 08:00:00 PDT</pubDate><guid>x3676</guid></item><item><title>Getting Away From "More of the Same"</title><link>http://www.lwtech.edu/about_lwit/press_room/current_news/gateway_to_college_in_education_nw_mag.html</link><description>At-risk high school students earn dual credit in the Gateway to College program at Lake Washington Technical College. 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Call (425) 788-5414 to schedule an appointment.</description><pubDate>Tue, 4 Jan 2011 08:00:00 PDT</pubDate><guid>x3663</guid></item><item><title>Dr. David Woodall named Interim President</title><link>http://www.lwtech.edu/about_lwit/press_room/current_news/dr_david_woodall_named_interim_president.html</link><description>Lake Washington Technical College's (LWTC) Board of Trustees has appointed David Woodall Interim President effective January 1, 2011. He replaces President Sharon McGavick, who announced her intention to retire on September 16, 2010.</description><pubDate>Wed, 15 Dec 2010 08:00:00 PDT</pubDate><guid>x3571</guid></item><item><title>Mitsunaga appointed to Board of Trustees</title><link>http://www.lwtech.edu/about_lwit/press_room/current_news/mitsunaga_appointed_to_board.html</link><description>Washington Gov. Christine Gregoire has appointed Darrell S. 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The Patriot Award recognizes employers that provide extraordinary support of their employees who serve in the National Guard and Reserve.</description><pubDate>Wed, 9 Jun 2010 22:00:00 PDT</pubDate><guid>x2730</guid></item><item><title>2010 Graduation &amp; Commencement Ceremonies</title><link>http://www.lwtech.edu/about_lwit/press_room/current_news/2010_graduation_and_commencement.html</link><description>LWTC will hold their 2010 High School Graduation Ceremony on June 15 at 7:00 PM in W404. A reception follows outside of Enrollment Services. 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