| FOR RELEASE: | Immediately |
| DATE: | February 14, 2012 |
| CONTACT: | Lisa Skari: (206) 870-3705,
lskari@highline.edu Rod Stephenson: (206) 592-3696, rstephen@highline.edu |
Highline Community College in search of distinguished alumni
Nominations are now being accepted for the 2012 Distinguished Alumnus Award
DES MOINES, Wash. —Highline Community College is seeking nominations for the 2012 Distinguished Alumnus Award. This award honors former Highline students who have made significant contributions through community service, noteworthy professional achievement and/or recognized leadership.
Highline began the award in 1990 with Norm Rice, former Mayor of Seattle, chosen as the first recipient. Past recipients have included Junki Yoshida, Founder and CEO of the Yoshida Food Group, Joan Enticknap, President and COO of Homestreet Bank, Highline’s own Dr. T.M. Sell, and last year’s winner Linda Yoshida.
Eligible nominees are former students who attended Highline prior to the 2007 academic year and have made a significant contribution through community service, noteworthy professional achievement and/or recognized leadership. Nominees will be asked to submit a resume and personal profile questionnaire for review by a campus selection committee. The personal profile form is at www.funds4highline.org under Alumni. The person selected will be recognized at commencement exercises on June 14, 2012.
Please send your nominations for the Highline Community College Distinguished Alumnus Award via e-mail to ayoung@highline.edu or hard copy, to Alana Young, Resource Development Office, Highline Community College, P.O. Box 98000 MS 99-248, Des Moines, WA 98198-9800, by April 16, 2012.
Highline Community College was founded in 1961 as the first community college in King County. With approximately 18,900 annual students and 350,000 alumni, it is one of the state’s largest institutions of higher education. The college offers a wide range of academic transfer and professional-technical education programs, with day, evening and weekend classes. Alumni include former Seattle Mayor Norm Rice, entrepreneur Junki Yoshida and Washington state poet laureate Sam Green.
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