WVC News Releases

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2011-2012 News Releases:

• Medieval Mayhem Club hosts fifth annual Wenatchee Renaissance Faire at WVC, April 21 and 22, 2012
• WVC Foundation Presents the Art of Music March 25
• WVC Foundation will honor community leader and local arts organization at concert March 25
• Ski for WVC March 17-18
• Friends and Family Concert March 16
• Helen Thayer set to deliver "Polar Dreams" lecture in Omak Mar. 15
• WVC at Omak accounting scholarship deadline Feb. 27
• WVC at Omak students sponsor Anti-Texting and Driving Concert Feb. 24
• Jonathan Kingham performs at Omak Feb. 22
• Poetry lecture and reading featuring Robert Wrigley, Feb. 22
• American Red Cross Blood Drive sponsored by SNOW Club, Feb. 21
• First responder safety training offered at WVC Feb. 18
• Ninth annual Omak Film Festival, Feb. 17 to March 22
• Poetry reading featuring Nance Van Winckel, Feb. 9
• WVC at Omak Foundation awards scholarships for 2011-12
• WVC to host FAFSA completion events Jan. 25 and Feb. 7
• Fall Quarter 2011 President's List
• Fall Quarter 2011 Dean's List
• WVC Got Talent Show auditions available until Jan. 20
• Martin Luther King, Jr. Celebration Jan. 16
• Phyllis Gleasman appointed to WVC Board of Trustees, Jan. 6, 2011
• WVC names new interim men's baseball coach, Dec. 15, 2011
• WVC Adult Basic Skills orientations begin Dec. 16, 2011
• Sixth annual Jammin' Against Hunger at WVC at Omak, Dec. 2, 2011
• Fill the Trailer food and diaper drive this Saturday, Nov. 19, 2011
• Poetry Lecture and Reading featuring Allen Braden and Kevin Miller, Nov. 18, 2011
• All-USA / All-Washington Academic Team Scholarship applications due Nov. 18, 2011
• Catapult Contest, Nov. 18, 2011
• American Red Cross Blood Drive scheduled for Nov. 10, 2011
• ASWVC presents Coffeehouse Wednesday featuring Kenzie Converse, Nov. 9, 2011
• WVC at Omak mural dedication set for Nov. 3, 2011
• Third annual WVC Knight Athletics Auction, Oct. 29, 2011
• ASWVC Halloween Dance, Oct. 21, 2011
• WVC awarded $50,000 Workforce Development Grant from Alcoa Foundation, Oct. 14, 2011
• Yahoo! and Schneider Electric donate server equipment worth $50,000 to WVC, Oct. 14, 2011
• WVC receives $700,000 Air Washington grant, Oct. 14, 2011
• WVC Foundation hosts "An Evening with Jim" Oct. 12, 2011
• MEChA Sponsors Public Candidates Forum Oct. 5, 2011
• Chelan County PUD and WVC present The Power Puzzle, Tuesday, Oct. 4, 2011
• "O" at WVC set for Tuesday, Sept. 20, 2011
• WVC Adult Basic Skills new student orientation starts Sept. 6, 2011
• WVC instructor Alex Taub releases first book, Aug. 11, 2011
• Important Running Start update, July 26, 2011
• WVC Foundation has new executive director, July 14, 2011
• Hospital and college foundations benefit from large gift from Sparks estates, July 7, 2011
• Greg Franz named WVC athletic director, July 1, 2011

2010-2011 News Releases:

• 2010-2011 Graduates
• WVC announces 2011 Outstanding Alumni of the Year, June 30, 2011
• Spring 2011 Dean's List
• Spring 2011 President's List
• Change in summer quarter start date
• Graduation awards, June 30, 2011
• Nelson Scholarships awarded to WVC at Omak students, June 28, 2011
• WVC graduation and nurses pinning ceremonies for Wenatchee and Omak campuses, June 17 and 18
• WVC employees recognized, June 14, 2011
• Chamber Singers Friend and Family Concert at Icicle Creek Music Center, June 9, 2011
• WVC Hall of Fame to honor Coach Steve Stamps, 1956 football team, track and basketball athletes on June 4
• Knights fast-pitch players make All-American, All-Star and All-Academic teams, May 24, 2011
• Knights baseball players named to NWAACC All-Star team
• Dean's List for winter-quarter 2011
• President's List for winter-quarter 2011
• Roy and Leona Nelson Foundation Scholarship available for 2011-12 academic year
• Derek Sheffield will give reading at Burning Word Poetry Festival in Leavenworth, May 21, 2011
• Design proposals for WVC Phi Theta Kappa and Icicle Arts outdoor mural project due May 15, 2011
• The Student Nurses of Wenatchee present the third annual 5K Run for Nurses, May 14, 2011
• 2011 Write on the River Writers Conference, May 13-15, 2011
• Dennis Held to give poetry reading at WVC on May 9, 2011
• Art faculty members receive recognition for work, May 5, 2011
• Cinco de Mayo events at Wenatchee Valley College, May 5, 2011
• WVC at Omak students sponsor Green Fest 2011 on April 22, 2011
• Fourth annual Wenatchee Renaissance Faire at WVC April 16 and 17, 2011
• WVC hosts Immigration Forum April 1, 2011
• 22nd Annual United Pow Wow in Omak set for April 8, 2011
• WVC HOEEP graduations held March 25 and 26, 2011
• WVC announces Washington All-Academic Team student winners, March 24, 2011
• WVC receives welding certification from the Washington Association of Building Officials
• WVC hosts Expanding Your Horizons conference for middle school girls, March 12, 2011
• WVC at Omak presents 8th annual Omak Film Festival Feb. 11 to March 17, 2011
• WVC poetry reading featuring Dan Peters, March 2, 2011
• WVC at Omak accounting scholarship deadline Feb. 25, 2011
• Special advising session for WVC students considering CWU sciences, Feb. 18, 2011
• Valentine's Day concert sponsored by WVC Knights of Music, Feb. 14, 2011
• CWU-Wenatchee open house, Feb. 14, 2011, Wenatchee campus
• The Art of Music, Feb. 4, 2011
• WVC welcomes Knights baseball coach Kevin Frady
• Cody Beebe and the Crooks perform at WVC Jan. 28, 2011
• WVC selected to help pilot national accountability system, Jan. 12, 2011
• WVC to host three FAFSA completion events winter quarter
• WVC scholarship applications available for 2011-12 academic year
• S.T.A.V.E. club meeting Friday, Jan. 21, 2011
• PAC hosts new WVC theater course, Dec. 22, 2010
• Wild About Literacy with the Wenatchee Wild Dec. 13, 2010
• Dr. June Darling appointed by Governor Christine Gregoire to WVC Board of Trustees, Dec. 3, 2010
• ASWVC at Omak Sponsors Jammin Against Hunger Nov. 19, 2010
• Aloud to perform at WVC, Nov. 10, 2010
• Mike Bliss and the Incredible Bliss Kids, Nov. 19, 2010
• Catapult contest: Nov. 19, 2010
• Second Annual Knight Athletics Auction and Extravaganza Oct. 30
• Alternative Fuel Vehicles on Display Oct. 15, 2010
• Chelan Douglas Community Candidates Forum Oct. 12, 2010
• Trustees invite comment at Sept. 22, 2010, meeting on location of MAC
• Scott Bailey's exhibit "Manifest Destiny" at Robert Graves Gallery Sept. 20-Oct. 21
• WVC receives generous contribution to music and arts center campaign, Sept. 4, 2010
• Poem by WVC student wins Poetry for the Mind's Joy poetry contest, June 2, 2010

2009-2010 News Releases:

• WVC Spring Quarter 2010 Dean's List
• WVC Spring Quarter 2010 President's List
• Accreditation Public Notice, 2010
• Awards given at commencement ceremonies 2010
• WVC Commencements, Nurses Pinnings 2010
• Center for Music and Art Campaign Kickoff
• Reception for Dr. William Steward
• WVC Chamber Singers guests at PAC concert, March 22, 2010
• Okanogan Counts! event March 6, 2010, features Vauhn Eaglebear
• Poetry Reading by James Grabill, Feb. 24, 2010
• Omak Film Festival Winter 2010
• Financial Aid Information Events, 2010
• WVC to Offer Free H1N1 Flu Vaccine Clinics Jan. 25, 2010
• Former U.S. Ambassador Ryan Crocker to lecture Jan. 6, 2010
• Stuff the Bus and Serve Wenatchee
• Jammin' Against Hunger, WVC at Omak Dec. 11, 2009
• Poetry Slam Dec. 3, 2009
• Fall Transfer Day Nov. 19, 2009
• WVC students to honor veterans, Nov. 9, 2009
• Tames Alan Living History Lecture, Nov. 14, 2009, Wenatchee Valley Museum
• WVC faculty members featured in journal, Nov. 2, 2009
• Broken Blossoms folk-grass band, Wenatchee campus, Nov. 10, 2009
• Horse Crazy Cowgirls Band, Omak, Nov. 10, 2009
• Gina Freuen Ceramics Workshop, Nov. 6 and 7, 2009
• Catapult Contest, Nov. 20, 2009
• Dr. Dan Stephens on state ornithological society board, Oct. 19, 2009
• 21st Annual United Pow Wow, Nov. 21, 2009
• Wells House Open House Sunday, Oct. 11, 2009
• Dr. Stephen Berard gives Latin-language tours at Getty Villa; Sept. 21, 2009
• Flu Shots for students and employees, Sept. 29, 2009
• Wells House 100th Birthday Celebration, Oct. 11, 2009
• WVC Agriculture Program Wins Award
• 2008-09 WVC Graduates and Award Winners
• WVC Foundation awards more than $220,000 in scholarships, 2008-09
• Associated Students of WVC officers for 2009-10
• Grant will help students transition into college-level classes, July 22, 2009
• Oneonta Trading Corporation scholarship honors Sandy Cooprider; July 10, 2009
• Foundation executive director Jan Petrie retires; reception set for July 29, 2009
• WVC receives $2 million federal College Assistant Migrant Program grant, July 2, 2009

2008-2009 News Releases:

• Public invited to comment on WVC accreditation, June 30, 2009.
• WVC Booster Club honors athletes, June 6, 2009
• Students advised to register for summer by June 24, 2009.
• 2009 WVC Faculty and Staff Awards
• WVC at Omak Foundation scholarship winners, June 2, 2009
• Graduation ceremonies, nurses pinnings, June 12, 13
• Funding found for Omak nursing program, May 21, 2009
• Poetry Slam, May 28
• Golf Classic and A Knight to Remember Hall of Fame, June 5-6, 2009
• Chief Harmelt Sculpture Dedication, May 20, 2009
• Comedian Kermet Apio in Omak May 29, 2009
• WVC student honored for saving life
• Nurse Week 2009
• Cinco de Mayo Celebrations, 2009
• WVC Alumni of the Year nominations due May 15, 2009
• WVC men's soccer will continue
• President's and Dean's List--Winter 2009
• Summer Intensive Spanish
• Student Energy-Saving Project