College News

Minnesota State Community and Technical College  
Marcia Parrish, Leavenworth, WA., was named to the M. State President's list.
Students on the President's List earned a grade point average of 4.0 while completing a minimum of six college-level credits and 75 percent of the courses in which they enrolled for the semester.
As a member of the Minnesota State system, M State serves more than 8,000 students in credit courses each year in 80 career and liberal arts programs online and at its campuses in Detroit Lakes, Fergus Falls, Moorhead and Wadena. By partnering with communities, the college also provides workforce development services and other responsive training programs.


AGForestry Program Spokane, WA.-Graduate Sara Higgins, 501 Consultants, Vice President/COO, from Cashmere, WA.
Washington State’s only adult leadership program for the natural resource industries graduated its 42nd class of 20 leaders, despite a “fallow year” which lengthened the program to nearly three years due to COVID. The professional development program targets Washington’s agriculture, forestry, and fishing industries.

The AgForestry Leadership Program spans 18 months with 11 in-state seminars, a seminar in Washington D.C., and up to two weeks in a foreign country. Seminar topics include communications, social services, industry, crime and corrections, transportation, government, and policy. Participants must also create original policy projects with topics this year ranging from expanding broadband access, to improving mental health opportunities in the agricultural community, to highway wildlife crossings. Three of the five projects were signed into law by the Governor.
 
Bethany College Lindsborg, Kan. Graduate, Wyatt Guthrie, Dryden, WA. graduated in accounting during the 2021-2022 academic year. Summer, fall, interterm, and spring graduates were honored on May 21 during baccalaureate worship and commencement ceremonies in Presser Hall.  

Bethany College, established by Swedish Lutheran immigrants in 1881, is a college of the Evangelical Lutheran Church in America. The mission of Bethany College is to educate, develop, and challenge individuals to reach for truth and excellence as they lead lives of faith, learning, and service. At Bethany, students join a community of dedicated educators and caring mentors who walk alongside them as they discover, explore, and navigate the path to their purpose. Bethany College is online at bethanylb.edu and is located in Lindsborg, Kansas, the fine arts and crafts capital of the state.