2021 Maury and Betty Hull Scholarship
The Maury and Betty Hull Scholarship was created to honor their lives and appreciation for their hometown, Forks, WA. The scholarship was established to help community students pursue their higher education dreams.
REQUIREMENTS:
Students selected to receive this scholarship must:
—be graduates of either the Quillayute Valley School District or the Cape Flattery School District.
—plan to register or be currently registered at an accredited college, university, technical or career school. A minimum of part-time status is required.
—recipients should demonstrate outstanding scholarship, character and leadership.
Renewal applicants must apply each year. Preference will be given to previous scholarship recipients.
ONLINE APPLICATION LINK: app.smarterselect.com/…/69559-Community
Hidden Qualities of High Impact Experiences and Events Highlighted at Feb. 25 Studium
What if a successful event was as much about the emotional terrain as the run sheet? What if curating talent was more like gardening than harvesting? What if Zoom could feel less like an endless work meeting and more like a big warm hug? Drawing on more than a decade of event production in person and online, Tilly Hinton, Ph.D. will share her principles for humanizing the event experience, during Peninsula College’s Feb. 25 Studium Generale event.
This session will take you inside the usually-hidden inner workings of public programming, to explore how cultivating belonging, attentiveness, and sustenance can transform audience experience. These principles apply to gatherings of every scale, so whether someone is crafting an event, a conference, a birthday party, a symposium, a staff retreat, a dinner with friends, or anything else, they’ll find actionable strategies for reflecting on their values and approach.
“Gathering together is one of the most important aspects of being human, and so it’s imperative to make sure that the production values of events make them effervescently humanizing,” Dr. Hinton said.
Hinton is a cultural producer, author, and strategist who moved across the planet to live near and work with, the Los Angeles River. An Australian who calls Los Angeles home, her current creative projects include LA River X, I Am The LA River and Storytime for the Apocalypse. For the final quarter of 2020, she was the startup catalyst for the ambitious Rose River Memorial project, a handcrafted national monument to COVID-19 deaths. She has a Masters and a Ph.D. about the LA River’s recent social history, exploring the ecological and socio-cultural importance of damaged urban landscapes. Her curation and cultural production build community through exploration, hospitality, and creativity.
Dr. Hinton’s first book, about people’s love for the LA River, is in development. Her expertise spans research, volunteer management, strategic writing, grants and awards development, and cultural production. Tilly’s higher education leadership has influenced national, institutional, and personal practice across Australia and internationally. With over 16 years in secondary and higher education, 14 years as a cultural producer and researcher, and a lifetime of curiosity, Tilly is a seasoned professional, whose work is described by others as luminous, powerful, uplifting, ridiculously efficient, heartwarming, and mind sharpening. Dr. Hinton describes herself as equal parts heartfelt and strategic – inviting audiences to pay close attention to ideas and possibilities in environmental humanities, higher education, and live and online events.
The online event begins at 12:30 p.m. and is free and open to the public.
Join the Zoom Meeting at https://us02web.zoom.us/j/82419155703. Meeting ID: 824 1915 5703.
PC Medical Assisting Program Provides Nationally Accredited Graduates to Fill Need in Healthcare Industry
Peninsula College’s Medical Assisting Program offers students the opportunity to gain professional skills in an in-demand field, that they can apply both regionally and nationally. Graduates are required to pass a national credentialing, exam, in order to obtain their Department of Health, issued Medical Assistant – Certified credentials.
What’s so great about being nationally accredited? The virtues of accreditation are many, and outlined by the Medical Assisting Education Review Board:
• Accreditation assures professional competence
• Accreditation offers standardization, uniformity, and consistency
• Accreditation requires external verification, review, and validation
• Accreditation protects resources
• Accreditation enhances the institution’s reputation
• Accreditation is public
• Accreditation travels well
• Accreditation advances the profession
Designed to provide instruction and training that can lead to family-wage, benefited jobs, Peninsula College’s Medical Assisting Program partners with the North Olympic Healthcare Network, Olympic Medical Center, Forks Hospital, Jefferson Healthcare, Jamestown Family Health Clinic, and more.
Every newly enrolled full-time professional/technical (vocational) student attending PC in 2021-2022 will receive a guaranteed $1,000 award, through the Peninsula College Foundation.
Applications are being accepted now for a fall start. Please let me know if you would be interested in discussing these points with Program Coordinator Rachel Pairsh for an article. To learn more, visit pencol.edu/MA.
Avoiding Scams:
Tips to Protect
Yourself
The North Olympic Library System (NOLS) will present Avoiding Scams: Tips to Protect Yourself on Saturday, March 6 at 2:30 p.m. on Zoom.
Registration is required.
Scams often play on people’s fears and COVID-19 has created an opportunity for scammers to target consumers.
A representative from the Washington State Attorney General’s Office will provide information about scams, price gouging, and cancellation issues.
They’ll share how you can protect yourself and your loved ones, and how to recover if your identity is stolen or you fall victim to a scam.
Participants will have an opportunity to ask questions.
Register at www.nols.org or by contacting your NOLS library, to receive Zoom login.
For additional information on programs and services happening at your library, visit www.nols.org, email Discover@nols.org, or follow North Olympic Library System on Facebook and Instagram.
