By Jeffrey Osborn Northwest Asian Weekly Kelly Ogilvie, CEO of Blue Marble Energy, has worked with local communities and events and has an illustrious history of working with high profile people, including taking an early role in Gary Locke’s re-election campaign for governor of Washington in 1999 and 2000. For these reasons and numerous others, […]
For overseas students: Where is the money for school?
By Keishi Matsuda Northwest Asian Weekly It is becoming more common for international students from Asian countries to further their education in Washington state colleges. Some students flourish and have relatively little trouble studying in the United States, but others struggle.
Seattle University honoring land mine survivor and activist
By Jack Broom The Seattle Times SEATTLE (AP) — One of his legs ends at the knee. The other, just below it. It’s a disquieting sight, but Tun Channareth, of Cambodia, sitting in a wheelchair he made himself, would not want you to turn away. “Some people understand my English,” he told a group of […]
Japanese Americans silent no more, talk about internment
Japanese American Lillia Uri Matsuda (née Satow) was interned when she was a nursing student at Seattle University (SU) in 1942.
May 9: Pat Oishi to be appointed to King County Superior Court
Oishi previously served as Pierce County Superior Court commissioner. He presided over a variety of proceedings in adult felony criminal cases.
Diversity makes a difference — Part 4
“Sara and her fellow officers re-branded the diversity club and helped shape its new moniker, Inspiring a Movement or IAM
Feb. 20: Day of Remembrance 2011 Taiko Festival held at SU
The Day of Remembrance is an annual observance of the signing of Executive Order 9066 by President Franklin D. Roosevelt
Man meets woman and fulfills dream of owning a grocery store
Scott Heimberger is often spotted sitting near the entrance of the new Jing Jing Asian Market, greeting customers as they come in. Heimberger isn’t a bag boy though
Feb. 2: Bernadette Matsuno to serve as Department of Neighborhoods interim director
Bernadette Matsuno, former deputy director of the Department of Neighborhoods and a well-known community activist and volunteer
13 females shatter the glass ceiling for women in technology
According to the Association for Women in Science, women make up less than 25 percent of engineering and computer science majors in four-year colleges and universities.
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