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A Bitter-sweet Message

2022-03-23T22:47:18+00:00

   A Bitter-sweet Message By Linda Crerar It is again that “bitter-sweet feeling” I share with Kellie about her wonderful new job at PACMTN Workforce Development COUNCIL, working with William Westmoreland, the Director and also a Center Advisory Board Member and his great team. Kellie has received a warm welcome from William and his team. I know that many of you have known and worked with Kellie over the past decade and come to rely on her knowledge, skills, and abilities to serve as a very successful leader on our Center’s team of staff, Board Members, Senior Fellows, and Associates. [...]

A Bitter-sweet Message2022-03-23T22:47:18+00:00

Thank you, coe-hsem, for an incredible 10 years!

2022-03-23T22:24:11+00:00

Thank you, coe-hsem, for an incredible 10 years! By Kellie Hale Never in my wildest dreams did I ever think I’d spend ten years at the Center of Excellence for Homeland Security Emergency Management. I never expected what was supposed to be an internship to transform my life. When I walked into the Center’s office that April day in 2012, I was met by one of the most exuberant, gracious, and influential people in my life, Linda Crerar. It was an instant connection between the two of us. She had such good faith in me and my abilities to grow [...]

Thank you, coe-hsem, for an incredible 10 years!2022-03-23T22:24:11+00:00

Breaking News – 322nd Year Anniversary of Cascadia Subduction Zone Earthquake/Tsunami

2022-02-26T21:39:05+00:00

Breaking News - 322nd Year Anniversary of Cascadia Subduction Zone Earthquake/Tsunami   By Nancy Aird January 26, 1700, at 9:00 pm, the last Cascadia Subduction Zone megathrust earthquake (CSZ) was estimated at magnitude 8 or 9, and the subsequent tsunami devastated the Pacific Northwest. How are we able to estimate the magnitude of the fault slippage, date, and devastation without modern seismic data? Indigenous knowledge, geo-forensics, and written history from other parts of the world provided clues. YouTube.com, “Tsunami Preparedness Oral History of the Hoh,” features Hoh elder Viola Rieke telling the story of Thunderbird and Whale roles in tsunamis. [...]

Breaking News – 322nd Year Anniversary of Cascadia Subduction Zone Earthquake/Tsunami2022-02-26T21:39:05+00:00

Education Journey – Brick and Mortar or Online or…?

2022-02-26T21:29:47+00:00

Education Journey - Brick and Mortar or Online or...? By Nancy Aird Human Rights Watch, hrw.org, report “Years Don’t Wait for Them – Increased Inequalities in Children’s Right to Education Due to the Covid-19 Pandemic”. Bede Shepard, Hye Jung Han, and Elin Martinez, May 17, 2021. By April, 190 countries worldwide shut out 1.4 billion students from pre-primary through secondary schools. This is roughly 90% of the world’s school-aged children’s education disrupted. As a California middle school teacher summed up in the report, “A lot of these problems that we are facing with distance learning are problems that we deal [...]

Education Journey – Brick and Mortar or Online or…?2022-02-26T21:29:47+00:00

Interview with Jason Petrait

2022-02-26T20:58:30+00:00

Interview with Jason Petrait - CoE Aerospace and Advanced Manufacturing Director By Kellie Hale Kellie: Tell us about yourself? What is your educational and professional background? Jason: I’m a Northwest native and I found my passion for getting people good jobs when I lucked into work at South Seattle College (SSC). Like a lot of adult job seekers, I’d bounced around without a real career path. Then I got to SSC, started working with manufacturing students, and found that everything from resume building to administering classes to working with teachers felt right. I’d always loved helping people get jobs. It [...]

Interview with Jason Petrait2022-02-26T20:58:30+00:00

Pierce College’s HSEM Degree Program Named One of the Ten Best

2022-01-26T20:22:56+00:00

Pierce College’s HSEM Degree Program Named One of the Ten Best The World Health Organization estimates that 160 million people are impacted by natural disasters each year. These disasters are compounded by thousands of terrorist attacks, accidents, and other incidents around the world. From first responders to agency administrators, the emergency management field provides daily opportunities to prepare and respond to disasters. The best bachelor’s degrees in emergency management balance the preparation, executive, and recovery aspects of the discipline. Pierce College’s HEM BAS program comes in at number 9 on the list. Pierce College, in Puyallup, WA, is the only [...]

Pierce College’s HSEM Degree Program Named One of the Ten Best2022-01-26T20:22:56+00:00

Rising Star Award Video Interviews

2022-01-26T20:15:41+00:00

Rising Star Award Interviews The Center of Excellence – Homeland Security Emergency Management has always been focused on student success and helping people to positively change the trajectory of their lives and who have demonstrated excellence in their professional endeavors working for the advancement of people in education and public service. Each year, it is an honor to recognize outstanding award winners with our Rising Star Award for their accomplishments and contributions to the Center. Below are video interviews with each of this year’s Rising Stars: Mikaela Hagberg https://youtu.be/DwZcIRPoYUE Tamara Corpin https://youtu.be/tyBRuof86sM Shontieka Adeogun https://youtu.be/6K8xJACJd0Y [...]

Rising Star Award Video Interviews2022-01-26T20:15:41+00:00

Digital Equity: What Is It and Why Is It Important?

2022-01-26T20:11:13+00:00

Digital Equity: What Is It and Why Is It Important? By Kellie Hale You may have been hearing the term “Digital Equity” in the news a lot more lately. What is digital equity? Well, it is a vital necessity for “civic and cultural participation, employment, lifelong learning, and access to essential services.” The overall goal of digital equity is to make sure that students from rural and urban communities have equal access to technology (e.g., software, the Internet). It is also vital that students have adequately trained educators to help navigate with these tools. Listen, education and the workforce is [...]

Digital Equity: What Is It and Why Is It Important?2022-01-26T20:11:13+00:00

DHS Climate Change Professionals Program

2022-01-26T20:08:39+00:00

DHS CLIMATE CHANGE PROFESSIONALS PROGRAM WASHINGTON – The Department of Homeland Security (DHS) announced the creation of a new Climate Change Professionals Program to recruit recent graduates and current federal employees to support DHS growing focus on adapting to climate change and improving resilience. This two-year program will be run by the DHS Office of the Chief Readiness Support Officer and provide participants with hands-on opportunities to contribute to new initiatives. Upon successful completion of the program, participants will receive a Climate Change Professional accreditation from the Association of Climate Change Officers and be eligible for permanent, full-time positions at DHS. Leadership of the program will be under Climate Change Action Group and focus on promoting resilience and addressing multiple [...]

DHS Climate Change Professionals Program2022-01-26T20:08:39+00:00

Breaking News – Natural Disaster Flooding

2022-01-26T20:04:36+00:00

BREAKING NEWS – NATURAL DISASTER FLOODING By Nancy Aird 1860 news from Missouri to California took ten days by Pony Express. Western Union transcontinental telegraph line rendered it obsolete by 1861. Today natural disaster breaking news only needs cell phone cameras and internet coverage. 2022 started with the atmospheric river of rain washing snow into rivers for major flooding declarations and volcano tsunami. Washington State declared 11 Major Disaster Declarations with FEMA in 2021: two from a severe winter storm, straight-line winds, flooding, landslides, and mudslides, and nine from wildfire disasters. Overall, Washington State ranks as #2 for Flood Disaster [...]

Breaking News – Natural Disaster Flooding2022-01-26T20:04:36+00:00
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