Huxley, pilot program bring the sciences to PC students
Shelly Zornes
Issue date: 4/26/06 Section: News
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This natural environment may play a role in expanding four-year degree programs for the Peninsula College community.
PC is considered to be in a remote location. The closest four-year university is in Seattle, about two and a half hours from Port Angeles. PC has been selected, along with three other colleges in Washington, to host a pilot program to bring a baccalaureate degree to the area.
Bringing higher-education opportunities is an on-going process, starting with the Huxley program and continuing with the new BAS degree. Recently steps have been taken to ensure that in the near future PC will house this Bachelor of Applied Sciences in Applied Management degree. Nursing, fisheries and accounting are three of the areas students can major in for this new degree.
Many north peninsula residents are left with the choices of moving to a less-remote location to attend a university, take online courses or participate in extension programs, like Huxley, that are offered through various colleges to obtain a degree.
Currently PC is working in correspondence with Western Washington University and their Huxley College of the environment program. "We have an excellent working partnership with Peninsula College," said Nancy Bluestein-Johnson, program coordinator at the PC site.
Students may obtain two different four-year degrees in the field of environmental sciences through this program.
There are currently 13 PC students enrolled and "we are graduating the first seniors this year," said Bluestein-Johnson.
"Our degrees (through Huxley) are very different. We focus on environmental science, planning and policy," said Bluestein-Johnson.
Another future opportunity for students is the incoming management degree which is "a wonderful option for people already working and need management skills."
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