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Lake Washington Technical College

School Overview:

School Notes:

• Lake Washington Technical College, in Kirkland's Totem Lake area, serves local students from King and Snohomish counties, commuter students from areas like Port Townsend, Gig Harbor and Marysville, and international students from around the globe, including Japan, Tonga, Ireland, Indonesia and the Ukraine.
• Lake Washington Technical College officially became part of the new community and technical college system on September 1, 1991; the institute became a degree-granting technical college with all the rights and responsibilities of a technical college as prescribed by state law. During the next three years the college replaced its two-year diplomas with Associate of Applied Science degrees. Twenty Association of Applied Science degrees were approved by the State Board of Community and Technical Colleges to be offered to students by the college.
• Our new Redmond Campus Corporate Learning Center is a striking 20,000 square-foot education and training facility. Next door to Marymoor Park, this attractive two-story structure includes classrooms, conference rooms, computer labs, offices, a tiered auditorium for large group presentations and a soaring, two-story atrium facing the park. Creative scheduling of a variety of classes at this facility along with our distance learning offerings and the customized instructional programs of our Business Training Center make LWTC a magnet for working people seeking to enhance their skills and improve their careers as well.
• LWTC offers the cutting-edge, professional career and technical training needed to rapidly and affordably qualify our students for opportunities in today's job market. With training opportunities in over 100 degree and certificate options in 39 programs, we have something for everyone. Lake Washington Technical College also offers personal enrichment courses which are not eligible for state funding. Community service and continuing education classes, offered through Extended Learning, are based on citizen demand. Adult education programs are also offered.
• Lake Washington Technical College is accredited by the Northwest Commission on Colleges and Universities (NWCCU).
• Profile last updated: 08/22/2008.

In the News:

• Kirkland Police Blotter Oct. 14-20 (Kirkland Reporter)
  posted on October 28, 2009 at 10:33:26 pm
  The weekly Kirkland Police blotter is represented on an interactive map below. Instead of listing the selection of calls separately, this feature allows the information relating to the call to be placed on the map itself.
• Kirkland Police Blotter Sept. 23-29 (Kirkland Reporter)
  posted on October 5, 2009 at 05:53:00 pm
  The weekly Kirkland Police blotter is represented on an interactive map below. Instead of listing the selection of calls separately, this feature allows the information relating to the call to be placed on the map itself.
• Natural-gas rates may fall 17% (Seattle Times)
  posted on September 1, 2009 at 07:16:11 am
  Puget Sound Energy is seeking to cut natural-gas rates by 17 percent this fall, due to falling prices and an abundance of supply.
• Search resumes for body in Lake Washington (KING5 Seattle)
  posted on August 25, 2009 at 06:25:50 pm
  Divers are using a different type of scanning sonar in hope of locating the body of 20-year-old Javed Khan, who is presumed drowned.
• Search for swimmer continues today (Seattle Times)
  posted on August 24, 2009 at 03:36:42 pm
  The search was set to resume today for a 20-year-old swimmer missing since Saturday from Juanita Beach Park and presumed drowned.

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