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highline.edu 3 Unexpected Changes Lead to New Opportunities When Kelcie Wiley started taking classes at Highline in 2011, little did she know what changes were in store, both for her and the college.

“Computers have always been my thing . I knew “I like that Highline’s offering a Cybersecurity I wanted to do something with computers, so I and Forensics bachelor’s program because a lot started with a programming course,” says Wiley, of places have either a certificate or a master’s, who with her purplish hair and right arm covered not a bachelor’s,” says Wiley . in tattoos is hard to miss on campus . A lack of baccalaureate programs in “One day Amelia Phillips came to our class Cybersecurity and Forensics is exactly why Kelcie Wiley, left, with PRCCDC teammate Jerri Corbett. and talked about the Computer Information Highline created its Bachelor of Applied Science Systems program . It sounded better to me than degree program, which provides the third and programming, especially the data recovery and fourth years of college work for people who have forensics courses she described,” says the 22-year- completed a two-year technical degree . old Federal Way resident . “That sounded more like Cybersecurity and Forensics is one of four new BAS what I wanted to do . So I made the change to the degree programs offered by Highline . The others CIS program and have been full time ever since ”. are Global Trade and Logistics, Respiratory Care [See “Meet Our Top-Notch Faculty” to read about Dr. and Youth Development . Amelia Phillips, Highline faculty member.] Original name is new again New degree opportunity Adding the BAS degree programs is what Now close to earning her applied associate prompted Highline to return to its original name degree, Wiley looks forward to continuing on at of Highline College, another big change during Highline to pursue an applied bachelor’s degree in Wiley’s time here . Cybersecurity and Forensics, a new program at the Highline College was established in 1961 as college . the first community college in King County . In

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Campus Welcome Fair Career Coach Exhibits and Art Gallery Thursday, September 18, 10 a.m.– highline.edu/careercoach exhibits.highline.edu 1 p.m. and 5–7 p.m. Take advantage of this online, easy-to- Main Campus: Library (Building 25), Main Campus: Highline Student Union use career tool offered free by Highline . 4th floor (Building 8) Career Coach is designed to help you Enjoy a rotating gallery of visual arts on Join us for a festive kickoff to the new find a good career by providing the most your next trip to Highline’s Library . The school year . Sign up for your student current local data on wages, employment gallery celebrates the diverse talents of email, meet advisers, get your parking and job postings . Use the tool to explore faculty, staff, students and members of passes and much more . Also enjoy a free your ideal career by matching your skills the extended community . Check the barbeque from 11:30 a .m . – 1 p .m . and and talents . You can even use it to build a website for current schedule and hours . 5 - 6:30 p .m . professional resume .

4 Meet Our Top- Notch Faculty Cybersecurity and Forensics BAS Degree Program One of the lead instructors in the Cybersecurity and Forensics BAS degree program is Dr . Amelia Phillips, who is a nationally recognized expert in the field of digital forensics and the author of one of the standard textbooks in the field . Kelcie Wiley, left, with PRCCDC teammate Jerri Corbett. Phillips is a graduate of the Massachusetts Institute of Technology and has worked for more than 30 years in government, private industry and academics . A Fulbright Scholar, she is chair of the Pure and Applied Science division at Highline . 1967, the State Legislature passed the Community College Act of 1967, creating a Joining Highline as a faculty member in the program is Chun Yu, who has completed his degree statewide system for community colleges . With work toward a Ph .D . and works with business the passage of the act, Highline changed its name leaders in the region . A graduate of Highline to Highline Community College . who immigrated to the U .S ., Yu has more than 10 years of teaching experience and brings a global When the change back to Highline College was perspective to the program . In addition to a announced, President Jack Bermingham said, master’s degree in information security, he is a Cisco “Students were at the core of the decision to Certified Academy Instructor, Microsoft Certified change the name, as the community college Systems Engineer and Cisco Certified Networking title may disadvantage BAS graduates in the job Associate . market . Phillips and Yu, along with other outstanding instructors, will provide up-to-date curriculum “Changing the name will not change the mission,” that is modified to meet technological advances . he added . “Highline has, and will always be, an Coursework includes digital forensics, network institution of higher education, focused on serving intrusion detection, cloud computing and web the educational needs of our local community ”. application hacking . Quality close to home After graduating from Federal Way’s Decatur High School, Wiley took a class at a for-profit technical school, but it didn’t offer exactly what she was looking for . So, she changed direction and came Amellia Philips Chun Yu Continued on page 6.

History Seminar Holiday Open House at Library historyseminar.highline.edu the MaST Center library.highline.edu Wednesdays during fall, winter, and mast.highline.edu Main Campus: Building 25 spring quarters, 1:30–2:30 p.m. Thursday, Dec. 11, 7:30–9:30 p.m. Check out library materials, use the Main Campus: Building 3, Room 102 Located at Redondo Beach resources and even view visual arts, all in Learn about history in a weekly series of Celebrate the holiday season with the Highline Library . The Highline Library presentations by Highline faculty and the arrival of the Argosy Christmas has been part of the Federal Depository Ship Festival in Redondo . The festival other guest speakers about a topic in Library Program since 1983 . Check the includes a flotilla of decorated ships and website for Library hours . their field of expertise . Check the website a performance by a local choir . From the for current schedule and topics . MaST Center, you’ll not only have a front See page 6 for more row seat, but you can enjoy the aquarium . free events and resources.

highline.edu 5 Continued from page 5. to Highline because it’s close to home . She’s been impressed with her experience . New BAS “I feel like it’s a really good program . I’ve had the Degrees chance to get involved in many ways, ways that I hadn’t expected,” says Wiley . “I talk with Amelia Expanding [Phillips] quite a bit . In April, four of us went to the Women in Cybersecurity Conference with Amelia Students Gain in Nashville . And I’m close with my teammates in Opportunities, Save Time the Highline Cyber Defense Club ”. More and more colleges like Highline The club competed earlier this year in the 7th are offering four-year degrees . Why? Annual Pacific Rim Collegiate Cyber Defense Several years ago, the state of Washington Competition (PRCCDC), which was held on recognized it needed to create more Highline’s campus . Phillips is regional director of opportunities for students to earn the event . bachelor’s degrees in our state . This new degree—the Bachelor of Applied Science During the competition, college students from degree—provides a pathway to a four-year around the Pacific Northwest had the chance degree for students who have earned an to flex their cyber muscles . The annual event associate degree in a professional-technical provides students with real-world challenges field . while maintaining a corporate network that can’t be replicated in a typical classroom . This type of Before the BAS degree was created, competitive practice gives students better training students would often have to transfer to a and preparation for the workforce . regional or state college or university and take additional lower-level coursework “We had so many different sorts of people who to complete a bachelor’s degree . Now, were good at different things,” says Wiley of her students can stay in the area and save time teammates . “It was a great meshing of people and on their way to earning a four-year degree . talents, which helped our team be competitive . And it was a fun learning opportunity ”. The team BAS Degree Orientation placed fifth out of a field of 12, beating out several Sessions four-year colleges and universities . Tuesdays, 5–6 p.m. Opportunity and open access have been hallmarks Main Campus: Building 6, Room 164 of the college since day one . With comprehensive Learn about Highline’s new BAS degrees community college programs—and now BAS and how to get started, including the degrees—Highline continues to meet the needs of application process, financial aid options, its ever-changing area and students like Wiley who and enrollment guidelines . stay close to home for their education . Contact Dr. John Huber: Learn more about Highline’s BAS degree: (206) 592-3071 or [email protected] highline.edu/bas

Free Events and Resources — For Highline’s full calendar of events, visit highline.edu/calendar. Movie Fridays Orientation: ABE, ESL, GED Poverty Bay Discovery international.highline.edu/ espanol.highline.edu Days thunderworld/movieFridays precollege.highline.edu mast.highline.edu Fridays during fall, winter, and Find pre-college level courses in reading, Saturdays, 10 a.m.–2 p.m. spring quarters, 12:30 p.m. writing, study skills, arithmetic and Visit Highline’s MaST Center at Redondo Main Campus: Building 29, Room 104 English language skills at Highline . These Enjoy a free movie and popcorn during classes are for students who want to Beach and see an aquarium featuring Movie Fridays, sponsored by Highline’s gain, or improve, their academic skills . more than 250 native Puget Sound Extended Learning . Films chosen are both Learn about the classes at an orientation species in multiple tanks, two large touch entertaining and educational . Check the session . Check the website for current tanks, two octopus tanks, a 38-foot gray website for current schedule . schedule . whale skeleton, and much more .

6 Programs of Instruction Bachelor’s Degrees and More highline.edu/bas Professional-Technical Education cwu.edu/desmoines FindYourPath.highline.edu heritage.edu/campuslocations/seattle If your goal is to get a job right after graduation in a Now you can earn a Bachelor of Applied Science (BAS) specific field or build professional skills for your current degree at Highline in four programs: Cybersecurity and job, begin by earning an Associate of Applied Science Forensics, Global Trade and Logistics, Respiratory Care, (AAS) degree or certificate . Plus, Bachelor of Applied and Youth Development . These new BAS programs Science (BAS) degrees are now available in certain fields build on Highline’s strong AAS degree programs . (see “Bachelor’s Degrees and More”) . You can also earn a bachelor’s or master’s degree on Highline’s main campus through Central Washington Transfer Education University–Des Moines or –Seattle . transfercenter.highline.edu If your goal is to transfer to a regional or state college Highline Mission Statement or university, begin by earning an Associate of Arts As a public institution of higher education serving (AA) or Associate of Science (AS) degree at Highline . a diverse community in a multicultural world and Washington students have statewide transfer global economy, Highline College promotes student agreements that allow them to earn the first 90 credits engagement, learning, and achievement, integrates at a community college and transfer those credits to diversity and globalism throughout the college, sustains public—and most private—colleges and universities relationships within its communities, and practices in the state . Check with an adviser and the intended sustainability in human resources, operations, and transfer institution about other transfer options . teaching and learning . High School Programs State Board Approval hs.highline.edu Highline College’s academic programs of study are Complete or enhance your high school education approved by the Higher Education Coordinating Board’s through High School Programs . State Approving Agency (HECB/SAA) for enrollment of persons eligible to receive education benefits under Adult Basic Education/College Title 38 and Title 10, U .S . Code . Preparation precollege.highline.edu Accreditation transitioncenter.highline.edu Highline College is accredited by the Northwest Find a variety of noncredit courses to help you learn Commission on Colleges and Universities, an English, improve academic skills, prepare for the GED institutional accrediting body recognized by the Council or earn a high school diploma . These pre-college level for Higher Education Accreditation and the Secretary courses include English-as-a-Second-Language (ESL), of the United States Department of Education . The Adult Basic Education (ABE) and General Education commission’s offices are located at 8060 165th Avenue Development (GED) . NE, Suite 100, Redmond, Washington 98052-3981 . The college provides equal opportunity in education and employment and does not discriminate on the basis of race, color, national origin, age, disability, sex, sexual orientation, marital status, creed, religion, or status as a veteran of war. Prohibited sex discrimination includes sexual harassment (unwelcome sexual conduct of various types). F054 08/14

Science on the Sound Science Seminar Workforce Education Speaker Series scienceseminars.highline.edu Services mast.highline.edu Fridays during fall, winter, and spring workforce.highline.edu Nov.–June: first Saturday of the quarters, 2:20–3:20 p.m. Most Thursdays month, 12:00–12:45 p.m. Main Campus: Building 3, Room 102 Main Campus: See website for Located at Redondo Beach Learn about cutting-edge topics in locations Hear from local, regional and national science, technology and medicine during Learn about work-based training options, experts at the MaST Center’s Science on Science Seminar . You’ll hear from Highline including how to apply for any of our the Sound series . Check the website for faculty about an area in their field of grant programs . Check the website for current schedule and topics . expertise . Check the website for current times, location and current schedule . schedule and topics .

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