CENTRAL WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY Board of Trustees Feb. 20, 2020
Executive Summary – CWU began offering baccalaureate programming in south King County in 1980, holding classes in a former elementary school. Over the course of the next 25 years, CWU’s south King County presence would move to South Seattle Community College and then to an old high school in SeaTac (the “SeaTac Center”). Finally, in 2003, the state capital budget authorized $26.5 million for construction of a state-of-the-art University Center at Highline Community College. The Higher Education Center became the permanent home for CWU-Des Moines.
CWU Normandy Park Center, 1980
During their visit to the Des Moines campus, the CWU Board of Trustees will have the opportunity to meet the president of Highline Community College. Dr. John Mosby became the seventh president of Highline Community College in July 2018. He has more than 23 years of higher education experience and holds a doctorate in leadership/higher education administration from the University of San Diego. Highline has enjoyed remarkable leadership stability, with only six permanent presidents during its history, which began in 1961 as the first community college in King County. Trustees also will meet three CWU University Center Moines students and learn about their academic experiences. The students are • Jenny Castro: CWU-Des Moines, Online Student, Criminal Justice
• Rebecca Smith: CWU-Des Moines, Elementary Education • Lewis Nguyen: CWU Lynnwood, Supply Chain Management
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Approved for submittal to the Board:
Linda Schactler Chief of Staff
James L. Gaudino President
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