U.S. Sen. Patty Murray to speak at commencement 2004
Shoreline Community College is honored to welcome U.S. Senator Patty Murray to the college¹s 40th Commencement ceremony. Sen. Murray worked at Shoreline Community College from 1984 to 1987 as an associate faculty member and director of the Crystal Springs Co-op Preschool. Prior to joining SCC¹s faculty, she had been associated with the Parent Education Program for many years.
Senator Murray has been a long-time advocate of family issues and was instrumental in working with the Washington State Legislature and the State Board for Community and Technical Colleges to ensure that the Parent Ed Program was recognized an important educational program for students. She worked to reduce the tuition for parents involved with the co-operative preschools and to establish these schools as teaching laboratories, an integral part of the parent education curriculum.
President Holly Moore, who was the coordinator of the Parent Ed program at the time, says, "Senator Murray was an extremely influential force on this campus particularly in the Parent Ed Program. We are so excited that she is coming back to SCC as we celebrate our 40th Commencement and to share her thoughts with us."
Murray also served on the Board of Trustees of the Shoreline School District from 1985 to 1989 and in 1988 was elected to the Washington State Senate. She was elected to the U.S. Senate in 1992. Murray, the Senate¹s only former educator, has worked hard to make education a national priority. "We always appreciated Patty¹s down-to-earth, determined style," says President Moore. "She always wanted to make a difference for families and children in our region."
Commencement is scheduled for June 6 at 2:00 pm. Admission is by invitation only.
Source - http://intranet.shoreline.edu/intranetnews/Archives2004/May112004.htm
