Thurston County educators are working hard to build a bridge between the world of learning and the world of work. On February 14, attendees of the Thurston Chamber’s Annual Education Summit and EXPO will learn how local schools are preparing students to enter the workforce—ensuring that schools are, in fact, training the next generation of…
Employer Seminar: Understanding Insurance Tax/Wage for Business, Work Opportunity Tax Credit and SharedWork Programs Olympia, Wash. – On Wednesday, February 21, WorkSource Thurston and the Thurston Chamber invite Thurston County employers to attend a free employer seminar to help reduce confusion around several complex issues, including unemployment insurance, the work opportunity tax credit and bonding…
Lacey Hatch, who for 10 years represented Bellevue as senior assistant city attorney and senior legal planner, has joined the Olympia-Tacoma law firm of Phillips Burgess, where she will focus her practice in the areas of municipal law, land use, and environmental law and litigation. A graduate of the University of Montana School of Law…
Kristina Swallow, P.E., ENV SP, F. ASCE, 2018 American Society of Civil Engineers (ASCE) national president, will visit Saint Martin’s University on Friday, Feb. 16, to speak at the University’s Engineering Awareness Day events and at the 2018 Engineering Banquet, which are part of the University’s celebration of National Engineers Week. For Engineering Awareness Day, Saint…