WAVE Tour Returns: Hands-On Skilled Trades Career Exploration for Students
Career Connect NW is excited to announce the return of the WAVE Tour℠ event Oct. 21-23, 2025, at the [...]
Building Futures: Maritime Career Talks in Youth Detention Centers
Justin Jaffray and Carrie King from Dakota Creek Industries outside Skagit County Juvenile Detention Facility While many [...]
Closing out the 2024-25 school year
As June draws to a close, I want to take a moment to pause and reflect. The 2024-25 school [...]
Two graduate from NRLC
Congratulations to Jason Plunske and Amante Prieto, 2025 graduates of the Northwest Regional Learning Center (NRLC). These two graduates, [...]
Career Connect NW & Mayor Kim Lund share career insights with local youth
On June 2, Donovan Tate and Mary Powers from Career Connect NW shared their career path journeys along with [...]
Uniting for Impact: Inaugural Meeting of the NW Education & Workforce Coalition
Leaders from education and workforce development across the NW Workforce Council’s region of Island, San Juan, Skagit, and Whatcom [...]
Inspiring futures over breakfast
Career Connect NW had an uplifting morning at the Boys & Girls Clubs of Skagit County’s “Anacortes Breakfast: Inspiring [...]
High school students dive in at Blue Tech By the Bay
Fishermen’s Pavilion and Squalicum Boathouse filled up with more than 150 high school students from 16 schools interested in [...]
Educators tour modern manufacturing worksites
Nineteen educators interested in learning more about modern manufacturing careers in the region donned safety glasses on April 30, [...]
NWESD 189 hosts GSA Summit
On April 19, 2025, ten high school GSA (Genders & Sexualities Alliance) clubs from Island, San Juan, Skagit, Snohomish, and [...]