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Flathead Valley Community College. BEACON FILE PHOTO
FVCC Partners with UM on Bachelor’s Degree Program
AUGUST 6, 2014 | 5
W•O•R•D•S of the Week
AN INDEX OF RECENT NEWSMAKERS
HIGH
Level of the fire danger in the Flathead Valley. It was raised last week by fire managers based on current and expected weather.
TWINS
Local class A legion baseball team the Glacier Twins won the state championship and the Twins’ 13U team won the Babe Ruth Regional Tournament and advanced to the World Series. (STORY, PAGE 64)
EBOLA
The death toll from the Ebola virus in West Africa has hit nearly 900 people, and has sickened at least two American missionary workers. There is no cure for Ebola, but an experimental new drug is said to have saved the Americans’ lives.
AIRFARE
U.S. air ticket prices continue to rise, with the average ticket costing $509.15 for a round-trip, including taxes, for the first six months of the year. That’s up $14 from the same time in 2013.
BRADY
James S. Brady, the White House press secretary who was wounded in an assassination attempt on President Ronald Reagan in 1981 and became a leader in the movement to get tighter gun regulations, died on Aug. 4. He was 73.
Kalispell students will be able to study elementary education through the University of Montana this fall
By DILLON TABISH of the Beacon Continuing to broaden its educa-
tional opportunities, Flathead Valley Community College will start offering students bachelor of arts degrees from the University of Montana while study- ing locally.
FVCC recently announced the partnership, hailing it as a win-win for FVCC, UM and local students. The new completion program will allow
enrollees to pursue a four-year elemen- tary education degree from Kalispell, and the transition will be seamless, according to FVCC’s president.
“This partnership provides mem- bers of our community a new affordable opportunity to pursue their dreams of becoming teachers while still balanc- ing family and work,” said FVCC presi- dent Jane Karas. “We appreciate this
See FVCC PAGE 26
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