WGU Billboard To Visit Renton Technical College

You’ve seen the WGU billboard on TV and heard the quirky radio messages. Now, the billboard is touring the state from east to west and north to south; on Monday, Nov. 21 from 10 a.m.  to 1 p.m. the roving billboards of TV and radio fame will be at .

Current students are encouraged to visit the event and record a video short about WGU Washington. All participants will receive a WGU T-shirt and be entered to win a $1,000 scholarship toward the following term’s tuition. The winner will be chosen online through a voting process for best video. The second-place winner will receive a Kindle Fire.

The Western Governors University was founded in 1997 by 19 U.S. governors, including Washington State Governor Mike Lowry. Then, in 2011, the Washington State Legislature passed an act that established the first Washington nonprofit online university. The action created a partnership with the Western Governors University to establish WGU Washington, an online university that caters to the nontraditional student.

Next year the university will break its online-based mold by hosting its first ever WGU Washington commencement ceremony on March 12, 2012, announced Chancellor Jean Floten this month. The location is yet to be determined.

Upcoming WGU Washington Billboard Tour Dates:

• Nov. 21: Renton, 10 a.m. - 1 p.m., , 3000 NE 4th St.
• Nov. 22: Everett, 10 a.m. - 1 p.m., Everett Community College, 2000 Tower St.
• Nov. 25: Bellevue, 3 - 6 p.m., Honda of Bellevue, 13231 SE 36th St.
• Nov. 28: Puyallup, 10 a.m. - 1 p.m., Pierce College-Puyallup Campus, 1601 39th Ave. SE
• Nov. 29: Olympia, 10 a.m. - 1 p.m., South Puget Sound Community College, 2011 Mottman Road SW
• Nov. 30: Bremerton, 10 a.m. - 1 p.m., Olympic College, 1600 Chester Ave.
• Dec. 1: Aberdeen, 10 a.m. - 1 p.m., Grays Harbor College, 1620 Edward P. Smith Drive
• Dec. 2: Auburn, 10 a.m. - 1 p.m., Green River College, 12401 SE 320th St.
• Dec. 6: Lakewood, 9 a.m. - 1 p.m., Clover Park Technical College, 4500 Steilacoom Blvd. SW, Building 23, McGavick Student Center