Heritage University News

Lisa Poehler and Robert Mauch married July 4 at LeChateau in Yakima, Wash. The bride is the daughter of John Poehler and Anita O'Hern, Baileys Harbor.

From left, Miriam Bocchetti, the program director for Central Washington University's CAMP program, Luz Iniguz, who works at CWU and is a student at Heritage University, Eloisa Mariscal, a senior at CWU, and Ana Bazadoni, also a senior at CWU discuss concerns and issues about improving educational opportunities for Latinos with at a discussion ...

There's a career fair Monday at the Yakama Nation Cultural Center in Toppenish. High school students, parents and counselors are invited to the event, dubbed "Native Networking for our Community, Preparing for the Future." According to organizers, the aim of the free fair is to inform students and other participants about networking opportunities ...

Clark University President John E. Bassett will become the next president of Heritage University in Toppenish, Wash., after his retirement from Clark in July, he announced yesterday.

John Bassett, current president of Clark University in Worcester, Mass., has been named the new president of Heritage University in Toppenish.

Heritage University will announce the naming of its new president on Wednesday. Michael Moore, vice president of advancement, said more than 100 people across the nation applied for the post.

The U.S. Department of Agriculture recently awarded a $175,000 grant to Manzaneros Mexicanos De Washington Corp., an agriculture marketing cooperative in Wapato.

Teresa Huard saves time and money by taking online classes. She doesn't have to put her two young children in day care.

Author and museum curator Steve Grafe will present an illustrated lecture about Columbia River Plateau beadwork at Heritage University on Wednesday.

Longtime local educator Steve Mitchell has been named chief executive of the Yakima-based Opportunities Industrialization Center of Washington, more commonly known as OIC.

Heritage University is hosting the "Latin Music USA Training Workshop" for teachers on Saturday.

Photographs of Native Americans from Oregon and Washington are featured in a new exhibit at Heritage University.

EDITOR'S NOTE: In some local races, the Yakima Herald-Republic posed questions to candidates about their positions on key issues in their communities.

Adriana Villafan opens a workbook during a writing class at Heritage University.

Heritage University in Toppenish was chosen as a Military Friendly School for 2010 by G.I. Jobs magazine.

For the past two decades, he has helped people in North, Central and South America improve their lives.

Columbia Basin College in Pasco plans to use a $600,000 federal grant to work with community groups on downtown revitalization and put on seminars for business owners.

Heritage University is receiving close to $600,000 in federal aid to promote entrepreneurship and tourism in the Yakima Valley.

U.S. Housing and Urban Development Secretary Shaun Donovan today awarded $600,000 to Columbia Basin College in Pasco and $599,975 to Heritage University in Toppenish to help revitalize neighborhoods, promote affordable housing and stimulate economic development in their communities.

Linguist Virginia Beavert speaks five of the fourteen original dialects of the plateau tribes, including Yakama, and has been a long time teacher of the languages and active in their preservation.