Jul 23, 2020 | Community Stories
The 4th annual Career Expo goes virtual and speaks to the current moment. A core component of Rainier Scholars’ mission is to create access to transformative educational and career opportunities, inspiring and empowering scholars to be leaders in their chosen career...
Jul 23, 2020 | Community Stories
Baird’s commitment to inclusion and diversity is reflected in a variety of internal and external programs that emphasize ongoing, meaningful community outreach. Some of Baird’s greatest community partnerships have come from the work of our Associate Resource...
Jul 23, 2020 | Community Stories
Amazon is committed to bringing more resources to children and young adults to help them build their best future. Amazon has invested more than $50 million to increase access to computer science/STEM education and has donated more than $20 million to organizations...
Jul 16, 2020 | Alumni Stories
By Tom Moore Jamie Li and her family emigrated to the United States from Guangdong Province in China when she was three years old. Settling into the Beacon Hill neighborhood of Seattle, Jamie and her brother were raised in what she describes as “your traditional...
Jun 18, 2020 | Alumni Stories
By Tom Moore Ebony Davis has always loved reading. Her love of the written word started early and continues today with her book club friends in Chicago. But it was the syllabus from her Rainier Scholars literature classes some fifteen years ago that framed much of...
Jun 18, 2020 | Alumni Stories
By Tom Moore When Paloma Contreras thinks back to her time in the rigorous 14-month Academic Enrichment Phase of Rainier Scholars, she remembers feeling like a kid in a candy shop. She was motivated and loved learning, so for her, being in Rainier Scholars was a...
Jun 18, 2020 | Alumni Stories
By Tom Moore Danait Weldeselase Yemane is grateful she has three grandmothers.They are: her father’s mom, Letemichael, and her mother’s mom Letegergish, from Asmara, Eritrea, and a woman named Carol, from Seattle, Washington. Carol...
Jun 4, 2020 | Community Stories, News
By Derek Rogers, Director of College Counseling Like most aspects of life during the COVID-19 pandemic, the college admission landscape has seen many changes in these last few months and its future is still unfolding. Whether it’s shifts in testing policy or...
