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“The budget is absorbing all the conversations in both houses and in both parties,â€� said Margaret Shepherd, Ä¢¹½ÊÓÆµ director of state relations, during a Skype session from her office in Olympia Jan. 24. “Higher education continues to be a focus of those discussions, and there is broad agreement that ‘something needs to be done. At this point, there is not much agreement on what that something is.â€�

On Tuesday, Jan. 18, the chief executive officers of Ä¢¹½ÊÓÆµ Medicine and Valley Medical Center announced the signing of a non-binding Letter of Intent to explore a strategic alliance in which Valley Medical Center, Public Hospital District #1 of King County County, would join Ä¢¹½ÊÓÆµ Medicine.

The Rules Coordination Office has finally brought the often-unwieldy world of institutional policies into the 21st century with the creation of the Ä¢¹½ÊÓÆµ Policy Directory. The new site includes many documents that formerly were in the University Handbook, but much more besides.

In 2011, all students who participate in programs abroad offered through International Programs & Exchanges will be required to purchase study abroad insurance as part of a new program designed to ensure the safety of students, faculty and staff who travel on Ä¢¹½ÊÓÆµ related study or business.