* Whatcom County Workshops, Seminars and Community Events

* Whatcom Community College, Bellingham, Washington

They play their home games at Whatcom Pavilion on the campus of Whatcom Community College.

The GVRD is bordered on the west by the Strait of Georgia, to the north by the Squamish-Lillooet Regional District, on the east by the Fraser Valley Regional District, and to the south by Whatcom County, Washington, in the United States.

Many other peoples of the Georgia Strait region also frequented the lower Fraser, including those from Vancouver Island and what is now Whatcom County, Washington.

About due east of the city of Bellingham, Whatcom County, Mount Baker is the youngest volcano in the Mount Baker volcanic field.

Whatcom County () is a county located in the U. S. state of Washington.

Whatcom County's northern border is the international boundary with the Canadian province of British Columbia ; adjoining the county on the north are four of metropolitan Vancouver's suburbs, Delta, White Rock, Surrey, Langley, and, in the central Fraser Valley, Abbotsford, with several shopping malls and other services in Bellingham and elsewhere in the county geared to cross-border shopping and recreation.

Whatcom County is contiguous with Bellingham Metropolitan Statistical Area.

The Whatcom County government is a municipal corporation operating under a County Charter.

Whatcom County is one of only four counties in Washington to use the home rule charter provision of state law.

According to the U. S. Census Bureau, the county has a total area of, of which is land and ( 15. 34 %) is water, including Lake Whatcom, which empties into Bellingham Bay by way of Whatcom Creek.

Physiographically, Whatcom County is an extension of the Fraser Valley or " Lower Mainland " area of British Columbia, which is essentially the lowland delta plain of the Fraser River-at some times in the past one of the Fraser River's lower arms entered Bellingham Bay near Bellingham via what is now the mouth of the Nooksack River.

Whatcom County is the top producer of raspberries in the state.

Given that the state itself is the # 1 producer of raspberries in the country, with over 87. 8 % of the crop in 2002, this makes Whatcom County responsible for almost 75 % of the nation's raspberry production.

Acme is a census-designated place ( CDP ) in Whatcom County, Washington, United States.

Acme is located in the South Fork Valley between the northern Cascade Mountains and Lake Whatcom.

Acme is locally known as a scenic area with a number of camping opportunities along Lake Whatcom, including the Lake Whatcom Railroad.

Birch Bay is a census-designated place ( CDP ) in Whatcom County, Washington, United States.

Custer is a census-designated place ( CDP ) in Whatcom County, Washington, United States.

Deming is a census-designated place ( CDP ) in Whatcom County, Washington, United States.

Whatcom County residents are served by a number of public and private schools.

Bellingham International Airport is a public airport located three miles ( 5 km ) northwest of Bellingham, in Whatcom County, Washington, USA.

* Whatcom County Guide-Local, online business and community resource

* WhatcomCounts. org, information on the health of the Whatcom County community.

Picking up on this initially prankish effort, Whatcom County Councilman Craig Cole introduced Resolution No. 85-12 in the state legislature, citing the need for a " contemporary theme song that can be used to engender a sense of pride and community, and in the enhancement of tourism and economic development ".

Point Roberts ( known locally as " Point Bob " or " The Point ") is an unincorporated community in Whatcom County, Washington, United States.

* Diablo, Washington, a community in Whatcom County, Washington, U. S.

Washington Territory's legislature created Whatcom County out of parts of Island County, including the San Juan Islands.

* A Douglas-fir felled in 1897 at Loop's Ranch in Whatcom County, Washington reportedly measured in height, in circumference at the butt, and to the first branch.

Whatcom County was created out of Island County by the Washington Territorial Legislature on March 9, 1854, and originally included present day San Juan and Skagit Counties.

The Charter establishes the structure of Whatcom County government.

Whatcom County has one 9-1-1 call center located in Bellingham.

* Fire District 18 serves southern Lake Whatcom and Glenhaven Lakes.

* The South Whatcom Regional Fire Authority serves Geneva, Sudden Valley, Chuckanut Drive, Lake Samish and Yew Street Road.

Other institutions of higher learning in Austin include St. Edward's University, Austin Community College, Concordia University, Huston-Tillotson University, the Seminary of the Southwest, the Acton School of Business, Austin Graduate School of Theology, Austin Presbyterian Theological Seminary, Virginia College's Austin Campus, The Art Institute of Austin, Austin Conservatory and a branch of Park University.

Today, the Valley is still largely dominated by agriculture but also has a growing diversity in its economies, partly aided by the importance of post-secondary education centres provided by Acadia University in Wolfville, and the Nova Scotia Community College campuses located in Kentville, Middleton, Lawrencetown, and Digby.

Since that time citizens have mobilized, with support from the Albion Community Foundation founded in 1968, and the Albion Volunteer Service Organization, founded in the 1980s with support from Albion College, to address the challenge of diminishing economic opportunity.

The City of New York has an official television station run by the NYC Media Group and broadcasting from Bronx Community College, and Cablevision operates News 12 The Bronx, both of which feature programming based in the Bronx.

Nash repented 33 years after his calumny, penning in 1964 the following prose poem to the Dean of Bronx Community College:

Caldwell Community College & Technical Institute also operates a satellite campus in Boone.

* WNCW 92. 9 NPR Affiliate a noncommercial public radio station licensed to Isothermal Community College.

Improving the law Enforcement-Intelligence Community Relationship National Defense Intelligence College Washington, DC June 2007

* Capital Community College, a community college in Hartford, Connecticut

Community College students in Rochester, New York

; Canadian Community College Systems

* Nova Scotia Community College system

* New Brunswick Community College

Dr. Pedro T. Orata of Pangasinan shared the same idea, hence the establishment of a Community College, now called the City College of Urdaneta.

Joliet Junior College Main Campus, in Joliet, Illinois the first Community College in the U. S.

Monroe Community College main campus, in Rochester, NY

For background on U. S. community college libraries, see " Disposed to Consolidation and Innovation: Criteria for the Community College Specialization.

AACC publishes a research journal called the Community College Journal.

* The Association of Community College Trustees ( ACCT ) has provided education for community college boards of directors and advocacy for community colleges since 1972.

* The mission of the Community College Research Center from Teachers College at Columbia University is to " conduct research on the major issues affecting community colleges in the United States and to contribute to the development of practice and policy that expands access to higher education and promotes success for all students.

* The Center for Community College Student Engagement at the University of Texas at Austin administers surveys and provides data analysis support to member colleges regarding various factors of student engagement and involvement in community colleges in the United States and Canada.

* The Community College Futures Assembly is an annual conference to showcase the best practices in community college administration.