Public Information Office

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE

DATE:            July 7, 2006 

CONTACT:   Judy Yu, (206) 546-4634

Gidget Terpstra elected Chair of the
Board of Trustees of Shoreline Community College

Photo Cap:  Gidget Terpstra

Shoreline, WA — Gidget Terpstra was elected Chair by the Board of Trustees of Shoreline Community College on June 28, 2006.  Her one-year term as chair will end June 30, 2007. 

            "I am very excited to be named Chair of the Board of Trustees,” says Terpstra.    “I look forward to continuing supporting the outstanding educational transfer programs and professional-technical programs at the College, such as our dental hygiene, automotive, nursing, and music programs,” says Ms. Terpstra.  “We are also on the cutting edge of building strong opportunities for our Extended Learning, alternative fuel, and business incubator programs, as well as our new Honors Program and Global Pathways Program.” 

            Terpstra was appointed a trustee of the College by Governor Gary Locke in July 2004, with her term ending September of 2008.   She served as Vice Chair of the Board in 2005-2006.

            Terpstra currently works for the Shoreline School District as the District Homeless Education Liaison and as a Readiness to Learn Family Advocate at Parkwood School in Shoreline.  Her term ends this September.

            Ms. Terpstra has been active as a community volunteer and is presently on the Board of the North Urban Human Services Alliance.  She was a founding member of the Shoreline Community Resources Team and served nine years on the Shoreline Public Schools Foundation.  She was a director of the Northshore/Shoreline Community Safety Network, was Co-President of Shoreline PTA Council as well as other PTAs, served on the City of Shoreline Human Services Task Force Advisory, and was a member of the SCC Faces of Shoreline Advisory Committee.   She received a Washington State Award for Excellence in Education from the Superintendent of Public Instruction and Gov. Locke in 1999.  
            Ms. Terpstra is a third generation Japanese-American and grew up in Bellevue, Washington, except for the years her family was interned in relocation camps.  She and her husband, Dennis have lived in Shoreline for 34 years and have two children, Christopher and Carrie.

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