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50 Best Colleges on the West Coast
By Madison Troyer, Stacker News
On 3/6/21 at 9:00 AM EST
With thousands of colleges and universities in the United States, narrowing down the field can seem impossible for prospective students. The West Coast alone has a bevy of highly rated state schools and excellent private universities, ranging in student-body size from a few hundred to tens of thousands.
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Stacker rounded up the top 50 schools on the West Coast, based on Niche s 2021 Best Colleges in America list (updated February 2021). These institutions in Oregon, Washington, and California are ranked based on rigorous analysis of data from the U.S. Department of Education; categories examined include academics, admissions, financial costs, student life, and other factors.
Bellevue dentist addresses racial inequities in dental care Tracey Leong
Board-certified oral implantologist Dr. LeRoy Horton is working to change the lack of Black representation within the dental field.
“About 3.7% of actively practicing dentists are Black, and keep in mind we make up about 13.5% of the population, so there is a huge disparity in representation,” said Dr. Horton.
Dr. Horton believes this nationwide statistic contributes to poor oral health for the BIPOC (Black, Indigenous and people of color) community.
Originally from Greece, Dr. Horton graduated from Mount Tahoma High School in Tacoma. He attended Pacific Lutheran University and the University of Washington (UW) School of Dentistry. Today, he has practices in Bellevue and Covington and is dedicated to addressing the needs of those with limited access to dental care.
Just trying to grow up. Cambodian refugee sees his Tacoma childhood in new photo book
News Tribune, Tacoma, Wash. 3/3/2021 Matt Driscoll, The News Tribune (Tacoma, Wash.)
Mar. 3 The photos capture a time and a place specifically, the vibrant culture and life emanating from a single Chicago street corner in the early 1990s.
For Silong Chhun a Cambodian refugee who grew up 2,000 miles away on Tacoma s Eastside they could just as well tell the stories of his youth.
That s why Chhun, 42, is drawn to the photographs, he says. In black and white, they document the life he recalls during a time filled with both immense struggle and beauty. The photos don t show his friends or his family, but they might as well.