For Immediate Release
Contact: Elizabeth Burtner, cell 509-975-6882, eburtner@columbiabasin.edu
Columbia Basin College Announces On-Campus Food Service Request for Proposals
Pasco, WA, April 25, 2024 - Columbia Basin College (CBC) announces an open Request for Proposals for Food Services on our Pasco campus.
Are you interested in expanding your food service business? Excited to feed hungry Hawks? This could be a great opportunity for you. CBC is looking to reopen our cafeteria for students, staff, and faculty beginning September 16, 2024. We have a commercial kitchen equipped with all the necessary appliances, the “Hawk’s Nest” is ready for you.
CBC serves over 10,000 students each year and over 400 faculty and staff. We are looking to offer this services to anyone on our Pasco campus, therefore the compensation is based on gross salses with no facility lease/rental fee or utilities.
A full Request for Proposals for Food Service is located on our website at www.Columbiabasin.edu/FoodServiceProposal and is able to be downloaded.
For questions, please email Brian Dexter, AVP for Campus Operations at bdexter@columbiabasin.edu.
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Columbia Basin College (CBC) is a public community college serving the Tri-Cities and surrounding communities since 1955. CBC’s mission is to inspire, educate, and support all students in an environment of academic excellence leading to the completion of degrees, certifications, and educational transfers, while fostering meaningful employment, engaged citizenship, and a life-long joy of learning. CBC offers both two and four-year degrees and one-year Certificates. Bachelor of Applied Science degrees are offered in Applied Management, Applied Management in Agriculture or Healthcare Administration, Cyber Security, Dental Hygiene, Information Technology, Health Physics, Teacher Education and Project Management. CBC also offers a Bachelor of Science in Nursing.
Pasco, WA, April 24, 2024 - Columbia Basin College (CBC) is proud to be a designated Tree Campus USA. To celebrate this recognition, the college will be planting three trees on Wednesday, April 24 at 1 pm in observance of Arbor Day. The trees will be planted on the northside of the SRC on the Pasco campus.
Tree Campus USA is a national program created in 2008 by the Arbor Day Foundation and sponsored by Toyota to honor colleges and universities for effective campus forest management and for engaging faculty, staff, students, and the community in meeting conservation goals. The acknowledgement means CBC uses best practices to plant and care for trees on campus and engaging students in efforts to make our communities a greener, and healthier, place to live.
Students, faculty, and staff in attendance will receive Arbor Day t-shirts, sponsored by the Associated Students of CBC (ASCBC), while supplies last. This event is open to everyone, including the community. We recommend that attendees wear athletic shoes and clothing that can get dirty. All other supplies for tree planting will be provided by our CBC Grounds & Landscaping team.
To learn more about our campus’s urban forest and our Tree Campus designation, we invite you to watch Celebrating Campus Trees at CBC or visit arborday.org/TreeCampusUSA.
When: Wednesday, April 24 at 1 pm
Where: Northside of SRC, Pasco Campus
This event is sponsored by ASCBC, the CBC Sustainability Committee, and CBC Grounds & Landscaping.
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Columbia Basin College (CBC) is a public community college serving the Tri-Cities and surrounding communities since 1955. CBC’s mission is to inspire, educate, and support all students in an environment of academic excellence leading to the completion of degrees, certifications, and educational transfers, while fostering meaningful employment, engaged citizenship, and a life-long joy of learning. CBC offers both two and four-year degrees and one-year Certificates. Bachelor of Applied Science degrees are offered in Applied Management, Applied Management in Agriculture or Healthcare Administration, Cyber Security, Dental Hygiene, Information Technology, Health Physics, Teacher Education and Project Management. CBC also offers a Bachelor of Science in Nursing.