The Seattle Cherry Blossom & Japanese Cultural Festival (SCBJCF) took place this past weekend showcasing beautiful art, vendor booths, and even sumo wrestling.

The festival was able to bring hundreds of people to come celebrate the long friendship between the people of Japan and Washington state. The SCBJCF committee presented culturally educational programs, arts, technologies, the rich heritage of Japan, and celebrated the beautiful sakura cherry tree.

Highline’s Global Program hosted an event to welcome all international students to the campus in hopes to connect them with other international and domestic students through games.

The Global Program allows students to immerse themselves in global learning opportunities, attend campus events, make connections with students, and connect with advisers to explore exciting careers in international development and diplomacy.

Hundreds of Hands Off protests are going on this Saturday, April 5, at noon. There are at least forty protests going on in Washington state alone. The event has achieved a global reach, to cities outside the US including London, Madrid, and Zurich. 

These protests were created to put a pause in the growing influence of President Donald Trump and billionaire Elon Musk.

In wanting to create a welcoming community where students and staff could learn more about Ramadan practices and the significance of it, the Global Student Ambassador (GSA) members planned an event where you could do that, and more – like learning about Islamic art, culture, and charity, all while creating strong relations with people from diverse backgrounds.

Ramadan is the ninth month of the Islamic calendar and is considered to be one of the holiest months of the year for Muslims. During Ramadan, Muslims show respect to the revelation of the Qur’an.

In celebration of Women’s History Month, the Association of Latino Professionals For America (ALPFA), planned a brunch for the Latina women in the community. 

Upon arrival at the brunch, guests were greeted with multiple members of ALPFA and were even gifted a little box with goodies. They also had a photo booth where a member would take a picture using a polaroid camera.

Highline, in partnership with Shirlyn Mwangi and the Akin’s Family Foundation, held a teddy bear event to raise awareness and donations for children living in harsh conditions, such as dysfunctional families and poverty. 

They hoped to show appreciation for the children of our community and bring awareness to the major situations that children in America are likely to suffer from and tell about what impact it has on them from childhood all the way to adulthood.

To kick off a new peer mentorship program, the lead advisor and a few members held an event “Espresso Yourself: Meet Your Mentor” to help other students connect with each other and connect with a group of mentors who were able to answer questions and help the mentors network with students.

As a way to introduce the peer mentorship program, the event’s main goal was to bring students and mentors together while also building a community, with the students being able to connect to the mentors and have long conversations.

The Grammys kicked off last week with multiple performances from renowned artists, many of which went home making history in the process. 

After so many years Beyoncé was finally able to win the most prestigious Album of the Year along with Best Country Album with her “Cowboy Carter”. Beyoncé came into the Grammys with the most nominations for her albums. She is the most nominated artist in Grammy history with 99 throughout her career.

To celebrate Tết, the Vietnamese Student Association (VSA) and Global Student Ambassadors (GSA) hosted an event where you could enjoy delicious Vietnamese food, play fun games and activities with your friends, get mystery gifts, and take fun pictures in a photo booth.

Tết is the commonly used name of the Vietnamese New Year but it originally came from Tết Nguyên Đán, which means “Festival of the First Morning of the First Day.” Tết has also been called the Spring Festival or Lunar New Year.

Starting the year, winter storm Blair blasted into the Midwest before heading east to the coast. In only a few days, the storm brought in 8-12 inches of snow and in most areas, ice, along with multiple power outages. Blair is the first coast-to-coast snowstorm of 2025, hitting Kansas City, Mo., Cincinnati, Ohio, and Washington, D.C.

The Discovery Fair is one of the events during ThunderWeek that helps students discover campus resources available to them as well as student clubs.

ThunderWeek is a week of programs held by Center for Leadership and Service (CLS) and the Center for Cultural and Inclusive Excellence (CCIE). Its main goal is to welcome Highline students to the campus.

In celebration of first generation day, TRiO held an event to reach out to first generation students, giving them a space to hangout and learn about resources that could help them during their first time in college.

First generation day is when you celebrate students, staff, and faculty who are the first in their family to pursue a four year undergraduate degree in the U.S.