Running Start provides up to two years of paid tuition at any of Washington’s community and technical colleges, and at Central Washington University, Eastern Washington University, Washington State University, and Northwest Indian College.
In 2009, honorees included Erin Burnett, CNBC Television Anchor; Julie Gilbert, Founder and CEO of WOLF Means Business; Tammy Duckworth, Assistant Secretary of Public and Intergovernmental Affairs, Department of Veterans Affairs; Betsy Fischer, Executive Producer of Meet the Press; and Mona Sutphen, Deputy Chief of Staff to the Obama Administration.
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Qualified 11th and 12th grade students may take classes at Central Washington University and earn both high school and college credit through the Running Start program.