Briefs: EvCC Instructor, student win national awards

Everett Community College medical transcription and editing instructor Elizabeth (Betsy) Stam and student Sarah Olson have received national awards from the Association for Healthcare Documentation Integrity. Stam, who has taught at EvCC since 2003, received the educator of the year award. Olson received the rising star award as the student winner of this year’s essay contest.

Leadership Snohomish County nominated for ChangeMaker Award

Leadership Snohomish County’s Executive Director Kathy Coffey and board member Robin Fenn were nominated for the 2016 Snohomish County ChangeMaker Award at the Edge of Amazing community health summit. Leadership Snohomish County was also nominated as an organization. Mary Toews, founder of Mari’s Place and a Leadership Snohomish County graduate, was the inaugural 2015 ChangeMaker award recipient.

Everett’s Fluke Networks’ products win Innovators Awards

Fluke Networks has announced that three of its recent products were judged by the Cabling Installation & Maintenance 2016 Innovators Awards program to be industry-leading developments. The products are LinkWare Live with Asset Tracking, OptiFiber Pro OTDR with SmartLoop, and LabelLink, a Brother Mobile Solutions mobile app integrated with LinkWare Live. Get information about these products at www.flukenetworks.com.

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