It’ll be worth your time. And easier than you think. What’ll be? Applying for the Helveticahaus scholarship. We’re giving away $1,000 for school, and it’s only for students finishing their first year in graphic design at SFCC. That’s you, no? Those thousand bucks would be useful. So you could avoid: > getting stressed about money > working extra hours at a crummy part-time job > living on ramen and PB&J And have more time for what you love: > creating hella good design The application is live. Just click here to tell us a bit about yourself, answer a few questions, and submit your portfolio. But [...]

Congratulations to our 2023-24 Hh scholarship winner, Kambria Schaffer. A self-described “big, big gamer” who’s massively competitive yet loves rooting for others, Kambria jokes that school can get in the way of her real love – video gaming. “At the moment,” she says, “My obsession is Baldur’s Gate 3.” In case you’re as old as we are, and the last video game you tried was “Pong,” we’ll save you the Google search. “Baldur’s Gate” is a popular video game series based on the role-playing style of Dungeons & Dragons. (If you don’t know what D&D is, you’re on your [...]

Aaaand that’s a wrap. Winter in Spokane is officially over. How do we know – for sure, for sure? Well, the snowplows are gone, the pothole patchers are here, and there are safety orange (#FF6700) cones ev-er-y-where. Which can only mean only one thing: summer’s here, and next year’s tuition is due soon. Ok, technically, that’s two things. The point is, as the weather gets warmer, it’s time to think about how to pay for another year of school. And we’ve got a suggestion: Apply for the Helveticahaus Scholarship. Way back – too many summers ago – we were [...]

Congratulations to our 2022-23 Hh scholarship recipient, Antoni Carlson. What can we tell you about Antoni? He’s an open-hearted, honest, and sincere person – the type who naturally wants to support others. He’s also super chill. “I like to go with the flow,” Antoni says. And he stays in the flow by connecting with nature – camping, backpacking, skiing. Being just minutes from the mountains is something he loves about living in Spokane. “It’s relaxing to get away from everything. It just feels right.” But, oh boy, does Antoni’s demeanor change when you mention something creative like photography or [...]

You’ve probably heard the news. A buck ain’t what it used to be. It takes a lot more of your paycheck to buy a gallon of gas and a six-pack of whatever it is you kids are drinking these days. We’re not economists, but we are old. And we remember the last time inflation was this stupid: back when we were students at Spokane Falls Community College. When Donna Summer and Rod Stewart ruled the airwaves. When minimum wage was less than $3 an hour. And when President Jimmy Carter told the American Society of Newspaper Editors that we [...]