| 1957 | A college planning committee forms, made up of school district officials and citizens. | |
| Voters pass a $575,000 levy to establish a college. | 1962 | |
| 1963 | Bellevue School District purchases property for the campus. | |
| In September, the college begins accepting applications for Winter Quarter,1966. Fifty people camp out overnight to be first in line, and 464 students register. | 1965 | |
 | 1966 | In January, Bellevue Community College opens at its temporary home at Newport High School. Dr. Merle E. Landerholm is appointed president. |
| Ground is broken for the first phase of construction | 1967 |  |
 | 1967-68 | Men’s basketball team wins the state community college championship |
| In June, the first graduation has 10 students earning degrees and certificates and 15 earning high school diplomas. | 1967 | |
| 1968 | The Black Student Union is formed. | |
| Fall Quarter begins on the new campus, with 2,200 full-time students. | 1969 | |
| 1970 | The college receives accreditation by the Northwest Association of Secondary and Higher Schools. | |
| Phase II of construction begins, an $8.5 million addition. | 1971 | |
| 1972 | Women’s sports programs begin with volleyball and basketball. | |
| Carlson Theatre opens, KBCS goes on the air, Geer Planetarium opens, The College Channel goes on the air. | 1972-75 | |
 | 1977 | Thomas O'Connell, a community college president from Massachusetts, is selected as president in the spring of 1977, succeeding Merle Landerholm, who died suddenly the previous August. |
| 1978 | The Bellevue Community College Foundation is formed to raise funds. | |
| B. Jean Floten assumes the Presidency and will serve until 2011. | 1989 |  |
 | 1993 | The college begins a period of construction that will double the square footage in a decade. |
| The National Science Foundation awards the college $3 million to establish the Northwest Center for Emerging Technologies. | 1995 | |
| 1995 | The college launches a website | |
| The college offers its first course via the Internet. | 1997 | |
| 1998 | The $15 million N Building opens. | |
| The college is named one of the top community colleges in the nation by Rolling Stone magazine. | 1998 | |
 | 2000 | The Student Union is renovated with a curved two-story glass exterior |
| Annual enrollment reaches a high of 39,300 students. | 2001 | |
| 2002 | The Center for Liberal Arts is created. The college opens the Early Learning, Family, and Childcare Center. | |
| Health Sciences, Education and Wellness Institute established. | 2003 | |
| 2009 | The college opens the Science and Technology Building. | |
| Bellevue Community College becomes Bellevue College and begins offering Applied Bachelor’s degrees. | 2009 | |
| 2011 | BC’s Continuing Education moves to a new North Campus location. | |
| Construction begins on Health Sciences Building | 2013 |  |
| 2013 | David L. Rule selected as BC president. | |
| The new state-of-the-art Health Sciences, Education & Wellness T-Building opens in the fall of 2015. | 2015 |  |
| 2016 | Dr. Jill Wakefield named interim president. |
Last Updated January 3, 2017