{"id":47,"date":"2014-06-10T09:34:32","date_gmt":"2014-06-10T16:34:32","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.bellevuecollege.edu\/comgen\/?page_id=47"},"modified":"2026-06-23T11:40:29","modified_gmt":"2026-06-23T18:40:29","slug":"about","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.bellevuecollege.edu\/comgen\/about\/","title":{"rendered":"About"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>ComGen is a new way of teaching students by having them conduct research during class. It is a classroom based undergraduate experience. Students research as early as their second quarter of college after completion of the introductory Biology course.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Students shouldn&#8217;t wait until their junior and senior year to gain experience.<\/strong>\u00a0They can get research lab experiences as soon as their first year in college and build on that foundation and apply their experience to other internships and research positions with ComGen. Studies have shown that early research helps students stick in the STEM field.<\/p>\n<h2><strong>People<\/strong><\/h2>\n<h3>Kim Harrington<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright size-medium wp-image-229 img-responsive \" src=\"https:\/\/www.bellevuecollege.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/130\/2014\/06\/Kim-Harrington-200x300.jpg\" alt=\"Photo-Kim Harrington\" width=\"200\" height=\"300\" \/><\/h3>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;padding-left: 30px\"><a href=\"mailto:kharrington@tacomacc.edu\">kharrington@tacomacc.edu<\/a><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Tenured:<\/strong> Tacoma Community College 2012<\/li>\n<li><strong>Teaching in the areas of:<\/strong> Cellular and Molecular Biology, Anatomy &amp; Physiology and Nutrition at Tacoma Community College since 2005<\/li>\n<li><strong>Previously:<\/strong> Researcher and Lab Manager at Immunex\/Amgen Corp. Seattle, WA<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<h3><strong>Other ComGen Instructors<\/strong><\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"mailto:jason.fuller@bellevuecollege.edu\">Jason Fuller<\/a>\u00a0Bellevue College<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"mailto:stacy.alvares@bellevuecollege.edu\">Stacy Alvares<\/a>\u00a0Bellevue College<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"mailto:suzanne.bassett@scc.spokane.edu\">Suzanne Bassett<\/a>\u00a0Community Colleges of Spokane<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"mailto:rolsen@everettcc.edu\">Rebecca Olsen<\/a>\u00a0Everett Community College<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"mailto:rkratz@everettcc.edu\">Rene Kratz<\/a>\u00a0Everett Community College<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"mailto:dblum@pierce.ctc.edu\">Dale Blum<\/a>\u00a0Pierce College-Puyallup<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"mailto:embuja@pierce.ctc.edu\">Elysia Mbuja<\/a>\u00a0Pierce College-Steilacoom<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"mailto:mark.ainsworth@seattlecolleges.edu\">Mark Ainsworth<\/a>\u00a0Seattle Central Community Colleges<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"mailto:john.wiseley@seattlecolleges.edu\">John Wiseley<\/a>\u00a0Seattle Central Community College<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"mailto:carey.schroyer@seattlecolleges.edu\">Carey Schroyer<\/a>\u00a0South Seattle Community Colleges<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"mailto:ruben.murcia@seattlecolleges.edu\">Ruben Murcia<\/a>\u00a0South Seattle Community Colleges<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"mailto:pgreen@tacomacc.edu\">Pattie Green<\/a>\u00a0Tacoma Community College<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"mailto:mloeser@yvcc.edu\">Matthew Loeser<\/a>\u00a0Yakima Valley Community College<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>ComGen is a new way of teaching students by having them conduct research during class. 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