Dr. Gita Bangera works with students in the Science Building laboratory on the CONGEN (Community College Genomics Research Initiative) program, researching the genome of various bacterium.
Not long ago, it was rare for an undergraduate to become involved in scientific research. These days, however, most grad-school-bound undergraduates do laboratory or field work beyond what’s required. Undergraduate research gives students a taste of what a career in science would be like and an edge in applying for graduate schools and jobs. But ...more about Gita Bangera: Bringing Research into Undergraduate Curriculum
Mizero plans to use a software engineering degree to develop an online translation tool in sub-Sahara Africa
“I want to go into computer science.” What comes to mind when you hear that statement? Should the person saying it look a certain way? Should their eligibility to study in this field be decided by a certain set of life experiences? For Bellevue College graduate and current UW student, Alain Patience Mizero, the dream ...more about Hard Work Pays Off for Bellevue College Grad
The commencement processional has been the most exciting moment in the academic year since the college began.
Bellevue College will celebrate its 50th Anniversary in 2016. Here’s a Top Ten Timeline of highlights from our history. 1957: A college planning committee forms, made up of school district officials and citizens. 1965: In September, the college begins accepting applications for Winter Quarter, 1966. Fifty people camp out overnight to be first in line, ...more about A Look Back at BC’s 50 Year History
Russ Beard, Bellevue College’s VP of Information Resources, took part in a delegation of community college leaders who traveled to North Africa to meet with higher-ed representatives in the Maghreb to share best practices in vocational training and workforce development and explore new education partnerships between the U.S. and North Africa. The delegation, led by ...more about North African Conference Inspires VP Russ Beard
Maddy Buckly (Garden Club President) and Lana Mack (ASG Social & Environmental Responsibility Rep) harvest bok choy from the garden.
Many homes around the country boast a vegetable garden, or perhaps a row of containers on the porch overflowing with tomatoes, peppers and strawberries. And more and more people have been joining the ranks of home gardeners every season. At the beginning of Spring quarter 2014, the Bellevue College Garden Club took steps to offer ...more about Students Learn from Community Garden
BC Students Jasmine Giles, Ellen Gilley, Joy Hoang, and Daniel Morris
visited the nation’s capitol on behalf of BC.
Four Bellevue College students traveled to Washington D.C. during Spring quarter to attend the United States Student Association’s (USSA) spring event, LegCon, in which over 300 students from across the country travel to D.C. to learn about grassroots organizing skills and then put them to use on National Lobby Day on Capitol Hill. USSA, the ...more about BC Students Learn About Social Justice Organizing in D.C.
Conversation at La Tertulia covers a wide range of topics. At one spring session, instructors Archana Alwar and Ethan Anderson were joined by students Kim Hutchinson and Robert Koczarski. The students were preparing for a trip to Guatemala to volunteer for a non-profit organization, so that was a big part of that day’s conversation.
BC Spanish instructor Archana Alwar launched BC’s La Tertulia (The Spanish Table) nearly six years ago to provide a nurturing place for students to practice, encourage a love of the Spanish language, and demonstrate how much fun it is to speak another language. As it is not a class, participants don’t have to worry about ...more about La Tertulia, the Spanish Table, demonstrates instructor’s love of teaching Spanish
tudent leaders attended a four day leadership retreat at Camp Casey and Dr. Yi (in red shirt) was on hand to contribute her leadership knowledge.
Bellevue College is privileged to be hosting Dr. Liu Yi from Donghua University in Shanghai, China, as our international scholar in residence. She is the recipient of a one-year scholarship from the Chinese government. While here she will be conducting her in-residence research on crisis management, in addition to teaching and speaking engagements. Dr. Yi ...more about BC Hosts Scholar From China
The first cohort in Bellevue College’s newest of its six bachelor’s degrees will begin classes winter quarter 2015. The program should graduate its first students in 2017. Data Analytics is the science of examining raw data with the purpose of drawing conclusions about that information. The program is designed to be convenient for working students ...more about Data Analytics BAS Degree Meets Needs of Businesses
Patrick Green testifying at the Bellevue City Council meeting.
When Metro proposed cuts to eliminate a single stop each direction on routes 271 and 245 to the Bellevue College campus, the Associated Student Government and the Office of Student Legislative Affairs helped get the word out to students that their input was needed. Students rallied, began collecting signatures—both on and off campus--and donned pins ...more about Student Activism Ignited by Proposed Metro Cuts
