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Changing the Game: Learning Chemistry While Incarcerated

Most educators love teaching classes with engaged students. One such class that Dr. Sonya Doucette, a chemistry professor at Bellevue College, taught was filled with 18 curious, attentive, and excited-to-learn students. They were also incarcerated.

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Rick Rizzs, Le’Asia Lane, Trent Henderson, Brett Alston and Nancy Henderson stand with a giant $5,000 check.

Lane receives Toys for Kids $5K Hendu Scholarship | Mercer Island Reporter

Bellevue College Running Start student recognized for her dedication to her studies with the Hendu scholarship.

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24 free & cheap things to do in and around Seattle this October | Curiocity Seattle

Bellevue College's Japan Week was featured in a collection of events and activities happening in October in the Pacific Northwest.

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Bellevue College Jazz Student Recognized in DownBeat Magazine Awards | 425 Magazine

Bellevue College student Roman Goron recently was recognized for his fledgling jazz career by DownBeat magazine, a publication out of Chicago.

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Student jazz pianist Roman Goron plays piano.

Jazz Student Wins DownBeat Music Magazine Awards 

Award-winning pianist Roman Goron began the current stage of his musical career in the fall of 2023 when he enrolled in big band and jazz classes at Bellevue College.   

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Pathways graduates soak up the spotlight | Mercer Island Reporter

It was Cianna Solan and Aviya Bentov’s time in the spotlight and they soaked up every second of it during their Mercer Island School District (MISD) Pathways program graduation celebration.

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Find Support Through Neurodiversity Navigators

A college degree is ever more important in our digital economy. But for neurodivergent students, getting that degree can take some extra help.

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Bellevue College DECA Team Secures 10th National Win | 425 Magazine

The Bellevue College DECA team competed in the collegiate DECA national championships — held in Austin, Texas, from April 20-24 — and won its 10th national championship.

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DECA Team Wins 10th National Championship  

For the 10th year in a row, Bellevue College DECA team members are national champions. The team traveled to Austin, Texas to compete in the collegiate DECA national championships from April 20-24. This latest national title continues the program’s winning tradition, following their win at the collegiate DECA state competition in February.

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Three photos next to each other of Bellevue College students Josaphat Boesinga, Isadora Pereira da Silva, and Anagha Sreepada Rao, who were selected to join the 2024 All-Washington Academic Team.

Three students selected for 2024 All-Washington Academic Team 

Three Bellevue College students are being recognized at the state level for their academic achievements this year. 

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Bellevue College at the 2024 collegiate DECA state competition.

Bellevue College DECA Team Wins State Competition | 425 Magazine

With 19 individual wins to its name, Bellevue College placed first at the collegiate DECA state competition last month and now has its sights set on nationals.

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