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Inclusion and Access: Meeting Students Where They Are
Walk through Bellevue College on any Tuesday afternoon, and you’ll see a campus community that reflects the diversity of the students it serves.
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BC Nursing Faculty Member Receives Statewide Teaching Award
In May, The Washington State Association of College Trustees (ACT) awarded Teaessa Chism the 2019 ACT Faculty Member Award. Chism, a Bellevue College (BC) senior associate pediatric nursing faculty member, has served BC since 2009 and received tenure in 2012. The annual award recognizes faculty, staff and organizations for their dedication to Washington’s 34 community…
BC Alum’s App Creates Connection
Amin Shaykho is not someone who sits idly by when he sees an unmet need or opportunity. The CEO and co-founder of the local service app, Kadama, is brimming with ideas and hopes for the future. Indeed, at the same time as Shaykho graduated with his associate degree from Bellevue College in 2016, he also…
Dana Buckingham Named General Manager for KBCS-FM
Bellevue College (BC) has named Dana Buckingham the new general manager for KBCS 91.3 FM. Buckingham steps into the role vacated by Steve Ramsey who retired in June after dedicating 18 years to the college’s station. Buckingham will oversee KBCS’ operations and activities, and he brings a broad experience and skill set in college radio…
Radiation Therapy in the Virtual World
Radiation therapy educators from Washington, Nebraska, Louisiana, Arkansas, and Oregon converged on Bellevue College for a workshop held July 15-19, in part because the campus has a cutting-edge virtual simulator called Virtual Environment Radiation Therapy (VERT). Like a flight simulator used to train pilots, VERT allows radiation therapy students to practice their skills on virtual…
Perfecting a Perk
An effort by AAA Washington to improve its employee Health & Wellness program has led to a partnership where BC students lend their expertise on the subject, while also gaining real-world experience.
BC Faculty Dive Deep to Learn About Salmon
The iconic fish can be found in just about every Pacific Northwest grocery store and restaurant, but how much do you know about salmon? Ten Bellevue College faculty members immersed themselves in a weekend learning excursion to better understand how salmon is deeply interwoven in the lore, history and fabric of our region. The experience…
Bellevue College Foundation Announces 2019 Faculty & Staff Excellence Award Recipients
The Bellevue College Foundation honored four outstanding faculty and staff on Wednesday, June 5, 2019 during a campus ceremony in recognition of their ongoing contributions to the campus and to the community. Awards of $2,500 each go to recipients in the following categories: full-time faculty, part-time faculty, classified staff, and administrative exempt. Nominations are submitted…
Symetra CEO Margaret Meister to Speak at Bellevue College Commencement
Margaret Meister, president and chief executive officer of Symetra Financial Corporation, will address graduates as the keynote speaker for Bellevue College’s annual commencement ceremony Friday, June 21, at the Courter Family Athletic Pavilion on campus. Meister leads a growing national life insurer with roots in the Pacific Northwest, $49 billion in assets, over 2 million…
BC Earth Week Inspired by United Nations Sustainable Development Goals
Last March the sixth United Nations Global Environment Outlook was released, painting a dire picture of a planet in peril and concluding that “unsustainable human activities globally have degraded the Earth’s ecosystems, endangering the ecological foundations of society.” But the outlook also offers ideas for changing the way the world eats, buys things, generates energy…
Interior Design Showcase Wows Auditors and Public
Bellevue College had its big accreditation visit in March, and the interior design department just kept riding the wave, having their own accreditation visit in May. The Council for Interior Design Accreditation (CIDA) visits campus every six years and evaluates the program according to 119 expectations distributed across 16 standards. Program chair Dan Beert said that…