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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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Bellevue College to Host Annual Japan Week Festival | 425 Magazine
Bellevue College's annual Japan Week event is featured in 425 Magazine.
An eye for Vashon: Island photographer passes down his skill | Vashon-Maury Island Beachcomber
Photography instructor Raymond Pfortner teaches photography through Bellevue College's Continuing Education program.
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.
40 Under 40: 2024 | 425 Business
Bellevue College interior design alumna Ally Jackson was featured in 425 Business magazine's 40 Under 40 list.
Odds & Ends: Solar’s Rise, Marine Restoration, and Sustainability Milestones | Environment+Energy Leader
Bellevue College was featured in Environment + Energy Leader's "Odds & Ends" weekly digest of updates, which covers sustainability and energy topics.
Community colleges are the unsung heroes of American education | The Seattle Times
In a Seattle Times op-ed, Bellevue College President Dr. David May shares his thoughts on the value of higher education and the role community colleges can take in educating the workforce.
Bellevue College Adopts New 2024 Climate Action Plan | 425 Business
Bellevue College has announced that it will begin using electric vehicles, installing a Solar Plus Storage system, and enhancing biodiversity as part of its ongoing efforts to decrease its carbon footprint and become carbon neutral by 2050.
Snapshots | Community College Daily
Washington’s Bellevue College has a new Climate Action Plan, which outlines activities to become carbon neutral by 2050. Two projects of note include a solar storage system and a fleet of new electric vehicles. (Photo: Bellevue College)
Bellevue College beefs up its ‘extended reality’ lab with federal grant | Puget Sound Business Journal
Bellevue College is giving its coursework a virtual makeover. In September, the college landed a roughly $750,000 grant from the National Science Foundation for its "extended reality" lab.
Pacific Northwest to Paris: Full list of Washington athletes competing in 2024 Olympic Games | KREM2
Thousands of athletes have descended on one of the world's most famous cities for the ultimate global sporting event: the Olympics.