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College Ranked No. 1 in Washington in Newsweek’s ‘America’s Best Colleges for Women 2026’
Bellevue College, a public, open-admission institution serving students across Seattle's Eastside and the Puget Sound region's technology corridor, has been ranked the No. 1 college for women in Washington state in Newsweek's America's Best Colleges for Women 2026.
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The Best Colleges in Washington | Intelligent
To help you achieve a higher level of education and pay, we've compiled a list of the best colleges in Washington state.
Some changes around the Journal office | The Journal of the San Juan Islands
Change has become second nature amid the COVID-19 pandemic.
5 iconic sculptures every Seattleite should know | King5
Seattle is rich with public art. There are sculptures all around that often we see regularly, but aside from taking a peek at the plaque, we don't know much about them.
Tana Rulkova of PourMyBeer: “Working for a startup is NOT going to be a 40-hour work week” | Authority Magazine
Working for a startup is NOT going to be a 40-hour work week.
Rethinking Writing Assessments to Foster Equity | 425 Business
To bridge racial equity gaps, the Antiracist Writing Assessment Ecology (AWAE) Grant is working to restructure grading.
Online Learning 2.0
BC Gears Up to Improve Online Classes Using Faculty Peer-to-Peer Approach In the early days of the pandemic when classes at Bellevue College shifted from in-person to online, math instructor Luke Rawlings needed a whiteboard. He didn’t have one at home. So instead, he sat on the floor and used his washer and dryer as…
Black History Today: Aaron Reader | South Seattle Emerald
Oprah Winfrey always laments about her true passion and purpose not being a mega-celebrity or talk show host, but a teacher.
COVID Won’t Stop Love | 425 Magazine
Finding love was the last thing on Dave Peterson and Julie Leonard’s minds. Peterson, 67, and Leonard, 66, have both been married before. Peterson and his wife divorced a few years ago; Leonard is a widow. Both figured their chances at a second shot at love were less than low. They were content with their…
Can Changing the Way Writing Is Assessed Increase Equity in Higher Ed?
Bellevue College will join a consortium of seven Washington State Community and Technical Colleges in an innovative Antiracist Writing Assessment Ecology (AWAE) grant. The project, made possible by funding from College Spark Washington, seeks to change the assessment model for English 101 classes.
How Seattle shaped the life of Somalia-born entrepreneur and cookbook author Hawa Hassan | The Seattle Times
Hawa Hassan was 7 when she flew to Seattle from Somalia to be resettled along with a group of refugees after spending three years in Kenya.