Date posted: March 21, 2024
This past fall, Bellevue College’s XR Lab opened a beautiful new podcast recording studio. A natural destination for the OLS Podcasts students! The course involves listening to a wide variety of online podcasts, as well as learning how to produce them. This year’s class wrote and recorded four original podcasts – choosing their own topics ...more about OLS Bellevue College Students Create Podcasts
Date posted: March 7, 2024
Service Learning is an integral part of the Occupational & Life Skills (OLS) Bellevue College curriculum. For the Winter Service Project, OLS students, faculty and staff came together to make blankets for Seattle Children's Hospital, an annual tradition the program had not done since 2020. OLS is proud to have delivered 22 blankets to Seattle ...more about OLS Winter Service Project to Benefit Seattle Children’s Hospital
Date posted: November 28, 2023
Citizenship teaches many things, including laws, constitution, the Bill of Rights, politics, disability rights and so much more. This all culminates in teaching OLS Bellevue College students what being a good citizen means and putting everything they learn in the classroom and applying it in the real world. One way to be a good citizen ...more about OLS Bellevue College Students Volunteer at Jubilee REACH
Date posted: July 25, 2023
Students in the Occupational & Life Skills Bellevue College (OLSBC) Office Procedures and Customer Service course participate in an Office Lab (8 hours) to demonstrate the course outcomes related to specific office procedures. Students had a variety of opportunities to practice and demonstrate basic office administration support skills and how to manage the Outlook Environment proficiently. In addition, students had hands-on practice demonstrating ...more about OLS Bellevue College Students Demonstrate Administration Skills
Date posted: June 28, 2023
2023 Occupational & Life Skills Bellevue College (OLSBC) graduate Kenassa has gone above and beyond reflecting on his time in the OLSBC program. This year, he wrote a book to share his experience in the program and why he recommends the program to others. He was motivated to write this after observing how he ...more about OLS Bellevue College Student Writes Book on His College Experience
Date posted: June 13, 2023
The wonderful Occupational & Life Skills Bellevue College (OLSBC) first-year cohort is wrapping up the academic year with Human Relationships, a course on how to operate successfully in the social world we live in. Identifying social signals and knowing how to present themselves and how their actions impact how others feel about them can better ...more about OLS Bellevue College Students Take Self-Defense Class
Date posted: June 13, 2023
Please join us in congratulating OLSBC Faculty Danette Ames for her Bellevue College Foundation Faculty and Staff Excellence Awards nomination. The Excellence Awards recognize outstanding faculty and staff members who demonstrate a commitment to excellence through their contributions to the campus and the community. Students, faculty, administrators, staff, and trustees may submit nominations. Danette was ...more about OLS Bellevue College Faculty Member Nominated for BC Faculty and Staff Excellence Award
Date posted: May 30, 2023
Please join us in congratulating Occupational & Life Skills Bellevue College student Daniel for earning four medals in the Special Olympics NW Regional Athletics Competition. Daniel winning gold in the long jump Daniel first competed in basketball and track at the Special Olympics when he was younger but stopped when he began track and cross ...more about OLS Bellevue College Student Wins at Special Olympics NW Regional Athletics Competition
Date posted: May 11, 2023
Please join us in congratulating Occupational & Life Skills Bellevue College student Calvin for earning three medals in the Special Olympics NW Swim Regional Competition. Calvin has been swimming competitively for a long time and has participated in about twelve events in total. On April 23, Calvin competed in the Special Olympics NW Regional Swim ...more about OLS Bellevue College Student Wins Three Medals at Special Olympics Swim Competition
Date posted: May 2, 2023
Written by: Zeke, 3rd-year student in the Occupational & Life Skills Bellevue College (OLSBC) When studying at Bellevue College, there are a ton of activities that you can do around campus. We’re here to countdown the ten best spots and activities at Bellevue College. The Ten Best Things About Bellevue College 1. Taking pictures of ...more about OLSBC Student Shares the Ten Best Things About Bellevue College
