Course & Student Stories

Tex Wilcox: The Movie Monitor

If you've ever met second year student Alan, you know he has a passion for movies. What you may not know, though, is Alan runs a movie review Facebook page through his alias Tex Wilcox, The Movie Monitor. The Movie Monitor started in the winter of 2016 after Alan's uncle encouraged him to start it. ...more about Tex Wilcox: The Movie Monitor


OLS Summer Volunteers at Tilth Alliance

Each summer OLS Bellevue College partners with a local business or organization to provide volunteer opportunities forstudents. Volunteering provides the students with an opportunity to contribute to their community and to practice work skills that they will need in the future. It's a great way to build new skills and to continue to keep busy ...more about OLS Summer Volunteers at Tilth Alliance


Customer Service Advice from Seattle Marriott Redmond

The Office Procedures and Customer Service spring course would like to thank OLS Bellevue College Board Member John Piazzini and the Seattle Marriott Redmond hotel staff for an educational and inspiring class visit on Exceptional Customer Service. The students learned about the Marriott's core values: putting people first, pursuing excellence, embracing change, acting with integrity, ...more about Customer Service Advice from Seattle Marriott Redmond



What Customer Service Means

This spring students in the Office Procedures and Customer Service class enjoyed a group activity working in small groups to assemble the phrases in a way that completes the sentence, "Customer service means _____." The objective was to help students understand the meaning of serving customers. A few examples included: Doing ordinary things extraordinarily well ...more about What Customer Service Means




Student Stories: OLS Commericals

In Critical Thinking through Media, students learn how they are being influenced by the media. During the course they learn the different persuasion techniques used by marketers to encourage them to buy their product. For their final project, students create a commercial that advertises the OLS program. The commercial allows them to speak of their ...more about Student Stories: OLS Commericals