Date posted: March 26, 2020
During Winter Quarter, OLS Bellevue College students enrolled in Individual Studies re-examine their career paths through a project called Career Hats. This project helps them explore their chosen careers and what it will take to accomplish their goals. Here are two examples from this year's Career Hat project, by Katelyn and Elly. Why Costco and ...more about Career Hats
Date posted: March 12, 2020
Every Winter Quarter the 1st Year OLS Bellevue College students participate in a Mock Interviews. For this activity members from local businesses are recruited to serve as the interviewers. Students prepare by first identifying their dream job, something for which they have a strong interest or passion. In class, students are introduced to what the ...more about Winter Quarter Mock Interviews
Date posted: March 10, 2020
OLS Bellevue College students in the Podcasts elective course recently completed their main projects when they visited the Jack Straw Cultural Center to record podcasts they had written during the quarter. Collaborating in two groups, students first chose general topics they wanted to write about: one chose music, the other food. Over the next couple ...more about OLS Bellevue College Students Create Original Podcasts
Date posted: March 9, 2020
This quarter our Learning Strategies in the College Environment courses teamed up for an office scavenger hunt on the Bellevue College campus. Upon arrival, students were paired with a partner and given two locations on main campus to visit. Some of these locations included places like the Center for Career Connections, the Disability Resource Center, ...more about Campus Scavenger Hunt
Date posted: March 5, 2020
As much as we like to share insights into our program and share assignments and activities from our students' coursework, something we like sharing even more is the variety of interests and hobbies that are part of their lives. One of our first year students, Ella Mae, has been working on a poetry and art ...more about Ella Mae’s Poetry and Art Book
Date posted: March 2, 2020
Our Critical Thinking Through Writing course helps students build confidence and skills in expressing their thinking through writing. One way to help build that confidence is to have students do a writing prompt nearly every class. This gives students the opportunity to express themselves on a wide variety of topics. Some of the topics have ...more about Writing Prompts
Date posted: February 28, 2020
The Apps and Tech course visited the XR/VR lab located inside the Library Media Center on the Bellevue College Main Campus on February 19th. The XR/VR lab provides students an access to virtual world technologies and allows for augmented learning experiences for students. The students had the opportunity to use the Oculus headsets and explore ...more about Hands On with Virtual Reality
Date posted: February 20, 2020
As part of the Fall Quarter News & Daily Living course, students are assigned to write a news article on a topic of their choice that has to do with the OLS program. We will be sharing their articles on our news page as OLS Student Reporters stories. By Emma Samantha said “People at the ...more about Why People Do Service Projects
Date posted: February 18, 2020
In the 4th year at OLS, students participate in a 200-hour internship with a local business. All our internships are specific to each student and their career pathway. Throughout winter and spring quarter, look for our Internship Stories on our website and social media pages. Intern: Nathan Place of Internship: Signarama in Redmond Internship Duties: ...more about Internship at Signarama
Date posted: February 13, 2020
As part of the Fall Quarter News & Daily Living course, students are assigned to write a news article on a topic of their choice that has to do with the OLS program. We will be sharing their articles on our news page as OLS Student Reporters stories. By Kyle At the OLS program at ...more about What Goes Into Writing a News Article for a Newsletter
