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: November 14, 2023
The Bellevue College Foundation and the Office of Sustainability recently organized the BC Builds contest, which aimed to encourage innovative projects crafted from the old campus banners. This project fostered creativity and promoted sustainability, with the goal of showing it's possible to reduce how much goes to the landfill through reuse and repurposing items. 4th-year ...more about OLS Students Receive Honorary Mention for BC Builds Contest
Date posted: October 31, 2023
During the first week of each quarter, OLSBC students spend time creating classroom norms in each of their courses. These student-driven course norms help build a sense of community and belonging in the classroom and set the tone for the course by providing clear guidelines on how to behave and be successful. Students in the ...more about Student-Created OLSBC Classroom Norms
Date posted: October 24, 2023
OLSBC students began the fall quarter News and Daily Living course with an introduction to news apps and websites. Every student downloaded a news app to their phone or chose a news website to use on their laptops; their selections included sites like CNN, Apple News, KING5 and the BBC. They were given time to ...more about OLS Bellevue College Students Learn About the News
Date posted: September 26, 2023
What's your favorite breakfast item on the Taco Bell Menu, and what does it cost? That's the question students taking the OLSBC Personal Finance course had to answer for one of their course activities. In this activity, students worked in small groups to practice their communication and money management skills. Each student had a budget (a ...more about OLS Bellevue College Students Practice Personal Finance Skills
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 15, 2023
The year-long Environment and Our Community class recently took a walking tour of the Bellevue College campus. But as 3rd year students, it was obviously not just sightseeing! The purpose was to explore some of the many features on Main Campus that promote sustainability – new ways of doing “business as usual” that do not ...more about OLS Bellevue College Students Participate in Sustainability Tour of BC Campus
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
