{"id":139,"date":"2025-07-09T12:18:30","date_gmt":"2025-07-09T19:18:30","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.bellevuecollege.edu\/rise-redesign-dev\/?page_id=139"},"modified":"2026-02-02T14:18:48","modified_gmt":"2026-02-02T22:18:48","slug":"the-community","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.bellevuecollege.edu\/rise\/the-community\/","title":{"rendered":"RISE for the Community"},"content":{"rendered":"<section class=\"section section-white body-section-wrapper alignfull wp-block-bc-sitka-spruce-body-section\">\n\t<div class=\"container-xl\">\n\t\t<div class=\"row\">\n\t\t\t\n<div class=\"body-section-content col-md-8\">\n\t\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Why RISE?<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>The&nbsp;<strong>RISE Learning Institute<\/strong>&nbsp;champions community engagement and enrichment by fostering partnerships with non-profit organizations, business and trade groups, government agencies, and other schools. RISE ensures students become immersed in real-world learning experiences that deepen their understanding of academic subjects, make a positive impact on the community, and forge new ties with community members and organizations. In return, the community benefits from the innovative solutions, volunteer support, and energy that students bring.<\/p>\n\n\n<\/div>\n\n\n<div class=\"callout-wrapper col\">\n\t<aside class=\"callout text-margin-reset \">\n\t\t<h3 class=\"callout__heading card-title-small\">Volunteering &amp; Service-Learning<\/h3>\n\t\t<p>Looking for volunteers? Interested in hosting a service-learning project?\r\n\r\nClick here to post service-learning and volunteer opportunities on the BC in the Community web platform.<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"callout__links\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<ul>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<li>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\n\t<a href=\"https:\/\/bellevuecollege.galaxydigital.com\/\"  class=\"link-accent-lg\">BC in the Community<i class=\"fa-regular fa-arrow-right-long \" aria-hidden=\"true\"><\/i><\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/li>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/ul>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/aside>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t<\/div>\n\t<hr class=\"section-divider\" \/>\n<\/section>\n\n\n<div class=\"block-wrapper alignstandard\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-mayflower-blocks-panel card bg-default\" id=\"collab-rise\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"card-img-top\" src=\"https:\/\/www.bellevuecollege.edu\/rise\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/457\/2025\/08\/RISE-for-Community-e1695336145509-1024x419-1.jpg\" alt=\"four students gathered around in a room and all listening to the one student with a microphone.\" loading=\"lazy\" \/><h2 class=\"card-header\">Collaborating with RISE<\/h2><div class=\"card-body\">\n<p><strong>RISE&nbsp;<\/strong>creates partnerships and initiatives that bridge the gap between academics and the community. We collaborate with research organizations, community partners, and organizations that promote social and economic innovations.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><strong>Connect with future employees:<\/strong> RISE can help organizations connect with instructors and students in your field and create learning opportunities that can help shape and inform what students learn and the skills students need to be successful.<br><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Find Volunteers<\/strong>: RISE can help you find instructors and connect with students who are discussing the issues and challenges that affect your community or organization.<br><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Find Research Project Support<\/strong>: RISE helps organizations find BC students for roles supporting research projects.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-mayflower-blocks-alert alert alert-info\">\n<p><strong>For more information about partnering with RISE, please email us at&nbsp;<a href=\"mailto:service-learning@bellevuecollege.edu\">service-learning@bellevuecollege.edu<\/a>.<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div><\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n<div class=\"block-wrapper alignstandard\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-mayflower-blocks-panel card bg-default\" id=\"resource-partner\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"card-img-top\" src=\"https:\/\/www.bellevuecollege.edu\/rise\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/457\/2025\/08\/3-1024x683-1-e1755028923453.jpg\" alt=\"A meeting taking place with multiple people gathered around a table with nametags and notes\" loading=\"lazy\" \/><h2 class=\"card-header\">Resources for Partners<\/h2><div class=\"card-body\">\n<p><strong>RISE<\/strong> also provides various resources for community partners, including:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/bellevuecollege.galaxydigital.com\/\"><strong>BC in the Community web platform<\/strong><\/a>: Allows organizations to post and manage volunteer and service-learning opportunities.<br><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.bellevuecollege.edu\/careers\/handshake\/\"><strong>HANDSHAKE<\/strong>:<\/a>&nbsp;A tool for advertising job and internship opportunities.\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.bellevuecollege.edu\/rise\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/457\/2025\/09\/BCitC-Student-FAQs-091319.pdf\" data-type=\"attachment\" data-id=\"1031\">HANDSHAKE FAQ [PDF]<\/a><\/strong>: answers basic questions about the HANDSHAKE platform. However, there are also resources on the Handshake Help pages.<br><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.bellevuecollege.edu\/rise\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/457\/2025\/08\/Service-Learning-Partner-Manual-14Aug2025.pdf\" data-type=\"attachment\" data-id=\"741\">Service-Learning Partner Manual [PDF]<\/a><\/strong>: This guide offers insights into our service-learning processes.<br><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Renting Space for Research and Collaboration<\/strong>: Partners can rent space in our state-of-the-art laboratories.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div><\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n<div class=\"block-wrapper alignstandard\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-mayflower-blocks-panel card bg-default\" id=\"resource-partner\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"card-img-top\" src=\"https:\/\/www.bellevuecollege.edu\/rise\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/457\/2025\/11\/AdobeStock_365052491-scaled-e1762981782954-1024x447.jpeg\" alt=\"Rope holding a log bridge, part of the cableway. Close-up.\" loading=\"lazy\" \/><h2 class=\"card-header\">Ropes Challenge Course<\/h2><div class=\"card-body\">\n<p>The Bellevue College low challenge course was constructed in 2013 to serve groups campus-wide and provide a tool for Outdoor Recreation Leadership students to perfect their leadership abilities.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-mayflower-blocks-button\"><a class=\"btn btn-primary   \" href=\"https:\/\/www.bellevuecollege.edu\/rise\/the-community\/rise-ropes-challenge-course\/\" aria-disabled=\"false\">Learn more about RISE Ropes Challenge Course<\/a><\/div>\n<\/div><\/div>\n<\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"","protected":false},"author":3692,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":5,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"template--no-sidebar.php","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":"","_links_to":"","_links_to_target":""},"class_list":["post-139","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bellevuecollege.edu\/rise\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/139","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bellevuecollege.edu\/rise\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bellevuecollege.edu\/rise\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bellevuecollege.edu\/rise\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3692"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bellevuecollege.edu\/rise\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=139"}],"version-history":[{"count":6,"href":"https:\/\/www.bellevuecollege.edu\/rise\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/139\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1915,"href":"https:\/\/www.bellevuecollege.edu\/rise\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/139\/revisions\/1915"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bellevuecollege.edu\/rise\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=139"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}