Congratulations to Ian Parmley! A former baseball player who spent two years at BellevueCollegebefore transferring to a university, he was one of three players recently selected in the 2012 Major League Baseball First-Year Player draft. Parmley was drafted in the seventh round, 235th overall, by the Toronto Blue Jays. Bellevue College’s baseball program continues a …read more
With three players recently selected in the 2012 Major League Baseball First-Year Player draft, Bellevue College’s baseball program continues a long tradition of success in preparing players for the professional leagues. Adrian Sampson, a pitcher, was selected by the Pittsburgh Pirates in the fifth round with the 166th overall pick. Later in the draft, the …read more
Advocate, entrepreneur and world athlete are a few titles that 23-year-old Steve Ferreira holds. Most recently, Issaquah’s Ferreira added international motivational speaker to his résumé. In April, Steve Ferreira traveled to his birthplace, Taiwan, to speak at numerous schools and events about living with athetoid cerebral palsy. “I am really passionate about getting disabled …read more
It would come to him in his bed at night as he waited to fall asleep. Or on the ballfield with his friends. Or maybe watching a game on television. For as long as he can remember, Parmley dreamed of playing pro baseball. So when his name was called in the seventh round of the …read more
Over 3,000 excited family members, friends, faculty and staff packed the Bellevue College gymnasium to cheer on members of the Class of 2012 during the college’s 45th annual commencement ceremony this past Friday, June 15. In all, the college awarded nearly 2,600 bachelor’s and associate degrees, certificates and diplomas. Graduates from the Bellevue area numbered …read more
Bellevue College student Andrea Torres watched President Obama’s speech announcing a change in immigration policy two times Friday “just to make sure it was real.” Torres, 21, says she was brought here from Mexico by her parents on a tourist visa which they later overstayed, when she was 7. She hopes the new policy will …read more
Friends, family and graduates from Bellevue College celebrated commencement on a warm evening on June 15. More than 2,500 students, dressed in their ceremonial caps and gowns, received bachelor’s or associate degrees, certificates or diplomas. Of those students, 199 were international students, 92 were veterans, 182 participated in running start and 421 students graduated with …read more
Just where will the 351 graduates of the Mercer Island High School Class of 2012 be headed this fall? Everywhere but mostly here. Graduates of the class of 2012 will be attending schools and colleges in 30 states in cities as close as Bellevue and Seattle and as far away as Honolulu and Jerusalem. This …read more
BellevueCollege has snagged entrepreneur extraordinaire Janis Machala as the new dean of its Continuing Education program, the largest such program in the Washington State Community and Technical Colleges system. A businesswoman with an enviable resume, she heads up a staff of more than 30 full-time employees and 300 adjunct faculty that serve 11,000 adult learners …read more
Janis Machala has worked as an advisor to startup companies in the Seattle area for as long as I’ve been covering the tech beat. (Nearly 15 years at this point). Now, Machala is taking on a new challenge as dean of Bellevue College’s Continuing Education program. Machala said the move brings her full circle, since …read more
