With summer just around the corner, and fall not far behind, now is the perfect time to consider taking a course at Bellevue College. Starting on May 28, new students can sign up for classes for BC’s summer quarter that begins June 24, and enrollment for fall quarter opens June 10. As an open-access institution, …read more
The Bellevue College Foundation’s “Become Exceptional” Luncheon raised more than $245,000 from over 600 guests, whose generous giving will provide crucial support for scholarships and academic programs for BC students. Now in its 14th year, the May 1event, held at the Meydenbauer Center, also attracted 33 corporate and in-kind sponsors that underwrote the cost of …read more
Summer Sterling, a student in Bellevue College’s Interior Design program, has won the International Interior Design Association’s Northern Pacific Chapter Student Essay Competition. Titled “Doing the Right Thing…and Passing It On,” her essay discusses the importance of creating sustainable designs. The essay is posted on Bellevue College’s website: http://bellevuecollege.edu/interiordesign/wp-content/uploads/IIDA-Leaders-Breakfast-Essay.pdf. Sterling, who holds a bachelor’s degree …read more
Bellevue College’s Science Division will host an open house for the community on Saturday, May 4, from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m., with a variety of fun, educational and hands-on activities and demonstrations in science, technology, engineering and math. Titled “Passport to STEM,” the event will feature: a custom tank used to model ocean waves; …read more
Exploring the theme “Living in a Changing Climate,” Bellevue College will hold its 14th annual Earth Week celebration April 22-26, with a series of lectures, films, and special events to promote environmental awareness and the sustainable use of our planet’s resources. “We chose this year’s theme because the issue of climate change is more relevant …read more
The Bellevue College Foundation will hold its 14th Annual “Become Exceptional” Luncheon on May 1, and seats are still available for the event that provides crucial support for scholarships and programs that benefit BC students. This year’s featured speaker will be Gerald Chertavian, founder of Year Up, an organization that trains and educates low-income young …read more
With the successful relocation of the 91.3 KBCS broadcast tower to the summit of Cougar Mountain in Issaquah, many radio listeners in the Puget Sound region now have a new option on the dial, and listeners in the station’s previous coverage area are experiencing much better reception. The project, which has been in the works …read more
Bellevue College interior design student Yalda Daneshfarnia recently took home a first place award in the student category of the 14th annual Northwest Design Awards, sponsored by the Seattle Design Center. Her winning entry originated with a class assignment to assist in the design of a “co-working” space for a Seattle company. She is the …read more
Renowned Los Angeles-based designer and architect Frank Clementi will visit the campus of Bellevue College on Thursday, April 11 to present a lecture titled “Hippies, Radicals and Weirdos.” Clementi, who is the Doris Katz Distinguished Visiting Critic in BC’s Interior Design program, will examine architectural themes in buildings constructed during the sixties and seventies. The …read more
On April 13, Bellevue College will hold the second-annual Autism Awareness Video Game Tournament to raise funds for its innovative Autism Spectrum Navigators program, which helps autistic students achieve success in the classroom. “The money raised at last year’s event has helped our program nearly triple the number of students we serve. With support from …read more
