Melanie Ruiz hired as new director of financial aid
Melanie Ruiz has been announced as the new director of financial aid at Bellevue College. Vice President of Student Services Ata Karim made the announcement to hire Ruiz in an […]
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Amnesty International campaigns for human rights
Amnesty International at Bellevue College presented a series of human rights films in order to expose students to issues often overlooked and to provide a safe place for constructive and […]
Volleyball team finishes strong
Picture the stereotypical “sports game” scene in any movie, with fast paced camera work, sweaty athletes running around with a ball and everyone yelling out instructions to each other. When […]
BC hosts visit from SBA
On Nov. 18 the Regional Administrator for the Small Business Association, Calvin Goings, came to Bellevue College and gave a presentation about the SBA and all of the local businesses […]
TRiO to celebrate student success
This quarter, the TRiO Awards Ceremony will be featuring President David Rule and student speaker Julie Le. The ceremony will be held Thursday, Nov. 21 from 1:30-2:30 p.m. in room […]
Innovation award targets rising cost of educational resources
The Faculty Commons council is currently in the process of ranking the candidates for the President’s Innovation Award for Open Educational Resources. The council is expected to release their rankings […]
Course repeat policy proposed to be revised
The Bellevue College Board of Trustees, Community College District VIII, convened on Nov. 20 for their final meeting of the calendar year. Section VI of the business session was the […]
Bookstore to get new look
At the start of fall quarter, it seemed as if everything was under construction. First the T building, then the wiped out parking lots and now the BC bookstore. The […]
Metro proposal threatens to cut routes which will hinder students’ commute
Due to a lack of funds, Metro Transit has recently proposed a series of changes to its service that would be implemented in June 2014. The changes would cut 17 […]
Fulfilling campaign promises
Since beginning their one-year terms on July 1, the 2013-2014 Bellevue College Associated Student Government has served 96 days in office. Elected ASG representatives campaigned on platforms related to increasing […]
Roberson wins Bellevue School Board election
Bellevue College’s own Krischanna Roberson, the director of the health sciences & wellness department as well as the Black Student Union adviser, was elected onto the Bellevue School Board to […]
Renegotiating the student tech fee
A new committee from Bellevue College’s Information Services was appointed to renegotiate a new contract for the Student Technology Fee. The committee is given the task of evaluating and recommending […]
Ice cream brings BC together
Last Tuesday, Nov. 5, Peer to Peer held an ice cream social event. This was the first ice cream social event of fall quarter. The event took place in C212, […]
BCAV luncheon honors veterans
On Wednesday, Nov. 6, Bellevue College held an event in C120 where several students, staff and faculty gathered around the white clothed tables for one purpose; to honor those who […]
More than 30 women arrested at the GOP immigration protest
On Thursday, Nov. 7, a crowd protesting immigration reform began a march from Downtown Park in Bellevue to the Washington State Republican Headquarters, culminating in the arrest of 33 women. […]
BC hires new dean of student success
On Thursday, Oct. 31, Ata Karim, vice president of Student Services, announced in an email to the college that the college had hired a new dean of student success. Ana […]
Get out the vote! OSLA continues efforts to increase voter registration
The Office of Student Legislative Affairs is an organization at Bellevue College whose mission and goal is to make students politically active point of view. “We just want students to […]
BC’s Volleyball coach profile
With a volleyball team that is at the top of its game and near the top of the Northwest Athletic Association of Community Colleges (NWAACC) rankings, there is usually a […]
Halloween dance unites diverse student body
Last weekend, Bellevue College held the annual Halloween dance. It took place in the cafeteria and was hosted and promoted by the International Student Association. This dance was held to […]
BCAV drafts petition to reduce parking costs for veterans
A recent petition sponsored by the Bellevue College Association of Veterans, authored by BCAV President Aaron Malec and BCAV Vice President Thomas Caetano, aims to reduce the current parking fees […]