Bellevue Arts Museum fair 2015
July 24-27 saw the annual BAM Arts fair, hosted by the Bellevue Arts Museum. Hundreds of local and national artists were featured, with traditions ranging through almost all of the […]
July 2015
New executive director
On July 9, 2015, the Bellevue College Foundation named Rebecca Chawgo as its new executive director. Before the promotion, Chawgo had served as the BC Foundation’s director of development since […]
T Building to open for fall
The T building is the newest building on the Bellevue College campus. It is located across from the A building, near Landerholm Circle. The building will be dedicated to the […]
LMC honors Black Lives Matter movement
Over the month of July, the Bellevue College Library and Media Center is showing a “Black Lives Matter” PowerPoint presentation in the lobby. The purpose of this is to honor […]
Bite of Seattle dishes up international cuisine
Bite of Seattle, Festivals Incorporated’s flagship event, hosted over 400,000 people over the weekend. Including over 60 restaurants plus entertainment stages, cooking demonstrations and many other venues, the Bite of […]
Shrimp farming: A coastal catastrophe
In this day and age where practically every developed country has an open economy, it’s hard to know where every single piece of food or other products people purchase in […]
Crossroads farmers’ market offers fresh food, music and fun
Farmers’ markets are a mainstay of the American summer, and in King County we are lucky to have many held weekly in a variety of neighborhoods, hosting healthy biodiversity with […]
National attention for Bellevue College OLS
Since its advocacy in summer 2011 and accreditation in December 2006 by the Northwest Commission on Colleges and Universities, the Occupational Life Skills program has become an integral component of […]
Journey of an art student post-Bellevue College
Bellevue College is commuter college that caters to people of all ages and backgrounds, hosting Running Start students as young as 16 years old, to seniors who wanted to go […]
Impressions of Fallout 4
June 3, 2015 delivered a present to gamers everywhere, the announcement of Fallout 4. The fifth installment of the Fallout franchise, Fallout 4 was widely anticipated, and the announcement has […]
California, the great and terrible
In the third week of June, I flew down to San Diego with my stepfather so we could see the vast expanse of California, along with the infrastructure, people and […]
Changes to financial aid
Since July 2015, the Financial Aid department at Bellevue College made changes to the Financial Aid Satisfactory Academic Progress Policy, or SAP. The SAP is essentially a list of requirements […]
Researching with the RISE Learning Institute
RISE Learning Institute is a new division that was recently launched at Bellevue College. “The Research, Innovation Service and Experiential Learning Institute is helping to shape the existing and evolving […]
BC graduate wins interior design competition
Jennifer Baarley, who recently graduated from Bellevue College in March, was part of a four student team who placed first in the International Interior Design Association local student charette. A […]
Allegations against Bill Cosby may be skewed
Bill Cosby was a household name during the 1980s when “The Cosby Show” first took off and he is receiving national recognition once again, but for a different reason entirely. […]
Modern-day advertisers are inescapable
It’s interesting to think about how advertisement has evolved to influence the public over time. In the early to mid 20th century, most advertisements were geared towards exploiting people’s fears […]
A new post-racism reality
Every single time the slightest event occurs that could have a racist bent seems to be an opportunity for minorities to decry the state of the country, to declare that […]
Northwest SolarFest
On July 25, Shoreline Community College hosted Northwest Solar Fest for it’s eleventh year. The NW SolarFest is the premier renewable energy event in the state. It is a non-profit […]
Naked Giants and Car Seat Headrest: A terrific romp of indie rock fun
On June 18, the local bands Naked Giants and Car Seat Headrest played at Seattle venue Chop Suey. The Naked Giants started off the show with an energetic garage rock […]
White Collar: not binge-worthy
“White Collar” is a comedic criminal drama about Neal Caffrey (Matt Bomer) that aired from October 2009 to December 2014, and is great to have playing in the background while […]