Programs and classroom scenes
A Chemistry teacher works with students in class in 1966, just a month after BCC opens. This class was held at Newport High School, BCC's temporary location from 1966 to 1969.
A 1966 History class.
Among other classes, BCC’s Continuing Education program offered Home Ec classes "for girls interested in home management, nutrition, meal planning and serving, and clothing construction." -- Excerpted from The Bellevue American, Feb. 23, 1967.
BCC’s first men’s basketball team won it all their first time out, coming out on top at the community college state championships. 1968 photo.
Ski instructors’ training was an early offering by BCC’s Continuing Education program. 1968 photo.
Some of BCC’s first nursing students gain practical experience at a local hospital. 1968 photo .
BCC moved to the cutting-edge in educational technology in 1969 when it installed “Chester,” a dial-access retrieval system, in the BCC Library Media Center. "Chester" piped audio and video lessons and information through phone lines to outside callers as well as to booths in the media center. This system was the first to be installed in the state of Washington and the first in the entire United States to offer off-campus dial-in access. Photo ca. 1970
The $80,000 Chester dial-in access system took up 240 square feet, requiring an entire room of its own. 1970 photo.
Media Specialist Wayne Bitterman, shown here, was the "voice of Chester,” which callers heard upon dial-in. 1972 photo.
The college’s Library Media Center has always made good use of technology to enhance learning. Here, students listen to taped lessons in the college’s first Language Lab. 1969 photo.
Media technicians operate the Library Media Center’s audio Language Lab. 1972 photo.
BCC trained students in broadcast technology by producing closed-circuit broadcasts on campus. 1970 photo.
Modern technology – reel-to-reel audiotapes – was used to help students learn biology. The innovative teaching method was introduced by BCC instructor Glenn Powell, who utilized an audio-tutorial program with his Zoology 113 class. The students listened to tapes that simulated one-on-one instruction with the teacher. With the headphones on, students were led to examine certain objects, while parts of interest were described. 1971 photo.
Undersea Diving Certification was an early technical training course at BCC. The class trained divers primarily for industrial work. 1971 photo.
Students in an Office Professions class practice typing on IBM Selectrics. 1972 photo.
BCC nursing graduates are awarded pins in recognition of their achievement. 1973 photo.
The BCC American Indian Club was one of the first of hundreds of student clubs chartered at BCC over the years. 1973 photo.
The BCC Choir sings in fine voice in this 1973 photo.
BCC has offered child daycare for students since 1971, as a way to help parents make time for school. This photo shows how it looked in 1973.
A scene in BCC’s daycare center in the early 1970s. Undated photo.
Cooperative pre-schools in community settings have been a BCC offering since the early days. 1973 photo.
Students from a BCC cooperative preschool interact with another generation. 1973 photo.
BCC’s radio station, KBCS 91.3 FM, went live on the air in 1973.
Working on equipment at KBCS. 1973 photo.
Record albums and reel-to-reel tapes were the media played at KBCS. 1974 photo
Students watch a film in an “Intro to Aging” class, 1974 photo.
With a $12,000 grant from the International Telephone and Telegraph Corporation, BCC established a television hookup with the local cable TV system. Viewers and students could view courses from the comfort of their living room couch. 1975 photo .
