Date posted: November 21, 2018
On Halloween morning, students enrolled in the Introduction to Communication course hosted a Coffee Social and treated the North Campus staff and students with complimentary coffee, pastries, and lively conversations. One topic the course has been covering this quarter is "small talk" and how to communicate with new people. The Coffee Social provides students an ...more about Coffee Social
Date posted: November 14, 2018
The Nutrition, Health, and Fitness course recently took a tour of Camp Unity Eastside where they delivered the trail mix they made as part of the course. In addition to being able to see the community benefiting from their trail mix donation, this provided students an opportunity to learn about homelessness in their community and ...more about Tour of Camp Unity Eastside
Date posted: November 7, 2018
Each fall the Nutrition, Health, and Fitness course prepares a trail mix for the residents of Camp Unity Eastside, an organization that relies on donations from the community. This activity helps OLS students connect with their community and understand how they can give back to that community and those in need. Students enrolled in the ...more about Shopping for Trail Mix Ingredients
Date posted: November 5, 2018
The last thing I remember was playing a game of Magic the Gathering with my friends Nate and Kyle at school. I did not know exactly where I was either, but a destroyed sign on the fence next to the building suggests that I’m in California. I could hear marching soldiers in the distance which ...more about The Creative Works of Will
Date posted: October 30, 2018
4th year OLS student Geoff recently interviewed for his internship at Kaiser Permanente with the Patient Access and Business Operations Manager. Geoff used the skills he learned in his Workplace Problem Solving and Workplace Readiness courses to deliver an excellent 60-second sell. He was calm and collected and provided good answers to the questions he was ...more about Internship Interview at Kaiser Permanente
Date posted: October 29, 2018
OLS Students enrolled in the Citizenship course are currently studying how the US government works and how each branch functions. In addition to reviewing the various concepts and teaching the inner workings to one another, which allows the information to be more easily understood, the students are learning that advocacy is the key to making ...more about Preparing for a Legislative Forum
Date posted: October 26, 2018
Students enrolled in Cultural Awareness recently each crafted a poem about what makes them who they are. They shared their poems with each other in class to get feedback and created a final draft ready to display at this fall quarter's upcoming Share Night. Students begin their work in Cultural Awareness by looking inward at ...more about Where I Am From Poems
Date posted: October 24, 2018
The 2018 Special Olympics USA Games were held in Seattle, WA in July. Over 4,000 athletes and coaches gathered for the event, and among them were three OLS Bellevue College students: Miguel McCoy, William Miller, and Garrett Utz. All three of them earned medals, McCoy taking home gold in Golf and Miller and Utz earning ...more about OLS Students Compete at the 2018 Special Olympics USA Games
Date posted: October 23, 2018
OLS Students enrolled in Personal Finance recently participated in a "Virtual Shopping Spree" at the Crossroads Mall. For this activity students pretended it was the end of the summer, and they were going to do some back-to-school shopping. They were given a list of items to "buy" and a budget of $150. To successfully complete ...more about Virtual Shopping Spree
Date posted: October 17, 2018
Oct 8-12 marked the annual Homecoming celebration for Bellevue College, and OLS students and the North Campus came together to participate in Brutus' Food Drive Challenge. OLS Student Council rallied their fellow students, instructors, staff, and other North Campus members and collected 128 items this year. Although it wasn't enough to earn the traveling trophy ...more about OLS Students Collect Items for Food Drive
