Date posted: October 15, 2018
First year students enrolled in Intro to Communications recently participated in a group activity to identify and explore communication styles in various contexts and environments. Knowing how to communicate with people in the right context for a given situation is an important skill, as there are often unspoken rules and standards that are just expected. ...more about Flipping the Switch
Date posted: October 10, 2018
Fourth year students enrolled in the Workplace Readiness course recently participated in an engaging group activity that asked them to compare personal values with the values of a corporation or business. They began by listing three of their personal values and meeting with a small group to discuss them. After the discussion the students were ...more about Work Values Group Activity
Date posted: October 8, 2018
Greetings OLS Community, My name is Pilar Lopez, and I am excited to announce that starting October 8, 2018, I will step into the role as Associate Dean of OLS Bellevue College. I have served the Occupational and Life Skills program as the Internship Coordinator since February 2014 and look forward to this new chapter. ...more about Meet Our New Associate Dean
Date posted: October 3, 2018
OLS students enrolled in our Environment & Our Community course are currently studying different types of environments. Last week they were excited to get out of the classroom for an activity that required them to utilize their critical thinking skills and apply what they've been learning in the classroom in the real world. The students ...more about Observing Environments
Date posted: October 1, 2018
If you've ever met second year student Alan, you know he has a passion for movies. What you may not know, though, is Alan runs a movie review Facebook page through his alias Tex Wilcox, The Movie Monitor. The Movie Monitor started in the winter of 2016 after Alan's uncle encouraged him to start it. ...more about Tex Wilcox: The Movie Monitor
Date posted: September 13, 2018
This week was our annual Orientation for OLS Bellevue College students. Incoming first year students spent two days on campus getting to know their fellow classmates, meeting OLS faculty and staff members, and checking out our campus. They also got to meet their student mentors who will be helping them navigate their first year in ...more about 2018 OLS Orientation
Date posted: September 12, 2018
2018 OLS Bellevue College graduate Acacia stopped by during the first day of this year's orientation to welcome incoming students to the program. As you may remember from our post in June, Acacia is now employed as an Office Assistant with the Bellevue College Foundation, and she updated us on how her first couple of ...more about Visit and Update from OLS Alumna Acacia
Date posted: September 10, 2018
Each summer OLS Bellevue College partners with a local business or organization to provide volunteer opportunities forstudents. Volunteering provides the students with an opportunity to contribute to their community and to practice work skills that they will need in the future. It's a great way to build new skills and to continue to keep busy ...more about OLS Summer Volunteers at Tilth Alliance
Date posted: September 6, 2018
As you may recall from our announcement in June, Marci Muhlestein stepped down from her role as the Associate Dean for the OLS Bellevue College program. While Bellevue College is actively working on finding a permanent replacement for the position, we are pleased to introduce you to our Interim Associate Dean, Jennifer Sohonie. Jennifer currently ...more about OLS Interim Associate Dean: Jennifer Sohonie
Date posted: August 17, 2018
4th year student Josh completed his internship at Uncle Harry’s All Natural Products in Order Fulfillment. He shares part of his experience below. How does what you did or learned at your internship fit in with your career goals? I learned how to read order forms and find the right items. It fits into my ...more about Internship: Uncle Harry’s All Natural Products
