The Office Procedures and Customer Service spring course would like to thank OLS Bellevue College Board Member John Piazzini and the Seattle Marriott Redmond hotel staff for an educational and inspiring class visit on Exceptional Customer Service. The students learned about the Marriott's core values: putting people first, pursuing excellence, embracing change, acting with integrity, ...more about Customer Service Advice from Seattle Marriott Redmond
4th year student Nigel completed his internship at the Pacific Science Center in downtown Seattle as both a Guest Ambassador and in Guest Services Data Entry. He shares part of his experience below: How does what you did or learned at your internship fit in with your career goals? On Fridays I work in the ...more about Internship: Pacific Science Center
After 43 years in education, Donna Hudson, our Director of Student Success, is retiring on August 22, 2018. Donna has served the OLS program for the past 8 years, first as an instructor before moving into her current role. Prior to her tenure at OLS, Donna served in the public school system as a teacher, ...more about Donna Hudson to Retire in August
4th year student Heather completed her internship with King County Parks & Recreation as a Park Ambassador. She shares part of her experience below: How does what you did or learned at your internship fit in with your career goals? This internship matches my career goals because its outside, and I get to work with ...more about Internship: King County Parks & Recreation
4th year student Justin completed his internship at Sawyer Lake Veterinary Hospital as a Kennel Assistant/Animal Car Provider. He shares part of his experience below: How does what you did or learned at your internship fit in with your career goals? Because I want to take care of animals, I have determination to get the ...more about Internship: Sawyer Lake Veterinary Hospital
My name is Caitlin, and I graduated from OLS Bellevue College in 2013. I am now in my 5th year as an After-school Assistant and Nap Teacher at Learning Tree Montessori school. I was hired by Learning Tree after I completed my internship there during my 4th year at OLS. I really love working in ...more about Alumni Stories: Caitlin
This spring our Environment and Our Community course students put what they learned in the previous two quarters into practice by teaming up with Forterra to complete a 6-week service learning project doing environmental stewardship at Idylwood Park. It is an excellent opportunity to use their knowledge of habitats, flora, fauna, and pollution to be ...more about Environmental Stewardship at Idylwood Park
This spring students in the Office Procedures and Customer Service class enjoyed a group activity working in small groups to assemble the phrases in a way that completes the sentence, "Customer service means _____." The objective was to help students understand the meaning of serving customers. A few examples included: Doing ordinary things extraordinarily well ...more about What Customer Service Means
4th year OLS Student Raha completed her internship at Bellevue College IBest and Basic and Transitional Studies as an Office Clerk and Filing Intern. She shares part of her experience below: How does what you did or learned at your internship fit in with your career goals? Definitely doing a lot more filing than what ...more about Internship: IBest and Basic and Transitional Studies
OLS Bellevue College Student and 2018 Special Olympics USA Games athlete Garrett Utz recently got to hang out with Jordan Morris of the Seattle Sounders FC as part of a series of videos put together by Visit Seattle. The videos featured Special Olympians talking with pro athletes from the Seattle area about the power of ...more about Garrett Utz Talks Support With Jordan Morris
