Category Archives: Advancing Student Success Campaign

Fall 2012 Mini-Grant Awards Announced!

The BC Foundation is pleased to announce the recipients of the Fall 2012 Foundation Mini-Grant Awards! NURSING Clinical Simulation and Learning Jocelyn Anderson, Health Sciences Ed and Wellness Institute (Nursing) ADOBE cS6 textbooks for ibit/bts teacher assistants and tutors Mary Corcoran, Institute for Business and Information Technology SUMMER BRIDGE TO COLLEGE: AUTISM SPECTRUM NAVIGATORS Sara [...]

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$200,000 Gift to Interior Design Program

The Bellevue College Foundation has announced one of the 10 largest cash donations it has received in the past decade: a $200,000 gift to the Interior Design program that will connect students with firms and practitioners in the region, giving them vital professional experience and contacts to help launch their careers. Given by the family [...]

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Campaign to Advance Student Success Complete!

The Campaign to Advance Student Success was completed last month, and we are proud to say that our generous donors helped us reach 105% of goal! The BC Foundation partnered with Bellevue College on an initiative to raise $6.7 million to provide new opportunities to students through a robust and comprehensive success plan. Bellevue College will be [...]

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A Year in Review

As we enter the 2011-2012 year here at Bellevue College, we wanted to share with you a recap of the BC Foundation’s success during the 2010-2011 academic year. Under the leadership of 2010-2011 Board President Dale King, this has been a banner year for the Foundation, and we are so grateful to our donors for their support and [...]

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Foundation Supports Scholarships

The Bellevue College Foundation recently awarded scholarship funds to Bellevue College students for the 2011 Winter quarter. A total of 27 different scholarships were offered by the Foundation during this round which amounted to just over $62,000 in scholarship funding. During the application period, 91 applications were received. After careful review by the Foundation’s Scholarship Committee, 40 separate awards were distributed [...]

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Bellevue College Awarded $145,000 SkillUp Grant for Student Success

Bellevue College has been awarded a grant of $145,000 from SkillUp Washington to help low-income working adults and disadvantaged youth succeed in the college’s Operating System Support Specialist training program. The grant will support a class of 24 students, who will begin their studies in January. SkillUp Washington — also known as the Seattle-King County [...]

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