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Fall 2016 the BELLEVUE COLLEGE magazine INSIDE: New Bachelor’s Degrees International Students Theatre Arts Adds Drama 1966 Alums Find Success 1968 1971 1978 1980 1984 1990 1995 2000 2005 2009 2014 Homecoming Celebration 2016 October 10-15 (see page 6) CONTENTS the BELLEVUE COLLEGE magazine New Bachelor’s Degrees 4 VOLUME III, ISSUE I New Digital Marketing AAS-T Degree 4 The Staff of EXCEPTIONAL Magazine: BC Partners with Coding DoJo 5 CONTRIBUTORS Gayle Colston Barge, Ed.D. 50th Anniversary: Homecoming Celebration 6 Vice President of Institutional Advancement Adding Some Drama Nicole Beattie, Associate Director 8 of Communications International Students Increase 10 Sharon Berg, Publications & Communications Manager Take 5 with Eric Davis 12 Evan Epstein Jim Hoehn, Web Editor-In-Chief “Bezango, WA” Brings Faculty Accolades 13 Ezra Asfaw, Intern Walter Garrido, Intern Q&A with Nicole M. Kahasha 14 Tessa King, Intern Chris Fiscus Alum Hits Right Note with Army Jazz Band 15 GRAPHIC DESIGNER Eddie Roberts: Grad Turns Heads 16 Robyn Bell-Bangerter More Than Balls & Strikes 17 About EXCEPTIONAL Magazine: This is the fourth issue of Exceptional Magazine. BC Reads: “The Martian” Takes Flight 18 The College Relations office welcomes comments from its readers. Address letters to Sharon Berg, Alaska Airlines & BC: A High Flying Partnership 19 Publications Manager, Bellevue College, 3000 Landerholm Circle SE, Bellevue, WA 98007, or submit them via e-mail to sharon.berg@ Sonja Green: Knight Wallace Fellow 20 bellevuecollege.edu. The publication and past issues are also published online at www.bellevuecollege. BC Students Honored 21 edu/magazine, or view at Issuu.com. Dr. Jill Wakefield New Interim President 22 On the cover: Bellevue College has proudly served the community Campus Roundup 22 for the past 50 years. Come celebrate our anniversary, see page 6. 3000 Landerholm Circle SE Bellevue, Washington 98007 (425) 564-1000 www.bellevuecollege.edu FPO Bellevue College does not discriminate on the basis of race or ethnicity; creed; color; national origin; sex; marital status; sexual You’ll see 50th Anniversary orientation; age; religion; genetic information; the presence of any sensory, mental, or physical disability; gender identity or veteran banners throughout the status in educational programs and activities which it operates... Please see policy 4150 at www.bellevuecollege.edu/policies/. BC campus as we gear up for our big Homecoming Week celebration. 2 EXCEPTIONAL: the BELLEVUE COLLEGE magazine Eager students attend the first Bellevue Community College orientation. Celebrating 50 Years ...of making a difference Dear Bellevue College Family and Friends. Bellevue College is poised to be an even greater innovator in higher education both globally and nationally. We are indeed celebrating 50 years of making a difference. This issue of Exceptional includes a myriad of vignettes and stories that affirm our presence and leadership within student achievement, academia, workforce development, the arts, international partnerships and more. Our collectivist approach to serving the greater Eastside and beyond is reflected in a diverse array of new bachelor’s degrees, collaborative programs with Coding DoJo and our Business Training Institute’s partnership with Alaska Airlines. Creativity reigns supreme via Professor Eric Davis’ RAP 101 lecture that combines the best of all worlds linking interactive multimedia with music and poetry to fuel critical thinking. The world is introduced to the uniqueness of the Pacific Northwest in “Bezango, WA,” a film that features an award-winning music score by faculty member Dr. Brian Cobb. BC’s newest reach and influence extend beyond our local borders to the Democratic Republic of the Congo underscoring two decades of student and faculty exchanges that now include partner institutions in over 51 countries. Our collaboration with Japan will include hosting 40 students for a three-day nurse training program in October. The financial impact of our international students further strengthens the local economy, generating 26.5 million dollars and supporting 150 jobs in Congressional District 9. Extraordinary students, noted alumni, faculty and staff are telling BC’s story as professional athletes, actors, nationally acclaimed scholars, journalism fellows and Margin of Excellence honorees. We will introduce yet another first early next year as TEDx comes to BC. Take a few moments to read the amazing offerings in our magazine. I think you will be energized, entertained and most importantly encouraged to join in the celebration of a half-century of truly being the community’s college. Your continuous support of Bellevue College makes these stories come to life. Thanks to you, dreams are coming true for over 33,000 students each year. We’ve only just begun this journey of exceptional service and educational empowerment. Stay tuned – the best is yet to come. Go Bulldogs! Warmest Regards, Gayle Colston Barge, Ed.D. Vice President of Institutional Advancement Fall 2016 3 New Degrees New Degrees Approved ...two new health related BAS degrees and Digital Marketing AAS-T by Sharon Berg legally-mandated employee wellness programs and as preventative, person- alized healthcare measures become the centerpiece of employee benefit programs, a growing need for health and wellness coaches, specialists and consultants is evident. The Bureau of Labor Statistics projects a 13 percent increase by 2024 in jobs related to this field and identifies Health Promotion Management as a “new and emerging” occupational area, predicted to grow well above the national average. “This is a win-win situation for both students and area employers,” said Bell. “Puget Sound residents will get access to bachelor’s degrees with affordable tuition that can help them land jobs with good salaries. And employers, BC Offering Two New Health and health services managers are will have ready-access to qualified projected to grow 17 percent by 2024. Related Bachelor’s Degrees workers so they can provide the best The Washington State Employment Bellevue College recently received care possible or grow their companies.” Security Office also reports Medical approval from the NWCCU to offer These two new BAS degrees and eight and Healthcare Services Managers as two new bachelor’s degree programs current degrees bring the number of positions in demand for King County in Health Promotion Management four-year degrees offered at BC to 10. and Healthcare Management and and Washington State. Both agencies The existing degrees include: Data Leadership that will provide area indicate that 61 percent of jobs in this Analytics (BAS), Applied Account- residents with affordable paths to field will require a bachelor’s degree ing (BAS), Healthcare Technology family-wage jobs in these growing or higher. & Management (BAS), Information fields. The two programs officially Health Promotion Manage- Systems & Technology (BAS), Interior begin classes in the fall of 2016. ment will help prepare graduates Design (BAA), Nursing (RN-BSN), to undertake a wide array of posi- Healthcare Management and Radiation & Imaging Sciences (BAS), tions in the health and wellness Leadership will help prepare gradu- and Molecular Biosciences (BAS). ates for jobs that require advanced industry, including health educators, technical and supervisory knowledge health promotion work-life special- New Associate in Arts and needed to manage healthcare sys- ists, employee health and wellness Sciences Transfer Degree in tems and facilities. Development of coaches, and wellness consultants. Digital Marketing the degree is in response to favorable The degree capitalizes on observed Focused on the emerging technol- employer demand trends anticipated trends in the field of health and well- ogy side of the marketing industry, over the next decade. According to the ness. As business, government and Bellevue College’s new Associate Bureau of Labor Statistics, medical educational organizations implement of Arts and Sciences – Transfer in 4 EXCEPTIONAL: the BELLEVUE COLLEGE magazine Digital Marketing degree provides The program requires students to BC Partners with students with practical, hands-on assume a management viewpoint, and Coding DoJo for New experience across the full spectrum of develop appropriate digital market- Programming Courses digital marketing options. The degree ing strategies that employ their newly Two new programs offered by opens an additional pathway for BC honed skills. Students will translate Bellevue College in partnership students to careers in a fast growing objectives into integrated marketing with Coding Dojo will help people field, and the ability to transfer their strategies that lean heavily on digital employed in the tech industry, or credits to a four-year college to com- platforms, create and repurpose con- those who want to be, upgrade plete a bachelor’s. tent for the digital environment, and their skills. The Ruby on Rails Digital marketing employs online course will run from September optimize campaigns based on data media and digital platforms to promote 2016 to January 2017, and the inputs and research efforts. products and brands. Channels include JavaScript/MEAN course will run search, display, social media, mobile A factor in program development is from November 2016 to February phones, online video, and out-of-home the industries’ current position and 2017. BC is the first college to join technologies like electronic billboards. the future prospects of the industry. Coding