IDS Learning Communities

The list of Interdisciplinary (IDS) Learning Communities courses for the upcoming year is available on the IDS website.

Interdisciplinary Classes - Fall 2008

The following classes will be offered Fall 2008:

Freshman Experience: Creating the Good Life - 10 credits (Taught by Sue Cox and Arline Davis)
Sociology 110 and English 092 or 093 or 101

Bite Me: Consumption in U.S. Society - 10 credits (Taught by Michael Hanson and Michael Meyer)
English 101, 201, or 271 and Nutrition 130 or Environmental Science 100

Information on Spring 2008 Interdisciplinary Classes

Scholar in Residence

We are pleased and honored to welcome our 6th annual international scholar, Lucia Zuppa. Lucia, who is from San Luis, Argentina, holds a degree in English instruction from Argentina's Instituto de Formación Docenta Contínua and a diploma in teaching Spanish as a foreign language from Asociación Argentina de Docentes de Español. She is a teacher of English and Spanish in Argentina, and her residency is sponsored by the Fulbright Foreign Language Teaching Assistant Program. (more...)

CLA Fellows Program

The Center for Liberal Arts is pleased to announce the continuation of the CLA Fellows Program. The CLA Fellows Program was established to recognize the importance and value of community civic scholars to teaching and learning at Bellevue Community College. Center for Liberal Arts Fellows serve as mentors and partners to aid the college in its mission to enhance faculty and student civic engagement. This work may take the form of occasional campus or community lectures, partnership in curriculum development, service learning contacts, representation of BCC and the Center for Liberal Arts in the community or other support for college initiatives relevant to the Fellow’s academic, professional and/or civic expertise. (more...)

Timothy Egan to visit BCC

Timothy Egan, author of The Worst Hard Time by visit BCC on April 23rd. His lecture and book signing will take place in the Carlson Theater at 7:30 p.m. (more...)

BCC Reads Scholarship Winners Announced

The Center for Liberal Arts is pleased to announce the following 3 student winners in the 2008 BCC Reads scholarship contest: Sopheary Chiv, Mikeya Harper, and Connor Olsen. (more...)

2008-2009 BCC Reads! Book Announced!

The BCC Reads! selection committee is pleased to announce its common book selection for 2008-2009: The Martian Chronicles by Ray Bradbury, which celebrates its 50th anniversary next year. (more...)

2007-2008 BCC Reads! Selection

The BCC Reads! Book for 2007-2008 is: The Worst Hard Time: The Untold Story of Those Who Survived the Great American Dust Bowl by Timothy Egan. From Publishers Weekly Egan tells an extraordinary tale in this visceral account of how America's great, grassy plains turned to dust, and how the ferocious plains winds stirred up an endless series of "black blizzards" that were like a biblical plague (more...)

Canadian Consulate General Internships

The Canadian Consulate General Seattle invites university students who wish to experience working for a foreign government in the United States to apply for the 2008 Inten Programme. These positions are non-paid. However, most interns earn course-credit through an independent study. (more...)

Voices in Wartime Workshop

The Center for Liberal Arts and Voices in Wartime Education Project invite you to join a conversation workshop about teaching the subject of war. We are extending invitations to our colleagues at higher education institutions in the area to join the dialogue. This is an opportunity to exchange teaching ideas, share experiences, and learn from colleagues. Lunch is provided and the workshop is free. Please see the attachment for details about how to RSVP. Workshop Details

Stories of War and Peace

Radio station KBCS, in partnership with the Center for Liberal Arts, will be broadcasting Stories of War and Peace, a collection of stories of war and peace written by students and community members and recorded in their own voice. To view the complete broadcast schedule, click here.

Author's retelling of Vietnam War Ordeal to Highlighted Month-long 'War and Peace' Series

The horrifying experiences of American soldiers in Vietnam came to life at Bellevue Community College May 16 when Tim O'Brien, author of The Things They Carried, discussed the war novel and his personal experiences in Vietnam. The free, public lecture followed a public reception for O'Brien in BCC's Gallery Space, D-271, and included a book signing after the lecture.