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Bellingham Technical College

School Overview:

School Notes:

• The role and mission of Bellingham Technical College has its roots in vocational education in the Bellingham School District (BSD). The first �Industrial School� was planned and constructed in 1911 by the BSD. This school evolved into a manual-training section of Whatcom High School. With the passage of the Smith-Hughes Act in 1917, courses in automotive mechanics and machine shop were offered at Fairhaven High School.
• Planning for the present program began in 1952 when it was realized that vocational programs offered by the local school district were not meeting the needs of the community. As a result of assessments of community vocational education needs by advisory committees from labor and management, Bellingham Vocational Technical Institute was established on its present 21-acre site at 3028 Lindbergh Avenue in 1957.
• The college offers Degree/Certificate programs and courses in Business, Computer Technology and Management, Culinary Arts, Engineering, Manufacturing & Industrial Technology, Fisheries & Aquaculture, Transportation & Mechanical and Health Sciences & Human Services. The degree & certificate programs at Bellingham Technical College rely on the involvement and support of over 300 business and industry employers and employees from the community.
• Bellingham Technical College is accredited by the Commission on Colleges, Northwest Association of Schools and Colleges. The Commission is an institutional accrediting body recognized by the Council for Higher Education Accreditation and the U.S. Department of Education.
• Bellingham Technical College is located in the scenic Pacific Northwest, about 90 miles north of Seattle, 60 miles south of Vancouver, BC and just a mile northwest of downtown Bellingham.
• Profile last updated: 03/26/2009.

In the News:

• YWCA honors four Whatcom women for Hall of Fame (The Bellingham Herald)
  posted on March 16, 2010 at 09:57:55 pm
  Four Whatcom County women are being inducted into the YWCA's Northwest Women's Hall of Fam
• Birch Equipment reps speak at Road Less Graveled class (The Bellingham Herald)
  posted on March 3, 2010 at 08:39:17 pm
  Representatives from Birch Equipment Rental and Sales spoke to students attending the Road Less Grav
• Bellingham council approves $1.16 million bid for W. Illinois St. extension (The Bellingham Herald)
  posted on February 23, 2010 at 10:59:25 pm
  BELLINGHAM - City leaders voted to hire Burlington-based Interwest Construction to extend West Illin
• Bellingham Technical College to host free career fair (The Bellingham Herald)
  posted on February 22, 2010 at 10:13:20 pm
  Bellingham Technical College will be hosting a free employment fair for the health care and business
• West Illinois extension to cost Bellingham about half what expected (The Bellingham Herald)
  posted on February 20, 2010 at 04:31:28 pm
  BELLINGHAM — The low bid for a project to extend West Illinois Street through to Marine D

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