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Bellingham Technical College

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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:

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  posted on November 18, 2009 at 07:47:36 pm
  Three Bellingham men were arrested late Tuesday, Nov. 17, after allegedly robbing a home in the 2700
• What's closed in Whatcom County on Veterans Day (The Bellingham Herald)
  posted on November 10, 2009 at 01:41:45 am
  Government offices, school and banks will be closed Wednesday, Nov. 11, in observance of Veterans Da
• Whatcom County gets $2.7 million for energy-efficiency programs (The Bellingham Herald)
  posted on October 27, 2009 at 12:37:08 am
  A $2.7 million federal grant will be used to start a two-year pilot program in Whatcom County, begin
• Training truckers to hit the road (Skagit Valley Herald)
  posted on October 20, 2009 at 03:58:41 pm
  Ed Bishop said he held his breath for a few months after Skagit Valley College dropped the truck driver training program he’d been directing, waiting for it to reopen. A year later, a…
• BTC receives grant to increase hospital employee education and training (The Bellingham Herald)
  posted on October 19, 2009 at 07:03:00 am
  BELLINGHAM - Bellingham Technical College recently received a grant of nearly $360,000 to develop ed

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