OSLA at Bellevue College

OSLA at Bellevue College We are the Office of Student Legislative Affairs at Bellevue College. to represent, serve, and protect their collective interests in postsecondary education.

Bellevue College's Office of Student Legislative Affairs advocates for and represents over 30,000 students of Bellevue College in the state of Washington in local, state, and federal governance (including boards, committees, etc.) OSLA focuses on accessibility to higher education, primarily via affordability and opportunity. We advocate for tuition policy, financial aid, recruitment and retention

of underrepresented students, and student rights. A cornerstone of the organization’s work includes educating students, other members of the campus, and the greater community on issues relevant to post-secondary education; developing and training student leaders, and organizing students around student issues. Officers in 2013-2014:
Paul Bell - Legislative Director
Joy Hoang - Organizing Director, Community Relations Coordinator

Officers in 2014-2015:
Tai Yang - Policy Coordinator
Zolzaya Tsengel - Community Relations Coordinator
Teague Crenshaw - Associated Student Government Vice President of External Legislative Affairs

Officers in 2015-2016
Zsofia Kozma - Policy Coordinator
Mei Ching Wu - Community Relations Coordinator
Vanessa Ross (previously Paul Bell) - Associated Student Government Vice President of External Legislative Affairs

Officers in 2016-2017
Aliye Volkan – OSLA County Liasion
Hyemin Son - Policy Coordinator
Jade Sherlock - Community Relations Coordinator
Jessica Bagdasarov – OSLA Washington State Liasion
Sagar Rasoulamini – Municipal and City Liasion

Come and work with us! Two (2) fantastic positions are open for an opportunity to get engaged in politics at the grassro...
07/19/2017

Come and work with us! Two (2) fantastic positions are open for an opportunity to get engaged in politics at the grassroots level. We're hiring a policy coordinator and a community relations coordinator -- applications are available in the Student Programs office in C212 and at the link below. Hurry and apply!

Have a direct impact on campus by working for the student government’s office of legislative affairs! Advocate students’ needs before the legislature, engage students in voting campaigns and lobbying, and build relationships with students in person and on social media. We’re hiring a Policy Coordina...

Thank you for coming to Forum for All yesterday. We would like to have more connection with students. As the flap of but...
06/02/2017

Thank you for coming to Forum for All yesterday. We would like to have more connection with students. As the flap of butterfly becomes wind, your civic engagement makes power to change the community.

Democracy on Campus!Our BC Legislative Agenda embraces your voices collected last year through a student survey. We woul...
05/26/2017

Democracy on Campus!

Our BC Legislative Agenda embraces your voices collected last year through a student survey. We would like to report outcomes and progress of our legislative activities at the city, county, and state level. Let's initiate a democratic forum together!

Time: Thursday, June 1, 2017 @ 12:30 -1:30 / Location: C120
Contact: Email [email protected]

The Bellevue College Opportunity Grant (OG) Program supports low-income adult students to afford their first-year level ...
05/17/2017

The Bellevue College Opportunity Grant (OG) Program supports low-income adult students to afford their first-year level college education.

Please click to the link below for more information. Also, the program offers a Workforce Info Session every Tuesday at 2:30pm, in R building room 301. (The session runs through April 11th to June 6th.)

http://www.bellevuecollege.edu/fyi/2017/05/16/check-out-opportunity-grant-2/

Making higher education accessible for everyone is the OSLA's primary legislative agenda.

The goal of the Bellevue College’s Opportunity Grant (OG) program is to provide limited income adults with little or no college credits the opportunity to learn skills and earn a credential that helps the individual secure employment at a sustainable wage. Studies show that having a college credenti...

On May 4th, State Governor, Jay Inslee, signed House Bill 2037 for disabled students in higher education. With this act,...
05/17/2017

On May 4th, State Governor, Jay Inslee, signed House Bill 2037 for disabled students in higher education. With this act, a working group will be created under the Council of Presidents to remove obstacles that disability student experience during transfer process from one institution to another.

Open the original bill from leg.wa.gov --http://lawfilesext.leg.wa.gov/biennium/2017-18/Pdf/Bills/House%20Bills/2037.pdf

In 2017, total amount of student loan debt reached to $1.4 trillion in the United States, which means one student owes $...
05/15/2017

In 2017, total amount of student loan debt reached to $1.4 trillion in the United States, which means one student owes $37,172 in average. (Debt.org: www.debt.org/students/)

A cartoon by Rob Rogers, "Double Major"

05/05/2017

Address

3000 Landerholm Cir SE
Bellevue, WA
98007

Opening Hours

Monday 8am - 7pm
Tuesday 8am - 7pm
Wednesday 8am - 7pm
Thursday 8am - 7pm
Friday 8am - 5pm

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