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May 11, 2008 Education Bellingham Technical College turns 50 College Fits Courses to Needs of Industries BELLINGHAM — Over the last 50 years, Bellingham Technical College has grown up, moving from a single building with a handful of programs to a state-of-the-art campus that makes instructors from other schools jealous.

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Thousands of people fish Whatcom Creek and thousands of students join with Bellingham Parks and Recreation for field trips each year, but few people realize Bellingham Technical College is responsible for the day-to-day operations of the hatchery and its eggs.

“We’re Bellingham’s best-kept secret,” joked Steele, the director since the program’s beginning. “Bellingham Parks and Rec runs tours, but they’re touring what we’re doing.”

Nicole Long is a 21-year-old graduate of Bellingham Technical College’s auto collision repair technology program. She will speak Friday at the college’s annual Road Less Graveled program, for women interested in nontraditional careers.

Long, who graduated from Bellingham High School, is proud that few BTC graduates are as nontraditional in the work world as she is. She’s the only woman employed in repair work at Richey’s Auto Body and Collision in Bellingham.

Bellingham Technical College and three other northwest Washington colleges will share a $1.85 million federal grant to expand programs in the advanced manufacturing industry.

ConocoPhillips Ferndale Refinery gave Bellingham Technical College a big boost Tuesday — a $50,000 grant to increase interest in the process technology degree program.

When Bellingham resident Rachael Brown decided to attend Bellingham Technical College to pursue her dream of becoming a welder, it had been several years since she had been a student.