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College sends
student in
right direction
by Krissy Buoy
Advocate staff
The Deputy Press Secretary for Senator
Dan Evans in Washington, D.C., credits the
College with giving her personal expe-
rience in learning.
Lee Keller worked on the College's
student newspaper as a communications
student from 1976 to 1978. After earning
a two year degree in communications and
broadcast journalism, Keller worked for
KJR and KAYO radio.
In 1984 she Interviewed to become
press secretary for Evans. She handles the
senator's public image, from a radio show
once a week to scheduling interviews for
the press.
The College helped her career a great
deal, Keller said. "Craig Sanders was a big
mover in my life. He steered me to the
Advocate, and I did everything on the
newspaper I could."
Keller was born into a family of com-
munications. Both her parents have media-
related jobs, as does her husband who
works for ABC.
Former student Lee Keller credits Communications instructor Craig
Sanders with steering her towards a communications career.
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by CJ Anderson
Advocate staff
Santiago, Chile is the birth place of a
former student who used the Social
Science Division at the College to focus
his education before transfering to the
University of Washington.
In 1966 Claudio 'Clint' Parra arrived in
the United States in pursuit of 'the great
American dream' with his family. He was
four years old.
In 1980 Parra moved from Florida to
join a brother living in Bellevue, and
enrolled at the College to complete high
school graduation requirements.
"Being from Chile, International Studies
was the natural field for me to go into,"
said Parra, who became involved in the
International Club and Model United
Nations while attending the College. He
also served as president of the Associated
Students of Bellevue Community College.
Now afifth year student at the UW, Parra
holds a Bachelor's degree in Latin American
Economic Development and is continuing
studies aimed at a Masters degree in Public
Administration. Parra speaks highly of the
International Studies classes taught at the
College.
"I enjoyed the introductory courses
taught here much more than those I took
at the university. They're definitely superior
as far as class size and the attitudes of
instructors," he said.
"Aslam Khan, Kit Taylor, Steven Hamer-
nyik, and David Jurji prepared me well for
the university," Parra said.
Parra is the director of public relations
for The Committee of Chileans For
Democracy, a group of political exiles and
non-exiled Chilean people now living in
King County.
Parra is also the production manager for
"Almandina", a group of Seattle musicians
who perform music of the Andes on
traditional instruments.
Photo by Brian Humphrey
A three month internship at Puget Power in Bellevue helped Paul Brownell
land the job he'd been looking for.
Internship programs are sponsored by several divisions at the College.
Designed to give the students real life work experience, the internships
are set up with local businesses, school districts, and community agencies.
Brownell went to the College for three and a half years. He earned an
Associate of Arts Degree in Data Processing and is now an input/output
specialist working on the IBM 3081 at Puget Power.
BrowneH also does programming for the IBM system. 'Whe College gave
me good experience in programming, and I'm happy l'm working," he said.
His future plans include completing his bachelor's degree.
