Campus events for March 9: Zika workshop, Community Read, and more!

March 9, 2016 by Leave a Comment

These are the events happening around campus for the week of March 7-11. BREATHE before Finals week events are listed separately here. 

Zika Virus:  Science and Pregnancy, Nursing Bldg., Room 2308
Wed., March 9: 11:30 a.m. – 12:20 p.m.
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The World Health Organization declared a “public health emergency of international concern” on February 1 over the Zika virus and the health problems that doctors fear it is causing. Zika virus is spread to people through mosquito bites. Of particular concern are reports of pregnant women giving birth to babies with birth defects and poor pregnancy outcomes as a result of contracting the virus.

The Centers for Disease Control (CDC) has issued travel notices for people traveling to regions and certain countries where Zika virus transmission is ongoing.

• What is Zika virus and what do we know about it?
• Is there a vaccine to prevent or medicine to treat Zika?
• Why is contracting the Zika virus dangerous for pregnant women?
• Will a woman’s future pregnancies be at risk?
• Do we in the Pacific Northwest need to worry about Zika virus?

Join us for a discussion of the Zika virus, and its possible side effects, especially for pregnant women, with:
• Judy Penn, Professor (Microbiology)
• Hermien Watkins, Professor Emeritus (Nursing)

Community Read of Octavia’s Brood, PUB 9208
Wed., March 9: 12:30-1:40 p.m.
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Join us Wed., March 9 at 12:30 p.m. for our final meeting of the Community Read of Octavia’s Brood.

This week we’ll be discussing the stories: Star Ware and the American Imagination, The Only Lasting Truth, Outro.

Don’t know what Community Read is? Read on:
Each year a new book is selected for our Community Book Read. Together we share our impressions and ideas. Weekly analyses of the text are led by a variety of college volunteers, bringing with them their unique backgrounds, expertise and perspectives. This keeps the discussion fresh, lively and relevant.

This year’s book is Octavia’s Brood: Science Fiction Stories from Social Justice Movements. Octavia’s Brood is a collection of social justice-themed science fiction stories that feature things like time travel, shape shifting, dystopian worlds, re-imaginings of “model minorities” and the possibilities of using visionary fiction to develop new ideas of future worlds. The works are inspired by the writings of Octavia Butler, an award-winning science fiction writer (Kindred, Parable of the Sower, and Lilith’s Brood) who lived in Lake Forest Park before her death in 2006.

Intramural Yoga, Athletics Room 3025
Wed., March 9: 12:35-1:25 p.m.
Take time out from studying for finals to rejuvenate and build core strength. Free to students, faculty, and staff.

Baseball vs. Grays Harbor, Away at Bellevue
Wed., March 9: 1-5 p.m.
Wish our Phins Baseball team well as they take on Grays Harbor away. #GoPhins!

Softball vs. Green River, Away at Kent
Wed., March 9: 2-6 p.m.
Wish our Phins Softball team well as they take on Green River away. #GoPhins!

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Big change for www.shoreline.edu

March 8, 2016 by Leave a Comment

April 11 is the target date for implementing a refreshed design for the college website. The intranet will not change. Current users of the college’s web content management system have been notified.

A Little Background

First, the current design came to us through the hard work of Shoreline’s Visual Communications Technology faculty member Al Yates. Thank you Al for a design that has served us well for the last few years!

Second, you may recall that back in September, there were some “town hall” meetings about the new design. This work is the culmination of efforts by college staff, primarily the Web Workgroup, design and marketing firm iFactory, and the college’s web content management system vendor OmniUpdate.

Key Points

There are two striking differences between the current site and the new one:

  1. responsive design
  2. the homepage

“Responsive design” means the website will transform to fit whatever screen you are using to view it on. This will provide a unified, high-quality experience for visitors to our site regardless of how they come to it.

The homepage will be even more focused on serving prospective students. It is intended to help them more easily discover what they can do at Shoreline and how to get started. Much work remains to be done on that, but the new design is a good first step in that direction.

Implications

The college homepage currently acts as a place to put advertisements for campus events, specific classes and so forth. The new design will not act the same way. Instead, that type of information will be on Shoreline Today, which is emailed to students daily, and the college calendar. (Subscribe to the college calendar for a daily digest of all campus events and activities. Be sure to submit your events/activities to get them on the calendar.)

Click for a comparison of the old and new homepage designs:

Current Homepage
Future Homepage

The Bad News

While efforts are underway to minimize this, there will be a period of time after implementing the new design during which you may see pages with formatting that has gone awry. We will be combing through the site to clean up formatting as quickly as possible immediately following launch on April 11. If you find “broken” formatting a week or more later, please feel free to contact Sean Duke via sduke@shoreline.edu or at extension 6659.

The Good News

The new design will add several new visual features that content editors can use to make great webpages:

  • stylized quotes for making a testimonial statement stand out
  • stylized boxes with images for testimonials
  • new types of image galleries and image sliders
  • stylized way to show news headlines for program pages
  • new type of contact info boxes
  • pre-styled tables that will work on any device
  • tabs within a page
  • accordions within a page

and more…

See all the visual elements on one page by logging in using:
ID: shoreline
Password: shoreline123

–Submitted by Sean Duke

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Last chance to see “Live! From the Last Night of My Life” March 10-12

March 8, 2016 by Leave a Comment

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Shoreline Community College’s Theater Department is proud to present Seattle-based Wayne Rawley’s “Live! From the Last Night of My Life” in the main campus theater March 3-12.

About the show: Doug Sample is a man who has decided his experiment with life has, for all intents and purposes, failed. He has achieved nothing, accomplished nothing, and has nothing except his graveyard shift at a local gas station and Mini-Mart. He has decided that the best thing for everyone would be if he shot himself in the head, and he is planning to do it right in front of the Mini-Mart’s security cameras at the end of this, his last shift. But before the night is over, Doug will be visited by his past, his present, his possible futures and some particularly annoying customers as he struggles with some of life’s most challenging questions like, “Why should I go on?”, “What does it all mean?”, and perhaps most importantly, “Did I remember to change the cherry syrup in the Slushie Machine?”

Written by Wayne Rawley
Directed by Debra Pralle

PERFORMANCE SCHEDULE:
March 3, 4, 5, 10, 11, 12 at 7:30 p.m.

Shoreline Community College Theater, Bldg. 1600.

Ticket Information:
General Admission – $12
Seniors, Non-Shoreline Community College Students $10
Shoreline Community College Students & children under 14 – $8
Tickets are available at Brown Paper Tickets or at the door.
*Not appropriate for children under 15

For more information please contact us at 206-546-4728 or jnold@shoreline.edu

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Kathy Langer retirement party, Mon., March 14

March 8, 2016 by Leave a Comment

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Kathy Langer is retiring as Program Coordinator for Athletics, Intramurals, and Wellness. Langer has spent the past five years in this position and will be retiring after ten years at Shoreline Community College. Langer has been an integral part of the Athletic Department and will be greatly missed.

The Athletic Department is throwing a retirement party next Mon., March 14 to show our gratitude for everything Kathy has done for Shoreline. Please see the flyer below for details, and we hope to see you there!

kathy langer flier

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Update to the Campus Community on the Executive Vice-President for Academic & Student Affairs (EVP-ASA) Recruitment

March 8, 2016 by Leave a Comment

In conjunction with the Association of Community College Trustees (ACCT), Shoreline is in the process of scheduling the finalist interviews for the Executive Vice-President for Academic and Student Affairs (EVP-ASA) recruitment. On-campus interviews are scheduled to occur across the week of March 14 -18, 2016. Through the work of the twelve (12) member screening committee (which includes representatives from our administrative, classified, faculty, and student groups), four candidates have been identified at this time as finalists for the EVP-ASA position. Finalists will be participating in a full day of interview activities including an open forum, as well as meetings with the President, the Executive Leadership Team, the Dean Team, and the screening committee.

As a member of our campus community, you are encouraged to attend the EVP-ASA open forums which have been scheduled as follows:


Time
3:10 p.m. – 4:00 p.m.

Dates
Monday (3/14), Tuesday (3/15), Thursday (3/17), and Friday (3/18)

Location
Automotive Showroom, Bldg 2100

 Your feedback on each of the finalist candidates will be collected via comment cards following the end of each open forum.  We thank you in advance for your participation!  Please note that the finalist candidate names will be released once interview schedules have been confirmed.

Any questions regarding the status of the recruitment process or the EVP-ASA position may be directed to the Office of Human Resources at scchr@shoreline.edu at any time.

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