Campus Updates 5/12/23

May 12, 2023 by Leave a Comment

Friday 5/12/23 

Events and News 

Well good evening everyone,

This past week has been really busy but more on the “internal” side of things.  I’ve been in my office in meetings, and doing emails a lot (likely as you have) and looking out my window enjoying the sunshine!  That is definitely something to celebrate. 

I wanted to sincerely thank everyone who participated in the Day of Learning this year.  I really felt like we balanced the right tone combining education and fun, delivering some important message along the way. Thank you so much to the team that developed the program and found ways for us to connect in various modalities in very meaningfully ways. Thank you to the funny-sock subcommittee (I’m kidding about the subcommittee 😊), the folks who rolled up their sleeves to work on SMART objectives and learning outcomes, and to those that met in strategic planning sessions.  I know we have a lot of work to do as well as some hurdles to overcome.  We are at a time where we take steps forward, then a bit backward, but always forward again.  As I said in the welcome, we will be making some changes this year that help significantly improve the College, and we will continue to evolve and improve.  I appreciate you all, and all that you do! 

Finally, I did have one opportunity for a community connection this week at City Hall.  I have been meeting regularly with the Chief of Police and Greg Cranson to plan projects, but I’m hoping to do so with other city partners, particularly in assisting the City (and SCC) in finding ways to demonstrate the City’s anti-racism resolution, creating tangible results that support students in the community.  We are already doing a lot of this great work through Workforce and other means (and a big thanks To Lauren and her team who were mentioned at the meeting!) but with some more structure and explicit goals, we could see some additional great things happen. 

Enjoy your week 

Best, 

Jack 

Spring Quarter Updates 

Accreditation: 

  • Thanks for playing along with the “Accreditation Anchored in DEIA” Kahoot! sessions during Day of Learning. Want to review what you learned? Check out the Study Guide.  
  • Kahoot prize winners for in-person session: Derek Levy, Caela Smith, Kelvin Campbell.  
    Prize winners for online session (not pictured): Kira Wennstrom, Aleka Overby, Karen Bretz. 
This is an image of the three winners of the Kahoot game for Day of Learning.

Human Resources 

Please join us in welcoming following new employees joining Shoreline Community College:    

  • Oscar Arroyo – Humanities Admin Associate  
  • Brandon Beauvais – Campus Security Officer 
  • Becca Chen – Acting Director of Budget 
  • Zoe Withered – NEW ROLE! Program Specialist 3 (Transitional Studies) 

Other Personnel Updates:  

  • Vice President for Business & Administrative Services 
  • Following the review and initial round of interview activities, no candidates were identified to move forward in the recruitment process. With this in mind, the VP-B&AS position has been reposted for application with an updated date of consideration set for May 31, 2023. Additional advertising efforts are underway and college employees are encouraged to help share this recruitment out within their networks and system connections.  
  • Budget Director 
  • Shoreline is excited to announce Becca Chen will be joining our campus as the Acting Director of Budget while the permanent position is open for recruitment. Becca will join Renee Burchfield (Director of Financial Services), Yulian Ligioso (Acting VP for B&AS) and Holly Woodmansee (Acting VP for B&AS) in support of the College fiscal functions until new permanent positions are hired through our recruitment process.  

Do you know someone who wants to join our team? Visit: Job Opportunities at Shoreline Community College.  

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Shoreline Community College MISSION – Our Purpose 

We serve the educational, workforce, and cultural needs of our diverse students and communities. 

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Important System Outage Update 5/12/23

May 12, 2023 by Leave a Comment

Good afternoon,

Yesterday we shared some important ransomware updates in our campus forum that we also want to share with you here, in case you were unable to attend. 

Positive Progress 

We have made some really great progress with our recovery and restoration efforts. A huge thank you to TSS for their dedication and round-the-clock work during this time. 

  • Campuswide wireless has been restored. TSS has mounted 100 access points, which took approximately three weeks. Most every working area has full coverage; however, we are aware of a few outstanding areas. We are putting in an order for 20 additional access points to resolve those issues. 
  • Sixty-two new teaching computers were installed in classrooms for spring courses. These computers connect to Wi-Fi. TSS is currently working to ensure that all summer and fall classrooms will be ready and anticipate having the wired network restored for all classrooms and instructional areas that will be in use by Fall quarter.
    • The College has worked to get the student classroom labs operational for Spring quarter and that restoration effort is 97% complete. 
  • 55 laptops have been deployed by TSS and 250 desktops have been ordered and will be deployed during the Summer quarter. 
  • TSS is currently working on implementing several improved security protocols across the entire Shoreline infrastructure, which we will provide additional updates on. 
  • We now have a temporary solution for our intranet and are working to repopulate the documents and information. 

Important Data Restoration Update 

We have been working with the Dell EMC team for the past six weeks to reestablish the connection to the back-up data in the cloud. Unfortunately, we were made aware that despite their best efforts, Dell was unable to recover the data stored in the cloud. Data stored locally on desktop computers can be unencrypted and returned to the user. We have consulted other engineers for a second opinion, and unfortunately, they have also concluded the same as Dell. 

As a result, we will need to recover data in other ways and rebuild. Here are some steps we are currently taking: 

  • Data Identification
    • We have created a data identification spreadsheet to help us navigate the platform and service needs for every department across campus. This spreadsheet was shared with ET this morning. Meetings are being set up with department heads across campus to work with their teams and populate the document for review.
      • Once we receive the information back from the departments, we will have a clearer picture of the data and rebuild needs for the campus 
  • File Restoration Efforts
    • TSS has begun working through the submitted requests for local desktop file restoration, and thus far efforts have proven successful. To be added to the queue for local file restoration, please submit a ticket via this form. 

On Monday we will be sharing out some other helpful information about website requests and OneDrive/SharePoint, so stay tuned for more updates. 

We thank you for your continued patience and flexibility as we truly appreciate your efforts. Thank you for being a wonderful campus community. 

Cat 

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The Seattle International Film Festival (SIFF) is here!

May 12, 2023 by Leave a Comment

Here’s the schedule for SIFF screenings at Shoreline for this weekend!

Friday, May 12The Eight Mountains7:00 PM
 Saturday, May 13Ernest & Célestine: A Trip to Gibberitia1:30 PM
Saturday, May 13A Letter From Helga4:00 PM
Saturday, May 13Other People’s Children7:00 PM
 Sunday, May 14Stephen Curry: Underrated1:00 PM
Sunday, May 14Lonely Castle in the Mirror4:00 PM
Sunday, May 14Pianoforte7:00 PM

For tickets visit: https://www.shoreline.edu/foundation/events/siff-opening-night.aspx or click on the individual films linked in this message.

As a reminder, all concession sales during SIFF at Shoreline Community College benefit the Shoreline Community College Foundation’s Performing Arts and Digital Filmmaking Scholarship fund, and other Foundation scholarships and programs. So be sure to enjoy some popcorn!

A graphic design of an astronaut flying through space surrounded by images from movies.
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Timesheets are Due!

May 11, 2023 by Leave a Comment


All Employees:

   Absences:

  • Absences for the pay period 5/1-5/15 must be completed by end of shift Friday, May 12th, 2023
  • Supervisors must approve absences by 8am on Monday, May 15th, 2023
    • When submitting the following leave types please send an email to payroll@shoreline.edu
      • Shared Leave
      • Leave without Pay

Classified and Hourly/Student Employees: 

   Timesheets:

  • Timesheets must be completed by end of shift, Monday 5/15/2023. 
  • Supervisor must approve timesheets no later than 10am, 5/17/2023.

Hourly/Student: Please submit your timesheet by end of shift Monday 5/15/2023.

  • Please be sure to use the correct Time Reporting Code for your position
    • HRY for non-student hourly employees
    • STU for student hourly employees enrolled in 6 or more credits
    • STF for student hourly employees enrolled in less than 6 credits
    • FWS for federal work-study students
    • SWS for state work-study students
      • Do not see the correct Time Reporting Code?  Please email payroll@shoreline.edu

Classified: Please submit your timesheet  by end of shift Monday 5/15/2023.

  • Did you take leave during this last pay period?  Be sure to adjust your REG hours on your timesheet to reflect what hours you worked and were on leave.
  • Make sure each week equals your work schedule; 100% employee, then you should have a minimum of 40 hours posted between REG and any leave, 75% employee, then you should have a minimum of 30 hours posted between REG and any leave.  This includes any Leave without Pay posted.
  • Overtime to be charged to a budget other than the employees normal budget, please email the combo code (not the chart string) to payroll@shoreline.edu.
  • Did you work overtime and take leave in the same week?  Please email payroll@shoreline.edu until further notice. 

Faculty: Please be sure to submit your sick leave through the absence management system, by the date listed above. You do not need to submit a timesheet.

Admin Exempt: Please be sure to submit your leave through the absence management system, by the date listed above. You do not need to submit a timesheet.

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Construction Update for 3000 Building and 2900 Parking Lot

May 11, 2023 by Leave a Comment

Hello Campus Community,

We have a minor improvement project starting this week.  This is an accessibility project for the 3000 building and 2900 parking lot.  For this project, the contractor will be installing a ramp on the north side of the 3000 building to allow for accessibility access to the 1st floor of the 3000 building.  The contractor will also be adjusting the slope for 2 accessibility parking stalls on the south side of the 2900 building parking lot.  This project has been divided into two phases.  The first phase will be the ramp which will generate noise on campus while they break up concrete.  The NE stairwell for 3000 will have intermittent accessibility as they break up the concrete and replace.  There will be access on the NW side of 3000 and access to the motorcycle parking on the north side of 3000.  The second phase will include repaving the 2 accessibility stalls on south side of 2900.  The purpose is to adjust the slope of the parking stalls and to provide a correctly sloped path from the parking stalls to the new ramp.  There will be intermittent impacts to the 2900 parking lot.  More communication will be sent once I receive the schedule and impacts to the 3000 and 2900.  

Feel free to contact me if you have any questions.  

Thank you,

Kim Clark  

This is a diagram of the project location and area of impact described in the e-mail.
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