The Shoreline Community College Board of Trustees will participate in the Washington State Association of College Trustees (ACT) 2016 Fall Conference beginning at 8:30 A.M. and concluding at 4:00 PM on Wednesday, November 16, 2016. No official action will be taken as the event is for training purposes only.
The conference will be held at the Hilton Seattle Airport & Conference Center, located in Seattle, Washington.
Shoreline Community College Foundation hosted its 19th Annual Student Success Campaign Community Breakfast in the College Dining Room on Nov. 3, 2016 and raised a record $66,000. This is the Foundation’s primary fundraiser of the year to raise support for student financial assistance and scholarships. The funds raised this year were $25,000 more than funds raised in any of the past 18 years.
Shoreline Community College Foundation is dedicated to increasing student access and success at Shoreline Community College and to advocating for students and the college. Mary Brueggeman, VP of Advancement at the College and Executive Director of the Foundation, stated she is “absolutely thrilled with the community support of the students who need assistance to realize their dream of a college education”.
Greg Olson, President of the Foundation Board of Directors, stated “I have seen firsthand the incredible difference our donors make in student’s lives with the scholarships and financial assistance we provide to students in need. Most often, the assistance is the difference between having to drop out of school and being able to continue to completion of their degree”.
Brueggeman and Olson attribute the event’s success to the tremendous community support through donations such as sponsorships and individual gifts. The non-profit offers three sponsorship levels with various degrees of recognition and promotion and table sponsorships. “Attendance was good, but we can fit a few more tables in the room,” stated Brueggeman.
The event is a community favorite and is described by others as one of the best attended, long-term events in the Shoreline and Lake Forest Park communities. “We try to make it fun yet meaningful so the community knows what a difference they make to the students,” Brueggeman said. She stated the Foundation also receives invaluable support from the faculty, staff, administration, and Board of Trustees of the College.
The Foundation is already looking forward to next year’s event and asks that everyone mark their calendars for Thurs., Nov. 2, 2017. Donations can still be sent for this year’s campaign to:
Shoreline Community College Foundation
16101 Greenwood Avenue North,
Shoreline, WA 98133
Donations can also still be made online at www.shoreline.edu/foundation.
As of December 1st, 2016, the Compass placement test will no longer be available as an option for students to demonstrate their knowledge and skills. In anticipation of this change, the Office of Academic and Student Affairs pulled together a collaborative workgroup including English and math faculty, academic advising, enrollment services, and institutional assessment to develop a plan for the transition.
In doing so, the group is moving forward not only with a new placement test but with new communication and processes around placement in general, as well as long-term plans for even more adaptable placement methods. Here are some key pieces of information for everyone to know in the coming weeks and months.
1) Accuplacer will be the college’s official testing option for both math and English as of December 1st. COMPASS will still be the primary placement test for English and math through November 30th. Accuplacer will be phased in and piloted over the next few weeks so that the testing center is ready for the most intense period of registration in mid-December and early January.
2) Accuplacer will be just one option for placement. Placement testing for math and English will no longer be considered or referred to as “required.” Instead, students will have many ways to demonstrate their knowledge and abilities, including college and high school transcripts as well as Smarter Balanced, SAT, ACT, GED, or AP scores. A new web page explaining the details of these options is being developed and will launch during the week of November 28th. The page walks students through their placement options and all relevant processes. Existing references to COMPASS on our website and in printed materials will be replaced with the more general term “placement” and will forward students to the new web page.
3) More changes are on the way. In the year to come the Student Learning Experience Coordinating Committee (SLECC) will be exploring other methods of placement, including ALEKS for math, Directed Self-Placement for English, and a new placement testing option for prospective nursing students.
Questions? Contact Bayta Maring (bmaring@shoreline.edu; 206-546-6949) or Kim Thompson (kthompson@shoreline.edu; 206-546-6910).
In September 2014, Metro transit reduced evening and night service on Route 331, which connects Kenmore, Lake Forest Park, Shoreline, and the Shoreline Community College campus. Now the Metro Alternative Services Demonstration Program is working with the communities of Lake Forest Park and Shoreline and with Shoreline Community College to identify transit gaps that might have been created by this reduction.
Do you live, work, or go to school in Shoreline or Lake Forest Park? Tell Metro about how you use or would like to use public transportation to get around.
· Complete the online survey by November 27, 2016
The Toys for Tots Northwest Toy Run is coming to the Seattle area, and Shoreline Community College’s automotive department is accepting donations for the 3rd consecutive year. Toys for Tots helps distribute toys as gifts during the holiday season to Northwest kids in need. We will have two boxes located on campus for donations. Please help contribute and show the Shoreline Community College spirit of giving!
Boxes are located in the PUB next to the espresso stand and in the 5000 (FOSS) Building. The last day to donate will be Thurs., Dec. 1, at which time donations will be gathered for delivery to the Northwest Toy Run at Pacific Raceways in Kent on December 4. Please feel free to come join Shoreline’s automotive program at the event.
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