Shoreline Community College is celebrating National Distance Learning Week (NDLW) and today we are looking back to the roots of online learning at the college.   Do you know what one of the first online courses at SCC was?  Professor Doug Reid’s Music Fundamentals course.  Reid developed it as his Master’s thesis in 1998! The course was the first in the state to incorporate embedded sound files.  The Music Department continues to innovate with eLearning courses to this day.  In fact, Professor Bruce Spitz won a statewide Leadership and Innovation in eLearning Award last year for his online Music Technology courses on Pop and Commercial Music Theory.

The Shoreline Volleyball team heads to Skagit Valley College for a tiebreaker game on Thursday, Nov. 12. The winner will advance to the playoffs which starts Nov. 20.

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President Cheryl Roberts receives a replacement POW-MIA flag from Russell Greaby at a flag-raising ceremony on Monday. Nov. 10, 2014. Photo gallery

Dear Colleagues,

This Tuesday is Veterans Day and so it is fitting that we take time to recognize and remember our countrymen and women who have served in our armed forces.  Many of our Shoreline colleagues have honorably served our country in uniform, and many of our students have served – and continue to serve – with distinction.  Having grown up in a military family, I am especially mindful of what our veterans have accomplished.  We all owe a debt of gratitude to them.  They have helped make our country great.

I hope each of us will take some time on Tuesday to finding meaningful ways to remember their service.

With a heart full of gratitude,

President Cheryl Roberts

Military Times announced its Best for Vets: Colleges 2015 rankings and Shoreline Community College made the list yet again.

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Here are some of the things happening on and around campus this week.

Monday, Nov. 10:

Shoreline’s Virtual Campus celebrates National Distance Learning Week.

Audition for the Talent Show! sign up in the Student Leadership Center, online or just show up between 11:30-2:30.

The Veterans Day flag raising ceremony starts at 12:30 p.m. at the flagpole between the PUB and the 1000 building.

Tuesday, Nov. 11:

CAMPUS CLOSED: Campus will be closed in observance of Veterans Day.

Wednesday, Nov. 12:

A discussion on “Ebola: Spread and Control of Infectious Disease” will be held in room 9208 at 11:30.

Join the Global Affairs Center for a Global Eyes Series discussion on “Progressive Islam and the Three Equalities” at 12:30 in room 9208. Shoreline’s own Dr. Ernest Johnson, multicultural studies faculty, will be sharing.

Friday, Nov. 14:

Funk & Groove will be playing a concert on at 9 p.m. at Club Hollywood Casino.