Summer Operating Hours Begin Monday 7/1/24

June 14, 2024 by Leave a Comment

Greetings All,

During the upcoming summer quarter, the College will move to public operating hours of Monday through Thursday 8:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m., with campus closed on Fridays.

These summer operating hours will be in effect Monday, July 1 through Friday, August 30, 2024. As supervisors begin to work with staff on Summer 2024 work schedules, please keep the following in mind:

  • Areas/programs area responsible for posting/notifying the public re: upcoming summer change to operating hours.
  • Supervisors are responsible for working with staff to confirm summer schedules that meet the service hours listed above as well as the business needs of the College.
  • Supervisors are responsible for ensuring staff summer schedules are entered into the ctcLink Manger Self-Service module with an effective date of July 1, 2024 no later than end of May 2024. 
  • Supervisors are encouraged to be flexible with scheduling requests as long as the service coverage/business needs of the College continue to be met.
    • For those staff requesting to work on Fridays, supervisors must connect with HR regarding directions for work while campus is closed.

If you have additional questions about summer business hours or staff schedules, please contact Human Resources.

Thank you,

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Instruction Organizational Updates

June 13, 2024 by Leave a Comment

Dear Colleagues, 

Thanks to those of you who carved out time last week to provide feedback regarding the restructuring of leadership for our instructional units. I appreciate the responses shared, and am grateful to our new VPI, Dr. Weng, for being available to consult (before he’s even started, no less). 

As stated, the main reason for this change is to address the issues created by the current leadership structure which has made communication and getting work to completion more complicated than necessary.  The current structure also makes it difficult for administrators to directly support students, faculty and staff in ways that go beyond managing timelines and requirements.  

While there are many factors that support a need for structural modification, below are the primary objectives sought with implementing this change:  

  1. Keep/bring connected disciplines together – this includes student goals (workforce preparation, transfer) or funding eligibility such as Perkins access for instructional equipment  
  1. Increase direct leadership support to faculty, staff, and students  
  1. Keep budget within (or less than) the current amount funded 
  1. Align unit/division structure in ways that support needed work on behalf of the College 

No changes are planned for the Learning Resources unit.  

The College will be moving forward with the following instructional leadership updates:  

This is a graphics in blues and greens visually showing the information described in the text of this e-mail

Business Programs & Strategic Partnerships 

(Student FTE = 239/year, Faculty FTE = 14/year) * 

Led By: Associate Vice President for Business Programs & Strategic Partnerships (LUCAS RUCKS)  

  • Accounting, Business, Business Admin, Business Intelligence and Data Analytics, Purchasing Management 
  • Operational lead K-12 partners, Articulation, Prior Learning, Industry Partnerships, Bargaining, Improving Institutional Effectiveness  

Communication Studies & Social Sciences 

(Student FTE = 763/year, Faculty FTE = 44/year) 

Led By: Acting Dean – Communication Studies & Social Sciences (SHANON EHMKE-REEDY)  

  • Anthropology, Child Advocacy, Criminal Justice, Communication Studies, Economics, Equity & Social Justice, History, Honors Program, International Studies, Parent Education, Philosophy, Political Science, Psychology, Sociology, World Languages 

Career Technical Education 

(Student FTE = 664/year, Faculty FTE = 74/year) 

Led By: Acting Dean – Career Technical Education (TBD) 

Supported By: Associate Dean – Nursing (LEANN DE LUNA), Director of Automotive (GARY FANTOZZI)  

  • Automotive, Biotechnology, Clean Energy Technology, Dental Hygiene, Health Informatics Information Management, Manufacturing, Medical Lab Technology, Nutrition, Nursing, Nursing Assistant Certified 

Humanities 

(Student FTE = 758/year, Faculty FTE = 37/year) 

Led By: Acting Dean – Humanities (STEPHANE SAREERAM)  

  • Art History, English, Humanities, Music, Music Technology, Studio Arts, Theater/Drama/Film, Visual Communications Technology 

Science, Technology, Engineering & Mathematics – Transfer 

(Student FTE = 847/year, Faculty FTE = 52/year)  

Led By: Acting Dean – STEM (DALILA PAREDES)  

  • Astronomy, Biology, Chemistry, Computer Science, Earth Sciences, Engineering, Mathematics, Science 

Transitional Studies 

(Student FTE = 711/year, Faculty FTE = 41/year)  

Led By: Acting Dean – Transitional Studies (TBD)  

Supported By: Director – Workforce Funding (LAUREN HADLEY) 

  • Adult Basic Education, Center for Education & Career Opportunities, English as a Second Language, Workforce Funding 

Next steps: 

We will continue to seek feedback on the effectiveness of this new structure across the year and will also utilize our new VP-I Dr. Ben Weng for his guidance and feedback on each division’s overall functioning.  The two Dean positions that are currently vacant (Dean of Transitional Studies and Dean of CTE) will be internally posted for current employee applicants on Monday June 17, 2024.  With regards to the various “Acting” positions identified for the coming year, I’d like to take this opportunity to thank Shanon Ehmke-Reedy, Dalila Paredes, and Stephanie Sareeram for agreeing to continue in temporary leadership roles next year.  Lastly, the College will also be working with Dr. Weng, the Unions, and Faculty Senate to set a clear and transparent process to fill the Dean roles permanently by July 2025, with more information to come as details are confirmed. 

*Student and faculty FTEs based on average of College data from the 2022-23 and 2023-34 academic years. 

Have a great week!

Cheers,

Jack

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Registration for Summer Camps is Open- Additional Offerings Added

June 11, 2024 by Leave a Comment

New youth camps added for Summer 2024! Our new Volleyball coach for Shoreline CC is hosting 3 camps this summer for kids and teens! Also, the College Workforce and CECO departments are partnering  with the Shoreline Fire Department to hold an Introduction to Fire & Emergency Services course for 2 weeks in July. For more information and to register, check out the Continuing Education flyer and our catalog linked here! Youth Programs (campusce.net)

This is a flyer advertising all of the camps happening this summer. If you click on the link in the e-mail you can also find a list.
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Timecards Due this Week!

June 10, 2024 by Leave a Comment

Greetings Campus Community~

Please note the early due dates, this is because of the holiday on 6/19, which effects the payroll process for the 6/25 payday.

Below are the deadlines for absence and timesheet entries for the 6/1-6/15 pay period: 

ctcLink Log-in

EMPLOYEES:

ABSENCES REPORTING:All employeesAll absences for the current pay period must be entered no later thanNOONThursday 6/13
TIMESHEET ENTRY:Classified, Hourly, Student & NPE employeesAll time worked for the current pay period must be entered no later thanNOONThursday 6/13

Links to instructions on:

How to add an absence

How to cancel an absence and re-submit an absence

How to view an absence request

SUPERVISORS:

ABSENCES REPORTING:All absences must be approved byEnd of Shift Friday 6/14
TIMESHEET ENTRY:All timesheets must be approved by End of ShiftFriday 6/14

TIME REPORTING CODES BY EMPLOYEE GROUP:

Hourly:

Please be sure to use the correct Time Reporting Code for your position

  • HRY for non-student hourly employees

Student:

Please be sure to use the correct Time Reporting Code for your position

  • STU for student hourly employees enrolled in 6 or more credits
  • STF for student hourly employees enrolled in less than 6 credits
  • OEX for international students regardless of credit load

Are you a work-study student, then you should be using one of the following:

  • FWS for federal work-study students
  • SWS for state work-study students
  • FRS for Fed w/Study Read
  • CSF for Community Serv. FWS

Classified:

  •  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 & the budget authority person (who approves you to do the work). 

Delene Bryant

Shoreline Community College

Manager of Payroll & Benefits

Office: Room 1016

Phone:  206-546-4515

Payroll Virtual Office Hours:  Tuesdays 3pm to 4pm: Zoom Link

                                          Fridays 9:30am to 10:30am:  Zoom Link

Questions about ctcLink regarding payroll, timesheet entry (classified and hourly/student employees), Absences, or other topics, please see this webpage:  https://support.shoreline.edu/TDClient/141/Support/KB/?CategoryID=275

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Campus Updates 6/7/24

June 7, 2024 by Leave a Comment

Events and News 

Happy Pride month! As you may likely know Pride month was started as way to celebrate our LGBTQ community.  It officially started post-Stonewall riots which happened in 1969.  Please learn more about this important part of our history. 

There are many ways you can celebrate Pride month – we have a couple of wonderful events through our Gender Equity Center (listed below).  I want to really encourage all admin, staff and faculty to come out for these events and support our community. 

This is a rainbow graphic advertising the Pride event on June 11th
This is a rainbow flag advertising the Seattle Pride Parade meet-up event

If you are more of a solo person, there are a lot of wonderful films and art activities being highlighted this month to learn about the diversity within the LGBTQ community. If you are more social, sometimes it’s as simple as reaching out to a colleague you appreciate and reminding them of that.   

One of my favorite Pride events I attended as a younger person was celebrating in Cambridge, MA after equal marriage was adopted in May of 2004 (Massachusetts was the first state to do so).  A group of friends and I bought a bunch of flowers and handed them out to couples who were getting married at the Cambridge courthouse.  There was a lot of crying and joy that day and it was fun to play a small part in that.  

As you know we are committed to supporting our wonderful LGBTQ colleagues here at Shoreline and are very proud to celebrate with this month (and every month!).  We are also so lucky for the advocacy to start a Gender Equity Center on campus and all the work Roberto Lopez, and his team do to make our students feel welcome and to commune together.   

I attended a really fun event this week put on by the Associated Student Government at Shoreline Community College yesterday. The event is called Sunfest (though it rained most of the day when I was around!) and includes a lot of activities to help students lower stress and support mental health as they prepare for quarter finals.  

Image of a student holding a lizard
Image of a tortoise
Staff playing benga in the sun
Sunfest!
Two students and a snake

And now I KNOW I made the right hire for VP of Student Services. Ryan Aiello, Ph.D. featured with his new snake friend on his second day of work here!   

New VP of Student Services holding a snake

I want to make sure I take a moment to highlight all of the great student events that have been occurring on campus for both prospective and current students. In May, Advising hosted a Running Start Info night, we recently had an excellent Career Fair, and Outreach has led some fantastic large events/tours for incoming high school students. Check out some images below! 

Career Fair
Images of students walking during SOAR
Student event

I also had a great opportunity this week to reconnect with a colleague Charlie King.  Charlie works with colleges to make connections with Chinese students who wish to study in the US.  Charlie did a tour of campus this week and is working with International Education to see if there may be some possibility for partnership. 

Lastly, my apologies for missing my virtual office hours meeting on Thursday. I was in a meeting with the JUMC. 

Be well all! 

Cheers, 

Jack 


Spring Quarter Updates 

Accreditation 

Technology Support Services (TSS) 

Wired Network Restoration Project Update: We have reports from our third-party partner regarding the ongoing strike that has caused delays with this project. Unfortunately, the strike continues through this week, however on Thursday 6/6, the union will be voting on whether to continue the strike or accept the proposed agreement. They will send us an update as soon as they know, but if the union votes to end the strike the work on our campus wiring will begin immediately thereafter. We will update everyone once we have further information.  

Zoom Software Update Reminder: Zoom has announced a requirement for the latest updates to be installed on all Zoom accounts logging into meetings via the zoom client. For those logging into the Zoom application via a Shoreline device, your application should automatically update.  For those who are logging into Zoom via a personal device, please ensure your Zoom application is updated to the most recent version. Anyone using an older version of the zoom client update will be restricted from joining meetings and logged out of the application.  Zoom has notified us that we have many clients on our portal that have yet to be updated.  For your information from Zoom, you can refer to their Software Lifecycle Policy. 

The Splashtop Remote Access Project for Students has been completed. Dedicated computers have been set up for remote access for classroom instruction. If you would like more information on this, please submit a ticket to the support site at https://support.shoreline.edu or via email at support@shoreline.edu. 

Human Resources 

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

Communications and Marketing

Shoreline is turning 60! Please take a quick minute to use this link to vote on your favorite logo design. A big thank you to Mia Bradshaw for designing these options! Voting will be open til Thursday 6/13/24 at 12pm.

Image of three logo options for the 60th anniversary logo

Events and Updates 

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Shoreline Community College MISSION – Our Purpose 

Shoreline Community College offers accessible, high-quality education and workforce training that empowers students for success. Rooted in our commitment to diversity, equity, and community engagement, we foster an educational environment that contributes to the enrichment of both our local and global communities. 

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