Well, let’s see! Here are a few events that are happening:

Monday, Oct. 21:

Don’t Have Health Care Coverage? Come See If You Are Eligible. Callista Kennedy of Public Health-Seattle & King County can answer questions about your eligibility and help you apply for coverage. She will be on campus 9-4 in the PUB. Come see her!

A T.A.L.K. has been scheduled for 2:30 in the PUB Main Dining Room. Make sure to be there to get together and have conversations about our work!

A parliament meeting will be taking place from 3-5 p.m. in the PUB Quiet Dining Room. Feel free to stop by and encourage students to attend and participate in their student government!

The Volleyball team hosts rival Edmonds CC at 7 p.m. at home. Be there to cheer on the Dolphins! #GoDolphins

Tuesday, Oct. 22:

The first of a Google Docs drop-in workshop will be taking place in room 4214 in the Library. Come and learn more about what you can use Google Docs for and how to use it better.

DEADLINE: Oct. 25 is deadline day for two separate events. Talent Show applications are due (in the SLC office) and applications MLK Day of Service Leaders are due (to csl@shoreline.edu).

A student club brought a Kung Fu master to campus! Very cool!

Here is what happening on campus this weekend through to Monday:

Friday, Oct. 18:

In Her Shoes will be taking place in the Board Room in the 1000 building. In this workshop facilitated by New Beginnings, participants will experience the barriers to leaving an abusive relationship and the difficult decisions that are encountered along the way. This is an excellent workshop for those pondering a career in healthcare, human services and education. Please RSVP to Lynette Peters. Limited to 40 participants.

The Global Eye Series will have its first meeting on the topic: National Identity and the Meaning of “Modernity.” Special guests: Hubert H. Humphrey Fellows at the UW Evans School of Public Affairs, from various countries including Algeria, Egypt, Madagascar, and Uruguay. Organized by the Global Affairs Center and free in room 1508 from 12:30-1:20.

Monday, Oct. 21:

Don’t Have Health Care Coverage? Come See If You Are Eligible. Callista Kennedy of Public Health-Seattle & King County can answer questions about your eligibility and help you apply for coverage. She will be on campus 9-4 in the PUB. Come see her!

A parliament meeting will be taking place from 3-5 p.m. in the PUB Quiet Dining Room. Feel free to stop by and encourage students to attend and participate in their student government!

Thursday, Oct. 17 is the first of the NO ONE’S WORLD discussions beginning with China!

The event is at 7 p.m. in the Main Dining Room (Moved from the quiet dining room for the first talk) of the PUB and is free for anyone to attend. It is put on by the Global Affairs Center.

The speaker will be Joseph J. Borich, who is the President of the Washington State China Relations Council. Prior to his current position, Mr. Borich was a career U.S. Foreign Service Officer. He has been closely associated with the China field throughout most of his career, serving under every president from Nixon to Clinton in a China-related capacity. His last assignment was as Consul General in Shanghai from October 1994 through June 1997; he previously helped open this Consulate General in 1980. He also served as Director of the Taiwan Coordination Staff in the Bureau of East Asian and Pacific Affairs in the Department of State, and prior to that as the last Deputy Chief of Mission in the former U.S. Embassy in Mogadishu.

PLEASE NOMINATE A CURRENT OR FORMER STUDENT FOR THE TACTC (TRUSTEES ASSOCIATION OF COMMUNITY & TECHNICAL COLLEGES) TRANSFORMING LIVES AWARDS

-The TACTC Transforming Lives Awards recognize current or former students whose lives have been transformed by attending a Washington State Community or Technical College (CTC).

-One (1) current or former student from each of the 34 Community and Technical Colleges will be nominated by the College’s Board of Trustees.  (From the nominations submitted by the campus community, the Shoreline Community College’s (SCC’s) Board of Trustees will determine the College’s nominee and forward the individual’s name and the reasons the Board selected the individual, to the TACTC.)

-The TACTC will honor all 34 current or former CTC nominees at a Transforming Lives Awards Dinner, held in conjunction with the January 19, 2014 TACTC Legislative Contact Conference.  The TACTC Awards Committee will select 5 winners from the 34 nominations.  The 5 award winners will be the featured speakers at the January 19^thDinner and each of the 5 will also receive a monetary award in the amount of $500⁰⁰.

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-See attached for more information (including criteria) and the nomination form.  Nominations due to Lori Yonemitsu by 5:00 PM – Thursday, November 7, 2013.

Submitted by Lori Yonemitsu

TACTC TRANSFORMING LIVES AWARDS Criteria & Form