The Google Drive drop-in sessions that took place last year will happen again this year too.  The classes planned for this quarter will be in the library classroom (4214) on Tuesday Oct. 22, 10:30-11:20 a.m. and Tuesday Oct. 29, 1:30-2:20 p.m.  The classes cover the uses of Google Drive for file management, cloud storage and the basics on how to use and organize Google Drive for academic use.

Please share this information with your students (particularly if you’re experiencing any difficulty with students utilizing it for your classes), and consider announcing this workshop in your Canvas classroom.  All students, faculty and staff are welcome in the drop-ins.

The annual Faculty and Staff of Color conference offers a wealth of resources, contact, and support for faculty, classified staff, administrators and other employees. It will take place from Wednesday, Oct. 30 until Friday, Nov. 1, at the Davenport Hotel in Spokane. Participants will have opportunities to discuss issues and share strategies that promote student success, organizational development, and career opportunities and advancement. The issues we address in this conference are central to the future of higher education in Washington and our campus communities. We invite you to use the conference as a resource for learning about meaningful ways to define the vital ties between diversity and higher education in Washington.

If you would like to attend the Faculty and Staff of Color conference, The Center for Equity and Engagement will partially fund classified staff and faculty members. We have funding to pay the conference registration fee ($225) and shared lodging cost for a limited number of participants.  To supplement the remaining cost of the conference, please request funds from your department/division along with Faculty Professional Development funds or Classified Training and Staff Development funds. http://intranet.shoreline.edu/classified-pro-d/application-forms.aspx 

If you are interested in attending the FSoC Conference please contact Jamie Ardeña in the Multicultural Center (206) 533-6618 – jardena@shoreline.edu by noon Tuesday, October 1.  Early bird registration ends on October 2.

For more information regarding the cost of the conference and registration deadline, please go to the following website:

https://www.regonline.com/builder/site/Default.aspx?EventID=1160216

A College Council Meeting is scheduled for Tuesday, Oct. 1, from 2:00 – 4:30 PM in the Board Room in the 1000 building. 

To access the College Council’s site on the intranet (which includes meeting agendas and summaries) click: http://intranetnew.shoreline.edu/college-council/

Have you met students that need some help? Direct them to the free online tutoring offered every day from 7 AM to 10 PM.  Students can chat with a tutor in real time, submit eQuestions, and submit papers to the Online Writing Lab and receive feedback within 24-48 hours.  eTutoring is available for these subjects: accounting, anatomy & physiology, biology, calculus, chemistry, economics, engineering (circuits & digital systems only), math, Microsoft Office, physics, Spanish, statistics, web development (xHTML, CSS, & Dreamweaver), and writing for any course.

On October 2, there will be a workshop entitled “The Joy of Note-Taking” aimed at helping students learn what to do before, during and after a lecture! Meet in room 1501 at 12:30 for the free workshop.

Make sure to support Dolphin athletics! On Wednesday, Oct. 2, there is a volleyball game against Bellevue College at home at 7 p.m., and a men’s soccer game against Edmonds at 3:15 at Shoreline’s home field at Twin Pond Park.

We hope you had a great weekend! Here is what’s on the schedule for the week. Make sure to add events to the calendars here and we will include them in DAAG.

Monday and Tuesday will be auditions and call backs for the fall play “Rumors” by Neil Simon.

Wednesday features a volleyball match against Bellevue College at 7 p.m. at home and a men’s soccer match against Edmonds at 3:15 at Shoreline’s home field at Twin Pond Park. (Go Dolphins!)

A few important academic dates to remind students:

Oct. 1 is the last day for a 100% refund as well as the last day to make schedule changes online. Starting Oct. 2, an instructor signature is required to add a class.