Chinese Language Classes and Cultural/Art Workshops on Campus this Fall!

We are so excited that Fei Ke is back on campus to teach Chinese language classes (Beginner Phase 1 and 2) and cultural workshops for students and the community. Fei KE is a senior lecturer with Sichuan University of China and is here at Shoreline Community College to teach on a joint educational initiative, offering a non-credit Chinese language and related cultural s for the college and to support Chinese cultural activities for the International Education Department.

View the course offerings: Shoreline Community College (campusce.net)

This is a flyer advertising The Chinese Cultural and Language Class Offerings

Opening Week: Your Feedback Matters!

Dear Colleagues, 

I just wanted to take a moment to thank you for participating in a wonderful Opening Week.  

It has been exciting to see all the activity revving up for Fall quarter. Before you get too immersed into Fall, the Professional Development and Opening Week committees would like to know how your Opening Week went. Please fill out this short anonymous feedback form to let us know how we did. 

The committees use this information to help shape other professional development events here at Shoreline.

Are you interested in helping plan future events? Email dlowe-wincentsen@shoreline.edu 

Thank you again and happy first day of classes! 

Dawn 

Dawn Lowe-Wincentsen, MLIS
Executive Director of Learning Resources

Welcome Dr. Jessica Custis as 2023-2024 eLearning Faculty-in-Residence

eLearning is excited to announce Dr. Jessica Custis (she/her) is the eLearning Faculty-in-Residence for 2023-2024!

Dr. Custis will be leading a faculty learning community focused on exemplary online teaching from 12:30-1:30pm on the 3rd Tuesday of every month, with the first meeting occurring on Tuesday, October 17th in Room 1701. She is also available as a resource for faculty directly via email, or by appointments, etc. Reach out to her at jcustis@shoreline.edu.

Dr Custis is a third-year tenure track Professor in the Business Administration Department and Faculty Advisor for the newly launched BIDA Degree Program at Shoreline Community College. Before becoming an instructor at SCC, Dr. Custis’s career was focused on program management and digital innovation in the technology industry. She was also an adjunct instructor at Seattle University. Dr. Custis holds a Doctorate in Education from Northeastern University, where her dissertation examined how process improvement tools, specifically a Kaizen Event, can improve large technology companies’ digital transformation initiatives. She also holds a Master’s Degree in Human Resources Management from Northeastern University and a Bachelor of Arts in Business Administration from Antioch University, and is a certified Project Management Professional (PMP) and a Lean Six Sigma Greenbelt. Through Shoreline, she completed the Gardner Institute’s Equity in Retention Academy, is a former member of Shoreline Community College’s DEIA (Diversity, Equity, Inclusion & Accessibility) Advisory Committee, and is a current Search Advocate Group member.

Board of Trustees Special Meeting Wed. 9/27/23

The Shoreline Community College Board of Trustees will hold a special meeting on Wednesday, September 27, 2023 beginning at 4:30 PM in room 1010M (the “Board Room”) in building 1000 (the “Administration building). The agenda containing the business to be transacted in this meeting is posted to the Board of Trustees Meeting Packets.

Date: Wednesday September 27, 2023

Time: 4:30-6:00pm

Location: Board Room (#1010M)- Bldg. 1000 (and also online via Zoom)

The September 27, 2023 special meeting will be recorded and the video, available, when Board materials are posted for the next regular meeting on October 25, 2023.

The remote option (via Zoom) for the September 27, 2023 special meeting:

• us02web.zoom.us…
• (253) 215-8782
Meeting ID: 883 4970 8605

All Board of Trustees meetings include the opportunity for public comment. Public comment(s) during the September 27, 2023 Communication from the Public segment will be presented to the Board verbally.

• For attendees attending in-person: Please sign-up to provide a public comment on the speaker sign-in sheet in the Board Room between 4:15 PM–4:30 PM on September 27, 2023. 
• For attendees connecting online: Please sign up to provide a public comment via the Chat function in Zoom between 4:15 PM–4:30 PM on September 27, 2023.

The Board Chair will call upon each speaker signed up to provide public comment. The total public comment period at the September 27, 2023 meeting will be no more than ten (10) minutes with up to two (2) minutes allotted per speaker. Adjustments to the two (2) minute allotment will be made if more than five (5) individuals sign up to speak. (For the entering of a public comment into the record and attaching to the minutes of the September 27, 2023 meeting, please send written public comment to Board Secretary Lori Yonemitsu at lyonemitsu@shoreline.edu following the September 27, 2023 meeting.)

https://us02web.zoom.us/j/88349708605

Opening Week Update

Some important updates for today 9/26/23

Opening Week Award Winners 

It has been great to see all of you during the various Opening Week activities.  If you missed it, I would like to take a moment to extend a huge congratulations to our award winners! 

  • Lauren Valentino Bryant- winner of the 2023 Exceptional Faculty Award 
  • Volodymyr Riazanov- winner of 2023 Classified Star of the Year 
  • Suzanne Gugger- winner of 2023 Administrator of the Year 

Check out this DAAG post to see their pictures. 

Required Annual Trainings Tomorrow 9/26/23 

As part of Opening Week, tomorrow we are offering our required annual trainings both online and in person.  These are mandatory trainings for college employees that must be taken once a year.  While you do not have to take them tomorrow, if you have time in your schedule it is encouraged.  However, they will also be offered at other times throughout the year.  For more information, please visit the Opening Week site, or view the training timeline below. 

In-Person: 

Time Activity Location 
9:00-9:45 Strategic Planning Update 1504 
10:00-10:45 Recurrent and Substantive Interactions (RSI) for all Faculty who teach online classes 1504 
11:00-11:45 Title IX – For all employees 1504 
11:00-2:00 On Campus – Buy your own Food truck options Courtyard 
1:00-1:45pm FERPA – for all employees 1504 
2:00-2:45 Anti-Racism – For all employees 1504 
3:00-3:45 Anti-Hazing – For all Employees 1504 

Online schedule: 

Time Activity Location 
9:00-9:45 Strategic Planning Update – synchronous Synchronous online and in-person 
10:00-10:45 Anti-Racism – For all employees Interactive Zoom 
11:00-11:45 FERPA – For all employees Interactive Zoom 
12:00 – 1 Lunch on your own N/A 
1:00-1:45pm Anti-Hazing – for all employees Interactive Zoom 
2:00-2:45 Title IX – For all employees Interactive Zoom 
3:00-3:45 Recurrent and Substantive Interactions (RSI) for all Faculty who teach online classes Interactive Zoom 

Opening Week Survey

Lastly, we would love to hear from you!  How has your opening week experience been?  What did you love?  How can we improve?  If you could take a few minutes and fill out this Opening Week Feedback Form, we would really appreciate it.

Thank you for your time and have a great afternoon!

Cat