Tuesday April 11th is the Last Day for the Shoreline Community College Strategic Plan Survey

April 10, 2023 by Leave a Comment

Do you attend, work at, or share community space with Shoreline Community College? Do you have ideas and opinions about your experience at Shoreline that you would like to share?

The Strategic Planning team wants to hear from you! 

Shoreline Community College recognizes that equity and diversity in the academic environment fosters cultural awareness, promotes mutual understanding and respect, and provides inspiring role models for all students. We are committed to a campus climate and culture where all community members feel safe, experience a sense of belonging, and feel their overall well-being is supported through authentic and engaged relationships.  

Please share your thoughts in our 5–10-minute survey. The survey is anonymous and students who opt in are eligible to be selected for prizes! 

Your answers will provide critical information that will help us develop our new Strategic Plan. Let’s celebrate what we appreciate about Shoreline with an eye toward building an even more equitable, inclusive future to embrace the changing world! 

Take the survey today: https://bit.ly/ShorelineCCSurvey

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TUTORING SERVICES for SPRING QUARTER

April 10, 2023 by Leave a Comment
Image of a person sitting in front of a computer monitor showing just their forearms surrounded by paper and pens highlights a brainstorming chart Photo by Firmbee.com on Unsplash

Tutoring services are now open for spring quarter! Students may book appointments through Starfish (via this link https://shoreline.starfishsolutions.com/starfish-ops/instructor/serviceCatalog.html#/service/4208) or stop by one of the Learning Centers in the Library. Our hours of operation are:

Math & Sciences Learning Center (Room 4213)

11:00 am – 5:00 pm Monday — Thursday

10:00 am – 4:00 pm Friday

Writing Studio (Room 4301)

10:00 am – 5:00 pm Monday — Thursday

10:00 am – 4:00 pm Friday

Student Learning Center (Room 4228)

10:00 am — 4:00 pm Monday — Friday

We are also in the process of setting up online tutoring services. We will post a notice with more information once that process is complete. (In the meantime, students may access free online tutoring through Western eTutoring Consortium here: https://etutoringonline.org/index.cfm .) 

Have a great quarter, everyone!

Jeff Janosik

Director, Student Learning Center

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April 24 Due Date for Area Reviews (i.e. for Budget Requests & Innovation Grants) 

April 10, 2023 by Leave a Comment

Dear Colleagues, 

All areas of the College are engaging in Area Reviews (100 reviews to be exact-see Multi-Year Schedule tab!) to review data, do planning such as creating goals, and identify resource needs. The reviews help us understand how effective our own area is and how we can improve.  Area administrators are accountable for completing the reviews by the deadline. 

Earlier deadline: April 24, 2023 

The review process will inform how we allocate resources, which means if your area wants to request additional resources (i.e. funding-including up to $100,000 in Innovation Grants, staffing, or equipment requests beyond the tenure-track positions and instructional equipment that already have been approved in instructional areas), then your area will need to complete a review by the earlier deadline of April 24, 2023, to allow for analysis that will inform the development of the 2023-24 budget. If your instructional or service area is not requesting additional resources, your Area Review is due by the last day of spring quarter on June 16, 2023 and all those areas will be given time to work on those reviews during Day of Learning on May 5th.  

Innovation Grant Requests 

Just to be clear: Innovation Grant funding is available up to $100,000 and the process to apply has been integrated into the Area Review process. That means that the way you apply for an Innovation Grant is to fill out your Area Review by April 24, 2023.  

Why We Are Doing Area Reviews 

This is work that we need to do to be a healthy college, but also because it is required by the Northwest Commission on College and Universities (NWCCU) accreditation standards. Based on the October 2022 accreditation site visit (the most recent visit/accreditation evaluation), the College was found still to be out-of-compliance with accreditation standards in two areas: 

Planning and Use of Data: Provide evidence of a systematic method for collecting, storing, accessing, using and sharing data for the purposes of on-going and systematic evaluation, planning, resource allocation and informing decision-making toward improving institutional effectiveness and achieving mission fulfillment (2020 Standard(s) 1.B.1; 1.B.2). 
 

Assessment of Student Learning Outcomes: Engage in a systematic assessment process for all college programs, including transfer degree programs, through the use of programmatic and institutional outcomes to gather data that will be used for academic learning support, program planning, and resource allocation (Standards 1.C.5, 1.C.6, 1.C.7). 
 

We must show significant progress toward compliance by October 5-6, 2023, our next accreditation site visit. Our accreditation report is due August 24, 2023 which means that we have less than 6 months to enact significant work. 

Continuous Improvement 

This Area Review form and process is a work in process, so provide feedback here to help inform continuous improvements! 

Previous messages around Area Reviews and Accreditation can be found on DAAG here.  

Sincerely, cc

Ann Garnsey-Harter, AVP-PIE 

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Professor Ke Returning for Spring Quarter

April 7, 2023 by Leave a Comment

Professor Ke will be returning to the college for Spring Quarter!

She is scheduled to teach the Chinese Language Level 1 class and two workshops.

The Language classes start April 11th.  Details and registration is linked here: Arts, Culture & Music (campusce.net)

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New Campus Security Uniforms Rolling Out This Month

April 7, 2023 by Leave a Comment
Chris and Zach, campus security showing off the new campus uniform

Dear Campus Community,

We are pleased to announce that over the month of April, you will see Campus Security looking a little different. Changes are being made to our uniform shirt, jacket, and shoulder patch. A big thank you to Zach Peeples and Chris Ward for being willing to show them off today!

The new uniform shirts are a high-visibility yellow/green with reflective bands around the arms. The brighter colors will make Camus Security more noticeable which will increase uniformed personnel safety, especially during inclement weather and during darker times of the day.

Close-up of new Campus Security uniforms

Additionally, the vast majority of law enforcement in our area wear dark colored uniforms; the color difference should make our uniformed personnel more recognizable as non-law enforcement without having to read a patch. In looking a little less like law enforcement:

  • our uniformed personnel look more approachable for those who may be uncomfortable around law enforcement
  • we further reduce the chance of injury to our officers if someone is looking to harm law enforcement
  • everyone is reminded that while enforcement and security is our primary objective, the vast majority of our interactions on campus are to better serve our community

The new uniform jackets are also a high-visibility yellow/green with reflective bands on multiple areas of the jacket. The new uniform jackets will also be the same color as the shirt and will be covered in reflective bands on multiple areas of the jacket. The newly updated color combined with the addition of multiple reflective bands will also create better visibility in the wetter months when jackets are frequently worn. Our jacket selection is also being implemented by a local transit security agency, and another local higher education institution for their non-law enforcement personnel, which will hopefully only increase the brand recognition that our uniformed Campus Security personnel are not law enforcement. 

Close-up of new Campus Security uniform patch

The final change we have made is to the patches worn on the shoulders of our uniforms. Our previous version was a replica of the Washington State Patrol patch, only with a different color scheme and ‘Shoreline Community College’ in place of ‘Washington State Patrol’. The new patch is designed to be another tool in identifying our personnel as security with ‘CAMPUS SECURITY’ embroidered in a yellow similar to the college yellow. The background of the patch better aligns with the college brand colors, and the Shoreline Community College logo has been added as well. The goal of this change is to reinforce the fact that while our uniformed personnel may not be directly involved in the instructional purpose of the college, we are a part of the college and exist to support the campus as a whole. 

As the new uniforms arrive, you will slowly see the changeover from the current dark blue shirts and jackets with the older shoulder patch to our new, brighter and more college aligned uniforms. However, please remember, our purpose remains the same, to keep all of you safe and secure so that you can focus on learning and growing as a community. 

For questions, please come to the Safety & Security Office (5102), call us at: (206) 546-4633, or email: safetyandsecurity@shoreline.edu

Office Hours:

  • 9am-4pm (Monday-Thursday)
  • 9am-3pm (Friday)
  • Closed: 12pm-1pm (Daily)

Respectfully,

Your Department of Safety & Security

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