Additional Information on CRASE Trainings

Dear Colleagues and Campus Community,

Thank you for your responsiveness to yesterday’s post about the upcoming training, I have already numerous confirmations for attendance and several emails with questions or concerns. This training is provided by commissioned officers from the King County Sheriff’s Office in addition to their assigned responsibilities. Discussions have already begun with our partners at the King County Sheriff’s Office around the possibility of having an additional training seminar in early 2023 and seeing if it is feasible to provide it annually during the college’s opening week. We also have a request entered and if given permission, we will live stream and record the seminar and post the video to the Safety & Security website so that it can be accessed freely.

Please contact Acting Director of Safety & Security Greg Cranson via email at granson@shoreline.edu with any questions or comments.

It’s Game Day!!

Here is the Game Day rundown:

  • Women’s Soccer vs. Peninsula College at 12pm- Home
  • Men’s Soccer vs. Peninsula College at 3pm- Home
  • Women’s Volleyball vs. Everett Community College at 7pm- Away

Good Luck Phinatics!

Game Day Graphic with mascot

Faculty and Staff Active Shooter Response Training – Presented by the King County Sheriff’s Office

Dear Colleagues,

On Wednesday, November 9th from 12:00 pm – 2:00 pm in the Main Dining Room, members of the King County Sheriff’s Office will be conducting a CRASE training seminar (Civilian Response to Active Shooter Events). The training will speak to the history of these events, the trends that they have observed, speak about past events, and provide you with tips should you ever find yourself in one of these situations.

Please note, this topic is one that could elicit intense emotions due to the subject matter.

With space limited in the Main Dining Room, please RSVP by completing the Formstack linked below as soon as possible. Should this event fill up, I will work with the King County Sheriff’s Office to schedule another session sometime this spring.

CRASE Training Registration

For questions or comments, please contact Acting Director of Safety & Security Gregory Cranson via email at gcranson@shoreline.edu.

Seattle Latino Film Festival at Shoreline CC!

What an excellent evening celebrating the Seattle Latino Film Festival on campus, last Friday! Seattle Latino Film Festival Consulado de México en Seattle Seattle Sounders FC

Announcement, Passing of Dina Kovarik

Dear colleagues, 

It is with great sadness that I must share with you that our wonderful colleague, Dina Kovarik passed away on Friday, October 14, 2022. Dina, as a faculty member in the Biology and Biotechnology program for the past eight years, contributed immensely to improving the program and supporting our students to reach their goals. She was the driving force for the development and growth of Project Biotech (a series of High School Biotech summer camps) which has become a transformative experience for so many young students. As many of you know, Dina and I taught together in the Biotech Program for 3 years, including co-teaching Molecular Biology and Immunology. I feel fortunate to have worked with her and experienced firsthand the dedication and care she had for students and the positive energy she brought to any room, even as she was dealing with multiple physical ailments. I will miss having Dina as a colleague tremendously. As I get information from Dina’s family, I will share it with you.  

Some of you may have known Dina for a while, while others are just getting to know her.  The death of a person impacts people in many ways.   This is a tremendous loss that may deeply impact students in her classes as well as fellow college staff. For those of you needing additional support please know that the college has resources to assist.  Employees may access services and support at any time through the Employee Assistance Program at 877-313-4455.  

Several faculty have come together to support and ensure her courses continue.   

For students, we are messaging them now so that they know about this issue, and we are providing them with resources.  

  • If you are experiencing distress related to this, please reach out to the Counseling Center for support. Member(s) of our Counseling Center staff will be on-hand for class today at 1:00 pm. 
  • In addition, for emergency counseling, referral, or assistance 24 hours/day and 7-days/week, please call:  
  • National Suicide Prevention Lifeline | 800-273-8255 
  • King County: Crisis Connections (Crisis Line) | 866-427-4747 
  • Snohomish County: Volunteers of America Care Crisis Response Services (Crisis Line) | 800-584-3578 

Please take care and contact me if you have any additional questions.

Guy Hamilton