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Update, Outreach and Recruitment Team Transitions
August 25, 2022 by Leave a Comment
Dear Campus Community,
I am writing to provide an update about some important transitions in our Outreach and Recruitment (O & R) team. This message is important to the entire campus as the O & R team interacts with all facets of the campus community. The team, reporting to Chippi Bello (Dean of Access, Advising & AANAPISI) recently lost Inez Olive (Director, O & R), and Freddy Vega (Associate Director, O & R) recently resigned. Freddy’s last day with the College will be Aug. 31.
As many at the College are aware, it is vitally important that we keep this team moving toward our goals of reaching a broader and more diverse student audience that previous Director Inez Olive was working on. To that end, we’ve named two individuals to support leadership in this area through December 2022.
- Lianne Almughirah (Director, International Student Services and Admissions) has been named interim director to support O & R with strategic leadership, setting targets, goal setting, and providing mechanisms to report on the success of strategies. She will report to Dean Bello. Lianne and Chippi will work together to update our local partner leaders like the Shoreline School District.
- Amy Stapleton has been named Associate Director to manage the day-to-day office operations, manage the two-remaining staff, assist in further hiring of full-time recruiters, and continue as our 1st outreach recruiter to high schools and our community. Any college-related questions related to O & R can be directed to Amy Stapleton.
Additionally, the focus for the remaining team and work will include:
- Katie Rousso will continue as our 2nd outreach recruiter with an emphasis on Shoreline School District high school career technical students and transfer interest students.
- Steve Marshall will continue to provide assessment and intake of interested students, use of Salesforce, primary student communications contact (via web and Rave), and continuous support to the team and enrollment services.
- We are in the final stages of hiring for the position of 3rd (adult populations) outreach recruiter. Soon to be announced.
Freddy Vega’s original #4 outreach recruiter position (parallel to Katie’s) was to support high school career-technical and transfer interest students. He also assisted many of our Spanish-speaking populations. His position will post for recruitment in the next two weeks.
As we continue to hire within the team and continue to recruit and enroll new students, Dean Bello will be working on the new posting for permanent leadership of the O & R area. This position is expected to be posted and recruited in the fall quarter, with an expected start in the early winter quarter.
Thank you all for your patience with these transitions.
Phillip J. King, Ed.D.
Vice President for Student Learning, Equity, and Success
pking@shoreline.edu
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August 25, 2022 by Leave a Comment
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Campus Updates 08/25/22
August 25, 2022 by Leave a Comment
EVENTS AND NEWS
Message from the President
I have been incredibly lucky this past week or so. I have been able to meet several new people and be introduced to new programs. Last week I met Steve Eskridge and took a tour of our athletics facilities. I was so glad to see the spaces where athletic instruction is happening. I also took a tour of the Visual Arts department, offered by Mary Bonar. I was sharing with Mary that I was having visceral memories of my high school art class because some of the spaces were remarkably familiar (particularly that scent in the photo processing darkroom- it has not changed a bit!). I used to do some drawing and you may catch an occasional scribble or cartoony figure in my notes- left over from my high school art days.
I joined the SES team for their summer retreat. What a committed team! We spent a lot of the time discussing leadership and best practices for shared decision-making and advocating for students. I really enjoyed the way that Dr. King and AVP Pardanani were so purposeful in bringing folks together to get to know one another and share their visions for support and improvement as needed. I was also able to meet with the Workforce team. What an inspirational group of folks! They will be doing some work this year to help us better understand the work they do. This is crucial as it is so important for our community. It was great to hear them finding creative solutions to working with folks who are learning English to better assist them and understand their needs.
Some of you may see me walking around campus and “popping by” to say hello. These “walkabouts” were inspired by a great idea by one of our classified professionals. It is a way for me to meet and chat with folks I may not see in councils, committees, etc. Yesterday I visited the Assessment Center, Student Services, Enrollment Services, and Financial Aid. It was great to learn more about their jobs and needs.
I had a highly active weekend as well. I met up with a friend I hadn’t seen since 1994! He and his wife moved to Tacoma about 20 years ago and we had stayed connected some by mail etc. but had not seen each other since I lived in the San Jose area. We met in downtown Seattle (and there was a Comicon event going on as we saw some remarkably interesting costumes!) and had a great catch-up. I was also able to join the Celebrate Shoreline event and see the excellent work of Outreach Extraordinaire Amy Stapleton at the Shoreline Community College booth. It was fun interacting with community members, especially the young kids who were so fun and full of energy. My favorite moment was when a prospective student asked if she was too old for college. Of course not!! I am looking forward to attending future events to learn more about the community and assist in our outreach efforts!
Here is a link to my next set of virtual office hours!
Have a great week!
Fall Quarter Planning
Foundation
SCC Scholarship Award Ceremony: Please join us in celebrating this year’s scholarship recipients. Thursday, September 29, 2022. Register here!
Human Resources
Employee Comings and Goings July/August
Events and Updates
Please share with your students and campus community networks:
- Ballinger Neighborhood Friendship Festival
- BioManufacturing Paid Internship-Spread the Word!
- Virtual Office Hours- September 2022
- LGBTQIA+ Affinity Group Meeting- 9/1 9am
- Library – closed August 26 – September 18 with appointments available to return or pick up equipment.
- Student Learning Center (In the library) – closed August 26 – September 18.
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RETURN TO CAMPUS/COVID-19
Cases
- Two (2) new positive cases were reported in the last 7 days (2 more than the previous week)
News
- WA DOH launches new telehealth option: New telehealth option launched to expand COVID-19 treatment access | Washington State Department of Health
Questions?
- Email covidsupervisor@shoreline.edu or check the COVID-19 Updates site for the latest information.
- New information and guidance about COVID-19 is continually evolving; check these official federal, state, and county sources to stay informed:
- Federal COVID.gov site
- Washington State Department of Health Coronavirus
- Public Health Seattle and King County Coronavirus Disease
- Public Health Seattle and King County Health Blog
Access road closure – update #4
August 24, 2022 by Leave a Comment
College Community,
Good news! Paving of the access road is now complete and will be open to traffic tomorrow (August 25) at 7:00 a.m.
Thank you for your patience.
Bob Williamson
Acting Vice President for Business and Administrative Services
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