Message from the President: Sharing My Retirement Plans (June 30, 2022)

Dear Colleague,

After 41 rewarding years in higher education, (25 in community colleges), I am announcing my decision to retire. It is difficult to personalize an e-mail, but I want to say how privileged I have felt to serve the students, Board of Trustees, faculty, staff, and administrators at Shoreline Community College. The decision to retire was difficult with so many exciting projects ahead of us. However, given the need to begin refreshing our strategic plan, it seemed appropriate to be open and transparent that I will be retiring on June 30, 2022. This will allow the new president the opportunity to begin work as I did—engaging the campus and larger community in this important and focused work. We have much ahead of us with reopening the College, completing the capital campaign, continuing work on the major capital projects, implementing ctcLink, and all the student success initiatives supporting Guided Pathways. As always, I’m committed to moving these transformative efforts, forward.

Serving as a college president for over thirteen years has been the most enriching and inspiring experience of my career. It has allowed me to interact with students, faculty, staff, administrators, and community leaders and learn how our community colleges make a difference to each individual we serve. I have seen how community college partners work together to improve lives, improve livelihoods, and give hope to those who may not have experienced it previously. The past six years as President of Shoreline has been an incredible and rewarding experience and I will be forever grateful for the opportunity. 

I look forward to the work ahead of us!

With deep gratitude,

Cheryl Roberts, Ed.D.

Request for Proposals: Fully Online Course Development Opportunity – BIDA

Faculty: Please see the following course development opportunity from Ann Garnsey-Harter, Executive Director for Learning Resources & Continuing Education:

https://shorelineccwa.sharepoint.com/:w:/s/eLearningServices/EdGfVLQCp_NFvlhVeXMkWGkBtWgJqzoEmtf4sbpbstSusA?e=2KSMnh

Announcing “Shoreline Shout-Outs” to Recognize Campus Teams

Shoreline Shout-outs are a new way to recognize departments or teams for their excellent work, projects, and accomplishments. This is separate and distinct from Waves of Gratitude, which are for recognizing work or achievements of an individual. Shoreline Shout-outs is for departments or teams and can be a way for team members to “shout-out” their team’s or another team’s accomplishments. This is one way for the whole campus to celebrate milestones for developments that may have otherwise only been known by the people in a specific division.

Has your department or another you’ve noticed been recognized for excellence in their field by the media, community or industry organizations? Shout that out. Has your division received or been awarded a new piece of equipment that will help Shoreline students better prepare for the workforce? Shout that out. What news can you share with the campus community that will add to their sense of pride in our institution and mission? Like Waves of Gratitude, Shoreline Shout-outs uses a submission form that is compiled by the Employee Recognition Committee and will be published thru Day at a Glance. Please join us in helping to recognize excellent teamwork that may otherwise go unnoticed campus-wide.

Submit a Shoreline Shout-Out.

— Employee Recognition Committee

Notice of Public Meeting Changes – January 27, 2021 Board of Trustees Meeting

NOTICE OF VIRTUAL SPECIAL MEETING
The Shoreline Community College Board of Trustees will hold a special meeting on Wednesday, January 27, 2021 commencing at 4:30 PM.

The business to be transacted in this meeting will be posted to www.shoreline.edu… no later than 4:30 PM on Tuesday, January 26, 2021.

The agenda for this special meeting includes the Board’s usual regular meeting agenda. Due to COVID-19, Governor Inslee’s restriction on in-person public meetings has been extended. Therefore, access to this meeting will take place in a virtual space. To comply with open meeting notice requirements, the previously scheduled regular meeting at the campus is cancelled and a virtual special meeting is being added. 

To connect to the January 27, 2021 special meeting:

  • Phone: (253) 215-8782
  • Webinar (“Meeting”) ID: 879 7337 6872

All Board of Trustees meetings include opportunity for public comment. Due to the continual and changing information related to COVID-19 and the January 27 special meeting to be held virtually, please email public comments to the Board Secretary at lyonemitsu@shoreline.edu by 4:15 PM on Wednesday, January 27, 2021. Please place “Public Comment” in the subject of your email. Public comments received by 4:15 PM on January 27, 2021 will be read aloud by College personnel in order for all Trustees to hear the comments read. The total public comment period will be no more than thirty (30) minutes and up to two (2) minutes of each public comment received will be read, with adjustments made if more than fifteen (15) public comments are received.

NOTICE OF REGULAR MEETING CANCELLATION
The in-person regular meeting scheduled for 4:30 PM on January 27, 2021 in room 9218-building 1000, is cancelled. Per the notice above, that meeting is being rescheduled as a virtual special meeting.

New Issue of The Ebbtide Available

The Ebbtide‘s first edition of winter quarter has been posted. And our writing contest deadline has been extended. Check it out!

https://theebbtide.com/