As a reminder to the announcement made Tuesday July 28, while we continue to operate remotely through fall quarter, please keep in mind all safety protocols for on-campus access remain in place.

This means if you are authorized to come to Shoreline’s campus for work or instruction, you will need to:

• Wear a mask in all common spaces to comply with the Governor’s order.
• Complete the Campus Access Form before and after coming to campus.
• Follow all other health protocols appropriate to your level of authorization to be on campus.

To learn more about our remote operations, please visit the Faculty & Staff COVID web page.

Please share with students information about Workforce Education. Workforce can:

1) Pay for eligible professional technical student tuition- must be eligible citizen or non-citizen (refugees and DACA students included)
2) Help all students and community members search for a job
3) Connect students to resources on and off campus.

If you hear students say “I don’t know how I am going to pay for school next quarter,” “I lost my job and don’t know what to do” “I am having a hard time focusing because I have lots of things going on in my life”…. Consider sending them to Workforce Education.

Students can access Workforce Education by:
1) Calling (We have a phone line that goes directly to one of our staff members) – 206-546-5882
2) Emailing- workforce@shoreline.edu
3) Attending an information session- Sign-up online at http://www.startnextquarter.org

Check-out our webpage at https://www.shoreline.edu/workforce/ 

Thank you!

Hi Folks,

In support of Black, Indigenous People, and People of Color (BIPOC) Mental Health Awareness Month, the Multicultural Center would like to share with our community resources for to more aware of Mental Health in BIPOC communities and a toolkit for supporting our students. Especially now, please take the time to learn more about this very important and complex issue and enhance your cultural responsiveness skill sets!

Formally recognized in June 2008, Bebe Moore Campbell National Minority Mental Health Awareness Month has been observed each July and was created to bring awareness to the unique struggles that underrepresented groups face regarding mental illness in the United States.

Bebe Moore Campbell was an American author, journalist, teacher, and mental health advocate who worked tirelessly to shed light on the mental health needs of the Black community and other underrepresented communities.

These resources are from Mental Health America. People and language evolve, and Mental Health America (MHA) has chosen to remove the word “minority” from our toolkit and will be phasing it out on our materials. Instead, we are using a different designation – BIPOC – that we believe more fairly honors and distinguishes the experiences of Black, Indigenous People, and People of Color.

Direct Link to a whole host of resources understanding many communities and topics including Racial Trauma, Racism and Mental Health, Health Care Disparities, and BIPOC Communities and the current Pandemic of Covid-19: https://mhanational.org/bipoc-mental-health

Direct Link to information on the current campaign and toolkit including graphics and other information you can share with others as well: https://mhanational.org/BIPOC-mental-health-month

James Ardena

Dear Colleague,

I am writing today to inform you about some shifts in reporting and further organizational realignment beginning August 10, 2020. 

As a part of the 2019-20 academic year planning and budget review, the College conducted department assessments and identified cost efficiencies reflected in these changes. Through this process, we identified an imbalance of FTEs across some academic divisions. In certain cases, some deans had double the amount of FTE, students, and staff than others. In the spring, the Department of Communication Studies and Department of Business transitioned to the Social Sciences Division, which resulted in cost savings. 

Here is a list of the additional organizational changes that will further rebalance our division structure(s):

Office of Students, Equity & Success (SES) Changes 

• Tutoring Services will transition from SES to Student Learning.
• The Physical Education Department (PE) will be welcomed to the area of Athletics, Intramurals, Health & Wellness. PE faculty will report to Steve Eskridge, who reports to Vice President Marisa Herrera, Ed.D. 
• Enrollment Services will add the position of Assistant Registrar (50% FTE) and Stephanie Baker will assume this role, reporting to Acting Dean for Access and Advising Lisa Malik, PhD. Stephanie will also support the transition to ctcLink under the dotted-line supervision of Joe Chiappa, Organizational Change & Project Manager.
• Tigist Stangohr will serve as Acting Director of Financial Aid while we search for a permanent Financial Aid Director, and she will report to Derek Levy, Dean for Student Support & Success. 

 Office of Student Learning Changes 

• As mentioned above, Tutoring Services will move to Student Learning, under the leadership of the Acting Associate Dean of the Library Leslie Potter-Henderson.  
• Leslie’s title will shift to Acting Associate Dean of the Library & Learning Resources, as she now leads the library and tutoring services, and will also coordinate professional development work for faculty, in cooperation with the associate deans from the academic divisions.  
• Cheryl Allendoerfer, Manager of Tutoring Services, will report to Leslie Potter-Henderson.  

  eLearning Changes 

• The area of eLearning will become the Learning Resources & Continuing Education Division, under the leadership of Ann Garnsey-Harter, PhD, whose title will become Executive Director of Learning Resources & Continuing Education.  
• This area will encompass Classroom Support, Continuing Education, eLearning, Library, Tutoring Services, Faculty Professional Development, and Events & Rentals.

 Office of the President Changes 

• Technology Support Services and ctcLink, which previously reported to Ann Garnsey-Harter, will move to the Office of the President. (Thank you, Ann, for taking on the responsibility of managing these departments for the last year.)
• Gavin Smith, Acting Director of Technology Support Services, will now report to me.
• Shoreline’s ctcLink project and Organizational Change & Project Manager Joe Chiappa will now report to Gavin Smith. 

 I want to thank all involved in these changes for their support as we organize work in ways that support our students and their learning.

Gratefully,