Travis Tribble is the 2020 Commencement Student Speaker.

The Commencement Committee is proud to announce that Travis Tribble has accepted the honor of being student speaker at the 2020 Commencement Ceremony. Travis was born in Seattle, WA and completed his GED at Shoreline in 2017. Once returning for his transfer degree, he became involved in the Honors College and the student newspaper, The Ebbtide.

He is currently the Honors Student Council President and has received many accolades while here, including the Board of Trustees “overcoming obstacles to achieve higher education goals” award, 3rd place for “Feature Reporting” in PNAGE’s regional student news reporting contest, and 1st place in the national Literary Magazine Competition for his submission of “The Folly”. Please join the committee in congratulating Travis as the 2020 student speaker!

Employees from every area of campus are working to prepare for the visit from evaluators from the Northwest Commission on Colleges and Universities from November 2 – 4, 2020. Note that this visit will most likely occur remotely via zoom. From now until the visit, you can help prepare by becoming familiar with aspects of accreditation most relevant to your day-to-day work as well as any college-wide projects you have been part of.

Self-paced training is now available on Canvas to walk you through the accreditation process and to provide step-by-step instructions for reviewing and contributing to Shoreline’s comprehensive self-study. This training has been approved for classified staff to take part in during remote operations or to earn compensatory time.

You can self-enroll in the course. If you have questions about the training or the accreditation visit, please contact Bayta Maring (bmaring@shoreline.edu).

Self Care Tip:
Plan for what you can:
Focus on concrete things you can problem-solve or change, rather than circumstances beyond your control.

Quote of the week
“Life shrinks or expands in proportion to one’s courage.”

Shoreline Moments
Look out in tomorrow’s DAAG for the winners of the Employee Engagement/Wellness Bingo!

Positive comments from our Shoreline Students:
-Comments gathered from a survey from e-Learning.

Question: “Knowing that we all will be learning online for the Spring quarter, and that this is not everyone’s first choice, what can you control as an online student? Is there anything Shoreline can do to make online learning more effective for you? If so, what?”

· As a student I can control my learning environment. That may include having a good work space. No distractions such as a TV or cellphone. I can also control how much effort and dedication I put into my classes. I need the motivation and driving force in order to complete the necessary workload. Lastly, I can control my well being and health. I can drink water, eat healthy and stay active while in quarantine. As for Shoreline, I think they are doing whatever they can do assist students with this adjustment. They are having online resources readily available students such as scholarships, tips on how to do online learning and any kind of support for our mental well being. I really appreciate them for everything. I have nothing that comes to mind as of right now.

· As a student I can control my work time, break time, social time, etc. I get to make my own schedule which is such a benefit in some ways but also a challenge in some ways. I need to be proactive and maintain motivation through out the quarter in order to keep up with my courses. So far I think Shoreline is doing a great job helping the students with this process!

· As a student I can use the tips from Carrie to make learning and understanding easier, so I would be able to control what I learn and how I learn it. Shoreline CC is already helping me to prepare for online spring quarter.

· As a student I have control over the time and space to be allotted for my studies. From what I have seen so far SSC is doing everything to make online learning as convenient as possible. I will contact administration or individual instructors if I find anything that needs improvement over the quarter.

As a student, I can control my attitude towards the situation. While online school is not ideal and not what I had planned for, I feel very lucky that there is still an option for me to learn and not have to stop school completely. Having this attitude will help me when I get frustrated with being online. I am grateful for Shoreline’s communication during this time and I think that has helped eased anxiety of this new situation. Thank you.