Self Care Tip
Do what makes you feel calmer: breathing, sitting in a quiet space, reading, meditating, listening to music, journaling, going for a walk.

Quote of the week
“Mistakes are proof that you are trying”

Shoreline Moments
MS Employee Connections Team

• • Employees can engage in some off-topic chats and daily snapshots of employees’ workspaces by joining the “Shoreline Employee Connections” public Team on MS Teams. Go to Teams to join or contact Pilar Corder (pcorder@shoreline.edu) for more information.

Lunchtime yoga starts out strong!

• • Last week was the start of virtual lunchtime yoga. There was an average of 22 participants and the feedback of participants is that many people would benefit from this! Give it a try by joining via Zoom on MW from 12:35-1:35pm

Correction about last Friday’s Featured  Employee Stephanie Baker

• • Whenever someone needs _____ they should contact Stephanie:

    “Information about the ctcLink project, or just a friendly conversation.”

Featured Professional Development:
Look forward next week to the launch of the 30-60 minute accreditation trainings provided by Dr. Bayta Maring. These trainings are included in the set of approved trainings for classified staff to complete as work assignments during remote operations. Please watch for more information about these accreditation trainings next week!

Featured Tech Tip:
Make sure that when using Zoom or Teams for video or voice calls you are not in remote desktop because participants will not be able to hear you.

Featured Employee:
Name: Stephanie Baker
Title: ctcLink Business Analyst
Length at College: 1.5 years

Something you want everyone to know about the work you do: As part of the ctcLink team, I meet with Subject Matter Experts (SMEs) across campus to help document their current business processes. These meetings provide an in-depth view of the great work we are doing at Shoreline, and how each process we are involved in helps to shape our campus community. ctcLink is a chance for Shoreline to welcome new possibilities for our students, faculty and staff by supporting our operations through a real-time, user-friendly interface that provides standardization and supports improved service delivery and efficiency.

Whenever someone needs _____ they should contact you.
Answers to HR type questions regarding recruitment, policies, etc. information about the ctcLink project, or just a friendly conversation.

Connect with Stephanie by emailing her at sbaker@shoreline.edu or saying hello on Teams!

Here are this week’s wave of gratitude submissions.

• A wave of gratitude from Jenna Durney to Eve Sternberg!
Thank you Eve for helping me triage and work with new students and being always willing to pitch in and help!

• A wave of gratitude from Jenna Durney to Carrie Bayless! Thank you for responding so quickly to my student in need of coaching.

• A wave of gratitude to Amy Rovner! Amy Rovner has done an amazing job getting faculty set up, training, and you name it. She is just one awesome person.

• A wave of gratitude from Sue Anne Lemkin to Weqiang Li! Weiqiang (Bill) was so patient with me as he was assisting me with updating Word and other issues on my laptop. I am not tech savvy and he was very patient with step by step directions. He was persistent to figure out another way to get in, when I wasn’t able to do the first way. In the end, I needed to bring in my laptop into TSS. He made sure that I was set up with another TSS staff member when I came to campus to get it fixed. I was able to get it fixed! Thank you for your patience and not giving up on me!

• A wave of gratitude from Wanda Waldrop to Lauren Hadley! Lauren has proven to be a fantastic leader and advocate for me. She has helped me and given me her full support. Lauren trusts me to do my job and does not micromanage which makes me feel very good about my work and accomplishments in the Manufacturing Department. Lauren is always calm, cool, and collected in tense times. I truly appreciate her leadership.

• A wave of gratitude from Aura Rios Erickson to Debby Hunter! Thank you Debbie for answering all emails and calls and engaging well with students.

• A wave of gratitude form Aura Rios Erickson to Nina Grishinchuk Thank you Nina for keeping track of information, keeping rosters, helping students always with a friendly smile and a positive attitude.

• A wave of gratitude to TSS! Every day when I open up my laptop and am able to get into my desktop remotely and/or use zoom and/or get individual attention to a problem I reflect on how lucky we are to have this wonderful support service backing us up-without them our work would be much less professional and much more difficult. In this difficult time the whole team have risen to the challenge and I am so grateful they are all there!!

• A wave of gratitude from Carrie Bayless to Suzanne Gugger! Suzanne Gugger won the Golden Acorn award and I am so pleased to paste the information from Shorewood HS PTSA below so you can congratulate our colleague for her inspirational involvement in our education community! Thank you, Suzanne.

• A wave of gratitude to Suzanne Gugger! Suzanne has also spent countless hours in an array of positions during her time at various schools. She has volunteered at both the local school PTA, as well as much time with the Shoreline Council PTA. In addition, she has been a committee member with the Shoreline Arts Council and a planning member with the Shoreline Math Olympiad. Here at Shorewood, Suzanne has been the legislative chair, Reflections chair and webmaster – just to name a few. This year, her posting of information on the Shorewood PTSA’s Facebook site has been amazing. There have been times I had no idea an event was taking place at Shorewood (or within the Shoreline Community), until I started scrolling through Facebook! Suzanne has won the Golden Acorn Award at Sunset Elementary and Einstein Middle School. There is no surprise she has Shorewood High School in awe too. Thank you Suzanne for all you do!

If you would like to submit a wave of gratitude for your fellow colleagues please use this form.

-The Recognition Committee

Don’t forget to join us for Water Cooler Wednesday this afternoon at 2:00pm. Drop in any time by clicking on the zoom link! Further details listed on the employee calendar.

Do you miss being on campus with your friends and colleagues this quarter? Connect via Zoom during one of Continuing Education’s online Spring classes and learn something new!

You can dig out your gardening gloves for Gardening 101: From the Ground Up!, keep the “Quarantine Fifteen” at bay with Mindful Eating: Simple Techniques for Health and Weight, or learn about your favorite glass of wine during A Sensory Introduction to Wine: A Precursor to Food & Wine Pairing!

Classes include learning activities, lectures, and discussions to help you explore a longtime interest, start a project, or just have fun.

To see a full list of classes, please visit our Classes page or contact continuing-ed@shoreline.edu for more information.

We hope to see you online,

Kelly Blackard
Program Specialist, Continuing Education