Employee Connections: Happy Water Cooler Wednesday and new Waves of Gratitude submissions

Make sure to join us for Water Cooler Wednesday this afternoon at 2:00pm. Drop in any time by clicking on the zoom link!

A wave of gratitude to Amy Rovner!– I just watched Amy’s training video for students. It is so good, so clear, so helpful. I am very interested to see how our students will be, with mandatory training in online learning. Amy, it is so good..

A wave of gratitude to Amy Rovner!– When I joined SCC as an Associate Faculty, I was new not only to SCC but to US in general. Amy held my hand and taught me so much of what I needed to know in Canvas and made sure my course was up and running. She was very patient to explain and show me even the very basics and would go out of her way to take my appointments even on very short notice. I owe a lot of what I know in Canvas to Amy. She’s an amazing Soul! She is indeed several standard deviations above the mean….

A wave of gratitude to everyone!– Today I send a wave of gratitude to every single one of you.  I suppose I always had a feeling I worked every day among heroes and angels, but now I truly know it.  We are all stretching and growing to the extreme bounds of what is humanly possible. Every day I bear witness to profound courage.  I have seen faces and heard voices on Zoom of those who, a mere month ago, would never have imagined themselves interacting virtually.  I see colleagues stepping outside firmly-held boundaries to make sure that all of our students – ALL of our students – can continue to learn in the face of this crisis.  And I have seen leaders work to the bone to keep communication flowing, support us all, and respond to, perhaps, a total of one million emails.

Then there are the true heroes:  our essential staff continuing to keep our physical campus clean and safe.

All of this while each and every one of us copes with our enclosed, individual realities, coping with all our might to face the grief and shock of this new world in which we strive to exist and thrive.  Despite all of the anxiety and pain, I am buoyed by a different feeling, a tingling that has always been there and I had almost forgotten. It’s pride.

Thank you so much for reminding me why I am so proud to work at Shoreline Community College.

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

-The Recognition Committee

Zoom Hall questions and responses from March 24

Dear Colleague,
Thank you for attending the Zoom Hall meeting on Tuesday, April 7! The video recording from the meeting will be shared out with the campus soon.
As promised, here are the responses to unanswered questions from the previous Zoom Hall, from March 24. If you missed the March 24 meeting, you can still watch the video recording.
Respectfully,
Cheryl Roberts, Ed.D.
President

BOARD OF TRUSTEES VIRTUAL SPECIAL MEETING: TUES, APRIL 7, 2020; 3:30 PM

The Shoreline Community College Board of Trustees will hold a special meeting on Tuesday, April 7, 2020 beginning at 3:30 PM. The purpose of the April 7, 2020 special meeting:

• First Reading: Fee Proposals for FY 2020-21

• Action: Memorandum of Understanding Regarding Music Department Private/Individual Instruction

• Action: Memorandum of Understanding Regarding Nurse Educator Funding

• Executive Session

The special meeting will take place in a virtual space to comply with government restrictions on public gathering due to COVID-19 health risks.

•To connect to the April 7, 2020 special meeting:

• Via link, go to: https://zoom.us/j/952181223

• Via telephone:

Call/Dial/Key-in to one of the following numbers. Start with the first number. If you receive a busy signal or an “all circuits are busy” message, try the next number on the list.

(669) 900 6833

(346) 248 7799

(301) 715 8592

(253) 215 8782

• Webinar (“Meeting”) ID: 952 181 223

•All Board of Trustees meetings include opportunity for public comment. Due to the continual and changing information related to COVID-19 and the April 7 special meeting to be held virtually, please email public comments to the Board Secretary at lyonemitsu@shoreline.edu by 3:30 PM on Tuesday, April 7, 2020. Please place “Public Comment” in the subject of your email. Public comments received will be provided to the Trustees, entered into the record, and attached to the minutes of the April 7 special meeting.

•The agenda for the April 7, 2020 special meeting will be posted to: https://www.shoreline.edu/about-shoreline/board/meeting-packets-2018.aspx

Check out the latest waves of gratitude

A wave of gratitude to Jocelyn Ramos!-SHOUT out to Jocelyn for doing an AMAZING job for the Parent Center. She has held the families and staff together. She has continued to build a strong structure of support and community among all of us. Jocelyn continues to uplift and keep the staff calm with word of encouragement. Jocelyn has been our very own beacon of light and we are so THANKFUL for all she does for the center.

A wave of gratitude to Jocelyn Ramos!-Greeting us each morning, keeping us informed, answering our questions quickly, reminding us of our guidelines and letting us know of that one time when she clocked-out early

A wave of gratitude to Jocelyn Ramos!-She runs parent-child care and somehow manages 3 jobs and I never saw her angry or being mad at somebody.

A wave of gratitude to Jocelyn Ramos!-Jocelyn an example of extraordinary work performance during COVID time. She held all communications and duties of three people in one for parent-child center. Her amazing strength and kindness in supporting all of us, coworkers and families is amazing!

A wave of gratitude to Jocelyn Ramos!-Jocelyn is great! Having to do the job of 3 people. keeping up with the college demands of being a supervisor, keeping the staff calm, up-to-date on what is happening and on track and always does this with a positive attitude and smile on her face. I really appreciate all that she does and enjoy working with her.

A wave of gratitude to Jocelyn Ramos!-Jocelyn Ramos is the Program specialist 4 for the Parent Child Center, she is in charge of everything right now because we don’t have a director or anybody else. She works very hard and always make sure the teachers, children and parents are safe and happy.

A wave of gratitude to Jocelyn Ramos!-In the midst of this crisis, Jocelyn has been a steadfast leader. She has so much on her plate yet she consistently has been available to support me (and the rest of the PCC staff) through it all.

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

-The Recognition Committee

Online intramurals and wellness offerings for Spring Quarter

Beginning April 13, Spring Quarter intramurals will be offered online via Zoom. Check out the schedule below or view the pdf version.
2020 Online Intramural