S^3 Shoreline Students Speak *Gender Celebration*, Tues., March 7

The Public Speaking Leadership Club, working jointly with the American Honors Student Council and the Public Speaking Center, is kicking off a series of themed monthly events dubbed S^3 (“S-cubed” for Shoreline Students Speak), starting with a community conversation on Tues., March 7, 11:30am-1pm in PUB 9208/Quiet Dinging Room.

The theme for March is *Gender Celebration*. Topics that will be covered by students that are tentatively scheduled to present include the Women’s March, transgender rights, women in the military, all-gender bathrooms, and the gender pay gap in STEM fields. If you know students who might want to present, please have them contact the club through their facebook page ASAP. This is not a lecture series – it is about fostering a community in which students can share/hear differing viewpoints and have conversations about those viewpoints.

These will be set up as fairly unstructured, open-mic-type events designed to give students a chance to both listen to and express their opinions on the event theme. Depending on time constraints, there will be some students making prepared 5-10 minute presentations, some small group discussions on current theme-related events, and some large group conversation. All students are welcome to just come listen or submit a presentation plan or anything in between.

The American Honors Student Council will be providing themed “actionable tasks” – events to attend, organizations to check out, etc. If you have an upcoming class or event that would fit the theme, we will have a table of information and would be happy to put out flyers for your class – if you have anything you would like us to include at the table, let me know and we can arrange for someone to pick them up from you.

Thank you for sharing this with your students!
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Board of Trustees Special Meeting – March 8, 2017

The Board of Trustees will meet on Wed., March 8 from 8:05 a.m. – 1 :15 p.m. in the Board Room (#1010M).

The purpose of the March 8th Special Meeting is for the Board to meet with Second-Year and Third-Year Appointment Review Committee Faculty Chairs.

March Madness Winter End-of-Quarter Employee Social: Wed, March 8, 2017

Please join President Roberts to mark the end of Winter Quarter 2017 on Wed., March 8 from 3-4 p.m. in the PUB Quiet Dining Room (9208).

Seattle International Butoh Festival 2017 comes to Shoreline’s campus – opening reception March 7

Seattle International Butoh Festival 2017 is coming to Shoreline Community College! March 6 – April 9, 2017
with LIVE PERFORMANCES in the Shoreline Community College Art Gallery, Building #1000, Lobby AND Theater, Building #1600.

***All performances are free to students with SCC ID card***
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Live Butoh Dance @ SCC Art Gallery
Performances: Tuesdays 4pm – 6:30 p.m.

March 7th – Opening Reception 4:00-6:30 pm with DAIPAN performing
March 14th – Showcase
March 21st – Performance
April 4th – Student performance

Main stage Performance Weekend

April 7th – 9th @
Shoreline Community College Theater

Friday, April 7th@ 8 pm:
Compañía Ruta de la Memoria (Chile) & DAIPAN members (Joan Laage, and Sheri Brown).
Saturday, April 8th @ 8 pm:
Compañía Ruta de la Memoria (Chile) & DAIPAN members (Helen Thorsen and Diana Garcia-Snyder)
Sunday, April 9th @ 3 pm:
Ken Mai (Finland/Japan) & Kaoru Okumura (DAIPAN/Japan)

DAIPANbutoh Collective is devoted to strengthening the presence of Butoh in Seattle and the Northwest, both by producing the work of its members and by bringing in international artists for performances and workshops. They have begun to focus more on outreach by educating and developing relationships with groups including veterans, prisoners, artists, philosophers, academics and contemplative practitioners.  In doing so, they aim to deeply influence their community’s evolution.

Passing of Emeritus Faculty Member John James

John James, an emeritus faculty, died peacefully in his home on Monday, February 27, 2017 after a long battle with cancer. John came to the college in 1975 in the capacity of Technical Services and Reference Librarian. He served the college for thirty plus years—working with students, faculty, staff, administration, and the community to help the college meet its complex and challenging mission.

His focus and energy both inside the Library and with the college in general was always on improving on the work of teaching and learning for our students. His patience and vision for a more inclusive and dynamic college learning environment were noticeable across the campus in many projects and initiatives that helped employees, students, and community members connect their learning across disciplines and programs.

Memorial Service: March 31, 2017; 3:00 PM; St. Stephen’s Episcopal Church – Seattle, WA

~Submitted to the President’s Office by John Backes, retired Shoreline Faculty Member & Administrator