Reminder! Sign up to audition for The Servant of Two Masters! Feb. 8-10

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Auditions for “The Servant of Two Masters”
will be held on February 8, 9, & 10 from 12:30-3 p.m. with callbacks being held Fri., Feb. 10 from 1-3 p.m.

Come prepared to perform a short one- to three-minute monologue. Please, audition not to exceed 3 minutes.

Auditions and performances will be held at:
Shoreline Community College Theater (1600 Bldg.)
16101 Greenwood Ave. N.
Shoreline, WA  98133

Directed by Duygu Monson, “The Servant of Two Masters” will be performed June 8, 9, 10, 15, 16, 17.

TO SIGN UP FOR AN AUDITION, please go to the audition page on the theater website and sign up for a five-minute slot. You will receive a confirmation email confirming your audition time.

We are also looking for students who are interested in tech work to assist in the production. Students can get musical theater performance credits, drama credits, or stage technical credits. Auditions are open to the community, but everyone involved in the production must register for some type of Shoreline Community College credit. Additional questions can be sent to John Nold at jnold@shoreline.edu.

Training Opportunity – Mental Health First Aid

Are you interested in being able to assist someone experiencing a mental health related crisis or non-crisis situation and where to turn for help?

Before you can know how to help, you need to know when to help.

Mental Health First Aid (MHFA) is an internationally recognized program designed to build mental health literacy within our communities – or a basic understanding of what different mental health illnesses and addictions are, how they can affect a person’s daily life, and what helps individuals experiencing these challenges get well.

You will learn about: 

·  Depression and mood disorders

·  Anxiety disorders

·  Trauma

·  Psychosis

·  Substance Use disorders

·  How to help someone who may be experiencing thoughts of suicide or harm

Mental Health First Aid teaches about recovery and resiliency – the belief that individuals experiencing these challenges can and do get better, and use their strengths to stay well.

Just as CPR helps you assist an individual having a heart attack – even with no clinical training – becoming a Mental Health First Aider will train you to provide initial help to people experiencing mental health concerns such as depression, anxiety disorders, psychosis and substance use disorders as well as how to help someone who may be experiencing thoughts of harm or suicide.

This training is FREE to Shoreline Community College employees and students and will be offered in two (2) – 4.5-hour sessions:

Friday, March 3 AND Friday, March 17 from 11 am – 3:30 pm (Bring your lunch – and an afternoon snack will be provided).

You MUST attend BOTH training sessions to receive a MHFA handbook and become a certified Mental Health First Aider.

Please email Sheryl Copeland at scopeland@shoreline.edu to register and/or find out more information. Once registered, details as far as room location, etc., will be shared.

MHFA website: http://www.mentalhealthfirstaid.org/cs/

Be well!!  – Sheryl Copeland (training facilitator)

Software Center available to staff and faculty

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Shoreline professional learning events Feb. 9 & 10

Shoreline will be holding some exciting professional learning opportunities this week, including sessions with Jim Donohue from AVID for Higher Education.  Contact one of our Professional Learning Leads (Sheryl Copeland, scopeland@shoreline.edu; Ali Armstrong (aarmstrong3@shoreline.edu) or our AHE liaison (Bayta Maring, bmaring@shoreline.edu) if you have questions. Check out the sessions schedule below, or download the pdf version of the schedule here. 
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Reminder: Shoreline’s participation in CCSSE starts Mon., Feb. 6

The college is participating in the Community College Survey of Student Engagement (CCSSE, often called “Sessy”) this quarter. The survey was last administered in 2015 and the results from this new survey will to continue to inform efforts in creating an environment that enhances the student learning experience here at Shoreline.

The survey will be administered in person in about 55 classes from February 6th – March 13th. To generate a representative sample of students, national CCSSE office personnel will select which classes are surveyed by using a stratified random sampling technique. It is anticipated that it will take most if not all of one class period for students to complete the survey.

“I realize it is a great hardship to sacrifice a class period to gather this information, but I believe the CCSSE data are even more relevant now than they have been in the past,” says Alison Stevens, Executive Vice President for Academic and Student Affairs. “The results of the Winter 2015 survey suggest that, compared to other similar schools, we are essentially average in how we engage students. Fortunately for us, we now have a strategic plan designed to move us from average to extraordinary.”