Earth Week 2015 is Coming to Shoreline, April 19-25

April 16, 2015 by Leave a Comment

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Earth Week is April 19-25, and Shoreline Community College is celebrating with an exciting lineup of events surrounding the theme “Fostering an Ethic of Place.”

This year’s Earth Week seeks to explore our relationship with the place that Shoreline calls home by opening our eyes to the history of our campus, examining our roles in this community and envisioning what we can do in the future to create a more equitable, economical and environmentally just community, with the end goal of reaching sustainability.

Earth Week activities kick off this Sun., April 19 with Earth Day Storytelling at Duwamish Longhouse featuring native storytellers Gene Tagaban, Mary Anne Moorman and Lorraine Bayes and will end next Sat., April 25 with a Habitat Restoration work party in the Upper Boeing Creek Watershed.

In between, the Shoreline community is invited to attend a whole host of events ranging from Amp Your Voice (a workshop that equips students with powerful advocacy and civic engagement tools) to nature walks, from a native plant sale to film showings including Wall-E, Soylent Green and Princess Angeline.

The entire listing of events can be found here. Be sure to check it out and participate – there’s something for everyone!

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Call for Recyclables for Earth Week

April 14, 2015 by Leave a Comment

earth weekWe need your clean recyclables!

The Earth Week activity “Making recycled art” will run all week long and encourage participants to make art out of recyclables. To make this event a success, we’re asking you to help us collect enough “art supplies” by donating your clean recyclables to be turned into someone’s masterpiece. You can help all this week (and possibly into next), by bringing your clean recyclables from home or your office to the PUB 1st Floor, Room 9102. There should be a bin set up inside that room to collect the recyclables – if the bin is full, please tuck them in the back corner fairly out of the way.

We need CLEAN plastics, bottles, jars, cardboard, etc. – anything recyclable will do.

Thank you for helping make this event a success!

The Earth Week Committee

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Community Book Read Call for 2015-16 Nominations – Deadline Extended

April 13, 2015 by Leave a Comment

bookclubFriends & Colleagues –  We need your help. Please consider nominating a book for the 2015-16 campus-wide Community Book Read and participating on the Community Book Read Selection Committee.

The SCC Community Read Program needs you! What is the most inspiring book you have read in recent years? Nominate it!

Nominations for the 2015-2016 SCC Community Book Read are needed by Friday, April 17. Please email submissions to crworkgroup@list.shoreline.edu. Criteria:
a.      Content is meaningful, relevant to our lives today and would be found relatable for a variety of readers
b.      Length of book is 250 pages or less
c.      Book is readily available in paperback, ebook and audio

When submitting your recommendation, please include the following information for consideration by the Book Selection Committee:
a)      Brief Bio about the Author
b)      Brief explanation of why you are recommending the book: What makes it relevant and relatable to our lives today? Why do you think this book will stimulate interesting and in-depth discussions of the book? Why do you like this book? (no more than 250 words)
c)       If possible, suggest potential events that we could sponsor at SCC that relate to the book (i.e., speakers, films, presentations).
d)      If your recommended book were chosen, would you be interested in facilitating one or more of the book discussions? Are you interested in leading or sponsoring an event? (participation is optional, not required for the adoption of the book)
e)      Have you used the book in one of your courses?
f)       Are you interested in using the book in one of your courses?

Join the Selection Committee: this group will consist of 5-11 representatives from faculty, staff, students and administrators of the college community. If you are interested in participating in the selection process for the 2015-2016 Community Book Read, Contact Lianne Almughirah, lalmughirah@shoreline.edu, by Friday, April 17.

In order to streamline the process, the goal is for there to be only 3 meetings. Below is the tentative/suggested schedule of activities for the Book Selection committee:
a.       initial meeting   (week of April 13)
b.      read all submissions and select top 3 books (week of April 20)
c.       each member read one of the top 3 books
d.      committee selects final (week of May 18)
e.      campus community informed of the 2015-16 Community Read book selection (Week of May 25)

Best Regards,
Community Book Read Committee

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Parenting Connections Class Launching in May for SCC Students and Employees

April 8, 2015 by Leave a Comment

parentingAre you a parent of a 0-5 year old working or studying at SCC? Want to join other parents on campus to share your experiences, discuss parenting topics and make connections? Class meets biweekly for lunchtime meet-ups for campus parents, with parenting discussions led by instructors from our community-based cooperative preschools.

This 1 credit hybrid class meets 5 times on Tuesdays from  12-1pm ( 5/5, 5/19, 6/2,6/16, and 6/30)

In weeks we don’t meet in person, the conversation continues online with parenting topic resources and group discussions on the joys, challenges and questions that come up as we raise children.

• Add to the parenting tools in your toolbox
• Share ideas and strategies with other parents
• Get support in your day to day parenting role
• Class designed to meet the busy schedule needs of students & staff

To register: simply fill out the Parent Education Application and email it to: pmccloskey@shoreline.edu or send in campus mail to Pollie McCloskey no later than May 1st , 2015.
Class fees: $23.50*

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Request for 2015-2016 Community Book Read Nominations and Volunteers for Book Selection Committee

April 3, 2015 by Leave a Comment

bookclubThe SCC Community Book Read Committee is currently in need of your assistance in choosing a book for next year.  We need book recommendations and volunteers to serve on the 2015-2016 Book Selection Committee.

Book Nominations for the 2015-2016 SCC Community Book Read are needed by Friday, April 10. Please send book nominations via email to crworkgroup@list.shoreline.edu.

We are looking for books that meet the following criteria:

Content is meaningful, relevant to our lives today and would be found relatable for a variety of readers
Length of book is 250 pages or less
Book is readily available in paperback, ebook and audio

When submitting your recommendation, please include the following information for consideration by the Book Selection Committee:
Brief Bio about the Author
Brief explanation of why you are recommending the book: What makes it relevant and relatable to our lives today? Why do you think this book will stimulate interesting and in-depth discussions of the book? Why do you like this book?  (no more than 250 words)
If possible, suggest potential events that we could sponsor at SCC that relate to the book (i.e. speakers, films, presentations).
If your recommended book were chosen, would you be interested in facilitating one or more of the book discussions? Are you interested in leading or sponsoring an event? (participation is optional, not required for the adoption of the book.)
Have you used the book in one of your courses?
Are you interested in using the book in one of your courses?

The Selection Committee will consist of 5-11 representatives from faculty, staff, students and administrators of the college community. If you are interested in participating in the selection process for the 2015-2016 Community Book Read, Contact Lianne Almughirah, lalmughirah@shoreline.edu by Wed., April 8.

In order to streamline the process, the goal is for there to be only 3 meetings. Below is the tentative/suggested schedule of activities for the Book Selection committee:

initial meeting   (week of April 13)
read all submissions and select top 3 books (week of April 20)
each member read one of the top 3 books
committee selects final (week of May 18)
campus community informed of the 2015-16 Community Read book selection (Week of May 25)

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