On January 18, the state legislature and governor reached an agreement to pass a biennial capital budget, and the bonds to support the construction projects in the budget.

Shoreline’s Allied Health, Sciences, and Advanced Manufacturing Building and our housing project are two of those construction projects. This means the College can now begin work on planning the Allied Health, Sciences, and Advanced Manufacturing project. We are still on track with a planned opening for our housing project, fall 2019.

“This budget announcement moves Shoreline in a very positive direction. I am so appreciative of all who have helped to bring us to this moment!,” said President Roberts.

The next phase of our work will be to fundraise for the $3 million to support the Allied Health, Sciences, and Advanced Manufacturing building construction. Please watch for more details about the capital campaign and building plans in the coming weeks and months.

The start of Winter Quarter 2017 brings the completion of the 2016 Remodel of the 4000 Building. This effort began during the summer of 2015 when the Math Learning Center and The Writing and Learning Studio moved into the 4000 building as a way to centralize student academic success and allow more classrooms to be available for instruction.

During the fall of 2015 and the beginning of 2016, the college invested in a 4000 Building Master Planning effort that involved communication with key faculty and staff who work in the 4000 building; students; and the full college community. The outcome was a multi-year plan for the 4000 Building and a specific 2016 Phase of construction.

The construction started during the summer of 2016 and has been completed as of January 6, 2017 with the final installation of the new doors to welcome students into the new academic learning space with open seating, maximum natural light, centralized tutoring and learning centers, and a grand central ASK Desk that will serve students’ library and research needs. More casual study space has been incorporated throughout the second floor. The Biology and Chemistry Learning Center joined the 4000 building last spring and remains on the second floor, along with the Math Learning Center. Tutoring Services has a brand new home in the southwest corner of the second floor and offers support to all students. The Writing and Learning Studio is on the third floor, which they share with some additional study space. Overall, more than 8,500 square feet of additional student space has been made available.

The first floor has had a few refreshing coats of paint and some study areas incorporated into the hallway. The Student Computer Lab on the first floor remains open and ready to support students with their technology needs.

Our investment in the project was from state and local sources and demonstrates the college’s focus on student academic success. The state contributed $750,000 to the project and the college contributed about that same amount from the capital reserve fund.

Sustainable products were used for many of the remodeled areas and new features including the carpeting, paint, counter tops, baseboards, and the acrylic panels. Of these products, anywhere from 4% to 30% of the material was composed of recycled materials.

The project team wishes to extend our gratitude and appreciation to the students, staff, and faculty who have patiently adjusted to the noise and multiple temporary and permanent relocations during the quarter construction. We appreciate your keeping students and their needs at the heart of this remodel. Your never-ending flexibility helped make this project a success.

Please join us in celebrating the completed remodel at the Grand Re-opening Celebration on January 18 at 12:30 pm in the new casual student learning area known as room 4237.

We look forward to celebrating with the whole college community!

As you probably already know, the 4200 and 4300 floors of the Library are closed to any patrons for the duration of the winter break. As part of this closure, Tutoring Services is not physically accessible to students until the beginning of Winter quarter (January 9), but they still can reach us electronically or by phone message.

If you are assisting someone who (1) has questions about Tutoring Services, (2) wants to apply to receive one-on-one tutoring help in Winter, and/or (3) wants to become a tutor, please help connect them with our program through any of the following means:

The application to receive one-on-one help with Winter classes is online: https://shoreline.formstack.com/forms/tutoring

The application to become a tutor is also online: https://shoreline.formstack.com/forms/become_tutor

General information is available electronically on our webpage: www.shoreline.edu/tutoring

Email inquiries are welcome at pttutors@shoreline.edu

Phone inquiries are welcome at 206-546-4776—please leave a message, and we will respond as soon as we can!

Jessica and Karin are both around wrapping up last quarter and preparing for the next, so we are here to support new and returning students with tutoring questions and needs even if our office isn’t open to visitors at this time.

Thank you for your help in connecting students to us through the above means!