Day at a Glance

Thursday 8/8//24 

Events and News 

Hey folks hope all are well.  I can’t believe we are already at the end of the first week of August!  I was just chatting with Ryan Aiello about the closed Fridays that we enjoy—I hope folks are taking advantage of that time as much as possible. I feel like I have been doing too many “errands” and not enough interesting, so I need to change that up (i.e. tomorrow I am going to the dentist!). 

I had a couple great community meetings this week.  One was with the Shoreline Fire folks to discuss our recent collaboration.  Because of an increase in interest in emergency services, CECO, Workforce, and Continuing Education proactively partnered to create this opportunity (funded by combined efforts) and centered underrepresented students for enrollment (but open to all!). The battalion chief was very excited about this program and had some ideas about other possible partnerships as well (as did Michael Boehm).  I’m really looking forward to what develops. 

Another exciting meeting was with WSU Everett on strengthening some of our pathways.  It’s too early to report, but some cool ideas were shared, and I think some great opportunities are to come. 

Here is the link to this month’s President Update.

I think that’s it for this week– Looking forward to seeing some of you at the Mariners game tonight!  Woohoo! 

Cheers, 

Jack 

Summer Quarter Updates: 

Executive Team (ET) Open Office Time 
The Executive Team (ET) is now scheduling and holding virtual open office time via Microsoft Bookings:  

Executive Team (ET) Open Office Time.  

Technology Support Services 

As part of the College’s cybersecurity enhancements resulting from the March 2022 Ransomware event and to comply with insurance underwriting requirements, here is an updated schedule of upcoming enhancements to help us continue to be good stewards of our employees’ and students’ information and data. The dates were pushed back from August 1st and August 15th due to Microsoft cloud server issues: 

• Tuesday, August 13th: we will be doing a campus-wide Password Reset and requiring “strong passwords” with minimum requirements of 12 characters, 1 capital letter, 1 number, 1 special character with password resets occurring every 180 days or 90 days if you have access to credit card numbers for PCI compliance. 

• Thursday, August 22nd: Printing Code Distribution to allow document printing over Wi-Fi via email to any campus-wide Ricoh Multi-Function Printer (MFP). Please note, this process is contingent on the successful completion of the August 13th password reset process. 

Facilities and Capital Projects 

Power shutdown for buildings 1800, 1900, 2100, and 2300 from 5:30pm, 8/23 through 6:00am, 8/26: 

Bayley Construction, the contractor for the Bracken (STEAM) Building, will need to shut down and relocate the building 2200 electrical switch gear. There will be no electricity to buildings 1800, 1900, 2100, and 2300 starting at 5:30pm on Friday, 8/23 through 6:00am on Monday, 8/26.  The electrical switchgear will be back online, and power will be restored to these buildings by 6am on Monday, 8/26.  If any mechanical or electrical issues occur during this shutdown, Bayley has backup generators in place to supply power to these buildings on 8/26.  For Staff and Faculty that work in these buildings past 5:30pm on 8/23, please work with your supervisor to plan for either remote work or a different workspace on campus.  Please contact Kimberlee Clark, Director of Facilities and Capital Projects, if you have any questions.   

Business and Administrative Services 

As you may be aware, SCC is Soliciting Bids for Food Services & Catering Services. Thank you to the following employees for serving on the RFP Review Committee to make this important recommendation (in alphabetical order):  

• Amelia Acosta 

• Shanon Ehmke-Reedy, Chair 

• Roberto Lopez 

• Mashaal Shameem 

• Kristine Towns-von Stauber  

• Matt Versdahl 

Communications and Marketing 

I will be out of the country and unavailable for the next two weeks, returning on 8/26.  While I am away Steve will be handling the weekly Campus Updates e-mail with the help of Lori sending them out, and Damon will be handling calendar updates.  A huge thank you to my team for holding down the fort while I’m away! ~Cat 

Human Resources 

Do you know someone who wants to join our team? Visit: Job Opportunities at Shoreline Community College.  

Events and Updates 

• SCC is Soliciting Bids for Food Services & Catering Services 

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Shoreline Community College MISSION – Our Purpose 

Shoreline Community College offers accessible, high-quality education and workforce training that empowers students for success. Rooted in our commitment to diversity, equity, and community engagement, we foster an educational environment that contributes to the enrichment of both our local and global communities. 

Events and News

Hey folks- hope all are doing well. It has been a busy week!

This week we hosted a wonderful groundbreaking ceremony for our new Bracken building- a building that embodies the best of what community colleges offer- career training, transfer, and inspiration! The building will house our stellar Math, Music, and Nursing programs! We were really happy to have State Representative Cindy Ryu give a brief welcome as well as Shoreline Community College trustees Rebecca Ringer & James Stark, and new Vice President of Instruction (VPI) Ben Weng. Thank you to Cat Chiappa and Wendy Coates and their teams for coordinating the event.

Did you hear Rashawn Smith won an award this past weekend from the Honda Professional Automotive Career Training (PACT)? The award is the “Challenging Spirit Award” which recognizes leaders for support and performance “exceeding Honda’s expectations in response to extraordinary requirements.” Rashawn has made major positive changes to the Auto program and has led during COVID and other College challenges. Even given those challenges, we reported the highest cert completions in the state! He’s the faculty lead for our Black Student Union (BSU) and just joined our Faculty Senate as the new vice chair. I am excited to work with him in that leadership role as well. If you see Rashawn, please congratulate him, and thank him for his inspirational leadership work for the College and especially for our students!

This week we also had a GREAT meeting with amazing leaders from King County, the City of Shoreline, the Shoreline Community College Foundation, Shoreline CC Board members and Blanton Turner (the property management firm for the student residence hall) to discuss our shared Housing Insecurity Pilot. Using funds from the county, we are fully funding housing for 3 (soon to be 4) housing-insecure students in our residence hall- right here on campus. This gives students access to wrap-around services provided by the county AND the College. We will be watching progress and hope to increase opportunities with more students soon. Keep an eye out for the press release…I’m just excited! While it’s a small step in this housing crisis, it matters. Thank you Guru Dorje and team for all your amazing work and leadership!!

I haven’t been sharing much of my weekend shenanigans lately- mostly because I have either been at events (which I do share) or I’m not doing much that is interesting!  However, I had an “interesting” thing happen on Saturday last weekend that I did want to share. My wife and I were in the car going to some yard sales (we like to do that kind of thing) when we saw a dog running around in the street. A couple cars had pulled over and it was one of those “oh my gosh should we do something or do others have this handled etc.” moments. Well, as many of you know, I am a bit of a dog fanatic (as is my wife) so we pulled over also. In the next few minutes, a group of about 8 diverse people (ranging in a variety of ways) cornered the pup in a parking lot so that she couldn’t run back into the street. Somehow without knowing each other at all, we all came up with roles and a plan (“I’m calling for backup, I’ll get the backside, I will try and get her to calm down,” etc.). We were there about 20 minutes and eventually connected her with her owner (she had got out from a hole in the fence). We smiled and thanked each other and went our separate ways.

I know it’s silly to use this metaphor as some grand metaphor for the possibility of people collaborating toward a common goal or vision. But it was a powerful few moments and it reminded me of the incredible work we have done together as a community at Shoreline, and how powerful it can be when we focus, coordinate, and act in the spirit of our vision for students and each other.   

Have a great weekend.  

Cheers,

Jack

Summer Quarter Updates:

Executive Team (ET) Open Office Time
The Executive Team (ET) is now scheduling and holding virtual open office time via Microsoft Bookings: 

Executive Team (ET) Open Office Time. 

Accreditation:

• Our institutional accreditation cycle with the NWCCU is a 7-year cycle (see details). 
• We are in Year 4 of the cycle and will: 
  • Write an Ad Hoc report on our new Bachelors of Applied Science degree in Dental Hygiene. 
  • Make progress on two recommendations for improvement.

Enrollments:

• Fall 2024 enrollments are + 6.9% compared to the same day last year (as of 8/1/24)!
• The Fall 2024 daily enrollment report is open to all employees here.  
• The report has a new look and feel that we are still tweaking. 

Foundation:

Hi Everyone, 

Here is a quick snapshot of what donors have supported recently:

• $150,000 in support of students who are the most negatively affected by the FAFSA delays – this money was disbursed by Financial Aid office directly to students.
• $10,000 to support the Housing Insecurity Pilot
• $10, 000 to support the Benefits Hub summer funding gap
• Supported Employee efforts with a Mariners game raffle and doubled the number of winners from 25 to 50!

Thank you, donors, and thanks to all of you for your tireless service to our mission!

The Bracken Groundbreaking was fun, but the cookies were amazing…

Do you want to be a donor? It’s easy. Click Here!

Human Resources

Updates

• Summer public operating hours of Monday through Thursday 8:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m., with campus closed on Fridays will be in effect July 1 – August 31, 2024.   
• Classified & Admin Training Day! SAVE THE DATE – Thursday August 29^th!

Payroll Reminders

Timesheets are DUE: Wednesday July 31 at noon by employee and 5pm by supervisor. 

Leave Reports are DUE: Tuesday July 30 at noon by employee and 5pm by supervisor. 

Payroll questions? Join us online, Tuesdays from 3:00pm to 4:00pm.

New Employees

Please join us in welcoming the following new employees to Shoreline Community College:  

• Psalm Amos – Instruction & Classroom Support Technician 3, STEM
• Peggy Li – Early Childhood Program Specialist 4, Parent Child Center (PCC)
• Noah Santos – Grounds & Nursery Services Specialist 2, Facilities & Capital Projects
• River Zorich – Library & Archives Paraprofessional 3, Library & Learning Resources  

New Job Postings!

• Program Specialist 3 – Strengthening Institutions Programs (SIP) (Temporary), DEIA
• Customer Service Specialist 2 – Enrollment Services

Do you know someone who wants to join our team? Visit: Job Opportunities at Shoreline Community College. 

Events and Updates

• Position Announcements at SCC

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Shoreline Community College MISSION – Our Purpose

Shoreline Community College offers accessible, high-quality education and workforce training that empowers students for success. Rooted in our commitment to diversity, equity, and community engagement, we foster an educational environment that contributes to the enrichment of both our local and global communities.