Shoreline Fire Training Exercise on Campus August 28, 29

Colleagues,

Please consider this notification that the Shoreline Fire Department and partnering agencies will be on campus conducting training in Building 2500. This training will be destructive as this building has been prepped for demolition. Training opportunities such as this are rare, and we are happy to facilitate it in the spirit of the Fire Department being as prepared as possible to respond to our campus and the Shoreline community.

You will see numerous Fire Department vehicles and personnel around and in Building 2500, please do not call 911.

If you have any questions, please contact me at gcranson@shoreline.edu.

Respectfully,

Gregory Cranson

Acting Director of Safety & Security

Notice of August 27, 2021 Virtual Special Meeting of the Board of Trustees

The Shoreline Community College Board of Trustees will hold a special meeting (“Board Retreat”) on Friday, August 27, 2021 beginning at 9:00 AM. The business to be transacted at this meeting will be/is posted to the Board Meeting Packets webpage. The August 27, 2021 special meeting will be recorded and the video, available, when Board materials are posted for the next regular meeting on October 27, 2021.

To connect to the August 27, 2021 special meeting:

• Via link, go to: https://us02web.zoom.us/j/83883603515

• Via telephone: Call/Dial/Key-in to one of the following numbers. Start with the first number. If you receive a busy signal or an “all circuits are busy” message, try the next number on the list.

(253) 215-8782 

(669) 900-6833 

(346) 248-7799 

• Webinar (“Meeting”) ID: 838 8360 3515

All Board of Trustees meetings include opportunity for public comment. Due to the continual and changing information related to COVID-19, the August 27, 2021 special meeting will be held virtually. Public comment(s) during the August 27, 2021 Communication from the Public segment will be presented to the Board verbally.

For attendees connecting online: Please sign up to provide a public comment via the Chat function in Zoom between 8:45 AM – 9:00 AM on August 27, 2021.

For attendees connecting by telephone: Please sign up to provide a public comment between 8:45 AM – 9:00 AM on August 27, 2021 by: 1. Sending an email to Board Secretary Lori Yonemitsu at lyonemitsu@shoreline.edu with your telephone number and name (optional); or 2. Calling Board Secretary Lori Yonemitsu at (206) 546-4552 with your telephone number and name (optional).

The Board Chair will call upon each speaker signed up to provide public comment.

The total public comment period at the August 27, 2021 meeting will be no more than thirty (30) minutes with up to two (2) minutes allotted per speaker. Adjustments to the two (2) minute allotment will be made if more than fifteen (15) individuals sign up to speak. (For the entering of a public comment into the record and attaching to the minutes of the August 27, 2021 meeting, please send written public comment to Board Secretary Lori Yonemitsu at lyonemitsu@shoreline.edu following the August 27, 2021 meeting.)

Technology Support Services Survey

Shoreline’s Technology Support Services (TSS) currently provides help desk support, computer/software setup and support, telephone/ network support, and technology purchasing. 

To better serve you, and to prepare for the launch of ctcLink this winter, TSS is in the process of reviewing and improving our existing processes.

Please take a few minutes to provide feedback about your experience with TSS. Your response is anonymous.

https://forms.office.com/r/uZjk953VkH

New Fall Tuition Deadline: September 14

Quarterly tuition deadlines will now be two weeks before the first day of the quarter. For fall, tuition will be due on September 14.

This change was recommended to Executive Team by Enrollment Services and Financial Aid working closely on student issues with instructional divisions and with support from Strategic Enrollment Management (SEM) workgroup and the Student Learning, Equity and Success Leadership Team.

Changing the tuition deadline will increase the time students have to secure funding, decrease the number of students who are dropped from classes for nonpayment, and better align our deadlines with regional community and technical colleges. As we ready to go-live with ctcLink and collaboratively work in SEM workgroup across divisions, we will continue to assess our enrollment controls that systematically disadvantage groups of students we serve.

If you have any questions regarding the change to tuition deadlines, please reach out to Lisa Malik, Acting Dean of Access and Advising (at lmalik@shoreline.edu or on MS Teams).

Learn more about tuition deadlines and payment options.

VP Business & Administrative Services Transition at the College

Dear Shoreline Colleagues,

I am writing to update you about an important upcoming transition for the College. Although Dawn Beck has been with the College for just over a year, she’s made a decision to resign her position due to personal reasons.  VP Beck brought a commonsense approach to fiscal and budget management, made strides to ensure that we are fiscally solvent, and worked with kindness and great generosity to help all staff understanding the work of the entire Business and Administrative (BAS) services team.  She will be with the College through October 1, 2021. 

As the College is already in the midst of a major transition in presidential leadership, it is not an appropriate time to post and recruit for a permanent VP in this role. However, the College does need this position filled and, to that end, we have identified a person to fill the acting role.  Bob Williamson, previous VP for Business & Admin Services at Clark College for 11 years, has accepted the acting position with Shoreline.  Bob has substantial experience in the state of Washington, the community college systems, integration of business services operations at a college — and managing the units of budget, fiscal, facilities, technology, planning, enterprise and auxiliary services, risk management, safety and security, and emergency management. Bob also brings experience ensuring transparency in budgeting in a way that made it accessible to all staff while at Clark College.

While we are disappointed that VP Beck will be leaving the College, we are supportive and understanding of her personal decision.  And we have great confidence that Bob Williamson will continue to provide continuity and support to the College during this major transition year. Bob will begin his role on September 7, 2021 to ensure we provide the opportunity for VP Beck and Mr. Williamson to share information about the systems we use at Shoreline.

Sincerely,

Phillip J. King

Acting President