Black Lives Matter / Anti-Racism Action group meeting

July 23, 2020 by Leave a Comment

The Black Lives Matter / Anti-Racism Action group is a grassroots, informal group, and we are in process of deciding how to move forward.

Institutional racism is complex and needs to be addressed in all areas and levels of Shoreline CC, as well as beyond at the state and societal level. Each of us is an agent within Shoreline CC and can be active where we are already placed, such as our own work teams and committees we serve on. We can take on a new action or responsibility, or learn to better incorporate BLM / ARA focused conversations and action items within a group we are a part of.

In the next two weeks we will be listing which committees we are currently a member of and how those can advance the BLM/ARA work. From there we will identify

-whether and how to best utilize existing committees, as well as
-which one or more action teams need to be created, and
-how best to support and amplify efforts by individuals within existing or new groups.

We welcome everyone who wishes to be active on Black Lives Matter and Anti-Racism Action issues and would like to be part of a workgroup. If you are not sure where or how you fit in, it is OK to start with “listen and learn”.

Two ways to participate:

-email and shared documents communications

-zoom meetings

How to join: contact Jessica Gibson at jgibson@shoreline.edu

The next Zoom meeting will be Aug. 4, 2-3:30 pm. Email Jessica Gibson for the Zoom link.

Filed Under: Announcements, Committees & Groups

Apply & Aid update training video & links

July 22, 2020 by Leave a Comment
Thank you to everyone who attended our Apply & Aid Launch Party/Training on July 9th. With these upcoming updates to the shoreline.edu website, we are hopeful that students will be able to more easily navigate through the process of applying to the college and complete the enrollment steps to get to their first day of class.

The updates to the Apply & Aid section are planned to be live on the website at the beginning of August along with the updates to the homepage and navigation menu. Notifications will be sent out to all students, faculty, and staff before these changes are made to the website. In the meantime, please take some time to familiarize yourself with the new layout of the content.

Training Video

If you missed the training or would like to see it again, you can view the recording of our training on YouTube. Automatic closed captioning is available through YouTube, though may not be entirely accurate. The video will be updated once the incorporated captioning is completed within the next week.
During the training, Adam quickly covered the research that went into this project which included one-on-one interviews with current Shoreline students as well as interviews and workshops with faculty and staff members. If you would like more information about the research we completed, please email us.

Adam also went through the changes that will occur to each page when the update goes live. To follow along with the video, please use the links below.

Links
During the training, we provided links to the development version of the website. This site allows us to test out our designs before they are published to the live website.

This development website is a test site only and links to this site should not be shared. Pages within the development site are not always up to date and may not accurately reflect the information provided on Shoreline’s website.
If you would like to see Before and After photos of what the website currently looks like compared to this upcoming update, please see our Apply & Aid Update article.
The Apply, Enroll, Succeed page was not discussed during the training but the structure of the page will be adjusted slightly to become an overview of all enrollment services options for students. You can preview the updates on our development version.
Training Tasks
 
Once you have watched the training video, take a look at the links and try to compare the pages on your own. See if there is anything you use frequently when working with students that you cannot find. Please send us an email at websupport@shoreline.edu if you cannot find something.
Some tasks to try to complete on your own*:
*Try to complete these tasks without using the search bar as the search function does not work on the development website
  • Find the steps to register
  • Find the registration dates
  • Find how to apply to Shoreline
  • Find the financial aid federal code
  • Find out how to add or drop a course
  • Find the steps to apply for financial aid
We greatly appreciate all of the feedback everyone has provided during the various research sessions we have held for this project. If you have any questions, concerns, or thoughts about the upcoming updates to the Apply & Aid section, please email us at websupport@shoreline.edu.
Thank you,
Web Support Team
Adam Staffa and Cody Brehm
Filed Under: Announcements

Message from President Roberts: The passing of Congressman John Lewis

July 20, 2020 by Leave a Comment

Dear Colleague,

It is with a sense of reverence and a weary heart that I share the passing of our beloved Congressman John Robert Lewis this past weekend, a great Black American. I grieve deeply for this loss to his family and for the nation he loved so tenderly. Although he lived a full life devoted to dismantling discrimination, as a nation, we still need his moral guidance. He had a heart for service and was considered the Conscience of Congress. His work continued to be relevant to every generation across the decades, fighting for voting rights, human rights, and immigration reform to name just a few of the legacy causes he supported.

Congressman Lewis spent his life putting love at the heart his work, always standing up for what was right, and true, and fair. Lewis grew up in the Jim Crow South in Troy, Alabama, just 50 miles from Montgomery, where he joined the civil rights movement that took hold throughout the South. Inspired by Reverend Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., and Rosa Parks, he became the national chair of the Student National Coordinating Committee (SNCC) at the age of 23. In 1963, he spoke at the March on Washington. He had a heart for service, always speaking up and speaking out for a nation we all want.

Congressman Lewis’ entire life was about what he called getting into “good trouble, necessary trouble” that would dismantle the shackles of segregation and discrimination. But that work is not done, as Coretta Scott King, civil rights activist, so aptly said, “Struggle is a never-ending process. Freedom is never really won, you earn it and win it in every generation.”

Congressman Lewis had a dream for our nation and it is now incumbent on all of us to root out racism and inequity wherever we find it. With that in mind, within our own College, we will be working to improve governance and other instructional policies, procedures, and practices that do not lean toward supporting our students and their success.

I look forward to that work with you this coming academic year.

With sincerity,

Cheryl Roberts, Ed.D.
President

Filed Under: Announcements

Summer Legislative Session Update

July 16, 2020 by Leave a Comment

Dear Colleague,

The Washington State Legislature has announced that it will not be reconvening for a special summer session. Instead, they will resume their budget discussions in late fall prior to the legislative session in early 2021.

This means that we as a College will not receive any firm numbers about our 2020-21 allocation for a few more months. As a result, the state community and technical colleges are dependent on information shared by the Office of the Governor in June to reduce our budget by 15% in response to the permanent loss of revenue associated with the COVID-19 pandemic.

Please watch for an email invitation later this summer for the next Zoom Hall meeting for further updates. I hope you can find time to pause and renew this summer.

With care,
 

Cheryl Roberts, Ed.D.
President

Filed Under: Announcements

Employee Comings and Goings: June/July 2020

July 16, 2020 by Leave a Comment

The Employee Comings and Goings Report is online at the HR intranet webpage.  The Employee Comings and Goings Report for June/July 2020 can also be downloaded HERE. Please feel free to call or email HR with any questions.

Filed Under: Announcements, Comings & Goings
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