Day at a Glance

Dear Colleague,

I wanted to share with you some interim staffing changes in the Division of Students, Equity & Success, beginning July 2020.

Dr. Lisa Malik, Acting Dean of Access and Advising started her role, supervising Enrollment Services, Advising & CEO/LCN.  Derek Levy, Dean of Student Support & Success, will supervise Financial Aid. This supervisory structure will remain in place through December 2020 until a permanent Director of Financial Aid and Enrollment Services is hired.

Tigist Stangohr, will serve as Acting Director of Financial Aid, following the retirement June 30th, 2020 of Chris Melton, Director of Enrollment Services and Financial Aid Services.

Stephanie Baker will begin working 50% in Enrollment Services as an Assistant Registrar and will work 50% on the implementation of ctcLink with Joe Chiappa.  She will report to Dr. Malik, with a dotted line report to Joe Chiappa. Mary Cheung and Kim Streitz continue to serve as leads in Enrollment Services and will report to Dr. Malik.

For ctcLink, Stephanie Baker will provide direction for the entire Campus Solutions (CS) Pillar in her work as Assistant Registrar. Our ctcLink implementation is made up of three main working systems or pillars: Campus Solutions also known as (CS), Financial Management (FIN) and Human Capital Management (HCM). She will work closely with Financial Aid and Dr. Malik, who will serve as her Co-Pillar Lead.

Ben Reindel will be reassigned to Enrollment Services from Athletics, working with Dr. Malik on Strategic Enrollment Management efforts for the college, as an Enrollment & Retention Specialist II.

Thank you for the support and flexibility as folks shift into new roles across our division.

Marisa Herrera, Ed.D.
Vice President
Division of Students, Equity & Success

An updated version of Shoreline’s online catalog will be published on Wednesday, July 8^th, using the same address: catalog.shoreline.edu

Many thanks to all of the reviewers on campus who took time to make changes using the online Acalog system, which provides a centralized, online tool for editing the catalog each year.

In addition to typical annual edits, a team of faculty, classified staff, and administrators used a consensus model to implement some significant changes to the catalog planning guides to reduce redundancies between the Planning Guides and the Program Options pages and to streamline the Planning Guides. These changes are reflected in the 2020-2021 Catalog, with additional changes to the Program Option web pages coming over the next several months:

Removed from the Planning Guides

• What is <subject>? [exists on web page]
• What can I do with a certificate/degree in <subject>? [exists on web page]
• Learning outcomes [exists on web page]
• Career planning
• College address

Changed on the Planning Guides

• The information on how to use the Planning Guide has been abbreviated
• Contact information has been condensed

Changed on the Program Options pages

• General Education Outcomes on pre-major program options pages has been condensed
• Embedded Planning Guides in an accordion

Thank you,

The Catalog Mapping Team
Missy Anderson
Jenifer Aydelotte
Cody Brehm
Mary Cheung
Jenna Durney
Amy Kinsel
Pamela Kocaturk
Tiffany Meier
Audrey Reuter
Adam Staffa
Ginger Villanueva

Dear Colleague,

I would like to thank Union leaders Chief Shop Steward Paul Fernandez and SCCFT President Eric Hamako for meeting with me twice last week. The first meeting was to inform them of our current situation, that Administrative Exempt employees will have their 3% Cost of Living Adjustment (COLA) paused for 2020-21. During this meeting I requested consideration and invited them to join me in future conversations to identify opportunities for savings equivalent to this year’s projected COLA costs for Classified staff and Faculty. Additionally, the topic of suspending COLAs for all staff was also raised during a regular bi-monthly meeting for discussions regarding the College’s COVID-19 Recovery Plan. It is my hope that these meetings are the first in a series of many that will collectively help us problem solve ways to address the budget shortfall in permanent state revenue loss associated with the COVID-19 pandemic.

As mentioned in the campus message early last week, the College made the decision to pause COLAs for Administrative Exempt staff. This pause will result in approximately $240,000 in savings. Additionally, the ongoing cost for the COLAs distributed to Classified staff and Faculty beginning in 2020-21 totals approximately $900,000. We have scheduled a meeting with the Classified Union leadership on July 15 to begin the conversation, with a similar request sent to the Faculty union leadership to discuss these costs and other budget strategies. While other colleges are doing more temporary furloughs, we have contained furloughs while maintaining employee benefits. We are hoping to work cooperatively with Union leadership to find ways to alleviate the impact of COLA costs on our reduced budget by the end of July.

The Executive Team is committed to exploring every option available, along with the tremendous solutions shared in the employee budget survey, to identify sources of permanent budget reductions and to preserve as many positions as possible at the College.

I look forward to continuing to work with the Union leaders to develop creative solutions to address our COVID-19-related budget crisis.

With appreciation for your dedication to teach and serve our students,

Cheryl Roberts, Ed.D.
President
Office of the President

Hello Shoreline Employees, 

As we begin summer quarter, students may contact you for help retrieving their personal items from campus, borrowing school materials, or returning loaned items, including: 

• Bookstore orders 
• Laptops or other technology tools
• Library books
• Specialized tools for professional/technical programs 
• Artwork  
• Musical instruments 
• Personal items

To respond to students’ needs and ensure the highest possible degree of safety, we are implementing a curbside pickup/drop-off program by appointment only.  This program will begin June 30, 2020 and run through the end of Summer Quarter.  Pick-up/drop-off staff will follow COVID-19 safety guidance from the CDC and the Washington state governor’s office. 

Students submit an online appointment request form indicating their preferred time and date and the item(s) for pick-up/drop-off. The program coordinator will collect the materials from the department prior to scheduling the appointment. If your department typically requires a waiver or other form from a student before loaning materials, you must collect that information electronically.   

If a student contacts you asking for help to pick up or return materials, please direct them to the online appointment request form.  Your cooperation will help us ensure the highest level of safety for our community during the COVID-19 pandemic. 

Thank you, 

Phillip J. King
Vice President for Student Learning