Day at a Glance

Dear Colleague,

Thank you to those who have already filled out the Budget Proposal Survey with their recommendations for the 2020-21 budget. You still have until May 31 to provide your input for reducing expenses, creating efficiencies in our operations, and/or enhancing revenue. I urge you to consider sharing your ideas, whether big or small, as this monumental work will take all of us working together to achieve. 

As we continue to develop our 2020-21 budget, I want to acknowledge that we are entering a particularly difficult time at the College. Any time we are talking about reducing positions, it’s a painful process that affects the morale of all employees. It’s particularly disheartening to know that we were on track to bring our 2020-21 budget into balance with the budget reduction work we already completed this year, and now we must anticipate a significant budget reduction due to the effects of the COVID-19 pandemic on state revenue.   

It may be helpful to understand how the College’s current financial outlook is consistent with statewide, national, and international economic trends and challenges. The Seattle Times recently published two articles about the pandemic’s effect on K-12 and higher education: State Colleges & Universities Are Girding for a Tough Financial Future After the Coronavirus Pandemic and Washington’s Constitution Protects K-12 Funding the Coronavirus Will Test that Promise. Inside Higher Education also published a recent article on A Bleak Picture for International Enrollment. These articles reiterate the inherent difficulty of organizations to maintain financial solvency in the face of COVID-19. 

As a reminder, our next Campus Budget Update Meeting will be this Thursday, May 28 (1:30-2:30 p.m.). I hope you will join us on Zoom for this meeting to learn about the next steps in our budget development process. Thank you for the work you do each and every day, and for your fortitude in continuing to ensure students reach their educational goals.  

Wishing you continued health, 

Cheryl Roberts, Ed.D. 

President

Check out this week’s new Waves of Gratitude

• A wave of gratitude from Lianne Almughirah  to Laura Fujita! Laura cares a lot about the well-being of her students and puts in a lot of efforts to connect with all of her students. I really appreciate her genuine concern for everyone.

• A wave of gratitude from Inez Olive to Mia Bradshaw! Thank you for always being so willing to help me with marketing flyers. Especially when I have a time sensitive request, you are always so kind and willing to help me put a draft together. Thank you for all you do! .

• A wave of gratitude from Inez Olive to Jenna Durney! Thank you for your help hosting the Worker Retraining virtual event. I appreciate your willingness to jump in and help manage the event participants. You are amazing and I appreciate your support!

• A wave of gratitude to from Amy Rovner to Jen Bryant, Yvonne Jones, Matt White, Hoshimi Smith, Jordan Lee and Jessica Davis Group! These folks are our Accessible IT Staff who work on making digital content more accessible for our students, staff and community! Their work over the last 3 years has made everything we do at Shoreline more accessible to everyone. THANK YOU all so much for your patience as I figured out the best ways to share the workload, THANK YOU for your lasting contributions to Shoreline’s accessibility work by writing guides and creating accessible templates for us to use into the future and THANK YOU for your dedication, commitment to and enthusiasm for making Shoreline digitally inclusive! We absolutely couldn’t be where we are today without all of you!!! Forever grateful!

• A wave of gratitude from Amy Rovner to Melissa Sanders! Melissa is awesome! She is always so positive and happy and friendly and encouraging. Even more so on Fridays!!! We are so lucky to have her at Shoreline!

**If you would like to submit a wave of gratitude for your fellow colleagues please use this form.**

-The Recognition Committee

Don’t forget to join us for Water Cooler Wednesday this afternoon at 2:00pm.

Drop in any time by clicking on the zoom link! Further details listed on the employee calendar.

Self Care Tip

Stay informed– When you feel that you are missing information, you may become more stressed or nervous. Watch, listen to, or read the news for updates from officials. Be aware that there may be rumors during a crisis, especially on social media. Always check your sources and turn to reliable sources of information like your local government authorities.

Quote of the week
“Embrace the glorious mess that you are.”

Shoreline Moments
Employee Engagement and Wellness Bingo Week 3!

Open to all employees! Earn up to seven “tickets” each week by choosing five different activities, bonus points if they make a Bingo! Prizes for two randomly selected winners!

Check out the new week 3 full list and how to submit your activities each week.

Email Pilar Corder (pcorder@shoreline.edu) with any further questions or help in accessing the list.

“Unmuting the Mic” continues today! Featuring a recorded piano performance by Courtnay Llacuna and a recorded spoken word entry from Jamie Ardena.

Join us at 12:00pm to hear our very own Courtnay Llacuna and Jamie Ardena! You won’t want to miss this! Visit the employee calendar for more information or join using the Zoom link. This is a great event to have your camera off and a beautiful collection of sounds in the background while either working or enjoying a meal.

Positive comments from our Shoreline Students (Comments gathered from a survey from e-Learning)

Question: “Knowing that we all will be learning online for the Spring quarter, and that this is not everyone’s first choice, what can you control as an online student? Is there anything Shoreline can do to make online learning more effective for you? If so, what?”

· Well I can control my attitude for it. Even though its not everyone’s first choice there is nothing we can do about it so having a positive outlook is all we can do. I think all the help and having this mandatory training is amazing and I don’t know of any other colleges that are putting this much time and effort in for there students.

· A few things that I can control with online learning is my attitude, commitment, and my work ethic. Those are some of the most important things to me when it comes to completing anything in life. I believe that shoreline is doing a great job with aiding students with online learning so I don’t think I have anything to add for the second question.

·  Time management is the top priority to balance between studying and taking care of my self. Having a certain understanding of using tools and apps for assignment and interacting with class mate nor instructor and others, etc. In my perspective, S.C.C has done a great job of helping students to prepare for E-learning environment in a rough patch like this.

· What can I control as an online student? I can create balance in my life and make to-do lists to keep on track. In times like these, where our lives are thrown off balance due to this pandemic, and we are not able to go about our days as we normally do; it is important that I use other methods to keep a sense of normalcy, so that my overall needs and well being can be met. Shoreline has done a great job of creating this weekly course, to set everyone up for success in online learning! I really appreciate all the modules and helpful tips to make this transition to online classes easier! All the information is really clear and straight forward, making it easy to navigate. It puts me at ease that I will be well prepared and excel when classes start. So, thank you!

· I can control my attitude toward the online learning. Shoreline is doing a great job on getting us ready for online learning also I feel there are lots of ways to reach out for help. Actually, online learning is my first choice! I can control my schedule and pace with online learning which is necessary due to my unpredictable work schedule. I think Shoreline has been a good resource for online learning (for the existing online courses).I don’t have much input for how to improve traditional classes that have been moved to the internet.

Featured Professional Learning/Development:

GOT YOUR 6 (GY6) is a campus-wide initiative for faculty and staff that focuses on the challenges our student veterans face when transitioning from military to civilian life and how our campus community can support them. For more information, contact Missy Anderson (manderson4@shroeline.edu)  or Rosemary Whiteside (rwhiteside@shoreline.edu).

Featured Tech Tip:
Did you know you can delay the snipping tool start time when using it? Simply hit “delay,” select a set amount of time, then hit new. This can be useful for when you may need to scroll or for a “finicky” webpage.

Featured Employee:
Name: Bonnie L. Madison
Title of Employee: IT Customer Services
Length at College: 35 years this August

Something you want everyone to know about the work you do:
That if I can’t help, I’m going to help to find someone who can.

Whenever someone needs _____ they should contact you.
Access to their user account

Connect with Bonnie by emailing her at  bmadison@shoreline.edu or saying hello on Teams!