Day at a Glance

Dear Colleague,

As we approach Memorial Day weekend, I’m mindful of the bravery of those who gave their lives and courageously fought for the freedoms we enjoy. Our country is strong because we have ideals that those in our armed services were willing to fight and die for and for that, we are humbled.

I hope you have a reflective Memorial Day weekend; a lot to honor and appreciate on this most solemn national holiday!

Cheryl Roberts, Ed.D.
President
Shoreline Community College

Communications & Marketing is making improvements to the home page and the main navigation ofwww.shoreline.edu, but we can’t do it without you.

About the project:
In the past year, the home page of our website (www.shoreline.edu) has received over 800,000 page views. People come to our website with a range of goals and information needs. We want to make sure they can accomplish those goals and find the information quickly and easily.

By participating in our survey or user research task, you’ll help us better understand what changes we need to make.

There are several ways you can help us with this project:

1. Fill out an employee survey – due date: Please have this done by June 1^st.

Time to complete: 10-20 minutes

Summary: 10 questions to help us understand the changes you’d like to see on the site. All questions are optional except those that help us identify the person submitting the survey.

View survey

2. Participate in user research activities

Current activity: Tree test – Due by May 21^st

Time to complete: 10-15 minutes

Purpose: Helps improve the navigation and menu options on the site

How it works: You’re given 10 tasks to complete. We want to see where you’d go to complete those tasks.

View tree test research

Notes about the tree test: The tasks provided in the test are a sampling of tasks that we know students (as well as faculty & staff) struggle to complete on our site. We’ve done additional research to get us to this point, so if you don’t see a task related to your department, that just means other testing has been or will be done to ensure that information can be found.

There will be more user testing opportunities coming up. Stay tuned!

Thank you,
Adam & Cody
Web Team

• A wave of gratitude to Jeff Kashiwa! Thank you Jeff for a spectacular Live Unmuted Café performance. I am grateful for your openness to be our first performer and to share your extraordinary talent to uplift your community spirit!

• A wave of gratitude from Kyle Winslow to Ailsa Kellam! I would like to thank Ailsa Kellam for her tireless work to develop the first new AAAS degree in many years at Shoreline. Ailsa worked with industry partners, subject matter experts, and stakeholders across campus to create a Business Intelligence and Data Analytics degree. She spent hundreds of hours doing research and creating outcomes for this degree that will bring students family-wage jobs. We hope to get the degree approved by the Curriculum Committee on May 21. It has been a joy to work with Ailsa on this project.

* A wave of gratitude from Pilar Corder to Ted Johnson! Thank you Ted for being willing to share your gifts with us during the “Unmuting the Mic” series! It is but just a moment in taking a break but one that I know many were blessed by!

• A wave of gratitude from Jenna Durney to Tigist Stanghor! After Spring Quarter start, Opportunity Grant had money left over to help pay tuition for students. Even though it was extra work, Tigist expertly processed these awards. We were able to spend an additional $30,000 on tuition for students. Despite the challenges that come with being remote she did this quickly. I am so appreciative to have Tigist on the Workforce Team. Her knowledge and skill are so valued. Thank you Tigist!

• A wave of gratitude from Jenna Durney to Kirsten Nelson! After Spring Quarter started, Opportunity Grant still had extra money to help pay for students’ tuition. Over the past few weeks, I was able to pay for tuition for 17 new Opportunity Grant students. I know processing financial aid adjustments and reimbursement is a huge process and extra work, especially for so many students after the quarter starts. I want to say a huge thank you for all the work that you did to help these students.

*A wave of gratitude from Pilar Corder to Dave Bristow! Even though we couldn’t see your beautiful piano playing live it was definitely a great experience to see your gifts and talents. Thank you!

**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.

All employees are invited to take part in a five-part training about accreditation that will prepare us for the Year 7 visit November 2 – 4. Over the course of the training, you will gain some understanding of the accreditation process and the content of Shoreline’s comprehensive self-study. The training will also provide you an opportunity to contribute to the self-study report itself.

The first three (of five total) modules are available now, with the next module to be released late next week. This training has been approved for classified staff to take part in during the closure.

You can self-enroll in the course.

If you have questions about the training or accreditation, please contact Bayta Maring (bmaring@shoreline.edu).