Opportunity to Attend the NW Regional Equity Conference February 22-24, 2023

Greetings Campus Community ~

The college is offering registration sponsorship for up to ten members of our community interested in attending the  NW Regional Equity Conference, taking place virtually February 22 – 24, 2023. This conference aims to improve equitable, sustainable experiences and outcomes for systemically marginalized and underrepresented populations through inclusive and anti-racist strategies. This conference is geared toward educators, administrators, non-profit, governmental, and other professionals and individuals across the region who would like to broaden their social justice knowledge or remove institutional barriers for systemically underrepresented populations.

If you are interested in being considered for a conference sponsorship, please send a letter of interest indicating how attendance could help broaden your social justice knowledge or remove institutional barriers for systemically underrepresented populations in regards to your position on campus.  

Please submit letters for consideration by hr@shoreline.edu  by 4:00pm on Friday, December 23rd.

Requests will be reviewed by the new VP of DEI in early January and sponsorship recipients will be notified by mid-January.

If you have any question about the conference or sponsorship process, please feel free to reach out at any time.


Warm Regards,

Theresa Harrington
Executive Assistant
Human Resources
Shoreline Community College

IMPORTANT | Election of W2 Delivery Options – Electronic or Paper

From Delene Bryant in Payroll:

For all employees,

Shoreline Community College is required by the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) to furnish all employees a Form W-2 Wage and Tax Statement each calendar year to be used in completing the employee’s annual tax returns. The Form W-2 Tax Statement details the employee’s wages, tax withholding and other important payroll information for the calendar year. Instead of paper copies, employees may consent to receive their Form W-2 electronically.

Benefits of the electronic Form W-2

  • Earlier access to the Form W-2 than paper copies.
  • No possibility Form W-2 might be lost, stolen, delayed or misplaced by the USPS.
  • The Form W-2 is accessed via Self Service using the employee’s Empl ID and Password.
  • Worldwide access from any Internet connection.
  • The employee has the option to print multiple copies at their convenience.
  • Once consent is given, it remains in force. No annual renewal is required.
  • Employee Form W-2 will be available in Self Service for the last 3 years.
  • Cost savings for the College by eliminating printing and mailing costs.

Employees must log into Self Service (Employee Self Service > Payroll > W-2/W-2c > W-2/W-2c Consent) and consent to receive an electronic copy of their W-2 form by December 31st. The steps can be found in the following Quick Reference Guide: 9.2 ESS W-2/W-2c Electronic Consent (Fluid)

Want a paper W-2; If an employee opts out of the W-2 consent (default), it is their responsibility to ensure the mailing address on file is correct. Paper Form W-2 will be postmarked no later than January 31st. Once the Form W-2 has been placed in the mail, it is out of our control as to where and when it gets delivered.

All employees have access to check and update their address via self-service: HCM Employee Self Service > Personal Details Tile > Addresses

The system will use Mailing Address type for W-2 Forms and if that is not available, it will use Home Address. Any other address type will cause errors and W-2 Form will not be produced.

Please let me know if you have any questions,

Delene Bryant
Payroll Manager
HR & Employee Relations

From D. Bryant, Payroll Manager: End-of-Year Items

Good Day,

As we near the end of the calendar year there are a few items that need to be reviewed.

  1. If you have moved in the last year, please be sure to log into ctcLink and update your address, so that your W-2 form can be mailed to the correct address.  Here is the Quick Reference Guide (QRG) on how to update your address.
  2. Did you take a day off during this last year, and have not added your leave to ctcLink (QRG on how to add leave).  Please do so now.
    1. Are you having trouble submitting the leave?  Please contact payroll@shoreline.edu

Any questions, please contact payroll@shoreline.edu.

Thank you,

Delene Bryant
Payroll Manager

Come share your holiday greeting with campus!

Come share your holiday greeting with campus.  Media producer, Rob Berg will be set up in the Administration Office Art Gallery, Building 1000, to record individuals or groups who wish to share a short greeting for the whole campus.  Come between 1PM and 3PM this Thursday, December 15.  Wear festive clothes, bring your smiles and message of hope, solidarity, and love with your fellow staff members.  We encourage different languages and different holidays. Let’s come together to show campus our positivity. Questions, contact Rob at rberg@shoreline.edu. We’ll edit all the messages together to share next week before we all take a well-deserved break.  See you there!

Remote workers can submit their holiday messages from their home computer.  Record in Zoom, then email to Rob Berg.

Deadline, EOD Friday.

Update: Dawn Lowe-Wincentsen, Now Acting Executive Director of Instructional Support & Learning Resources

Dear Shoreline Community, 

The College would like to announce that Dawn Lowe-Wincentsen, currently our Associate Dean of Library and Learning Resources, will take on the role of Acting Executive Director of Instructional Support & Learning Resources from now (December 9, 2022) through June 30, 2023. The following people will report to Dawn during this period: Amy Rovner (leading eLearning); Randy Gottfried (leading classroom support); MiSun Bishop (leading the learning centers and tutoring); and Suzanne Gugger (leading continuing education and events/rentals). 

Dawn Lowe-Wincentsen joined the Shoreline community in the Summer of 2021. She had previously been interim dean of libraries at the Oregon Institute of Technology (OIT); prior to that she was the director of the library at OIT’s Portland Metro Campus; and prior to that she was a faculty librarian at Florida State University and in this unique role, she focused on statistics, assessment, and user services, in addition to leveraging her skills and background as a librarian. 

Dawn Lowe-Wincentsen has a master’s in library and information science from Louisiana State University and a bachelor’s in creative writing from Linfield University. As Acting Executive Director, Dawn is excited to work with the Instructional Support & Learning Resources division and the College to promote learning resources and for continued advocacy of student information literacy and the development of (OERs).

The College will open this position for a full search and permanent hire sometime in early spring, 2023. 

Sincerely, 

Phillip J. King

Vice President for Student Learning, Equity, & Success