Opening week starts on September 22^nd at 9am in the PUB large dining room with a welcome from College President, Dr. Jack Kahn.

The themes of Opening Week are Centering Students and  Creating Community. On September 23rd there will be concurrent sessions to bring people around these themes and the pillars of DEI, Students and Enrollment, and Connection.

The week will also offer daily coffee with the president held in the library, lunch and connect sessions with various campus activities, a food truck on 9/22, professional development and annual training, division and department meetings, and more. You may view what is planned so far on the opening week site: Opening Week 2022 – Centering Students & Creating Community (sharepoint.com) This site will continue to develop as plans and sessions come together. If you are inspired by the theme and the pillars, you can propose a session until 8/29: https://forms.office.com/r/C44Y3DdRDx

The PSARA Puget Sound Antique Radio Association Swap Meet is on the campus of Shoreline CC this weekend –  Sunday, August 21^st.

PSARA (pugetsoundantiqueradio.com)

Hi Campus Community,

Here are this week’s updates!

EVENTS AND NEWS  

Message from the President: 

Happy Thursday all! I hope your week is going well so far.  Toward the end of last week, I began my monthly one-on-ones with campus constituent groups.  I met with the faculty senate and the classified staff.  It was so great to hear the enthusiasm from all constituent representatives and innovative ideas about pedagogy.  I’ve been lucky to meet faculty in several disciplines already.  Each meeting has reinforced how much faculty care about students.  

The faculty senate representatives shared their desire to explore working across disciplines, creating opportunities for innovative pedagogies, and other mechanisms to support faculty initiatives. The classified staff had the same level of enthusiasm for their work and improving the institution.  Great ideas were shared which will be followed up on in future meetings (and some ideas are already in motion!).  I am working to schedule regular meetings with the faculty union as well. 

This week, I started getting back into gardening a bit.  During Covid, my wife Jackie and I (yes, Jack & Jackie) expanded our garden beds tremendously and started growing and preparing all kinds of fun things.  I am particularly fond of growing hot peppers and making hot sauces and pepper blends which I realize will be challenging here with the lack of sun and heat.   

I want to wish our campus community a great week as we near the end of our summer quarter. Thank you for all that you do for our students and our campus community.  

Here is a link to my next set of virtual office hours! 

Fall Quarter Planning 

• Return to Work Update- DAAG 
• Campus Operating Hours: 
• Beginning Tuesday, September 6^th, campus operating hours will be Monday-Thursdays 8 am-5 pm, Friday 8am – 4:30pm: all services will be available in person, as well as online.  

• Employee Work Schedules: 
• Administrative/exempt, classified staff, and non-instructional faculty will return to on-campus work for their regularly scheduled work shifts.  
• Faculty will have an increased on-campus presence with the return to predominantly in-person instruction, office hours, and events.  

• Campus Cleaning:  
• Returning to pre-COVID 19 cleaning standards in Fall 2022 means the College will provide the same level of reliable custodial services currently delivered but without the additional sanitizing measures previously required by local, state, and federal offices following the pandemic-driven closure two years ago.  However, the College will retain a number of public health practices that were put into place in response to COVID-19, including the availability of hand sanitizers, masks, and wipe dispensers throughout all of our buildings. 

• For the duration of Fall Quarter 2022, parking permits will not be required for the general populations of staff, students, and visitors. Parking permits will be required, but provided free of charge, for Building 7000 residents. Parking and traffic citations will still be issued in the event of illegal parking, hazardous parking, reckless driving, and in the Parent-Child Center designated areas 

Foundation News 

If you are employed by a U.S. federal, state, local, or tribal government or not-for-profit organization, you might be eligible for the Public Service Loan Forgiveness Program. Keep reading to see whether you might qualify. Click here to learn more. 

ctcLink Updates 

Do you have questions about ctcLink? Are you looking for a refresher?  

• Training courses, videos, slides and additional resources are located at ctcLink Training. 
• Self-help articles are located at Shoreline Support Center. 
• Information for students, staff and faculty are located at Shoreline ctcLink. 
• Drop-in help via Zoom is available Monday-Thursday 9am-5pm at https://us02web.zoom.us/j/81837734259. 

If you have questions, please visit shoreline.edu/ctclink or our Support Center at support.shoreline.edu. 

Events and Updates 

Please share with your students and campus community networks:  

• Library – closed August 26 – September 18 with appointments available to return or pick up equipment. 
• Student Learning Center (in the Library) – closed August 26 – September 18. 
• Summer camp on-campus: August 15-19, Learning Java for AP CS 1 & Programming Competitions. Sign up through Continuing Education.  
• Electrical shutdown on Saturday, August 13th, 2022, beginning at 7am and ending by 5pm 
• Additional info on Aug. 13 electrical shutdown 
• Shoreline CC Job Fair Pictures! 

Follow Shoreline Community College on social media! 

• Facebook 
• Instagram 

RETURN TO CAMPUS/COVID-19  

Cases 

• Two (2) new positive cases were reported in the last 7 days (1 fewer than the previous week).  

Questions?      

• Email covidsupervisor@shoreline.edu or check the COVID-19 Updates site for the latest information.   
• New information and guidance about COVID-19 is continually evolving; check these official federal, state, and county sources to stay informed:      
• Federal COVID.gov site   
• Washington State Department of Health Coronavirus      
• Public Health Seattle and King County Coronavirus Disease    
• Public Health Seattle and King County Health Blog