Thursday 8/8//24
Events and News
Hey folks hope all are well. I can’t believe we are already at the end of the first week of August! I was just chatting with Ryan Aiello about the closed Fridays that we enjoy—I hope folks are taking advantage of that time as much as possible. I feel like I have been doing too many “errands” and not enough interesting, so I need to change that up (i.e. tomorrow I am going to the dentist!).
I had a couple great community meetings this week. One was with the Shoreline Fire folks to discuss our recent collaboration. Because of an increase in interest in emergency services, CECO, Workforce, and Continuing Education proactively partnered to create this opportunity (funded by combined efforts) and centered underrepresented students for enrollment (but open to all!). The battalion chief was very excited about this program and had some ideas about other possible partnerships as well (as did Michael Boehm). I’m really looking forward to what develops.
Another exciting meeting was with WSU Everett on strengthening some of our pathways. It’s too early to report, but some cool ideas were shared, and I think some great opportunities are to come.
Here is the link to this month’s President Update.
I think that’s it for this week– Looking forward to seeing some of you at the Mariners game tonight! Woohoo!
Cheers,
Jack
Summer Quarter Updates:
Executive Team (ET) Open Office Time
The Executive Team (ET) is now scheduling and holding virtual open office time via Microsoft Bookings:
Executive Team (ET) Open Office Time.
Technology Support Services
As part of the College’s cybersecurity enhancements resulting from the March 2022 Ransomware event and to comply with insurance underwriting requirements, here is an updated schedule of upcoming enhancements to help us continue to be good stewards of our employees’ and students’ information and data. The dates were pushed back from August 1st and August 15th due to Microsoft cloud server issues:
- Tuesday, August 13th: we will be doing a campus-wide Password Reset and requiring “strong passwords” with minimum requirements of 12 characters, 1 capital letter, 1 number, 1 special character with password resets occurring every 180 days or 90 days if you have access to credit card numbers for PCI compliance.
- Thursday, August 22nd: Printing Code Distribution to allow document printing over Wi-Fi via email to any campus-wide Ricoh Multi-Function Printer (MFP). Please note, this process is contingent on the successful completion of the August 13th password reset process.
Facilities and Capital Projects
Power shutdown for buildings 1800, 1900, 2100, and 2300 from 5:30pm, 8/23 through 6:00am, 8/26:
Bayley Construction, the contractor for the Bracken (STEAM) Building, will need to shut down and relocate the building 2200 electrical switch gear. There will be no electricity to buildings 1800, 1900, 2100, and 2300 starting at 5:30pm on Friday, 8/23 through 6:00am on Monday, 8/26. The electrical switchgear will be back online, and power will be restored to these buildings by 6am on Monday, 8/26. If any mechanical or electrical issues occur during this shutdown, Bayley has backup generators in place to supply power to these buildings on 8/26. For Staff and Faculty that work in these buildings past 5:30pm on 8/23, please work with your supervisor to plan for either remote work or a different workspace on campus. Please contact Kimberlee Clark, Director of Facilities and Capital Projects, if you have any questions.
Business and Administrative Services
As you may be aware, SCC is Soliciting Bids for Food Services & Catering Services. Thank you to the following employees for serving on the RFP Review Committee to make this important recommendation (in alphabetical order):
- Amelia Acosta
- Shanon Ehmke-Reedy, Chair
- Roberto Lopez
- Mashaal Shameem
- Kristine Towns-von Stauber
- Matt Versdahl
Communications and Marketing
I will be out of the country and unavailable for the next two weeks, returning on 8/26. While I am away Steve will be handling the weekly Campus Updates e-mail with the help of Lori sending them out, and Damon will be handling calendar updates. A huge thank you to my team for holding down the fort while I’m away! ~Cat
Human Resources
Do you know someone who wants to join our team? Visit: Job Opportunities at Shoreline Community College.
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