Campus Updates 5/30/24

May 30, 2024 by Leave a Comment

Events and News 

Hey folks hope all are well. I’m catching up now from having Memorial Day off. Like you, I am getting through all of these emails! 

The annual Student Leadership Awards event last week was fun! If you haven’t attended before, students invite the college community and organize dinner and music, and then give out awards to SCC leaders for their contributions to the community. It is set up like the Academy Awards where presenters read winners from a card (and don’t know who it is ahead of time). I did warn Sundi (Director of Student Leadership & Residential Life) I would stray from the script (which I typically do). Sundi, Associated Student Government (ASG) President Lina, the ASG leadership, and the Student Affairs team did a wonderful job organizing the event! What fun for the students and community!  

There was a very powerful event in our theatre this past weekend—screening of the documentary film “Seattle Black Panthers Fight for Justice and Freedom.” Our colleagues, “The Meaningful Movies Project” really brought us a great film and avenue for discussion. The event opened with introductions and an amazing spoken word introduction by  

Sharon Nyree Williams which was followed by the film and a panel discussion with Sharon, Director, Producer & Executive Producer Rick DuPree, Seattle Chapter of the Black Panthers Party Co-Founder Elmer Dixon, Shoreline CC Acting DEIA VP Dr. J (Ernest B. Johnson II), and Marques DuPree, Rick’s son (and Director of Photography, Co-Director, Producer & Editor). I learned so much! Thank you to the Shoreline Community College Foundation for sponsoring the event, DarNesha Bowman, owner of Black Coffee Northwest for providing coffee and treats (and celebrating their location opening this fall), and Yummy Gyros food truck for the great food! 

Did you hear that King County Councilmember Rod Dembowski presented a proclamation to Shoreline Community College for our support of the Asian American, Native Hawaiian and Pacific Islander communities? This wouldn’t be possible without the wonderful leadership of Tasha Nālei Jugas and the team members of our WAVES/AANHPI Center on campus. Let’s keep the great work going! 

This week we were happy to welcome officials from the Abu Dhabi Department of Education and Knowledge – ADEK to our campus. Shoreline is honored to be one of the first community colleges in the country to be selected to host Emirati students on the Khotwa Rizeup Scholarship Program. The program is part of a broader effort to equip Emirati students with the skills and experiences to contribute to the UAE’s knowledge-based economy. The all-day visit included a welcome by me and AVP Samira Pardanani, meetings with a faculty panel, a campus tour, a working lunch with our academic advisors and other International Education staff, and a meeting with students in the program.  

It’s been a great week here, hope the rest of it goes smoothly for everyone.  

Cheers, 

Jack 

 
Spring Quarter Updates 

Data 

  • PIE is working on rebuilding data dashboards and reports that were lost during ransomware.  
  • Links to those resources now can be found on Institutional Planning & Assessment site (same site where you find Area Reviews), which is open to all employees > Data Dashboards & Reports (Open to Employees). 

 
Human Resources 

Do you know someone who wants to join our team? Visit: Job Opportunities at Shoreline Community College. 

Foundation 

The Foundation office will have irregular hours for the next month. Please be sure to call before dropping in or sending students over. The window for summer scholarship applications closes on June 6th!   

It’s that time of year again—time to celebrate the outstanding faculty who make Shoreline Community College a great place to learn and grow. We’re excited to announce the call for nominations for the Exceptional Faculty Awards! Follow the link to complete the nomination form.  Submit by end of business on Friday, June 14, 2024. 

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Shoreline Community College MISSION – Our Purpose 

Shoreline Community College offers accessible, high-quality education and workforce training that empowers students for success. Rooted in our commitment to diversity, equity, and community engagement, we foster an educational environment that contributes to the enrichment of both our local and global communities. 

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Campus Updates 5/24/24

May 24, 2024 by Leave a Comment

Events and News 

Hey there folks, I hope you are all doing well.  This was quite a week for community engagement.  I saw many of you at the really moving presentation by Matika Wilbur presentation which began with a wonderful intro from students in our First Nations club. Matika then shared work from her book, “Project 562” where she visited all 50 states and documented the diverse lives and stories of Native Americans. The work is beautiful, challenging, and inspirational. She called to us as educators to transform our institutions and better reflect indigenous histories, voices, and practices. We have taken some positive steps here at Shoreline in that way and are looking forward to more! 

These are images of Matika Wilbur from her talk. Two are at the podium, one is of her signing books and one is of Lori looking at her artwork in the hall.

Early this week I attended some of Anida Yoeu Ali’s workshops. She is currently featured in an exhibition at the Seattle Asian Art Museum which coincidentally I had just seen a few weeks ago (it’s really powerful if you haven’t seen it).  Big thanks to the multicultural center and WAVES for bringing her here to connect with our students and staff.   

I also really enjoyed a coffee reception held at the University of Washington for their annual undergraduate research symposium. Shoreline Community College is lucky to have the opportunity for our wonderful Honors students to participate! Thank you to the leadership of Michael Overa and the other Honors faculty!  UW President Dr Ana Mari Cauce did a wonderful welcome, reminding folks of the importance of undergraduate research as a core part of their mission, as well as sharing how this kind of experience had a profound impact on her journey.  

At this week’s Board meeting it was a pleasure to see three additional faculty members receive tenure. A huge congratulations go out to Caitlan Maxwell and Lauren Valentino Bryant, Library, and Kayleen Kondrack-Caranto, English for all their hard work and dedication. We are happy to have you here with us!

Newly tenured faculty

Lastly, I want to wish everyone a happy Memorial Day next week.  On behalf of the College, I want to thank all of our students and community members who have served and especially to those we honor for giving their lives in service.   

Be well all.  

Jack 

Spring Quarter Updates 

Accreditation 

  • Please give feedback on Area Reviews to improve the process. Take this short survey by Tuesday, May 28th.  
  • The 13 page report from the accreditation evaluators regarding our April Mid-Cycle visit is published on the Accreditation page OR read this shorter summary. We will not hear an official outcome from the NWCCU on our accreditation status until late July. 
  • All learning outcomes assessment reports are due Friday, June 14, 2024. Questions? Contact Romina Plozza. 

Enrollments 
The Daily Enrollment Reports have moved to the Institutional Planning & Assessment site, which is open to all employees. 

Human Resources 

Do you know someone who wants to join our team? Visit: Job Opportunities at Shoreline Community College. 

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Shoreline Community College MISSION – Our Purpose 

Shoreline Community College offers accessible, high-quality education and workforce training that empowers students for success. Rooted in our commitment to diversity, equity, and community engagement, we foster an educational environment that contributes to the enrichment of both our local and global communities. 

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Campus Updates 5/17/24

May 17, 2024 by Leave a Comment

Events and News 

Hey folks- this week I ran into a colleague on campus who congratulated me for the “book chapter” (the one Samira and I wrote about International Education at Shoreline), and I was puzzled. I asked, “How did you know that?” She said it was in your weekly update. Honestly, I forgot I put that info in last week’s update, but I was elated to know it was being read! Yes! 

We were very fortunate last Friday to be visited by Governor Jay Inslee. Governor Inslee was interested in learning more about how we have incorporated clean energy/air programs into HVAC systems as well as learning more about our new CEDAR building (x̌əpay̓ac) and some of the workforce programs that support Washington state. He also had a great conversation with Honors students and learned about their research and connection to University of Washington’s undergraduate research emphasis. 

This is an image of several faculty and students posing in a picture with Governor Inslee in the Manufacturing Lab in the Cedar Building.

I also attended another WAVES/API celebration this month and attended Troy Osaki’s event about Art & Social Justice. Little did we know there was going to be a beautiful spread of Hawaiian food as well! It was fun connecting with folks and learning with Troy- his creativity and poetry were inspiring. 

I enjoyed attending the beginning of the Business program’s “Big Event” which was a wonderful retention/pathways event to help students better understand the options within the program. I only provided a brief welcome but heard the speakers and camaraderie were wonderful. Hoping to see more of these events as we develop as a college to bring current students together with faculty and community to learn more about the possibilities. Well done! 

I was also able to get to the Black Student Union meet and greet on Thursday. It was packed. Great music, food, people playing games, and a great group of students. I was asked by a couple of students if I wanted some food and told them I had already had lunch but then they reminded me of a good excuse “for later.” So, I did take a couple pizza slices “for later.”  

Finally, I am really looking forward to Matika Wilbur’s event tonight– “Changing the way we see Native America.” Hope to see you there!  

Be well! 

Jack 

 
Spring Quarter Updates 

Accreditation 

  • We just received the official report from the accreditation evaluators regarding our April Mid-Cycle visit. Their report is published on the Accreditation page. Thanks again to everyone who helped draft the report and participate in the visit! Questions or want to discuss? Contact Ann Garnsey-Harter. 
  • All learning outcomes assessment reports are due Friday, June 14, 2024. Questions? Contact Romina Plozza.  

Human Resources 

Do you know someone who wants to join our team? Visit: Job Opportunities at Shoreline Community College. 

Foundation: 

Hi Folks! While we work to staff back up our office, please be aware that the Foundation office will have irregular hours for the next several months. Please do not send students to the foundation office without first calling to make sure I am here.  

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Shoreline Community College MISSION – Our Purpose 

Shoreline Community College offers accessible, high-quality education and workforce training that empowers students for success. Rooted in our commitment to diversity, equity, and community engagement, we foster an educational environment that contributes to the enrichment of both our local and global communities. 

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Campus Updates 5/9/24

May 9, 2024 by Leave a Comment

Events and News 

Hey there all—hope you are having a great week.  And I have to say, it has been kind a a great week actually.   

Starting with our Cedar building Grand Opening. Oh my gosh it was amazing!  Having the community on campus to see the beautiful building, and all the learning opportunities our students have was so terrific.  Our faculty and staff were just so inspiring in how they discussed their passionate work in the classrooms and lab spaces.  Our partners from the Suquamish and Muckleshoot Tribes shared inspiring words of welcome (and even a beautiful song from our Muckleshoot colleagues).  The food trucks, musicians from our band, and the kind and welcoming atmosphere our staff and admin created was just incredible.  Wendy Coates, Cat Chiappa and team really did knock it out of the park—thank you to ALL the students and staff that did all the hard work and planning to set this event up.  SCC really made a mark last week! 

Lab students
Faculty Ben Wiggins with guests
In the Manufacturing Lab
Deans
DALILA PAREDES
Guests in lab
In root of "blood"
Justice Bill and Representative Shelley Kloba.

Did you see this fun video from Se Habla Media on the event?  Go to 2:43 and check it out! Some great SCC folks represented here:  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=u8diUo82yI0 

I also really enjoyed our Day of Learning. Theresa Harrington and team organized this like it was an international conference- SO well done.  I enjoyed our speaker Jeff Harry and the exercises we participated in. I think his suggestions for improving retention are spot-on.  I am going to begin by discussing these with ET members about what we can include in our meetings/practice and then as next steps ask them to do the same with their supervisees.  Let’s see where we can go with this!  

I also had the good fortune to meet with Dr Chris Villa for a lunch/hangout meeting today.  Dr Villa is the President of Skagit Valley College and has some really great insights into leadership and DEI work.  He shared some things Skagit Valley is doing, which I will bring back to our campus as well.  They are doing really well up North with an 11% increase in enrollment and some great strategies for outreach and using data to affect progress in recruitment of underserved communities.  More soon! 

Finally, as I discuss in the video below, we are working hard at discussing recommended innovation grants, one-time requests, and budget adjustments for the 2024-2025 budget cycle.  We are done with Innovation grants and now working on one-time funding requests and budget adjustments.  I will keep you posted on progress—the overall big picture budget will be presented to the board in May so please join us to get information for that as well.   

One more update! Samira Pardanani and I co-wrote a book chapter in the textbook: Narratives and Strategies of Effective Leadership in Community Colleges. Our article is called “The Evolution of a Successful International Education Program at a Community College: Harnessing Leadership to Create Meaningful Global Engagement at Shoreline Community College”. It was just released this week!  It was great working with Samira on this and I am excited about having some additional positive discussion of our great International Education program out there! 

Be well! 

Jack 

Spring Quarter Updates 

Business and Administrative Services  

The Budget Office is continuing the work on 2024-25 Budget Development as stated in Jack’s opening message in preparation for the May 22, 2024, Board Budget Workshop. 

Human Resources 

Do you know someone who wants to join our team? Visit: Job Opportunities at Shoreline Community College. 

Foundation: 

Josh Krupke is moving on to a great new job! His last day at the foundation will be 5/15! Please drop by the foundation office between noon and 1:00 on the 15th to wish him well and enjoy a snack!  

We’ve retooled the Foundation job descriptions they can be found here and here – Please share widely!  

Summer scholarship application window is OPEN until 6/4!! Please share and post this link https://shoreline.awardspring.com/ 

Heads up! The Foundation office will be short-staffed for the foreseeable future. Please be patient, and please know that the office could be closed during normal business hours.  

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Shoreline Community College offers accessible, high-quality education and workforce training that empowers students for success. Rooted in our commitment to diversity, equity, and community engagement, we foster an educational environment that contributes to the enrichment of both our local and global communities. 

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Campus Updates 5/2/24

May 3, 2024 by Leave a Comment

Events and News

Hey there all, hope you are having a good week.

At the end of last week, I attended the All-Washington Academic Team event with Trustee Ringer.  The event was wonderful. Shoreline Community College had four students participate, and two of our students were in the top 16 students across the state! Below you can see a picture of these two very impressive students: Isabella Perez Briones and Joshua Fox. Governor Inslee did an inspirational presentation too!

This week has been really full with VP of DEIA interviews and of course prepping for the big Cedar event (more on that below!)

Last week the Board also recognized our very own Lori Yonemitsu as an excellent Executive Assistant.  This is true, and she is also a pretty excellent human being.  Please thank all our awesome assistants across campus when you see them- it’s a tough job (especially for Lori who has a zany boss ;-).

I also wanted to update you about the plan for legislative advocacy. In preparation for the community college presidents and boards legislative work next year, the State Board sent a survey (with three sections- underlined below) to share with colleges to rank order priorities.  While ALL items are important, the strategic priority is to narrow and unite across the state for impact.  Also, we will still be focusing on the other items listed, just not necessarily with a legislative advocacy focus in those areas if that makes sense. 

I shared this survey with the College Council (our representative body) and the Board of Trustees and submitted their recommendations with one caveat.  Information as an update is here for your review. This is OUR submission- I will update you when I have the state’s results (tallied from all our votes).

Budget Requests: (Changing your recommendation- only one change the rest is in the order submitted)

 (1) Student Services

 (2) DEI (Was ranked #5)

 (3) Compensation

 (4) IT & Cybersecurity

 (5) Basic Education for Adults

 (6) Dual Credit

 (7) Workforce Education

 (8) Safety & Security

 My reply to College Council:

Thank you to those of you who provided feedback and recommendations as to our legislative priorities.  As a representative body of the college this is very important and appreciated.  In the spirit of transparent communication and rationale, I want to provide you with what the results are and one change I am making (and why).

With a focus on students, (and a student-centered approach as a value in our strategic plan) the priority #1 makes good sense.  However, due to our focus on DEI in our strategic plan, mission and values, my concern is that without that specific designation in legislated funding we will not have the necessary early emphasis needed to address equity gaps across the college.  DEI funding also has a positive impact on several of the other categories as well.    I kept compensation in the top three as this is crucial in keeping the institution moving forward. 

Student Services Follow-Up (Following your recommendation)

  • Mental health (2) Flexible student basic needs (3) Advising/career

Workforce Education (Following your recommendation)

  • Industry training (2) In-demand workforce education 

Finally, I wanted to thank EVERYONE involved with the planning and organizing of the Cedar Building Grand Opening. From the student volunteers to our staff and incredible faculty! So many community members were thrilled at the engagement on campus- thank you ALL for all you do.  We are excited to share pictures and video footage of the event with you in the future. 

Thank you and have a great weekend!

Cheers,

Jack


Spring Quarter Updates

Accreditation

Please read the April Learning Outcomes Assessment Newsletter.

Business and Administrative Services

Two updates to share:

Please join me in welcoming Mr. Soroush Maleki as our new Director of Budget and Capital Finances who started in his official capacity on May 1st overseeing the budget, grants, and contracts service areas at the college. He is in Building 1200 along with the Financials Services team, Gayla Hocker, and me. As you recall from the prior email announcement, Soroush brings many years of relevant higher education work experience in California and Washington SBCTC. He previously worked at North Seattle and South Puget Sound. Welcome, Soroush!

Also, effective May 1st, Renee Burchfield is no longer with the college.  Please work directly with the Financial Services leadership team if you need any assistance:

  • For Purchasing, contact Raisa Minchuk at (206) 546-4513;
  • For Accounts Receivable and Cashiering, contact Shoba Malawarair at (206) 546-5804;
  • For Accounts Payable, contact Divina Dayrit at (206) 546-4527;
  • For all other issues, contact me or Gayla Hocker at (206) 546-7859.

We wish Renee the best of luck in her future endeavors.

Human Resources

Do you know someone who wants to join our team? Visit: Job Opportunities at Shoreline Community College.

Foundation:

We would like to offer an enormous thank you and a huge congratulations to everyone involved with the Cedar Building Grand Opening Celebration last night!  The faculty/staff demonstrations were amazing, the student tour leaders were wonderful, and our volunteers were fantastic.  Thank you, thank you, thank you!

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Shoreline Community College MISSION – Our Purpose

Shoreline Community College offers accessible, high-quality education and workforce training that empowers students for success. Rooted in our commitment to diversity, equity, and community engagement, we foster an educational environment that contributes to the enrichment of both our local and global communities.

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