Events and News 

It’s been a tough week this week with the 4:30 a.m. snow-prep calls and the ongoing barrage coming in from DC. I know it has been tough for all of you as well.  Please reach out to your staff and colleagues at this time- particularly those targeted by directives that undermine the work we are doing in our communities to improve and evolve.  I wanted you all to know that I am actively involved in advocating for support for our college and pushing our systems to be more responsive and supportive of our immigrant and LGBTQ communities.  More is needed and certainly more is coming.  I will have a separate communication sharing information about efforts we are working on coming out by early next week. 

Our team met in Olympia last week advocating for our budget and ongoing financial support for faculty, staff and students. Chair /Trustee Rebecca Ringer, Trustee Rebecca Chan, Cat Chiappa, staff and union rep Tirzah Williamson and faculty rep Crystal Hess and two awesome students Dèvon Smith and Karina Oliveira Vilela met with representatives Cindy Ryu, Lauren Davis, Jesse Salomon, Derek Stanford’s staff, & Shelley Kloba.  All seemed understanding of our needs and certainly have been great advocates in the past.  We know we are in a very tough budget season, but they seemed to genuinely connect with us—and our students, staff and faculty did such great presentations (I’m sure you aren’t surprised).   

A few of us will be in DC next week doing the same kind of advocacy at the Federal level, but focusing on workforce support, Pell expansions, and supporting national advocacy for immigrant populations.  The second half of next week I will also be at the Community Colleges for International Development conference.  I am on their board, and amongst other items will be seeking support and guidance for our International programs and activities. 

I know the last few weeks have been challenging and I just want to say how much I appreciate all of your efforts. 

Take care of yourselves, 

Jack 

Winter 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.  
 

Committee/Council Updates:  

• Accreditation Committee 

• Learning Outcomes Assessment Committee 

• ctcLink Leadership Team 

• College Council Updates 

• Facilities Technology Committee 

• Strategic Planning Budget Council 

  Foundation: 

The SCC Foundation Board is excited to welcome its newest board director, Amol Parab. A seasoned data modeler in the financial technology industry, Amol brings a strong commitment to innovation and collaboration. His expertise and dedication will be instrumental in supporting students and programs at Shoreline Community College, particularly in STEM and Business 

If you have any Division, DPC, faculty, or program meetings coming up, the Foundation would love to speak for 15 minutes (or whatever time is available) about scholarships. If you have room on your agenda, please contact Kara Haney at khaney@shoreline.edu 

The Scholarship Window for the 25/26 Academic year is OPEN! Please encourage students to apply.  

We are also offering info sessions for students: 

Tuesday, February 11 @ 2 PM (Virtual): Register 

Thursday, February 20 @ 2 PM (Virtual): Register 

Tuesday, March 4 @ 12 PM (In-Person): Register 

Thursday, March 6 @ 12 PM (In-Person): Register 

Thursday, March 13 @ 3 PM (Virtual): Register 

Wednesday, March 19 @ 3 PM (Virtual): Register 

FAQs about scholarships can be found here https://www.shoreline.edu/foundation/scholarships.aspx or email Kara  

Human Resources: 

Upcoming Holidays – Don’t forget to update your unit’s signage and personal messaging! 

• Feb 17^th – CLOSED for Presidents’ Day 

New Policy & Procedure! 

• 1010 Immigration Data Policy  

• 1010 Immigration Data Procedure 

Payroll Reminders 

• Leave Reports Due: Thursday, Feb 13^th  

• Employees Submit by 12pm, Supervisors Review/Approve by 5pm  

• Timesheets Due: Friday, Feb 14th  

• Employees Submit by 12pm, Supervisors Review/Approve by 5pm  

Payroll questions? Join us online, Tuesdays from 3:00pm to 4:00pm. 

New Employees 

Please join us in welcoming the following new employees to Shoreline Community College:   

• Kyoko Connolly, Controller – Financial Services  

• Tingting Diao, Fiscal Specialist 1 – Accounts Payable 

• Tashi Rabgey, Pgm Coordinator – Intl Education  

• Audrey Shewmaker, Budget Analyst 2 – Grants & Contracts 

New Job Postings! 

• Director – Student Leadership & Residential Life 

• Program Specialist 3 – Student Support Technology Specialist 

• Tenure-Track Faculty – Accounting 

• Tenure-Track Faculty – Chemistry 

• Tenure-Track Faculty – Business 

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

Events and Updates 

• Waves of Gratitude 

• Two Feb. 6 Events Postponed 

• Last Chance For ID Cards This Quarter 

• Incident Report: Hate Speech on Campus 

• Campus Blood Drive 

• SCC Lunar New Year Celebration 

Follow Shoreline Community College on social media! 

• Facebook 

• Instagram 

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. 

Events and News 

Well, it’s been a week.  It started out great, with a lot of wonderful events on campus. 

Last week we held our first Academic Appreciation event. The event invited faculty to share their sabbatical projects, classroom innovations, and research with the community. We also recognized our annual faculty award winners to a great crowd of faculty, staff, admin, and students! Thank you to Maiya and Ben in Instruction for this great event! 

I really enjoyed attending Ann-Marie Stillion’s gallery reception. Her beautiful images of the male form inspired a wonderful dialogue about art, gender, and community. Thanks to Zach Mazur and his great students who did all the set up and coordination of the show! 

Brian Ramos and I stopped by the Black Student Union (BSU), and we were able to meet Ijeoma Oluo who was presenting on her text “Be a revolution”. The students were so inspired and excited by the dialogue! Our BSU is awesome and growing! Thanks to the Multicultural Center and Rashawn Smith, advisor extraordinaire, for the event. We hope to have Ijeoma Oluo back to campus soon! 

The rest of the week was exhausting for pretty much everyone in higher education, and other organizations across the country, who were thrown through a loop with confusing directives from the Federal government about grant funding and pausing grant funding then pausing the pause etc.  Thank you so much to the leadership team and folks all around campus for acting quickly with ideas and communications as we navigate this current issue and prepare for others, particularly around supporting our grants that support equity – in particular, supporting our students and employees, who are really feeling it right now.  We have some ideas to help us continue to support this work and go forward – we will of course keep you posted. And we aren’t pausing our equity work around SCC. 

Here is a totally unrelated great update about a new partnership if you didn’t see it– between us and Arizona State University- more to come!  https://provost.asu.edu/academic-alliances/newsletter/arizona-state-university-and-shoreline-community-college-partner  

Cheers, 

Jack 

Winter 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.  
 

Committee/Council Updates:  

• Accreditation Committee 

• Learning Outcomes Assessment Committee 

• ctcLink Leadership Team 

• College Council Updates 

• Facilities Technology Committee 

• Strategic Planning Budget Council 

Accreditation / Program Reviews:  

• Join a Program Review Drop-In session to get support on your Program Review:  

• Wednesday, February 5^th, 12:30-1:30 pm, Zoom link 

• Tuesday, February 11th, 1-2 pm, Zoom link 

• Friday, February 21^st, Noon-1 pm, Zoom link 

• Thursday, February 27^th, Noon-1 pm, Zoom link 

• You should be implementing your goals for the 2024-25 year and documenting your actions in the “Progress on This Year’s Goals” section of the Program Review.  

• Instructional areas should be working on the “Student Success” section.   

• ProRata faculty position requests due by February 3: sections “Background,” “Equity” and “Activity / Workload” need to be finalized in the Program Review and this request form needs to be filled out. 

Enrollments: 

Winter enrollments are slightly higher than last year: 

• The winter 2025 10^th day enrollment report is available to all employees.  

• The winter 2025 daily enrollment tracking report is available to all employees. 

Technology Support Services (TSS) 

Windows 11 Upgrade: 

In line with Microsoft’s best practices and maintenance plan, TSS will upgrade all remaining computers currently using Windows 10 to Windows 11 in the coming weeks. As a reminder, Windows 10 will reach end of support on October 14, 2025. This upgrade will introduce a fresh look and feel to your operating system, along with enhanced features and improved performance. While the transition should be smooth and like a regular system update, you may notice some changes in the interface. We appreciate your understanding and cooperation during this update process. Microsoft has video tutorials for Windows 11 if you are new to this version.  If you have any questions or need assistance, please don’t hesitate to reach out via ticket at support.shoreline.edu. 

Network Rewiring and Hardwiring Connection Project Update:   

Below is the updated building list of the rewired and hardwired network connections that have been restored and those in progress with expected completion dates. As mentioned at the beginning of this project, most of the building wiring has not been updated for over a decade or more (emphasis on more). During this project, we have already encountered several major issues in the buildings as we run new cabling and test the integrity of previous network connections.  We continue to utilize our third-party vendor (Milne) and expect to be fully completed in early 2025.    

Foundation: 

The Scholarship Window for the 25/26 Academic year is OPEN! Please encourage students to apply.  

We are also offering info sessions for students: 

Tuesday, February 11 @ 2 PM (Virtual): Register 

Thursday, February 20 @ 2 PM (Virtual): Register 

Tuesday, March 4 @ 12 PM (In-Person): Register 

Thursday, March 6 @ 12 PM (In-Person): Register 

Thursday, March 13 @ 3 PM (Virtual): Register 

Wednesday, March 19 @ 3 PM (Virtual): Register 

FAQs about scholarships can be found here https://www.shoreline.edu/foundation/scholarships.aspx or email Kara  

Human Resources: 

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

Professional Development 

We are excited to start off the year with so many opportunities for professional growth. Keep up to date by checking out the Professional Development Site and Calendar. Professional Development Monthly Updates are brought to you by the Professional Development Committee. Contact us at:  pro-d@shoreline.edu. 

This issue of the Professional Development Monthly Update includes: 

• Accessibility Training 

• Featured Training 

• How to Access Funds 

• Linked in Learning Feature 

• We Want Your Feedback 

Click here to view the full issue. 

Events and Updates 

• Miranda Levy Named Director of Student Accessibility Services 

• Update: Federal Funding Pause Rescinded 

• Cheer on the SCC Basketball Team v. Edmonds! 

• Press Release: Arizona State University and Shoreline Community College Partner to Launch Seamless Transfer Pathways Through MyPath2ASU 

• Follow-up: Temporary Pause on Federal Grants and Loans 

• Urgent Update: Temporary Pause on Federal Grants and Loans 

• Trauma-Informed Training 

• Do You Have an Open On-Campus Job? 

• Invitation to apply for NCORE 

• January Professional Development Monthly Update 

• Transform Your House, Apartment, or Dorm with Healthy Houseplants – Now 10% Off! 

• Explore the World with Shoreline Continuing Education’s Non-Credit Travel Program 

Follow Shoreline Community College on social media! 

• Facebook 

• Instagram 

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. 

Events and News 

Hello all, hope you are having a good week.  Always a busy one with a holiday in it – my day-to-day is completely back-to-back meetings – deep breath! 

At the end of last week, Wendy Coates and I went to visit an organization downtown that provides food in various formats (restaurant, catering, etc.) to see if there might be any possibility of connecting with them on an educational level as well as on the food level.  Will keep you posted if anything develops on that one. Admin are meeting with community partners throughout the next 6 weeks or so to see if we can find some creative options out there.  

I really enjoyed attending Philosophy Professor Dr. Paul Herrick’s presentation this week on The Philosophy of Dr. Martin Luther King. I enjoyed learning more about Dr. King of course, and it was also really interesting to hear the connection between Dr. King’s brilliant writing and his overlap with many Western philosophers. As a philosophy minor I was particularly thrilled to reconnect to Kant, Buber, Plato, and more!  Hope we can help support more of these lunch-time presentations with faculty.   

This morning Greg Cranson and I met with representatives of the Shoreline Police Department as a regular check-in and to discuss current concerns.  We discussed a couple possible projects to work together on as well as our concerns about supporting immigrants and refugee students on campus.  Our colleagues reminded us that local law enforcement DO NOT and MAY NOT enforce any aspect of immigration and are NOT ALLOWED to ask for anyone’s immigration status.  We will be bringing them to campus to do a presentation on this topic to help inform our community.   

I am really looking forward to the faculty event tonight celebrating the academic achievements of our great faculty!  Hope to see you there in the Main Dining Room at 5:30 PM! 

Cheers, 

Jack 

Winter 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.  
 

Committee/Council Updates:  

• Accreditation Committee 

• Learning Outcomes Assessment Committee 

• ctcLink Leadership Team 

• College Council Updates 

• Facilities Technology Committee 

• Strategic Planning Budget Council 

Accreditation:  

Program Reviews:  

• Need help? Inspiration? Collaboration? Join a Program Review Drop-In session from the comfort of your own office:   

• Thursday, January 23rd, 3-4 pm (Zoom link)  

• Wednesday, January 29th, 12:30-1:30 pm (Zoom link)   

• You should be implementing your goals for the 2024-25 year and documenting your actions in the “Progress on This Year’s Goals” section of the Program Review.  

• Instructional areas should be working on the “Student Success” section.   

• ProRata faculty position requests due by February 3: sections “Background,” “Equity” and “Activity / Workload” need to be finalized in the Program Review and this request form needs to be filled out. 

Enrollments: 

Winter enrollments are slightly higher than last year: 

• The winter 2025 10^th day enrollment report is available to all employees.  

• The winter 2025 daily enrollment tracking report is available to all employees. 

Human Resources: 

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

Events and Updates 

• A Celebration of the Life and Legacy of Edwin Pratt 

• 9 to 5 the Musical 

• Letters Aloud – Love Me or Leave Me 

• Invitation to Apply for NCORE 2025 Attendance 

Follow Shoreline Community College on social media! 

• Facebook 

• Instagram 

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.