Campus Updates 8/18/23

Events and News 

Good afternoon folks—hope all is well! 

This last week was very busy! I spent several meetings with folks pouring over budget and program reviews looking through requests etc. that have come in through our review process. A huge thank you to Becca Chen and the members of the Budget team for all of their work getting the budget in order and walking us through this process. We will be presenting some preliminary information to the Board next week on this process- I am looking forward to sharing the results with our community. 

This past week, Wendy Coates, and two of our board members (Rebecca Chan and Kim Wells) joined me in meeting with a representative of the Seattle Foundation as well as newly appointed chancellor Rosie Rimando-Chareunsap to discuss the history of the Seattle Promise. We are learning more about how the Promise has had a major positive impact on Seattle as a community and will be discussing throughout the year whether this is something that could work at SCC as well. More soon! 

I also wanted to highlight a blog post about Mary’s Place (that you can see listed in Events and Updates below) as they did a nice story on our new partnership with them this week. Thanks to Karen Bretz, Taraji Belgacem, Paprika Fahrenwald, and Kelly Williams (new ESL faculty) for helping get this partnership together and piloted this summer. We plan to keep this going in fall, winter, and spring. We’re also in talks with Compass Housing Alliance about doing ESL classes at their Shoreline location in coordination with Hopelink, so I’ll keep you posted on that! 

This week I wanted to send a shoutout to Douglas Haub and Terrell Fox. Many people don’t know all the great work they do behind the scenes to support so many people. They provide so many creative solutions, and so much support behind the scenes that I just wanted to share that with campus- we see you both, and we appreciate you! 

Finally I wanted to share that last weekend I was able to visit the Walla Walla area for the first time. We had a great time, enjoyed the wineries and some great food. But let me tell you something. There was NO onion propaganda to be seen anywhere. No stands, no posters, no silly onion cartoons. Come on people! We were told with the focus on wineries that the onion has lost its special place. They can of course still be found at Albertsons etc. So, if you were wondering why I didn’t bring you any onions this week, this is why! 

Have a wonderful weekend. 

Best, Jack 

Summer Quarter Updates 

Human Resources 

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

Communications and Marketing 

Hi everyone! I have a couple of updates and reminders for you this week. The first is that I am going to be out of the country on vacation for the next two weeks starting this weekend. I will return the day after Labor Day on the 5th. While I am away Damon Logan dlogan@shoreline.edu will be handling DAAG and ST requests as well as managing the college calendar. If you have any questions please send them his way, and if you’d like to submit something for DAAG or ST, please do so via the calendar request which can be found here. 

Secondly, I want to remind everyone that if you would like to request a website update or addition, please do so using the web request form. When you do it please make sure you include the link for the page you are looking to fix and adding a screenshot is also incredibly helpful. Those requests go directly to Damon and by entering them into the ticketing system it helps us track and respond to them better. 

Thank you and I’ll see you in two weeks! 😊 -Cat 

TSS 

We are continuing to work with the State to reestablish our database connection with ctcLink information which we use to feed into our systems including the campus directory. While we work through that project, we want to share a temporary solution with you. 

This spreadsheet contains directory information as it was prior to March 20, 2023. It may not be 100% accurate in terms of phone numbers, but it is a start. As we continue to roll out our new phone system, those phone numbers will be automatically updated within the spreadsheet for improved accuracy. 

Please note that this temporary directory is automatically updated every Sunday, so if an employee is new, they might not be viewable immediately until that weekly update occurs. 

We will continue to provide updates as we receive them. 

Foundation and Advancement 

Scholarship Reviewers Needed! Reviewing student scholarship applications is inspiring, fulfilling, and rewarding! The process is done online anytime during the review period (August 21 – Sept 6). We will supply you with instructions, scoring rubric, and any other assistance you may need. Each application is scored by 2 or 3 reviewers (depending on how many volunteers sign up), and it takes 3 – 5 hours to complete. Please don’t feel the need to do them all at one time, you can break it up however you want during the review period. 

Be part of this meaningful work by emailing Josh ( jkrupke@shoreline.edu) today! 

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Campus Updates 8/10/23

Events and News 

Hi folks, 

I hope you all have been well! This last week of course was filled with VPBAS interviews. It was wonderful to meet both candidates and to get feedback from the community. We hope to have an update for folks early next week. Stay tuned!  

The big event this week of course was having Representative Kloba come to visit campus on Monday. Board Trustees Chan. Lux, & Ringer joined a handful of us who introduced Representative Kloba to our beautiful campus and programs. We only had an hour and some of us (ehem- me) are a bit verbose, which of course limits time on the tour. She was introduced to Bio-Tech, Nursing, Tesla, Auto, the Benefits hub, the Small Business Development Center, and the Honors program. The presentation to campus itself was excellent and we were so appreciative of the community coming in person to participate in Q&A’s with her. I was so impressed with the great questions asked by students, faculty, and staff. Thank you to Cat Chiappa who coordinated the initial visit and all the folks who helped with the event including: Lori Yonemitsu, Kim Clark, Amy Stapleton, Dalila Paredes, Shannon Ehmke-Reedy, Mary Burroughs, Tesla Faculty (John Henning) Nursing Staff (Joan Riesland, Sharon Lowenborg, and Jim Schulz) and Biotech Staff (Diana Ensenat, Orlando deLange, and Rachel Rawle), Wendy Coates and the Foundation, Ann Garnsey-Harter, Samira Pardanani, Aisha Hauser, Lucas Rucks, Randy Gottfried, Mary Bonar and Shoreline students for providing such wonderful art, Michael Overa and his student for sharing the Honors poster with us, and of course everyone who came to the forum! We will continue to invite our WA State representatives to campus to strengthen relationships with them as we work together toward a shared vision for the region and state of Washington. 

Best, Jack 

Representative Kloba and members of Shoreline taking a tour around campus.
Representative Kloba and Mary Burroughs laughing by robotic baby
Dalila, Representative Kloba, Dr. Kahn, Shannon standing together in front of the fountain.

ctcLink 

Maintenance Saturday, August 12, 2023, 5:00 am – 1:00 pm 

  • ctcLink (PeopleSoft) will be unavailable for the first hour of the maintenance period. 
  • The Campus Solutions pillar will be unavailable. 
  • Admissions (OAAP) and HighPoint HCX mobile pages will be unavailable. 
  • Integration between CampusCE and ctcLink will be unavailable. 
  • After the first hour of maintenance the Portal, HCM, and Finance pillars will remain online. 
  • Canvas will not be impacted. 

Human Resources 

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

This month, the EAP is offering the following resources to support employee, family, and workplace wellbeing. Shoreline’s code is SCC: 

The July/August editions of EAP’s Employee Newsletter and Supervisor Newsletter, feature different aspects of the topic “Opportunities for Growth,” the fifth and final “workplace essential” described in the U.S. Surgeon General’s comprehensive report, Framework for Workplace Mental Health and Well-being.   

Foundation and Advancement 

Need help helping students? Here are two resources available through the Foundation:   

1) Emergency Fund – Financial assistance is available to Shoreline Community College students who are dealing with financial hardship resulting from an emergency, accident, or other unexpected critical incident that has a direct impact on their academic success at Shoreline. https://shorelineemergency.awardspring.com/ &nbsp

2) Scholarships – The Foundation has awarded thousands of academic and workforce scholarships to Shoreline students. In addition to federal and state financial aid, scholarships are a great way to offset all or part of the cost of an education. https://www.shoreline.edu/foundation/scholarships.aspx &nbsp

Want to help students in other ways? Consider making a gift to the Foundation. As an employee, you can make a gift through payroll deduction, or through the website: https://www.shoreline.edu/foundation/giving.aspx.  &nbsp

Have questions or need more information? Contact Wendy or Josh 

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Shoreline Community College MISSION – Our Purpose 

We serve the educational, workforce, and cultural needs of our diverse students and communities. 

Campus Updates 8/3/23

Good afternoon folks, I hope all is well.  Once again, it was a very busy week for Shoreline Community College, but I had two great community connections.  One was with Washington State University, Everett.  They are hoping to create a BSN program in the area, and to help create a regional consortium of sorts with community colleges to help prep RNs should they choose to go that route. I had the pleasure of working with Mary Burroughs, and three of our great nursing faculty to brainstorm some ideas for some funding that could help us should this project go forward.  They are submitting a proposal to the Economic Development Administration’s (EDA) to receive funding for this program.  If they receive approval, we will be working with our great Workforce Development program (and Nursing of course) to move forward! 

In addition, I attended a lunch/planning meeting at Everest Kitchen in Lake Forest Park with owners Mohan and Honi Gurung, as well as SCC colleagues including Vice President Samira Pardanani, and faculty colleagues Mayumi Steinmetz and Nicole Buyagawan to discuss partnership opportunities to support the Nepalese community in North Seattle.  They have been utilizing some of our classrooms for language and culture instruction and we had the first (of many I hope) conversation to see where we might see some synergy in our world language program and growing ethnic studies program. 

Locally we had a Community Check-in last week where we reviewed the budget close forecast as well as other questions around the campus.  As you know, while we have had two quarters of increased enrollment (yes!), our overall revenue picture was less optimistic than what we had hoped for, and expenditures were also higher.  The Budget Office is going through all of the requirements to close out the 22/23 year, and it does look like we will close with a deficit.  We will have updates at the next Board meeting and will of course keep you informed every month on our overall budget forecast.  As we enter the fall quarter, we will be utilizing some of the draft suggestions in the developing strategic plan to address work that is being around our budget process as we go forward. We have a lot of room for improvement but are also building a plan and pursuing options that will help us continue to move in the right direction. A big thank you to everyone who attended. 

A major highlight this week was the impromptu ice cream social event put on by our Classified Staff to celebrate our Classified Staff.  Norah, Kat, and the team did a tremendous job in creating a fun space for folks to come and hang out after work, and get to know each other. We are planning to do more of this kind of thing this year, and I want to thank the Classified Staff for their leadership on these initiatives. Thank you also to the Foundation for financial support and of course to Lori who does just about everything. 

Two staff members laughing in the courtyard
Four staff members smiling in the courtyard.

Finally, we had two candidate forums this week for the VP of BAS position.  I hope you were able to view them and/or view the recording and share feedback.  I am very excited about this as well.   

This past weekend I had the pleasure of visiting Vancouver with my wife and dog Agnes. I hadn’t been there for a long time, and it was great to be back in the city. We had a lot of fun and ate some great food. Agnes also made several friends at the dog park near our hotel- some notables were Ivy, Serena, Bagels (yes, plural), and Loki. She also met a dog whose name is “Expensive.” I kid you not! 

Enjoy your week!  

Best,

Jack 

Summer Quarter Updates 

Accreditation 

  • Area Reviews inform how the College will allocate resources for the 2023-24 fiscal year.  
  • The next step in the process is for Executive Team members to prioritize budget requests, as articulated in the Area Reviews, for their areas taking into account the priorities articulated by the prior-level budget manager.    
  • Our next accreditation site visit is April 18-19, 2024. We will be reporting on our progress in addressing these accreditation recommendations

Human Resources 

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

Foundation and Advancement 

Need help helping students? Here are two resources available through the Foundation:  

1) Emergency Fund – Financial assistance is available to Shoreline Community College students who are dealing with financial hardship resulting from an emergency, accident, or other unexpected critical incident that has a direct impact on their academic success at Shoreline. https://shorelineemergency.awardspring.com/  

2) Scholarships – The Foundation has awarded thousands of academic and workforce scholarships to Shoreline students. In addition to federal and state financial aid, scholarships are a great way to offset all or part of the cost of an education. https://www.shoreline.edu/foundation/scholarships.aspx  

Want to help students in other ways? Consider making a gift to the Foundation. As an employee, you can make a gift through payroll deduction, or through the website: https://www.shoreline.edu/foundation/giving.aspx.   

Have questions or need more information? Contact Wendy or Josh 

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Shoreline Community College MISSION – Our Purpose 

We serve the educational, workforce, and cultural needs of our diverse students and communities. 

Campus Updates 7/27/23

Events and News 

Good afternoon folks—I hope you’re all doing well.  This past week has involved a lot of catching up with colleagues on campus, planning, and discussing next steps for a wide variety of SCC projects.  

One of most significant events of this week was our first meeting with the Latino Educational Training Institute from Lynwood.  Samira Pardanani, Alejandra Salgado, Jonathan Molinaro, Henry Garcia, and I met their President & the Director of Health & Wellness programs.  We gave a brief tour of the campus (thankfully Samira is not as directionally challenged as I am) and then had a brief conversation about ways in which we might partner to better serve our diverse LatinX/Hispanic community. It was an excellent first meeting, and I expect some great things in the future.  

Today Aisha Hauser and I had a meeting with two new colleagues from the Muckleshoot tribe- Dr. Denise Bill, Executive Director of Adult & Higher Education & Madrienne White, Tribal College Administrator. The discussion was a first step in getting ideas and input from tribal representatives on our Capital projects and land naming projects.  I think I can speak for all of us when I say we learned a lot and are looking forward to our next meeting to get to know one another, share our visions for education, and determine if there is interest in working with us on various projects. More to come! 

Finally, yesterday I was fortunate to meet with Bo Fu and Samira Pardanani to do a “ZOOM MOU” with representatives of the Sanhe City Yanqiao School in China.  This is a new partnership with a high school in China where students will begin their early college coursework with Shoreline CC!  A huge thanks to Bo for coordinating this new partnership and bringing it to fruition.  

That’s it for now- I’m way behind on email so if I owe you one—it’s coming!  Have a great weekend. 

Best,

Jack

Accreditation and Budget 

  • Area Reviews inform how the College will allocate resources for the 2023-24 fiscal year.  
  • The next step in the process is for Executive Team members to prioritize budget requests, as articulated in the Area Reviews, for their areas taking into account the priorities articulated by the prior-level budget manager.  

Human Resources 

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

If you supervise classified or exempt, make sure you have updated your employee’s schedules in CTC Link to reflect their summer work schedule. Summer schedules end September 1 and Fall schedules begin September 4. CTC Link allows you to make future changes so feel free to add your employee’s Fall schedule now, so you don’t forget!  

Directions on updating staff schedules can be found HERE.    

Foundation and Advancement 

Need help helping students? Here are two resources available through the Foundation: 

1) Emergency Fund – Financial assistance is available to Shoreline Community College students who are dealing with financial hardship resulting from an emergency, accident, or other unexpected critical incident that has a direct impact on their academic success at Shoreline. https://shorelineemergency.awardspring.com/ 

2) Scholarships – The Foundation has awarded thousands of academic and workforce scholarships to Shoreline students. In addition to federal and state financial aid, scholarships are a great way to offset all or part of the cost of an education. https://www.shoreline.edu/foundation/scholarships.aspx 

Want to help students in other ways? Consider making a gift to the Foundation. As an employee, you can make a gift through payroll deduction, or through the website: https://www.shoreline.edu/foundation/giving.aspx.  

Have questions or need more information? Contact Wendy or Josh

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Shoreline Community College MISSION – Our Purpose 

We serve the educational, workforce, and cultural needs of our diverse students and communities. 

Campus Updates 7/24/23

Events and News

Good morning all,

I hope you had a great week. Mine seems to have flown by. They say summers are slower for Higher Education but I’m still waiting for that to happen!  Several projects are happening, including planning, and many other items that are keeping me super busy.  

As far as community connections this week, Greg Cranson and I met with Shoreline Police Department to discuss a couple events we have planned for this year (more information to come). Last time we discussed one of the events there was talk of a “dunk tank” activity where I was going to be potentially awaiting your softball throws. I’m glad this activity didn’t come up! Several of us also met with our Title III Grant Investigator to discuss our Title III grants at the college.  It was a great meeting allowing us to summarize the excellent work happening so far, as well as ideas for next steps to support our students and staff.  We also had Darnesha and Erwin Weary from Black Coffee NW on campus last week discussing some of their educational programming. They were able to connect with some of the CECO team and a few others as they consider next steps for their programs (in addition to coffee- coming this Fall!).

I also had the pleasure to meet with President Villa from Skagit Valley College last week.  We had an opportunity to discuss some of the similar struggles we are seeing across the colleges, and to share all the cool things happening on both our campuses.  He is a wonderful person, and I think it will be great to work with him on shared projects in the region.

This weekend was pretty lowkey on my end, though I did take Aggie over to Lake Stevens area for a nice hike.  Other than that, we’ve just been catching up on home projects and errands.  I am preparing for a long weekend in Vancouver next weekend which should be fun- I haven’t been in ages and it’s an easy drive from here!  Have a great week all!

Best,

Jack

Accreditation and Budget

  • Area Reviews inform how the College will allocate resources for the 2023-24 fiscal year. 
  • The next step in that process is for Executive Team members to prioritize budget requests, as articulated in the Area Reviews, for their areas taking into account the priorities articulated by the prior-level budget manager. 
  • The next Accreditation site visit will be Thursday-Friday, April 18-19, 2024. This visit is called a “Mid-Cycle” visit as it takes place in the middle of the 7-year accreditation cycle.   

Enrollments:

Human Resources

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

Summer hours are here! Campus is now closed on Fridays until the week of September 4th!

Business and Administrative Services

Meals and Light Refreshments: This form is now available and can be filled out online.  However, if you would still prefer to print it and hand sign it that is also still an option. Once you form has been filled out The Director of Financial Services will review and approve. Please send your completed forms to Renee Burchfield and cc Gayla Hocker.

Foundation and Advancement

The SCC Foundation’s Fall scholarship cycle is open, if you know a student looking for help paying for college, please share this link with them https://shoreline.awardspring.com/Home/Scholarships

The SCC Foundation is also looking for volunteers to help with our Fall Luncheon! If you want to help, please give Wendy Coates a call or email.

Events and Updates

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Shoreline Community College MISSION – Our Purpose

We serve the educational, workforce, and cultural needs of our diverse students and communities.