Good afternoon folks. I hope you have been having an enjoyable week. Mine has definitely been a busy one! 

First, I wanted to let everyone know that our accreditation visit has been set. We are rescheduled for a Mid-Cycle Review Self-Evaluation Report and visit in Spring 2024. It will be conducted April 18-19, 2024. Mark your calendars- I am excited to show our progress! 

The big event that occurred in the last three weeks was the amazing dedication ceremony for our Benefits Hub with United Way of King County, Seattle Mariners, Major League Baseball (MLB) and the Seattle Foundation to launch the newly renovated Benefits Hub which is part of the “Bridge to Finish Program.” This revamped space will (continue to) support students who face financial, food, and clothing insecurity in a whole new way. We have the MLB All-Stars Legacy Program to thank for this generous grant and symbol of integrating our shared missions, values, and purpose. Thank you to Savena Garrett and team for applying for this opportunity, to our student Kiara Romba who gave such a great speech at the event, and to Cat Chiappa, Savena, and Kim Clark for organizing this event. We can’t wait to see all the folks who will be served by the new space.  

The second half of this week will mostly be spent in Tacoma, Washington for the annual summer retreat of community & technical college chancellors & presidents. The guest speaker this year is Arthur Levine. I’ve seen Dr Levine speak before and he is a very powerful speaker. His message largely suggests that if colleges (esp. community colleges and private institutions) don’t find ways to demonstrate how they are unique; a concept tied to building one-of-a-kind programs that incorporate timely and adaptive technology, that are more rooted in competency and based less in credit/program, and that are both requested by and co-designed by the community, then those schools will struggle with relevancy in the future. 

I’m looking forward to bringing those conversations back to the College. Thought a challenging topic, Dr Levine ended the presentation by stating that he thinks we (the WA State System) are incredible, and that he looks forward to what we will do next.  

Well, I know some of you wanted to call me Dr. Kahn while my parents were here, but I was sneakily on campus on a Sunday instead of during the week. I did see a few people though! My parents really enjoyed their time here and I think, like a lot of people, didn’t know about all the great things that WA has to offer in addition to Seattle. They really took to downtown Edmonds actually and my dad said that a restaurant in Bothell made the best Penne Pollo he had eaten in years. And he can be “picky” 😊 So there you have it! Much more of Washington to explore of course. 

Best, 

Jack 

Summer Quarter Updates 

• System Outage Update 7/7/23 
• Important Payroll Deadlines 
• Safety and Security Tips for Life on Campus 
• There’s Still Time to Register for Summer Continuing Education Classes 
• 2600 Building Update: Restriction to Access 
• Worried About Student Wellbeing or Academic Concerns… 

Accreditation and Budget 

• Area Reviews inform how the College will allocate resources for the 2023-24 fiscal year.  
• The next step in that process (see entire timeline for details) is for each budget manager to prioritize budget requests as articulated in the Area Reviews following these Guiding Principles by filling out the BEROP (Budget, Expenditure, Revenue, Operation) tool.  

• See Instructions for using the BEROP tool.  

• EXTENDED DUE DATE for filling out the BEROP Tool: 8 am Tuesday, July 18^th. 
• 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 our 7-year accreditation cycle.  

Enrollments: 

• Summer enrollment is up slightly overall! International student enrollment is up 12%!  
• Daily Enrollment Reporting can be found on the PIE Team’s Sharepoint site here.  That same link also is available on the Shoreline Support Center > Employees > Daily Enrollment Report. The Daily Enrollment Report is a snapshot of current quarterly student enrollment. The top file in the folder ( 0_CURRENT_Daily Enrollment Report_Comparison_Summer 2023) is updated with the most recent numbers available; prior daily reports are archived in that folder too. Enrollment as of Friday, March 17, 2023 (the last day prior to the ransomware incident) and final numbers from last year (Spring 2022) are provided for comparison.  

Human Resources 

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

Summer Hours start today! Campus is now closed on Fridays until the week of September 4th!

Foundation and Advancement 

The Fall Scholarship application window is open! Click here to apply for Fall Scholarships! Scholarships are available for a variety of programs including Automotive, Philosophy, Nursing, and Criminal Justice, and a variety of students. Please share this opportunity widely! 

The Foundation is looking for volunteers to help us send postcards and notes to our donors who make critical funding for student scholarships and program support happen. If you want to spend an hour (or several) with us, Email me! 

Events and Updates 

• Important HSAMCC Building Update 
• Name Change for ANNAPISI Program 
• Summer Camps for Youth Start This Week 
• Three Dates Left for Shoreline Concerts in the Park 
• Fall 2023 Block Party Resource Fair Deadline 8/31 
• How to Buy Your First Home and Build Generational Wealth 
• KIMSeattle Forensic Science Camp for Youth- New Lower Age 
• Workforce Education Pay for your College 
• Vintage VW Car Show This Weekend 7/15 
• New Dates for Youth Camp: Filmmaking with Rising Reels 

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Events and News 

Good afternoon folks! I hope everyone had a great July 4^th. I don’t have much to report this week, as the end of last week was spent in hiring conversations, and I was out yesterday. I spent Monday through Wednesday showing my folks around the area a bit and visited several neighboring towns. I will have several items to report next week including an update on our naming project, MLB event summary (which is this morning at 10am!), and updates from the WACTC president’s meeting in Tacoma. Be well! 

Best, 

Jack 

Summer Quarter Updates 

• Student Learning Center to Resume Operations for Summer Quarter on Monday 7/10 
• Summer Bookstore Hours 
• Seattle City Light Campus Shutdown for HSAMCC Monday 7/10 

Accreditation and Budget 

• Area Reviews inform how the College will allocate resources for the 2023-24 fiscal year.  
• The next step in that process (see entire timeline for details) is for each budget manager to prioritize budget requests as articulated in the Area Reviews following these Guiding Principles by filling out the BEROP (Budget, Expenditure, Revenue, Operation) tool.  
• See Instructions for using the BEROP tool. 
• Drop-in Q and A session on the BEROP tool: Wednesday, July 12, 2023, 3 pm. via Zoom. 
• EXTENDED DUE DATE for filling out the BEROP Tool: 8 am Tuesday, July 18^th. 

Human Resources 

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

Foundation and Advancement 

• Fall scholarship applications open on 7/10/2023 and close on 8/18/2023. 
• We are looking for people to help serve on our Fall Event committee. If you are interested, send Wendy an email!  

Events and Updates 

• Welcome to Summer Quarter 
• Still time to Register for Basketball Summer Camps 
• Get a Girl Scout Badge at Shoreline in July 
• Shorelake Arts to Offer a Discount to Staff and Students this Summer 
• Last Change to Register for Chinese Language Classes for Teens/Adults 
• Now Accepting Submissions for SCC Survival Guide 
• Shoreline Welcomes Derek Levy as Acting Vice President of Student Services 
• SCC Foundation Scholarship Applicatons for Fall open 7/10! 
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Events and News 

Good afternoon all! I hope your week has slowed down a bit while the quarter comes to an end. My highlight for the week was Commencement. This year was a little different for me as I’m not faculty and therefore don’t know as many students as many of you, but I do know some, and of course am vicariously proud viewing our students through the eyes of faculty, staff, and audience members. It was a great day and so wonderful to meet so many students and their parents, and to connect with our faculty. My favorite moment was when this man yelled from the stands “THAT’S MY GRANDSON! THATS MY GRANDSON!” It was a beautiful sentiment.  

I want to thank the Commencement Committee (Sundi, Caela, Yushin, Lauren, Akagi, Michaela, Pamela, Randy, Linda, Derek, Greg, Kimberlee, Suzanne, Eberth, Aimee, Tsetsen, Crystal, Taylor, & Lori!) for organizing such a fantastic event, and everyone else who helped volunteer to make it memorable. Congrats to our wonderful students, and to all of you for all the work you did this year- this is why we do it, right? 

On Monday I attended the Juneteenth event at City Hall. It’s nice after living here a year to now attend events and see people I know in the community. It was both fun and inspiring to participate in an event filled with community pride. There were a lot of great performances from many of the youth team associated with Black Coffee, including local faves Double-Dutch Divas, who always get the crowd going.  

This week I have been busy with interviews and planning items and haven’t had as much time to touch base with community members. I did meet with two folks from a new health care agency that will be coming to our area in the next 1.5 years or so. They are hoping to get connected to local organizations to provide job opportunities for nurses, entry-level mental health workers, and others. It may be a great opportunity for our students! More to come in the future. 

On a personal note, I’m thinking about enjoying some summer long weekends to take advantage of the nice weather here and explore some new areas (Eastern Washington for example). If you have suggestions (particularly that are dog friendly), please let me know! I hope you all have some exciting plans for the summer as well. After a tough year this year of losing two of our canine family members, we rescued a new pup. She’s sweet, and also quite a handful! Agnes Elaine pictured below. 

Have a great weekend!

Best,

Jack

Summer Quarter Updates

• Road Closure June 21-30^th
• Summer Parking Reminders

Accreditation:

• A BIG thank you to the entire college for completing 112 Area Reviews! 
• Area Reviews will inform resource allocation for 2023-24 – follow the process/timeline here. 
• We want to improve the Area Review form and process for the next cycle, which starts in September. Please give feedback here. Changes, based on the feedback, will be shared during Opening Week.

Communications and Marketing

• I am excited to share that we have hired our new Web Content Coordinator.  I’m very happy to welcome Damon Logan to our team!  He will be officially starting with us on July 3, 2023.
• I also wanted to share that as part of the MLB All-Star game next month, Shoreline will have an ad featured in the 2023 Commemorative Program that will go out to thousands of people.  It is a half-page ad based on our current “Grow and Go” campaign.  A huge thanks to Mia Bradshaw for creating it under a tight deadline!

Human Resources

As we get close to the end of the fiscal year, it’s important to let HR know if you have student employees that will not be continuing on. Please send an email to HR@shoreline.edu with your employee’s name and empl ID.

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

Foundation and Advancement

What a great first week! Thank you all for your help and your warm welcome! Summer scholarships are currently in process and scholarship recipients will be notified soon. We will have news on when the Fall scholarships open next week. – Wendy Coates

Events and Updates

• Introducing Aisha Hauser Acting VP of DEIA
• Celebrate Seattle Pride 6/25/23
• Film Camp with Kids on Campus This Summer

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Good afternoon folks. 

As the college gets more comfortable with a participatory recommendation process, I wanted to update you all when items have been approved by the council, ET, and myself. 

A recent proposal came to the College Council to recommend that (a) all “land structures” per this map (as prepared by our architectural team, below) would be named in honor of the indigenous tribes in the area and (b) Any new Wayfinding for the College would be tied to the previously begun “Tree Campus USA” project and provide additional funding to ensure its completion. Both items were passed unanimously by College Council, and the Executive Team and I approved the recommendations.  

We are working with tribal representatives now and will continue to do so to derive the actual names- more to come—please email if you have suggestions of folks to speak with. At the moment we have been working with colleagues from the Tulalip tribe! 

Last week I spent most of my time at the 75th NAFSA International Education Annual Conference & Expo which was held May 30–June 2 in Washington, DC.  The theme was “Inspiring an Inclusive Future.”  It was my first time at this conference, and it was great.  I met a ton of new colleagues I am hoping we can work with to expand our international work – I also got to spend some quality time with some quality people in our IE program- Samira, Lisa, Yushin and Cynthia. They even bought me gelato for my birthday! It was June 1^st 😊 

Speaking of the birthday my wife bought me a bunch of plants in a kind of “vertical garden display” for our deck. So, I am supposed to water them after-work, “relax,” and nurture them. I will certainly try to relax- I’ll keep you posted on what grows.

Best,

Jack

Spring/Summer Quarter Updates

• System Outage Update 6/2/23
• Register Now for Summer Continuing Education Courses

Accreditation:

• Area Reviews are due June 16, 2023 (see multi-year schedule). 
• You are on track if 100% of your Area Review has been completed. You now should be reviewing/polishing the completed Area Review with your supervisor (Dean, Executive Director, etc.). 
• We want to improve the Area Review form and process for next cycle, which starts in September (see timeline). Please give feedback here. Changes, based on the feedback, will be shared during Opening Week.
• Area Reviews demonstrate to our accreditors, and ourselves, that the College engages in data-informed planning, assessment, and resource allocation in service to our mission:
  

ctcLink

FACULTY: Drop-in Support Grades in ctcLink: Join Heather Munsell, ctcLink Faculty Lead, to have your “grading in ctcLink” questions answered. Monday, June 19, 11:00AM-12:00PM, Tuesday, June 20, 11:00AM-12:00PM Via Zoom: https://us02web.zoom.us/j/81837734259 .

Planning & Institutional Effectiveness (PIE)

 You can view current and archived Daily Enrollment Reports here: Daily Enrollment Reports (Public):

• Summer 2023
• Fall 2023

Caveats: it is still early for Fall enrollment and due to ransomware, we do not have access to past year same-day comparison (even if we did, fraudulent students in Summer/Fall 2022 would make this a bad comparison).

A link to these reports always can be found at the Shoreline Support Center > Employee > Daily Enrollment Report.

Grants Office

We have been awarded a $130,000 SSEH (Supporting Students Experiencing Homelessness) renewal grant from SBCTC to continue to address students’ basic needs. The grant will connect students with case managers, navigators, and the Benefits Hub to help them access resources such as rent assistance, hygiene supplies, food support, and transportation. Kudos to the collaborative effort of the Diversity, Equity, Inclusion Office; Student Support & Success; and the Grants Office.

Human Resources

Summer Hours 

• During the 2023 summer quarter, the College will move to public operating hours of Monday through Thursday 8:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m. with the campus closed on Fridays. 
• These summer operating hours will be in effect Monday, July 10 through Friday, September 1, 2023. Please note the campus will operate on regular Mon-Fri business hours during the first week of summer quarter (July 3 – 7).  

Personal Leave

• Classified Staff- Please remember to use personal leave for this year by June 30^th

Who’s Who in HR

• Not sure who to contact for what in HR? We have created a helpful document to show you where to go.

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

Events and Updates

• Introducing Wendy Coates- New Executive Director of Advancement & The Foundation
• Come Join Us for the Shoreline Shorts
• Save the Date! Opening Week will be September 21-26, 2023
• Student Showcase Friday 6/9
• Waves of Gratitude
• Vocal Jazz Performance
• Farewell Recital 6/16
• Get Ready to Rock with the Rock Band Ensemble
• Register Now for Summer Sports Camps
• Chinese Culture Camps and Language Classes

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