Good afternoon all, 

Happy Hispanic Heritage Month! As you may know this month began in 1968 as Hispanic Heritage Week under President Lyndon Johnson and was expanded by President Ronald Reagan and enacted into law as a month-long recognition in 1988. Recently president Biden released a proclamation designating this week, September 11-17, as National Hispanic-Serving Institution Week. 

We have a lot to celebrate with our diverse Latin(x)/Hispanic community here at Shoreline. One thing I am particularly excited about, due to the great work of our Deans Jonathan Molinaro, Nancy Dick, ESL faculty, and Aisha Hauser & Alejandra Salgado, we have partnered with the Latino Educational Training Institute and will be seeing 50+ new ESL seekers this fall at Shoreline Community College! We are also one of the hosts of the Seattle Latino Film Festival again this year which looks really great. Looking forward to updates on events and other opportunities to celebrate this month.  

This past week I caught up with Dr Singh, one of my mentors and President of Edmonds College. We were meeting monthly for a while but got thrown off due to the ransomware incident, so I am glad to be back on a regular schedule with him. He is a great person and resource as he has been president of several colleges across the country and has a lot of insight and real-world examples from a variety of institutions. I am learning a lot working with him.  

This past Sunday the Tibetan Association of Washington (TAW) hosted their first language and culture class on our campus! The day began at 2:50 pm with a “Meet and Greet” session, allowing Tibetan Language and Cultural Schoo (TLCS) kids and their parents to socialize and catch up. I was very humbled to participate in an “Opening Ceremony,” welcoming the community and featuring speeches by TLCS Director Lobsang Tsering, and TAW President Gonpo. After my presentation, the children were asked if they had any questions. This girl below asked, “Are you really the college president”? I loved it and assured her I was and that other could vouch for me. 😉 We are so lucky to have this community meeting regularly on our campus. Looking forward to more this coming year! 

And hey what about the food trucks this week? I am kind of a Mexican food snob, having many favorite places in southern California and let me tell you the burrito I had was so good! The best part was socializing with some of you and seeing some good cheer and camaraderie. Our very own Trustee Ringer came out as well to support the effort! Can’t wait to see more faculty and students out there throughout the year once the term begins. 

I know folks have been swamped with ghost students these past few weeks and we are all very appreciative of the teams in student services, TSS, and Instruction that are trying to balance the importance of removing fraudulent students and offering the courses students need to be successful. Thank you for all you do. 

Best, 

Jack 

Fall Quarter Updates 

• 2023 Opening Week FAQs 
• Fall Parking Update 
• Starfish Update 

Human Resources 

New Hire Employee Updates:   

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

• Anjali Chudasama – Full-Time Faculty, Music 
• Logan Damon – Web Communications Coordinator, C&M 

• Marcus Harvey – Custodian 2, Facilities 
• Ahlam Mahai – Cook 1, Parent Child Center 
• Kimberly-Cuc Pham – Custodian 2, Facilities  
• Banafsheh Rassaian – Full-Time Faculty, Med Lab Technology  
• Sarah Stackhouse – Sr Assoc Director of International Outreach, International Education 

• Andrew Stephans – Full-Time Faculty, Economics 
• Vasudha Sundaravaradan – Full-Time Faculty, Biology  
• MJ Tomer – Pgm Spec 3, eLearning 
• Christine Walters – Admin Asst 4, Social Sciences 
• Benjamin Weimer – Pgm Coordinator, Internships 

• Dean Weller – Grounds & Nursery Services Spec 2, Grounds 

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

Events and Updates 

• Register for Fall Continuing Education Classes Today 
• Waves of Gratitude 
• Shoreline Shout-out 
• Auditions for a Wrinkle in Time This Week! 
• Registration Open for Health and Wellness Continuing Education Classes 
• Welcome Back to School and a Disability Inclusive Environment 

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

Events and News 

Hey folks! Hope you all are doing well.  I just got back this week from vacation.  I was talking to my wife about it, and we realized that it has been about four years since we last went on a one-week vacation together!  Like many of you I am sure with COVID and this year’s challenges it has been hard to be away.  Our pup Agnes joined us and is now internationally famous.   I did do some email while I was gone (of course) but Lori said I was “pretty good” about not checking too much, so that’s something.  Looking forward to seeing everyone soon and sharing our summer adventures. 

As a function of being away and the campus being closed for Labor Day, I don’t have that much to report.  Perhaps the most exciting update this week has to do with a meeting Wendy Coates, and I had with leadership at Goodwill.  I attended their 100-year anniversary celebration a few months ago and met some great folks who have a strong DEI lens and dedication to many of the same issues we do.  Wendy and I spoke with them about possible partnering around areas where we overlap and exploring how we might be able to connect some of their new programs with our offerings at the College to create a more seamless transition between their career training programs and our educational opportunities.  The first meeting went really well, and we will be following up with them next week to discuss next steps.  I will keep you posted! 

Happy to be back and to engage with the Shoreline team. Have a great weekend! 

Best, 

Jack 

Fall Quarter Updates 

• HSAMCC Building Update 
• Food Trucks Coming to SCC Next Week! 

Human Resources 

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

Foundation and Advancement 

A couple of items from the Foundation this week: 

1. Thank you to our scholarship readers! We are grateful for your service and time. Thank you for volunteering your time to help donors fund students! 

2. Welcome back Michelle! After a couple of months’ absence, Michelle is back and as full of energy as ever! Michelle has resumed her duties as Foundation Manager and will be back on campus next week. 

3. There will be a rededication of a gingko tree for Erin Walker on 9/22 at 4:00 pm in the Courtyard near the Library. Erin was part of our campus community and died several years ago. The tree planted in her honor failed to thrive where it was, so a new tree (in a new spot) will be rededicated.  

Events and Updates 

• Annual Fire System Inspections 
• Tree In Courtyard Removal 9/16/23 
• Phishing Scam Advisory 9/6/23 
• EAP Gray Fire Support and Resources 

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

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 

• Update to RAVE Alert re: Campus Intruder 
• Update Cybersecurity Advisory 

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 5^th. 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! 

Events and Updates 

• Pressing Flowers 
• Enjoy Forest Bathing 
• Register for Patio Gardening 
• Auditions for a Wrinkle in Time 
• Puget Sound Antique Radio Swap Meet and Show this Sunday 
• In Person ESL Learning is Back at Mary’s Place 
• Introducing Joe Mazur as new VP BAS 
• Shoreline Welcomes Dalila Parees as Acting Dean of STEM 

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Shoreline Community College MISSION – Our Purpose 

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

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 

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/   

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 

Events and Updates 

• Come Visit Shelley Kloba this Monday 
• WAVES Revival Wardrobe Clothing Drive 

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Shoreline Community College MISSION – Our Purpose 

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