We’d like to invite you to two very special events happening next week. 

Nationally acclaimed educator, scholar, and strategist, Dr. Michael Benitez Jr. will be on campus to present his keynote: 

Navigating the Current Moment: Understanding the Shifts in Culture, Education, and Society for College Campuses. 

“We are living in a time of rapid change—shifting policies, cultural tensions, and evolving conversations around identity, education, and leadership. Dr. Michael Benitez offers an insightful, real-time analysis of today’s most pressing issues, breaking down their impact on campuses, communities, and workplaces. With his signature ability to connect historical context to current realities, he provides audiences with the tools to navigate challenges, engage in critical dialogue, and build stronger, more resilient institutions and communities.” 

• Date: Thursday, June 5, 2025 
• Time: 5:30 – 7:00 pm 
• Place: 9000 Building – Main Dining Room 

This keynote address is open to the public.  

Additionally, prior to his keynote, Dr. Benitez will lead the following workshop exclusively for Shoreline faculty and staff: 

Not about You; Not About Me: Towards A Paradigm Shift of Mission Servingness

“Educational institutions have come a long way in attempts to better understand and address inclusive excellence and mission servingness but continue to fall short of addressing systemic practices that perpetuate structural inequities and realizing visions of equity and inclusion. In his presentation, Dr. Benitez aims to rupture and shift current understandings and practices grounded in dominate culture, dispel existing dualities and binaries of teaching and practice that lead to limited outcomes for student success, and provides a framework of culturally relevant servingness for advancing student success.” 

• Date: Thursday, June 5, 2025 
• Time: 2:30 – 4:00 pm 
• Place: Room 1104 

This workshop is for faculty and staff only. If you’re interested in attending, we encourage you to work with your supervisor to allow room for this event in your schedule. 

We hope you can join us for one or both of these events. 

Join us to learn more about accessible purchasing at Shoreline. We will cover our software lists, VPATs and HECVATs, share language to use when asking vendors for this info and how to submit these docs to us once received. We will record this session and share out for later viewing.

• DATE: 5/29/2025
• TIME: 2:30 – 3:30 PM
• PLACE: Online. Click here to join the Zoom meeting.

Shoreline Community College is pleased to host a screening of “Asog” in celebration of Asian American and Pacific Islander Heritage Month.

“Asog” is a touching tale of survival, resistance, and solidarity, as told by the real-life victims of the Super Typhoon Yolanda that devastated the Philippines in 2013. An award-winning film that premiered in 2023, the film follows the unlikely friendship between Jaya and Arnel, as they find their way to Sicogon together.

• DATE: 5/27/2025
• TIME: 6:00 PM
• PLACE: SCC Theater (Building 1600)
• COST: Free

Click here for tickets.

The film is 1 hr 39 mins, in Tagalog and other dialects with English captions. This screening is sponsored in partnership by SCC Gender Equity Center and WAVES Asian & Pacific Islander Student Center.

Food and drinks will be provided after the screening.

The WAVES Center presents Lunch & Learn: Celebrating Thai Food and Community in the U.S.

• WHEN: Thurs, 5/22 from 12:30 – 2:00 pm
• WHERE: Quiet Dining Room (9208).

Dr. Mark Padoongpatt will discuss his book “Flavors of Empire: Food and the Making of Thai America,” which explores how and why Thai food shaped the contours of Thai American community and identity.

A light lunch from Eat & Go Thai Street Food will be served.

Dr. Padoongpatt is Associate Professor of Asian American Studies and Interdisciplinary Studies, and the Director of the Asian and Asian American Studies Program at the University of Las Vegas.

Join us for our Asian American and Pacific Islander Heritage Month Luncheon Keynote: Health & Wellness for Native Hawaiians and Indigenous Peoples.

The WAVES Asian and Pacific Islander Student Center presents a lecture by University of Washington Dean of Social Work Michael Spencer. Spencer was appointed dean of the UW School of Social Work in July 2023—the first Native Hawaiian dean at the UW. His research examines health and wellness among Native Hawaiian and Pacific Islanders, focusing on interventions that promote health among Native Hawaiians through Indigenous practices and values.

• DATE: 5/20/2025
• TIME: 12:30 – 2:00 pm
• PLACE: Room 1508

Hawaiian plate lunch from The Box provided for attendees who register! Click here to register for this event.