Category: Announcements
October 12th, 2015 by pio@shoreline.edu
October is Domestic Violence Awareness Month – help raise awareness about domestic violence and join in our efforts to end violence.
Counseling Services and the Women’s Center will facilitate an interactive, scenario-based training where participants move, think and experience the lives of people impacted by domestic violence.
In Their Shoes: Understanding Domestic Violence
Wed., Oct. 14, 2015
12:30–2:30 pm in room 9202
Be prepared to interact during this 2-hour session!
Participants will make choices about their character’s relationships and move through the scenario by reading about interactions with their dating partner, family, friends, counselors, police, and others.
The development of this training was funded by the parents of Dayna Fure – murdered by her ex-boyfriend on May 24, 2004, just before she was to graduate from Stanwood High School – to invest in the lives of others and to turn their grief into action.
WEAR PURPLE – the color of Domestic Violence Awareness Month – during the month of October and use this as a way to tell others why ending domestic violence is important to you. Stop by Counseling Services (5229) or the Women’s Center (PUB, 3rd Floor) to pick up your purple ribbon!
Questions? Contact Sheryl Copeland at scopeland@shoreline.edu or 206.533.6712.
Want to learn more about domestic violence or resources?
King County: New Beginnings | http://www.newbegin.org/
Snohomish County: Domestic Violence Services | http://www.dvs-snoco.org/index
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October 12th, 2015 by pio@shoreline.edu
In honor of Disability Employment Awareness Month, the Office of Special Services (OSS) is working to raise awareness of disabilities by offering daily facts and tips about people with disabilities and living with disability. Please take a minute to read and broaden your understanding.
October is National Dwarfism Awareness Month
Dwarfism is short stature that results from a genetic or medical condition. Dwarfism is generally defined as an adult height of 4 feet 10 inches (147 centimeters) or less. The average adult height among people with dwarfism is 4 feet (122 cm).
Many different medical conditions cause dwarfism. In general, the disorders are divided into two broad categories:
- Disproportionate dwarfism. If body size is disproportionate, some parts of the body are small, and others are of average size or above-average size. Disorders causing disproportionate dwarfism inhibit the development of bones.
- Proportionate dwarfism. A body is proportionately small if all parts of the body are small to the same degree and appear to be proportioned like a body of average stature. Medical conditions present at birth or appearing in early childhood limit overall growth and development.
Causes
Most dwarfism-related conditions are genetic disorders, but the causes of some disorders are unknown. Most occurrences of dwarfism result from a random genetic mutation in either the father’s sperm or the mother’s egg rather than from either parent’s complete genetic makeup.
Achondroplasia
About 80 percent of people with achondroplasia are born to parents of average height. A person with achondroplasia and with two average-size parents received one mutated copy of the gene associated with the disorder and one normal copy of the gene. A person with the disorder may pass along either a mutated or normal copy to his or her own children.
Turner syndrome
Turner syndrome, a condition that affects only girls and women, results when a sex chromosome (the X chromosome) is missing or partially missing. A female inherits an X chromosome from each parent. A girl with Turner syndrome has only one fully functioning copy of the female sex chromosome rather than two.
Growth hormone deficiency
The cause of growth hormone deficiency can sometimes be traced to a genetic mutation or injury, but for most people with the disorder, no cause can be identified.
Other causes
Other causes of dwarfism include other genetic disorders, deficiencies in other hormones or poor nutrition. Sometimes the cause is unknown.
The above information is from the Mayo Clinic.
Posted in Announcements Tagged with: dwarfism, OSS
October 12th, 2015 by pio@shoreline.edu
At Shoreline Community College we not only care about why you are here but where you are headed. We strive to support students through their career development and readiness for the future. Staff and faculty work to create opportunities for exploration, connections between employers and students, provide opportunities for skill building, and resources for networking and the job/internship search process.
Join us for our Fall Quarter Job and Career Workshop Series! This workshop series focuses on resources for career exploration, tips for getting started with the job search and application process, networking and interviewing, and career conversations. All are welcome and snacks will be provided! Our first workshop in the job and career series is Tues., Oct. 13 from 12:30-1:30 p.m. in the PUB Quiet Dining Room.
Workshop title and details: Resume 101-Showcasing Your Talents
Oct. 13 from 12:30-1:30 p.m. in the PUB Quiet Dining Room
Come to this workshop for valuable resume tips, whether you’re looking for a part-time student job or getting ready to start a new career. You will also learn about a program that can provide ongoing support in your job search. The workshop will be presented by Hopelink, a local partner of SCC’s Workforce Education Division.
*Snacks will be provided, bring your lunch!
Posted in Announcements, Services for Students, Workshops Tagged with: career planning, resume writing
October 12th, 2015 by pio@shoreline.edu
In honor of Disability Employment Awareness Month, the Office of Special Services (OSS) is working to raise awareness of disabilities by offering daily facts and tips about people with disabilities and living with disability. Please take a minute to read and broaden your understanding.
Oct. 11-17 is Dyspraxia Awareness Week
What is dyspraxia?
Dyspraxia isn’t a sign of muscle weakness or of low intelligence. It’s a brain-based condition that makes it hard to plan and coordinate physical movement. Children with dyspraxia tend to struggle with balance and posture. They may appear clumsy or “out of sync” with their environment.
Dyspraxia goes by many names: developmental coordination disorder, motor learning difficulty, motor planning difficulty and apraxia of speech. It can affect the development of gross motor skills like walking or jumping. It can also affect fine motor skills. These include things like the hand movements needed to write clearly and the mouth and tongue movements needed to pronounce words correctly.
Dyspraxia can affect social skills too. Children with dyspraxia may behave immaturely even though they typically have average or above-average intelligence.
Kids don’t outgrow dyspraxia. But occupational therapy, physical therapy, speech therapy and other tools and strategies can help. Kids can learn to work around areas of weakness and build on their strengths.
Different Kinds of Dyspraxia
Dyspraxia can affect different kinds of movement. Professionals you speak to might break it down into these categories:
- Ideomotor dyspraxia: Makes it hard to complete single-step motor tasks such as combing hair and waving goodbye.
- Ideational dyspraxia: Makes it more difficult to perform a sequence of movements, like brushing teeth or making a bed.
- Oromotor dyspraxia, also called verbal apraxia or apraxia of speech: Makes it difficult to coordinate muscle movements needed to pronounce words. Kids with dyspraxia may have speech that is slurred and difficult to understand because they’re unable to enunciate.
- Constructional dyspraxia: Makes it harder to understand spatial relationships. Kids with this type of dyspraxia may have difficulty copying geometric drawings or using building blocks.
The above information was taken from and can be found on Understood.org.
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October 11th, 2015 by pio@shoreline.edu
Starting Monday Lancer food service at Shoreline Community College will be selling sushi in our grab n go area! Please stop by and try some!
And, the Wednesday special on the buffet this week is Asian Fusion! This bar is .65 cents an ounce and will feature all your favorites such as eggrolls, potstickers and noodle dishes.
Posted in Announcements Tagged with: food service, lancer
October 11th, 2015 by pio@shoreline.edu
Princess Angeline.
Shoreline Community College’s First Nations Club talks back to Columbus on Mon., Oct. 12, with a day of events celebrating Indigenous People’s Day. Students, staff and faculty are invited to join a day of events that challenge non-Native ideas of Indianness and explore contemporary—and nearby—issues of Makah whaling and federal recognition of the Duwamish people. All events are free.
Matika Wilbur: Project 562’s Quest for Real Indians – 9:30 a.m., PUB Quiet Dining Room (9208)
Pesented by Howie Echo-Hawk (Pawnee and Athabaskan), First Nations’ Club, Shoreline Community College. Video and discussion of Wilbur’s (Swinomish and Tulalip) work in challenging visual and cultural images of contemporary Native Americans. Click here more information on Project 562.
Modern Makah Whaling and the Lens of History – 10:30 a.m., PUB Quiet Dining Room (9208)
Presented by Joshua Reid (Snohomish), Ph.D, Departments of History and American Indian Studies, University of Washington. Reid will talk about how history helps us better understand why whaling remains important to Makahs today. It draws from his book, The Sea Is My Country: The Maritime World of the Makahs.
Princess Angeline, film – 11:30 a.m., PUB Quiet Dining Room (9208)
Co-sponsored by Project Pride – This film from independent indigenous filmmaker Sandra Johnson Osawa (Makah) and her partner Yasu Osawa uses the story of Chief Seattle’s oldest daughter—Princess Angeline or Kikisebloo—to explore the history of the Duwamish people and their so-far fruitless quest for federal recognition.
Smoke Signals, movie – 12:30–2:30 p.m., PUB Room 9202
Written, directed, co-produced and mostly acted by American Indians, Smoke Signalsis a road movie within an indigenous flair. With a screenplay written by Sherman Alexi (Spokane-Coeur d’Alene), the movie pokes fun at the way Native Americans are stereotypically imagined in America today and challenges non-Indian viewers to come to terms with Native American experiences and perspectives. Film will be followed with Native comedy shorts and discussion.
Posted in Announcements, Clubs, Events, Free Tagged with: first nations club, indigenous peoples day
October 11th, 2015 by pio@shoreline.edu
Are you planning to transfer to University of Washington? Attend a UW Admissions and Transfer Planning Workshop Tues., Oct. 13 from 10:30-11:30 a.m. in the PUB room 9202 to make sure you’ve got all the materials needed to make your application stand out and your transition smooth. Students attending this session will learn about:
– admission requirements
– application process
– preparing for a major
– how to connect with UW resources.
Posted in Announcements, Free, Workshops Tagged with: transfer planning
October 11th, 2015 by pio@shoreline.edu
At Shoreline Community College we not only care about why you are here but where you are headed. We strive to support students through their career development and readiness for the future. Staff and faculty work to create opportunities for exploration, connections between employers and students, provide opportunities for skill building, and resources for networking and the job/internship search process.
Join us for our Fall Quarter Job and Career Workshop Series! This workshop series focuses on resources for career exploration, tips for getting started with the job search and application process, networking and interviewing, and career conversations. All are welcome and snacks will be provided! Our first workshop in the job and career series is Tues., Oct. 13 from 12:30-1:30 p.m. in the PUB Quiet Dining Room.
Workshop title and details: Resume 101-Showcasing Your Talents
Oct. 13 from 12:30-1:30 p.m. in the PUB Quiet Dining Room
Come to this workshop for valuable resume tips, whether you’re looking for a part-time student job or getting ready to start a new career. You will also learn about a program that can provide ongoing support in your job search. The workshop will be presented by Hopelink, a local partner of SCC’s Workforce Education Division.
*Snacks will be provided, bring your lunch!
Posted in Announcements, Free, Workshops Tagged with: career development, job and career workshop, resume writing
October 11th, 2015 by pio@shoreline.edu
Just a reminder that the last day to receive a 50% refund on any dropped classes is Tues., Oct. 13, so if you have any plans to drop a class, go visit the registrar today!
Posted in Announcements Tagged with: add/drop, refund
October 11th, 2015 by pio@shoreline.edu
Join us Mon., Oct. 12 from 3-4:30 p.m. in room 2926 for a workshop on writing college admissions essays. In this free workshop you’ll come to understand the appropriate content and tone for personal statements and will have the opportunity to do some writing during this session. (This is NOT a workshop for students who only want feedback on their completed statements.)
Prerequisite: Completed or currently enrolled in ENGL 101.
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