Category: Announcements
October 9th, 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 10, 2015 is World Mental Health Day!
World Mental Health Day is a yearly event celebrated on 10 October around the world. The day was created by the World Health Organization (WHO) to raise public awareness of mental health issues.
It’s thought that around 154 million people around the world suffer from depression, so it’s likely that you or someone you know will be affected by mental illness during your lifetime. World Mental Health Day aims to get us all talking openly about mental illnesses and the treatment and preventions that are available to us all.
The day will be organized with the help of the World Federation for Mental Health which was founded in 1948 to prevent emotional and mental health disorders and help those who do suffer from them.
This year the theme is “Mental health and older adults” and you can show your support by making a donation at the World Federation for Mental Health website, or by joining in with one of the events organized for the day. Events include community workshops with talks from professionals to give you any advice you might need.
Visit the World Mental Health Day official website for more details and don’t be afraid to talk about your problems this World Mental Health Day.
Living with a Mental Health Condition
Living with a Mental Health Condition If you have a mental health condition, you’re not alone. 1 in 5 American adults experience some form of mental illness in any given year. And across the population, 1 in every 20 adults is living with a serious mental health condition such as schizophrenia, bipolar disorder or long-term recurring major depression.
As with other serious illnesses, mental illness is not your fault or that of the people around you, but widespread misunderstandings about mental illness remain. Many people don’t seek treatment, or remain unaware that their symptoms could be connected to a mental health condition. People may expect a person with serious mental illness to look visibly different from others, and they may tell someone who doesn’t “look ill” to “get over it” through willpower. These misperceptions add to the challenges of living with a mental health condition. Every year people overcome the challenges of mental illness to do the things they enjoy. Through developing and following a treatment plan, you can dramatically reduce many of your symptoms.
People with mental health conditions can and do pursue higher education, succeed in their careers, make friends and have relationships. Mental illness can slow us down but we don’t need to let it stop us. For more information on living with mental illness, click here.
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October 8th, 2015 by pio@shoreline.edu
The Multicultural Center will sponsor workshops, presentations and trainings every Friday in room 9102. For our first Friday of activities, please come and join us Fri. Oct. 9 for a viewing and discussion of two films:
STRUGGLE IN THE FIELDS – PUB 9102 at 10:30 a.m.
September 15-October 15 is Latino Heritage Month!
“The Struggle in the Fields,” examines the importance of Cesar Chavez and his efforts to organize farm workers in the central valley of California. It delineates the various components of Chávez’s strategy for farm worker self determination—strikes, boycotts, pilgrimages, fasts—and emphasizes his commitment to nonviolence and the importance of faith and prayer in achieving his goal. 58 minutes.
THE DELANO MANONGS – PUB 9102 at 11:45 a.m.
October is Filipino American History Month!
“The Delano Manongs” tells the story of farm labor organizer Larry Itliong and a group of Filipino farm workers who instigated one of the American farm labor movement’s finest hours – The Delano Grape Strike of 1965 that brought about the creation of the United Farm Workers Union (UFW). While the movement is known for Cesar Chavez’s leadership and considered a Chicano movement, Filipinos played a pivotal role. Filipino labor organizer, Larry Itliong, a cigar-chomping union veteran, organized a group of 1500 Filipinos to strike against the grape growers of Delano, California, beginning a collaboration between Filipinos, Chicanos and other ethnic workers that would go on for years. 30 minutes.
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October 8th, 2015 by pio@shoreline.edu
President Obama will be arriving in Seattle at Boeing Field shortly before 4 p.m. on Fri., Oct. 9. Though this will most likely not affect the commute to campus Friday morning, anyone traveling to campus mid to late afternoon may want to leave extra travel time. The evening commute home will likely be affected, as intermittent closures of freeways, arterials and downtown streets are expected. More information can be found here.
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October 7th, 2015 by pio@shoreline.edu
Sign up for the first volunteer opportunity of the quarter for students happening this Sat., Oct. 10! Volunteers will be helping out for the Making Strides Seattle Against Breast Cancer Walk in downtown Seattle. The organization supports and celebrates breast cancer survivors. You can help fight breast cancer by volunteering today!
Are you interested? Email StudentJustice@shoreline.edu for an application!
If you have any questions or concerns, please contact Emily Stensland at StudentJustice@shoreline.edu.
Posted in Announcements, Volunteer Opportunities
October 7th, 2015 by pio@shoreline.edu
This Fri., Oct. 8 come meet the staff of the Multicultural Center from 1:30-2:30 p.m. in the PUB room 9102 and learn more about:
-New internships in the Multicultural Center;
-Attending the Students of Color and the Queer I Am Conferences:
-The Student Diversity Coalition (SDC);
-Get involved with our annual Multicultural Week and MLK Jr. Celebrations and Social Justice Week!
-Got Workstudy? Talk with us!
Posted in Announcements, Events, Jobs on Campus, Services for Students Tagged with: internship, multicultural center
October 7th, 2015 by pio@shoreline.edu
Several Events in and around the Seattle area may cause heavy traffic Thurs., Oct. 8 and Fri., Oct. 9, meaning students traveling to and from Shoreline’s campus should leave themselves plenty of extra time to get to class those days. Here’s the info from the Seattle Department of Transportation:
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THURSDAY, OCTOBER 8th – SUNDAY, OCTOBER 11th:
INTERNATIONAL AUTO SHOW: The latest makes and models of over 400 new automobiles are on display at the CenturyLink Events Center. Show hours are 2 p.m. to 9 p.m. Thursday, 12 p.m. to 9 p.m., Friday, 9 a.m. to 9 p.m. Saturday, and 9 a.m. to 7 p.m. on Sunday.
FRIDAY, OCTOBER 9th:
PRESIDENT OBAMA VISIT: President Obama will visit Seattle to attend a fundraising event for Sen. Patty Murray at the Westin Hotel. Please plan ahead as the interstate and city streets will likely be impacted by the visit.
FRIDAY, OCTOBER 9th – SUNDAY, OCTOBER 11th:
ST. DEMETRIO’S GREEK FESTIVAL: The 55th annual celebration at St. Demetrios features traditional Greek food, music, dance performances, and cultural items for purchase. Hours are Friday, 12 p.m. to 9 p.m., Saturday 10 a.m. to 9 p.m. and Sunday, 12 p.m. to 7 p.m. About 4,500 people are expected to attend over the weekend. Traffic in the Montlake neighborhood is likely to be heavier than usual, so please accordingly (some Baklava might help).
SATURDAY, OCTOBER 10th:
MAKING STRIDES AGAINST BREAST CANCER WALK: This walk benefits the American Cancer Society’s breast cancer research grants, and programs and programs for people undergoing treatment. The event starts and ends at the Seattle Center International Fountain at 9 a.m. The route heads east on Mercer Street, south on 9th Ave N through Denny Park, north on Dexter Avenue N, west on Mercer, south on 5thAvenue N, west on Broad at Denny Street returning back to Seattle Center on 2ndAve N. About 3,200 people are expected to participate.
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October 7th, 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.
Today’s topic is: October 8, 2015 is World Sight Day. This year’s call to action:
World Sight Day is an important advocacy and communications opportunity for the eye health community. It is a great time to engage with a wider audience – a patient’s family, those who seldom get an eye exam, diabetics – and showcase why eye health needs everybody’s attention.
Eye care for all: This year, The International Agency for the Prevention of Blindness (IAPB) urges you to focus on everybody who needs eye care services – everybody. Think of all the groups of people who need eye care – especially the most vulnerable or the ones most in need. What can we do to bring eye care to them all? How can we ensure that access to eye care is not limited by gender or geographic location, or even financial status? Do remember, ‘Eye Health’ also includes rehabilitation and assistive services for those with irreversible vision loss.
This World Sight Day, let’s do something that will draw attention to the great unmet need in eye care services.
On World Sight Day, IAPB members work together to:
1. Raise public awareness of blindness & vision impairment as major international public health issues
2. Influence Governments/Ministers of Health to participate in and designate funds for national blindness prevention programs
3. Educate target audiences about blindness prevention, about VISION 2020 and to generate support for VISION 2020 program activities
International Key Messages:
1. Approximately 285 million people worldwide live with low vision and blindness
2. Of these, 39 million people are blind and 246 million have moderate or severe visual impairment
3. 90% of blind people live in low-income countries
4. Yet 80% of visual impairment is avoidable – i.e. readily treatable and/or preventable
5. Restorations of sight, and blindness prevention strategies are among the most cost-effective interventions in health care
6. The number of people blind from infectious causes has greatly reduced in the past 20 years
7. An estimated 19 million children are visually impaired
8. About 65 % of all people who are visually impaired are aged 50 and older, while this age group comprises only 20% of the world’s population
9. Increasing elderly populations in many countries mean that more people will be at risk of age-related visual impairment.
The above information was taken from the website of the IAPB. For more information about World Sight Day, click here.
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October 7th, 2015 by pio@shoreline.edu
On Fri., Oct. 9 the Shoreline Community College music faculty present their annual Faculty Showcase performances at 9:30 and 10:30 a.m. in the music building in room 818. Music and Music Tech faculty will play a light-hearted concert for students and other faculty members. A wildly diverse array of musical styles will be presented along with brief introductions as a kick-off to the new school year.
This has proven to be one of the more memorable events of the year in the past and the music department would love to see you in attendance!
Posted in Announcements, Arts & Entertainment, Events, Free Tagged with: music faculty, showcase
October 7th, 2015 by pio@shoreline.edu
Don’t forget to stop by the PUB Main Dining Room Thurs., Oct. 8 from 10 a.m. – 1 p.m. for the University Transfer Fair. Reps from top area colleges will be on hand to answer all your questions about what it takes to transfer to a four-year school after Shoreline.
Participating colleges and universities include, but aren’t limited to:
Bastyr University
Central Washington University
City University of Seattle
Cornish College of the Arts
Eastern Washington University
Eastern at Bellevue College
Fashion Institute of Design and Merchandising
Grand Canyon University
Johnson & Wales University
Lake Washington Institute of Technology
North Seattle College
Northwest University
Oregon State University
Seattle University
The Evergreen State College
University of Washington
University of Washington-Bothell
University of Washington-Tacoma
Western Governors University Washington
Washington State University-Vancouver
Western Washington University
and More . . . .
Hope to see you there!
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October 6th, 2015 by pio@shoreline.edu
Please join us in the PUB courtyard (inside the main lobby of the PUB if it’s raining) at 12:30 p.m. on Wed., Oct. 7 for a campus community photo to show our love and support for the students, faculty and staff at Umpqua Community College. A social media campaign using the hashtag #IamUCC features photos of campus communities across the nation standing in solidarity with Umpqua – we’d like your help in adding Shoreline’s voice to that show of support. The Student Leadership Center will have banners and posters made in advance for participants to display for the photo, so no need to bring anything but yourself, your friends and your smile.
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