Category: Services for Students
April 23rd, 2015 by pio@shoreline.edu
Interviewing for work is a tough business. Some of the pitfalls for not winning over the selection panel or HR reps are real, while others may be our imagination getting the best of us. We have to ask good questions based on what we know about the workplace, and meet their questions with concise and thoughtful answers. All the while remembering to curb enthusiasm, anxiety and to never appear too hungry.
Join us this Fri., April 24 in FOSS 5116 from 1-2:30 p.m. for a FREE talk by author, Compassionate Communication Trainer and life coach, Moreah Vestan. Topics covered in this workshop that job seekers can apply to interviewing include:
–How to connect at interviews or when you fill out an application
-How to deal with disappointment and frustration over job hunting
-How to manage difficult interactions with family, friends, at work, etc.
Moreah brings 11 years’ experience in communication training, and has much wisdom to share about maximizing your impact at the interview. There are also tips on choosing how to react, which benefits not only the interview process, but every area of your job search.
Not to be missed! Also the usual great coffee and other delights, compliments of Central Market.
See you Friday – and as always – Good Luck Out There!
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April 22nd, 2015 by pio@shoreline.edu
In this free workshop from the Writing and Learning Studio, Room 1501, from12:30-1:30 p.m. we’ll teach you to use a time-proven strategy to read and remember textbook material. Bring your own textbook for practice! (This session is a repeat of the April 15 session.)
Read Smarter, Not Harder is part of a series of workshops by the Writing and Learning Studio aimed at supporting students in all disciplines to become more effective, more confident learners and writers so they may reach their academic, professional and/or personal goals. To see the other workshops in the series, check out the Writing and Learning Studio calendar here.
Posted in Events, Free, Services for Students, Workshops Tagged with: writing and learning studio
April 22nd, 2015 by pio@shoreline.edu
Learning centers are an important part of supporting student success at Shoreline Community College and now officials are working on a plan that would move at least some of them to the center of campus.
“Our people are passionate about helping students,” Vice President for Academic and Student Affairs Bob Francis said. “The learning centers are a key piece. They are places where students can go and find academic support from faculty and peers.”
Right now, the various learning centers are scattered across the campus, Francis said. The plan is to start bringing centers into the Ray Howard Library and Technology Center to figuratively and literally create a centralized point of learning support.
“It will take more than just a little re-arranging. The space is there, but all the details still need to be worked out,” Francis said. “It can’t happen all at once, but we would like to start with the two biggest centers first; The Writing and Learning Studio (TWLS) and the Math Learning Center (MLC).”
Francis started working with Dean of Humanities Kathie Hunt and Dean of Science Susan Hoyne, along with Grace Rhodes, Director of TWLS, and Rosalie Tepper, Director of the MLC. Faculty in the impacted areas have also been brought into the discussion, Francis said. In general, there are three main points for the move:
- Centralization of student learning support centers – Francis pointed out that tutoring services has already moved from its former location in the FOSS building to the library. Early returns seem to indicate the move has been a good one, according to Lindsay Cael, director for student tutoring. “Our library already includes many learning resources coordinated and facilitated by our wonderful library faculty and staff,” Francis said. “I have asked Grace, Rosalie, Lindsey and (library director) Chris Matz to starting discussing how to incorporate TWLS and MLC into this already great space.”Francis said the tutoring-center experience reinforces the feeling that being in the library helps students fin help. “I have often worried about the support ‘treasure hunt’ we send our students on,” he said. “Where should they go when seeking out help? 9000? 5000? 4000? 2200? 1700?”
- Free-up more classrooms – “Every quarter, there is a scramble to find enough teaching spaces to meet student demand at key times,” Francis said. “Much like the way that airlines over-book flights, we sometimes are overbooking classrooms in anticipation of class cancellations.”The result he said, is not always best for students. “Sometimes, we even lose students to other nearby colleges which have greater capacity,” Francis said. He added that the potential for a new health sciences complex depends on funding from the Legislature and is too far down the road to help today’s students today.
- Create access for more students – Currently, less than half of Shoreline’s funding comes from the state in the form of a “state allocation.” That allocation is based on a complicated formula that includes myriad factors. The most familiar factor is the full-time equivalent (FTE) target. There are ongoing discussions to change the allocation formula and President Cheryl Roberts has been actively engaged in those discussions. Not all the details are clear, but there a sense of urgency to around the recruitment, enrollment and retention of domestic students. With the strategic planning and strategic enrollment management efforts are aimed at those goals, optimizing our physical space on campus will help, he said.
As Francis and others looked more closely at the frailties of the moves, it became obvious that if TWLS and the MLC moved to the library, students needing classes at premium times would be better-off, students struggling to find the centers across campus would be better off and the directors and programs of both would have quality support.
“I don’t want to ignore that a move like this would have several challenges,” Francis said. “Certainly, moving the centers from long established locations is one of them. Another is the impact of the increased student traffic in the 4000 building.
“However, I am committed to seriously exploring this move as a way to meet student needs.”
Posted in Announcements, Services for Students Tagged with: library, Math Learning Center, MLC, Shoreline Community College, The Writing and Learning Studio
April 22nd, 2015 by pio@shoreline.edu
Did you know that SCC students have access to three types of online tutoring? You can (1) Meet with a tutor online via a fully interactive virtual environment, (2) submit an eQuestion (such as a math problem where you’re stuck) and an eTutor will respond within 48 hours or (3) submit your paper to the online writing lab, ask for specific feedback and receive an eTutor’s response within 48 hours.
Online tutoring is available for the following subjects: accounting, anatomy & physiology, biology, chemistry, economics, engineering (circuits & digital systems only), math, Microsoft Office, physics, psychology, Spanish, statistics, Web development and writing for any course.
To get started, go to www.etutoring.org.
Click the red LOGIN button.
In the pull-down menu select Western eTutoring Consortium.
Then select Shoreline Community College and follow the login directions.
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April 16th, 2015 by pio@shoreline.edu
You can’t get through college without taking tests, yet no one prepares you for the best way to take them. The Writing and Learning Studio is here to help!
Join us Friday, April 17 from 12:30-1:30 p.m. in room 1501 for our FREE workshop “Preparing for and Taking Tests.” This one-hour workshop will teach you how to critically read and answer multiple choice, true-false, matching and sentence-completion questions on tests.
This Friday’s workshop is just one in a series offered by the Writing and Learning Studio. To see the full list of upcoming workshops, click here.
We hope to see you there!
Posted in Announcements, Events, Free, Services for Students, Workshops Tagged with: test taking, writing and learning studio
April 16th, 2015 by pio@shoreline.edu
Join us this Friday, April 17 in the FOSS (5000) bldg., room 5116 from 1-2:30 p.m. for a Job Seekers’ Rountable exploring how to make new contacts without networking.
Various tests abound on the internet that can place us into extrovert/introvert-based categories. Maybe you’ve taken a Myers Briggs or one of the many others.
Some of us are quite social and fun, we just need to be more selective. Others can chat at a party just fine, but aren’t too big on small talk.
And there are still some of us who get waves of anxiety at the mere thought of networking, which sounds to us like meaningless glad handing, with all involved pretending there are no personal agendas. Some of us don’t want to show for networking events for risk of being rejected, or feeling like we don’t have anything new or interesting to say.
What if you could make connections for volunteering or learning about job opportunities, in person, and without all the “salesy” job search baggage?
This Friday, Ron Carnell will lead the discussion about how to make new contacts without the assumptions or pressures of an agenda. We’ll share resources about how to get connected more casually. All this over the usual great coffee and treats, compliments of Central Market.
See you Friday!
And as always, Good Luck Out There!
Posted in Announcements, Events, Free, Services for Students, Workshops Tagged with: job seekers roundtable
April 10th, 2015 by pio@shoreline.edu
Hi students,
Tutoring Services is offering weekly conversation groups to help you practice the language you are learning. We have weekly conversation groups for English, French, Chinese and Japanese learners. Anyone is welcome to attend!
If you speak Spanish fluently and are interested in leading a Spanish conversation group, please contact Lindsay Cael at lcael@shoreline.edu.
Thank you!
ESL Conversation Group:
Wednesdays – 3:30-4:30 p.m.
Fridays – 12:30-1:30 p.m.
French Conversation Group:
Tuesdays and Wednesdays – 9:00-9:30 a.m.
Chinese Conversation Group:
Mondays – 2:30-3:30 p.m.
Japanese Conversation Group:
Tuesdays and Wednesdays – 11:30-Noon
Posted in Announcements, Free, Services for Students Tagged with: esl, language learning, tutoring services
April 8th, 2015 by pio@shoreline.edu
Interested in exploring the trails/woods behind Shoreline? Want a group to walk with and get fit? Starting this Thurs., April 9 we’ve got a group for you!
This walking group will meet every Thurs. between now and the end of Spring quarter at 12:25 p.m. in front of the fitness center for a 45-minute stroll through the woods. Explore nature, get exercise and meet new people. Win-win-win!
Posted in Announcements, Athletics, Clubs, Events, Free, Services for Students Tagged with: fitness
April 7th, 2015 by pio@shoreline.edu
The Writing and Learning Studio is presenting a series of FREE workshops aimed at supporting students in all disciplines to become more effective, more confident learners and writers so they may reach their academic, professional and/or personal goals.
The workshops cover everything from proofreading to writing under pressure and everything in between. All workshops take place in Room 1501. The first workshop in the Spring quarter series is:
The Joy of Note-Taking!
Friday, April 10
11:30am-12:20pm
Learn what to do before, during and after a lecture that will help you be prepared for class and take meaningful notes.
To see the entire calendar of workshops, which run through May, click here.
For more information, contact Grace Rhodes, Director of The Writing and Learning Studio, grhodes@shoreline.edu, Room 1501.
Posted in Announcements, Events, Free, Services for Students, Workshops Tagged with: writing studio, writing workshops
March 31st, 2015 by pio@shoreline.edu
It’s a new quarter! Have you logged into your SCC email account recently? Having troubles with your password? Unable to log into the SCC Student Wi-Fi on your phone, laptop or tablet?
Come see me in the Student Computer Lab 4102 downstairs of the library. We probably need to create a new password and it is best if this is done in our “Guest” account.
Deann Larsen
Student Computer Lab Manager 4102
My hours are 8am-5pm M-F (4:30 on Fridays)
Lab hours: 7:30- 9pm M-TH (Closes at 4:30 on Fridays)
Closed Weekends and Holidays
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