June 7th, 2015 by pio@shoreline.edu
Students look at the program during the 2015 Commencement exercises at Shoreline Community College on June 7, 2015.
Photo gallery / Event video
With the bleachers and overflow rooms packed, the event was presided over by President Cheryl Roberts, Vice President for Academic and Student Affairs Bob Francis and Board of Trustees Chair Tom Lux. Joining them on stage were student speaker Abebaw Tekeste and faculty speaker Rachel David.
Honored during the program were Student Service Award recipients Tekeste, Justin Collins, Konstantin, Grinev and Riadiani Marcelita. Professor Emeritus was conferred on Larry Cheng, Gillian Lewis and Sharon Stewart. Emeritus status was also recognized posthumously for Linda Barnes, Erin Walker and Troy Wolff.
Music was provided by the Shoreline Concert Band under the direction of Ken Noreen with graduate Katherine Poor singing the national anthem.
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May 21st, 2015 by pio@shoreline.edu
Getting to Shoreline Community College could take just a wee bit longer over the next few weeks.
A State Department of Transportation (WSDOT) spokesman says there will be “a small construction project” on N. 160th from Dayton Ave. to Aurora Ave. (see map) that will begin May 26 and is anticipated to run through mid-June.
Finals, by the way, start on June 10 and run through June 12.
According to WSDOT, there will be single-lane closures in both directions during day-time hours that may cause delays. The westbound right lane will also be closed overnight for a single night at some point during the project. Most of the work for the project will be in the westbound lane, which leads to the college.
Finals or not, this might not be the time to cut it close on the commute time.
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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 20th, 2015 by pio@shoreline.edu
- DAY/DATE: Monday, April 20, 2015
- TIME: 3 – 4:30 p.m.
- WHERE: Room 1402
- WHAT: Strategic Plan SWOT session
- CONTACT: Stuart Trippel, strippel@shoreline.edu, 206-546-4672
The Strategic Planning Task Force is off to a fast start and moving forward to gather information both externally and internally to the college. As part of the internal process, there will be a series of SWOT (strengths, weaknesses, opportunities, and threats) sessions that will last 90 minutes to receive input from all sectors of the college. All members of the campus community (students, faculty, classified staff and administrative exempt employees) are strongly encouraged to attend one of the sessions listed below. This is your chance to make a difference!
At these meetings, Tom Mesaros from the Alford Group will facilitate the discussion regarding the college’s strengths, weaknesses, opportunities and threats in both large group and small group formats. The atmosphere will be informal, lively and collaborative.
Here are some sample questions that may be asked:
- What are college’s primary strengths in academics, scheduling, facilities, human resources, decision making, processes, student services, finances, etc.?
- What are college’s primary weaknesses in academics, scheduling, facilities, human resources, decision making, processes, student services, finances, etc.?
- What are the college’s key opportunities in academics, scheduling, facilities human resources, decision making, processes, student services, finances, etc.?
- What are the primary threats to the college?
SWOT sessions have already occurred on April 8 and April 10. Here are the dates and times for the remaining SWOT sessions:
- Today, April 20, 3-4:30 p.m., Room 1402
- Friday, April 24, Noon-1:30 p.m., Room 1402
- Wednesday, April 29, 3-4:30 p.m., Room 1402
Please plan to attend one of these sessions. If you are able to attend only part of a session, your input is still very welcome. Thank you in advance for your willingness to participate and provide your input.
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