| Opening Week Schedule | September 17-21, 2007 |

 

Monday, September 17  

  

8:00am–10:00am (FACULTY)

SCCFT Breakfast – Shoreline Center.

Throughout the day: Division and Department meetings.

Tuesday, September 18  

 

8:00am–9:00am (ALL)

Welcome Reception  – Little Theater Lobby. Greet colleagues and enjoy muffins, bagels, juice and coffee. Sponsored by Costco.

 

9:00am–10:30am (ALL)

All Campus Meeting – Little Theater. Wear your Spirit Day apparel! Please attend to meet our new employees, to honor outstanding performance and long service to the College, and to celebrate the start of a new academic year.   President Lambert will introduce our new Strategic Plan and new directions for the future of the College.

 

10:30am-10:45am (ALL)

Short Break

 

10:45am-2:30pm (ALL)
Don't be alarmed, a lunch break will be provided!

All Campus Exercise - Engaging the new Strategic Plan: an All Campus Exercise on Priorities with Pat Sanaghan, Ed.D. – Little Theater. How do we bring the Strategic Plan to life?  Pat has worked with 40 colleges on strategic planning and believes that planning must be collaborative to be effective.  He is the author of several books, articles, and engaging presentations.  For more information about Dr. Sanaghan, visit http://thesanaghangroup.com. Participants in this activity will break into working groups according to their interests in the themes of the strategic plan. Participants will have the opportunity to work with two themes. A debriefing session will summarize the work of the group and how we move the Strategic Plan forward.

 

2:30–5:00pm (FACULTY)    

Getting Started Teaching Online Using Bb – Room 4214.  Get started in a web-based classroom in Blackboard, the software that SCC uses for its online, hybrid, and face-to-face classes. 2:30-3:30pm In Part 1, you will login, learn how to get a Bb classroom and make it available to students. 3:30-5:00pm Part II focuses on course design/organization and how to add content (a folder and a file), an announcement, and a gradebook item. Instructor: Ann Garnsey-Harter, Distance Learning.

 

2:30–4:30pm (FACULTY)    

Affiliate Status Training - Excellence in Understanding the New Agreement – Board Room.  This training provides information on the new requirements for affiliate status and emphasizes the transition between the former and the new affiliate status.  Rights, privileges, duties and responsibilities as well as the essential part program faculty play in the new process will be covered. Presented by Karen Kreutzer and John Backes.

 

Wednesday, September 19        

 

9:00-10:30am (FACULTY)

Multicultural Understanding – Student Learning of Multicultural Understanding   – Room 2911.  Come to learn about assignments students do to gain multicultural awareness, knowledge and abilities, and how students are assessed to see that they are meeting the MU outcomes. You will get to experience body imaging techniques from Boal’s Liberation Theater. Presented by Betsey Barnett and Ernest Johnson.

 

Informational Half-hour Mini-Tours - Morning (ALL)

 

9:00am — Distance Learning, 4203

9:00am — Workforce/Professional-Technical Programs, Room 1515

9:45am — Library/Media Center, Reference Desk

10:30am — Technology Support Services, Room 4122

11:15am — Public Information Office, Room 1009

11:30am — Foundation, Room 1005

 

Informational Half-hour Mini-Tours - Afternoon (ALL)

1:00pm — SCC @ LFP, Room 1701

1:45pm — Parent-Child Center, 1900 Lobby

2:30pm — Service Learning Americorps Grant, Room 1701

3:15pm — Intramural Classes/Activities For Faculty and Staff, Room 3011

 

2:00-3:30pm (FACULTY)    

Faculty Senate Meeting - Room 1102. This first all-faculty Senate meeting of the year focuses on strategies for helping under prepared students succeed. We will also brainstorm important faculty issues to consider this year.

 

4:00-6:00pm (ALL)  

New Student Welcome – Library Upstairs. 

 

Thursday, September 20

 

Informational Half-hour Mini-Tours - Morning (ALL)

9:00am — Equity & Student Engagement  (includes Women’s Center and MC/DEC), Room 4106 

9:45am  — Office of Special Services, Room 5229

10:30am — SCC @ LFP, Room 1701

11:15am — Service Learning Americorps Grant, Room 1701

 

10:30 –11:45am (ALL)         

Sustainability from Within – Room 1515.  Take time to relax and recognize some ways we can approach a sustainable life, or at least a few actions, while we take

care of ourselves everyday. Come with your ideas and pet peeves about making sustainable choices in this hectic world. Mostly, relax and enjoy some ideas of self-care and how that affects the other choices we make. Presented by Amy Easton.

 

1:00-2:15pm (ALL)  

Measuring Shoreline's Carbon Footprint: An Opportunity for Student Involvement – Room 1812.  How can students in a variety of classes be involved in measuring and addressing the college's environmental impact?  The process of measuring the college's carbon footprint offers an intriguing opportunity for students to apply learning while serving the campus community.  Come to hear more about how you and your students can become involved. Presented by Tim Payne.

 

Informational Half-hour Mini-Tours - Afternoon (ALL)

1:00pm — Auxiliary Services (Bookstore, Mailroom, Printing, Central Receiving, Copy Services and Food Service), Room 5101

1:45pm — Technology Support Services, Room 4122

2:30pm — Library/Media Center, Reference Desk

3:15pm — Public Information Office, Room 1009

 

Friday, September 21       

 

9:00-10:15am (ALL)

PUB, Capital Projects and Facilities Report  – Room 1102.  Stuart Trippel, Randy Stegmeier and Jim Phillips of Berschauer Phillips Construction show pictures

detailing the progress and explain the remaining work to be done on the new building. You will also learn about the many maintenance and improvement

projects recently completed or under way on campus.

 

10:30-11:45am (ALL)          

Nature Walk with Matt Loper - Meet by the fountain.  Take the famous walk with

Matt and learn about the flora and fauna of our campus. Please wear comfortable walking shoes.

 

10:30-11:45am (ALL)          

Multicultural Assumptions Installation Debrief - Room 1727.  Come view our "suspended assumptions" and dialog about how our assumptions influence our climate, student recruitment and retention and curriculum and campus policies.  How do these ideas influence our work? How can we build from these toward

greater equity?