January 6 , 2004

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NET NEWS gets a face lift!
The new year has brought a change to Net News!  Please note that Net News will be published in sections, with links to each section.  Nothing too high tech.  Just an attempt to streamline our editorial to make it easier for you to read this weekly publication.  If you would like to submit information to Donna Myers at dmyers@shoreline.edu, please do so by 10 am on Monday.  Net News will be published each Tuesday.

40th Anniversary of Shoreline Community College
Do you remember January of 1964?  Many of you were not even born yet.  Some of you were in college.  Others were just thinking about the future of the country and our involvement in Southeast Asia.  And what about the Beatles?  Maybe you had started hearing about this new musical group from London?

In January, 1964, Shoreline Community College opened its doors to 867 evening students who took classes in borrowed facilities at Shoreline High School.  Just 71 sections were offered Monday through Thursday between 5 and 10 pm.  Dr. Ray W. Howard, for whom the Library was named, was the Superintendent of Shoreline Public Schools and the visionary behind the new community college.

More information about Shoreline's 40 year history will be available at the 40th Anniversary Celebration in the PUB on January 16th from 12:30 - 2:30 p.m.  Join your friends and colleagues and test your knowledge against that of some of our most senior staff: Tom Curtis, Sally Rollman, John James, Andrea Rye, Susan Dolacky, Linda Mickleberry, and many others.  Historical displays, old catalogs, photos, our FACES slide show, and more will keep you entertained.  Rob Bigley and the Shoreline Singers will perform for us.  Anniversary Cake and punch will be served.

Another celebration TOP 40s is being sponsored by the SCC Foundation on January 23 beginning at 6:00 pm in the Grand PUB Ballroom.  Enjoy Funk'n'Groove, SCC's favorite dance band, the Sock It To Me Buffet, drinks and a special memento of the anniversary.  Wear your favorite polyester and enjoy grooving to the oldies.  RSVP to Lynn Yaw at lyaw@shoreline.edu.  Cost per person is $40.

Library goes wireless
SCC students can now enjoy the ease of working in the library on their laptops.  For that matter, faculty, staff and community members can also enjoy the benefits of wireless connection throughout the library. Students will not need a password to access the wireless network.  Documentation will be provided on the college web site to assist with the configuration.  No laptops will be available for students, but for those without, they will be encouraged to use the computers in the open student computer lab or the public computers in the reference area of the library.  The students funded the entire internet access project.

SCC Hosts Manufacturing Skills Panel Opening Meeting
Provided by John Lederer
On December 5, Shoreline President Holly Moore and VP for Workforce and Economic Development Darlene Miller welcomed industry, education and government leaders to the Automotive Showroom for the kick-off meeting of the Manufacturing Skills Panel. This new group will oversee the activities of the Center for Manufacturing Excellence at SCC (CME) and the redesign of Shoreline's manufacturing technology program. The work of the Skills Panel is supported by grant funding from the SBCTC and the Workforce Training and Education Coordinating Board.

The Skills Panel includes representatives from 19 diversified manufacturing companies and associations in Western Washington.  Participating education partners include Renton Technical College, Lower Columbia College, Lake Washington Technical College, Central and Western Washington universities, OSPI, and New Market Skills Center.  In overseeing the work of the CME, the Skills Panel will be working to implement a future-focused education, training and certification system that will expand Washington's manufacturing competitiveness.  

At the meeting, members formed three committees--Curriculum and Articulation, Assessment and Certification, and Marketing and Special Projects.  Among other activities, the Skills Panel will:

• oversee the development of a modularized curriculum system based on a common core and industry skill standards;
• define a system of elective certificates that comprise a range of manufacturing career pathways and articulate to an associate degree; and,
• establish a statewide assessment and certification system for the core skills, providing employers with a means to identify skilled workers ready for entry-level positions.

At the meeting, the members appointed Craig Woolcott, manager, Human Resources at Mikron Industries in Kent as the Skills Panel Chair. Mikron will host the next full meeting of the group at their facility in mid-January.

For more information about the work of the CME and the Manufacturing Skills Panel, contact co-directors Steve Mihalick, smihalic@shoreline.edu  and Cindi Price, ciprice@shoreline.edu.

Legislative Update
On Friday, Dec. 19th, President Moore, faculty, staff and students met with two of our state representatives to discuss the upcoming legislative session. Representatives Ruth Kagi and Maralyn Chase were engaged in a dialogue regarding issues of funding for higher education, cost of living increases for faculty and staff, the campus master plan, the long term validity of SB-5135 (Student Progress Policy) and more. Everyone present at the lunch enjoyed the discussion and had a chance to impress upon our representatives that the state must continue to focus on community college education.

High School Recruiting Efforts 
New student recruitment moves into high gear in the coming weeks as we begin to target high school graduates in our recruiting efforts.  Jeff Omalanz-Hood and Robin Young, the College's high school recruiters are busy setting up visits to area high schools.  The visits give high school students a chance to talk one-on-one with our recruiters about their options with both 2-year and 4-year institutions.  If you are interested in joining Jeff and Robin at one of these high school events, please contact Jeff at jhood@shoreline.edu .

The Student Development Center (aka Advising and Counseling) will host its third annual breakfast in March to talk about SCC programs with high school counselors and career center staff.  They will highlight several professional-development programs, talk about programs such as Running Start and CEO, and give an update on the new UW transfer policy.  Also, watch for several hundred students to be on campus for the Expanding Your Horizons Conference in March and for the second annual Biotech Fair in WHEN?  

Faculty have also been actively looking for new students when they are out in the community addressing groups or providing advice to student organizations. Recruiting students is an "all campus" activity, and we thank everyone for their help. 

Student Retention Program
Thanks to funding by our Student Government, SCC will initiate a new student retention program this winter.  Four students have been hired to make phone calls to students who are new to the College.  The purpose of the phone call is to provide a "real person" for new students to talk to and to find out how they are doing, to see if they have problems, or are interested in getting involved in clubs and activities on campus.  Steve Gibler, Enrollment Services and Evening Administrator, will supervise the students who will make calls from 5 - 7 p.m., Monday through Thursday.  This program has been successfully executed at Lower Columbia CC for several years with excellent results.  Thanks to our Student Government for providing the additional funds for this program and to Scott Saunders, Director of Student Programs for bringing this program to the College.

International Programs Peer Mentor Program helps Retention
by Mari Ishiguro
The International Peer Mentor program was created in June 2003 to strengthen our retention services for both new and current international students at Shoreline Community College. The team of five members was selected after an intensive interviewing process and the  International Peer Mentors (IPMs) were trained to assist at new student orientations, special projects such as the International Education Week and the Osaka Short-term Program, and with ongoing quarterly educational and social events, such as the Jingle Bell Run & Walk for the Arthritis Foundation 2003.  The students in the photo all volunteered at the Jingle Bell Run and Walk.

The IPMs have been great advocates for the international population on campus and continue to provide services and programs to help the retention of international students.  For more information about the IPMs, please visit the International Programs web site at:  http://www.international.shoreline.ctc.edu/article.asp?id=57.

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Announcements

New Mailroom Procedures
Effective Jan. 5, 2004
(Just as a reminder, this is a repeat of last month's Net News article.)
Many thanks to all of you who took the time to complete the recent mailroom survey. Results of the survey are can be downloaded. Based on the results of the survey the following changes in mail service will be effective Monday, January 5, 2004 (beginning of Winter Qtr):

**A student worker will make one delivery/pickup of mail each day between1:00 pm and 2:30 pm. The student worker will pickup outgoing mail from the divisions/department and return it to the mailroom. Outgoing US mail will be metered and go out in the afternoon delivery to the post office which occurs at 3:30pm. Due to time constraints, exceptionally large volumes of mail returned to the mailroom may not go out until the following morning in the 8:30am trip to the post office.

**The mail boxes will remain in the bookstore, mail not retrieved by 12:30pm each day will be collected and delivered to the divisions/departments. We will remove individual faculty boxes and all mail will be placed in the division/dept box unless you prefer to keep your box and notify John by e-mail

**Mail requiring special handling such as certified, overnight, UPS and Fed Ex, etc., should be brought to the mailroom for processing by 2pm. For security purposes, clarity concerning instructions for delivery and to ensure sufficient time for the mail to be processed this mail should NOT be put in the pick up by the student worker. If you want to be assured that your mail will go to the post office in the 3:30pm run the mail should be in the mailroom by 2pm.

**Should the student worker not be available for the daily run, the campus will be notified as soon as possible by broadcast email and/or DAAG. During the breaks between quarters (when student workers are not available) mail should be picked up and delivered to the mailroom.

**Effective December 31, 2003 we will have collected a full year of data concerning departmental mailing. Beginning January, 2004 ONLY self-support budgets that are charged back for postage costs and bulk mailings will need to indicate a budget number.

MAIL ROOM REMINDERS:

• Mail Room hours of operation are 7:30 am to 4:00 pm.
• Bookstore hours are 7:15am to 6:00pm.
• Trips are made to the US Post Office every day at 8:30 am and 3:30 pm.
• Lake Forest Park mail will continue to be handled as it is now, via daily courier service.
• Mail going to the Puget Sound Center should be considered outgoing US mail. There is no longer delivery via Lake Forest Park.

FACES Project comes to an end
by Victoria Lauber
For those of you who have been wondering about the status of the Faces (FIPSE) grant, the project will be closing as of December 31.  According to Alexandra Hepburn and Victoria Lauber, the past three years have brought an immense amount of learning and have laid an important foundation for future work on the campus and in the community.

The mission of this project was to use the transformative power of education to expand the opportunities available to immigrants and refugees and to promote recognition of their contributions to our campus and community. The approach taken was asset-based: to build on what immigrant and refugee students know about their cultures, histories, and languages, in order to reposition them as resources and experts in the cultural information that all of us need to create a successfully diverse society. A four-dimensional model emerged, which included learning from immigrants and refugees about their experiences and perspectives, educating and increasing awareness, promoting student success, and bridging between campus and community.  As it became clear that the original goal of creating various curriculum pathways was not feasible, they focused their efforts on three areas: the development of educational models and materials for professional and community education, curriculum development, and the development of student support strategies and structures.  The project increased campus and community awareness around immigrant and refugee experiences and perspectives and took some significant first steps. Those who have been involved with the Faces project feel that it will be crucial to build on this awareness and continue to work towards the project goals.

Lauber will be remaining on campus in another capacity. Hepburn will be expanding her private psychotherapy practice from half to full time. 

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Wellness Tip of the Week
brought to you by the Wellness Committee
In July 2003 the King County Board of Health unanimously passed a new mandatory bicycle helmet regulation.  Research has shown that a regulation such as this can prevent significant numbers of bicycle-related injuries and deaths as well as save millions of health care dollars if every resident of King County wore a helmet when bicycling.  Community attitude and action are vital components of any public health endeavor.  Therefore, the Public Health Dept. is asking colleges to educate our campus about helmet use and to advocate its use. 

Some helpful resources:

1. A list of free and lost cost bike helmets - www.metrokc.gov/health/injury/helmets.htm
2. For a copy of KC bike helmet regulation, call 206.296.4205 or email tony.gomez@metrokc.gov.

For more information, contact the SCC HR Department.

Felicia Isgrig Distance Learning, Program Assistant Felicia Isgrig has joined Shoreline Community College as the Program Assistant to Distance Learning Services.  She most recently worked at ICOS Corporation as a Senior Accounts Payable Associate, with a focus on program administration for an expense reporting product. She has first-hand experience with distance learning; she¹s working on her Bachelors degree in Business Administration through the distance learning program at the University of Phoenix.

KUDOS LCN students do volunteer work for Forgotten Children's Fund Provided by Mary Frenzel-Brock During the Holiday Season, several Learning Center North (LCN) students volunteered their time at the Forgotten Children's Fund - Santa's Workshop, wrapping gifts and putting food baskets together for children and families in need.  Case Manager Vandana Raj made arrangements for the community service project so that our students had the opportunity to give to our community.  They went to the workshop to help out five days.  The baskets and gifts were delivered to families Christmas Eve and Christmas day.  This service to the community has been an incredible experience for many of our youth. The irony in this service is that many of our youth who are providing the service are homeless or low-income themselves, and not likely to receive much, if anything at all, this year for the holidays.  The Forgotten Children's Fund sponsored the LCN youth as well and provided them with warm jackets, blankets, and other gifts.  In addition, LCN staff went to the FCF and personally selected and wrapped other gifts such as watches, footballs, hand-held video games and day organizers for the students.  WorkSource North Seattle Staff pitched in to provide stockings filled with personal hygiene items, gift certificates, movie tickets and candy for our most needy youth (14 stockings in all).  WSNS also adopted the family of one of our youth and provided a nice Christmas for them.  The students were given the gifts at the quarter-end celebration to honor GED graduates on December 18th and were overwhelmed by the generosity. Director of Choral Activities Rob Bigley is guest conductor Humanities faculty member Rob Bigley was invited by the Central Washington University Music Department  to be the guest conductor at the two-day "Fall Choral Classic" High School Honor Choir.  The honor choir consisted of 80 of the top high school singers from Washington and Idaho.  The university choirs and the High School Honor Choir performed each day, with Bigley conducting.

EVENTS

"Conversation with David" Thursday, January 8, 2004 in the Theater, located in Building 1600 Tony Award-winning playwright David Henry Hwang at SCC January 8, 2004 from 10:30 a.m. to 12:00 p.m., .

Honor Recital
Thursday, January 15, 2004
7:30 pm
Campus Theater

Dainius & Asta Vaicekonis
“Duet Music of French Composers”
Sunday, January 25, 2004
3pm, Campus Theater

Bryan Sutton & Russ Barenberg w/special guest, Catwalk
Saturday, February 7, 2004
7:30pm, Campus Theater

COLLEGE GALLERY

"Fictitious Objects"
Unique ceramic works by Kristi Sullivan and Jade Cheung
January 6th to February 3rd

The work of two recent graduates of Shoreline Community College will be featured in the College Gallery through February 3rd.  Jade Cheung describes her work as "a multi-faceted accumulation of curiosities," while Kristi Sullivan's work comes with a warning: "the semi-innocent, child-like characters are to be viewed with caution and concern."   Sullivan is currently working at SCC as a hourly ceramic tech and Cheung is studying at the University of Washington. 

An artist reception will be held from 2 to 4 p.m., Saturday, January 10, 2004 in the College Gallery, located in the Administration Building, Building 1000.  The public is invited to attend.

"My work consists of ceramic forms with a variety of imagery and/or texture," says Sullivan   "The work is intended to depict aggression, apprehension, awkwardness, and containment.  Each character is given a name and conveys a mood, which creates a sense of existence beyond the presented form.  The semi-innocent, child-like characters are to be viewed with caution and concern.  Who are these characters?  Where did they come from?  What is their purpose?"  Sullivan can be reached at (206)729-2402 or ksulliva@collegeclub.com.

"I think the only way to describe my work in general is to say that it is a multi-faceted accumulation (versus collection) of curiosities of several mediums that serve to amuse, confuse or just get in my way," says Jade Cheung. This particular accumulation of work is simply the result of my playing with spherical forms, with some being more elaborate than others.  Many of the pieces have been influenced by gardens and art that could go in them, particularly those that have a conglomeration of plants in no particular order, much like those seen in cottage settings. What I like about them is that they're perfect for hiding things in, such as sculptures of interesting shapes or critters and flashes of color out from under the shadow of plants.

Sports

Men's Basketball Program
SCC vs. Skagit Valley, Wed., Jan. 8, 7:30pm
SCC vs. Seattle, Sat., Jan.. 11, 7:30pm
SCC vs. Everett, Wed., Jan. 22, 7:30pm

Women's Basketball Program
SCC vs. Skagit Valley, Wed., Jan. 8, 5:30pm
SCC vs. Seattle, Sat., Jan. 11, 5:30pm
SCC vs. Everett, Wed.., Jan. 22, 5:30pm

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