December 14, 2005
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MESSAGE FROM
THE PRESIDENT
SCC moves forward with new direction and organization
On December 2nd, at the all-campus
meeting, I made an announcement to the College regarding our current
efforts to restructure the organization of our institution. The
goal of this is to create a structure that will allow us to
effectively and efficiently deliver services to our students and the
community.
As early as last fall, President’s Leadership Team
began to discuss the issues of restructuring our operations. The
decision to make changes has been accelerated by the need to reduce
our expenditures in both this year and next, but this was by no
means the only driving factor. As we look to the future, it is
imperative that we begin to define an organization that not only
utilizes our financial resources appropriately, but maximizes our
operations and function.
After reviewing the duplication of functions in other
areas of the College, comparisons of our organizational structure
with our peer colleges, and reviewing our communications pathways to
name a few issues among many that were considered, I have decided
that it is in the best interests of the College to restructure the
Workforce and Economic Development (WED) division. The services of
this division will be consolidated with other areas in Academic
Affairs, Student Services, and Administrative Services.
I have asked the Budget Committee to assist our efforts
by developing a process and criteria for our transition efforts and
for overseeing the process.
The Transition Task Force will be put together by the
President’s Leadership Team and composed of volunteers from faculty,
classified and exempt staff. This task force will examine the
functions of the departments within WED, corresponding structures at
other institutions, and will make recommendations to the PLT
regarding the future structure of the College by early March.
As a result of the restructuring decision, the
position of VP of Workforce and Economic Development will be
permanently eliminated. I wish to express my appreciation to VP
Darlene Miller for her four years of service to Shoreline
Community College in this position. She has demonstrated leadership
not only in the WED division, but has contributed much to the state as well.
She has been an ardent advocate of workforce programs that touch those
who might not consider college as an option. During her time at the College, SCC received two
major grants from the Department of Labor and the Department of
Education to support our automotive training and manufacturing
efforts. SCC hosted the highest number of international
students in the state under Miller's tenure, and a number of
professional-technical faculty received both local and national
awards. The first ever quarterly WED newsletter was designed
to inform the campus at large of all initiatives, program
highlights and accomplishments of WED instructors and staff.
Miller will be missed, and we wish her the
best in the future.
In addition, I announced that the position of the
Confidential Assistant to the VP of WED would also be eliminated.
Susana Villamarin has agreed to remain with the College to
support the WED transition efforts.
Two other positions were also named at the all-campus
meeting: a dean’s position and an executive director’s position.
Currently there are vacancies in these two positions, and we
anticipate consolidating the operations of these two areas under
existing personnel. At this time, no decisions have been made about
these positions with regards to the allocation of their current
work. Information will be available at a later date.
As your interim president, the Board of Trustees has
asked that I stabilize our financial situation and prepare the
College for a new president. Restructuring an organization is never
an easy or pleasant task. College operations are impacted, and the
lives of our colleagues are also affected. We would not do this
without a strong desire to improve the organization of the College
and to prepare ourselves for the future.
This has been a challenging quarter, and I would like
to thank the campus for their dedication to our students and the
community. We have begun to chart a new pathway for this
institution, and I thank all of you for your help with these
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Shoubee Liaw is newest member of Board of Trustees
 Governor
Christine Gregoire has named Shoubee Liaw as the newest member of the Board
of Trustees at Shoreline Community College, effective December 10, 2005.
"I am
honored to return to the Board of Trustees at SCC," says Ms. Liaw. "This is
one of the greatest colleges in Washington state, poised to enter a new
phase in its history, and I'm looking forward to playing a role in guiding
this effort."
Ms. Liaw replaces Trustee Elsa Welch, whose term officially ended on
September 30th of this year.
Currently a professional development coordinator for Seattle Public Schools,
Ms. Liaw was a family advocate for Shoreline Public Schools from 1999 to
2002. Among her community service efforts, Ms. Liaw was a member of
the Shoreline Public Schools Diversity Task Force, the Shoreline Fire
Department Capital Improvement Advisory Committee, the Public Safety
Committee for the City of Shoreline, and the Public Safety Committee for the
Shoreline Transition Team. She is a co-author of the 2004 Seattle
Schools Emergency Management Initiative.
The Trustees also said farewell to
Trustee Elsa Welch, who served on the College Board of
Trustees for four years. Welch was the chair of the board
while the College completed a campus climate survey and members of a
task force developed an action plan for administration from the
campus feedback.
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Jensina
Byington wins competition to perform with UW Symphony Orchestra
 Shoreline
Community College piano, piano literature and music theory instructor
Jensina Byington was recently selected as a winner of the UW School of
Music’s Concerto Competition after two rounds of auditions. Byington was
accompanied by Shoreline CC’s staff accompanist, Dr. Charles Enlow. Winners
of the competition will perform with the University Symphony Orchestra,
conducted by Peter Erös, Thursday, January 26, 2006 at Meany Theater.
(Admission is $10).
Other winners included another pianist, a violinist and an oboist. Byington will perform the
Piano Concerto in G Major by Maurice Ravel.
The University Symphony is an ensemble of
more than 70 student musicians dedicated to exploring the classical,
romantic and contemporary orchestral repertories under the direction of
internationally-acclaimed conductor Peter Erös. The orchestra is comprised
of the best string, wind and percussion players in the UW community, and
performs in an average of four symphonic concerts and two operas each
academic year.
Byington is currently studying piano with
Craig Sheppard as a Doctor of Music Arts student at the university. She
has been an associate faculty member at Shoreline CC since 1998. She has a
master’s degree of music from the University of Utah. She has appeared as
soloist and chamber musician n the U.S., Canada, Europe and Israel with such
groups as the Utah Philharmonia, Intermountain Chamber Orchestra, and the
University of Utah Symphony Orchestra. In 2000, Byington was one of three
Pacific Northwest pianists to be chosen by jury to participate in a master
class given by Murray Perahia at Benaroya Hall. She performs regularly in
the Seattle area and was a featured performer on “Live by George,” on KING
FM. Ms. Byington was a resident artist at the Banff Chamber Music Festival
and was a national finalist with
the JST trio in the MTNA Chamber Music competition. She has taught at
Shoreline CC for eight years.
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Update of College Council activities
The
SCC College Council, comprised of representatives from across the
campus, was formed in the Fall of 2003. Information about the members of
the Council and the charge to the Council from the president can be found
on the College intranet.
The Council focused on a number of key activities this fall, such
as: 1) moving the Presidential Search process forward and 2) creating a
Climate Task Force to follow up on issues of campus climate. Other
issues that were discussed this year include finalizing the review process
for College policy that culminates with approval by the Board of Trustees
and identifying a process for forming other College committees.
With regards to the presidential search, the Council was
asked to oversee the process for gathering input from the campus regarding
the desired qualifications of the future College president. This process included
developing a series of core questions, training facilitators to conduct
focus group sessions, and consolidating the information that
was generated from these sessions. A total of seven focus group sessions
were held with 69 participants. The participants included key stakeholder
groups such as faculty, staff, students, the SCC Foundation, and other
community members. The preliminary data from these sessions can be found on
the Presidential Search website. This preliminary data will be consolidated
and a final report will be made available to the campus in the next few
weeks. The purpose of this report is to guide the Search Committee and
College
consultants as we recruit candidates for this position.
In addition, the Council made recommendations to the Board of
Trustees regarding the composition of the Presidential Search Committee and
conducted the process for recruiting and appointing members of this
committee. The
Presidential Search Committee
was approved at the December 7th
BOT meeting with a couple members from the community still to be appointed.
The Council will resume its meetings at the start of the next
quarter. Agendas and minutes from Council meetings will be posted to the
intranet as soon as they are available.
SCC grad applauds distance learning program
 Rebekah Young
graduated from SCC last summer with an Associate in Arts and Sciences degree
and is currently pursuing a bachelor's of science degree at a university out
of state. While earning her transfer degree, Young worked full-time at
one or more jobs. She says that "If it weren't for the flexibility
offered by the SCC Distance Learning Program, I know that it would have
taken me much longer to earn my degree." Young also says that she
believes she wouldn't have done nearly as well academically without the DL
opportunity "because web-based classes present so many unique
learning experiences and challenges that don't occur during in-person
classes."
She goes on to say that the DL courses played a critical role in preparing
her for the upper-division classes she is now taking at the university.
Young says that in addition to the academic skills she learned, she
gained communication, problem-solving, writing and critical thinking skills
via her DL experience. "These skills will probably stay with me for
the rest of my life," says Young. "DL
courses allowed me to interact with students that I would have never met on
campus; I even took one class with an American soldier while he was
stationed in Iraq!" Young says that the DL instructors were
the best part of her Internet course experience. "My last DL instructor [Paul
Herrick] gave me so much confidence in my abilities that I applied to the
Honors program at the university, and got accepted!"
Use this link
to learn more about SCC's Distance Learning Program.
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Dr. John Terry and wife, Elizabeth, donate Wyeth collection
 Dr. John Terrey and his wife,
Elizabeth, residents of Richmond Beach,
have donated a collection of prints, books and videos of American painters,
N.C. Wyeth, his son, Andrew, and grandson, James (Jamie) Wyeth to the
College.
Dr. Terrey, who has taught classes
on the Wyeths at the College’s Summercollege for Seniors for many years,
formally presented the gifts to the Shoreline Community College Board of
Trustee at the December 7th board meeting. "It is with a full heart that we give these to all of you at
Shoreline Community College," Terrey said to BOT Chair, Jeff Lewis. Lewis gave the Terreys a framed certificate
of appreciation for their generous gifts.
N.C. Wyeth gained fame for his illustrated works for classic novels such as
Treasure Island, The Boy’s King and Robinson Crusoe. Andrew is recognized
internationally as America’s foremost realist, and Jamie is known widely for
his portraits and animal paintings. Among the items donated are four large
etchings by Jamie; several books, a documentary video on Andrew, and a video
on the Wyeth family which aired on the CBS Sunday Morning News in 1997.
"I
have always had a love affair with Shoreline Community College,"
said Terrey, who taught a class on the Wyeths at the College’s Summercollege
for Seniors for many years. Terrey began his association
with the College during his tenure at the State Board for Community
and Technical Colleges as Deputy, and then as Executive Director,
from 1969 through 1978. "Ron Bell (former president of the
college) was so kind to me. He knew I loved to teach, so when
I retired, he gave me a job (Summercollege)."
Dr. Terrey's career
in higher education includes terms as president of the Washington Education
Association, a higher education consultant to the Washington State
Legislature, and as a member of the Board of Directors of the National
Education Association. Some of his other professional affiliations included
chairman of the Washington State Commission for the Humanities, and was a
member of the Washington Council for Postsecondary Education, Washington
State High Technology Coordinating Board, and the Washington Job Training
Coordinating Board.
The donated books and videos have been catalogued and incorporated into the
Library’s main collections. Community members are invited to join students
and faculty to check out the items. The College’s Ray W. Howard Library is
open Monday through Thursday, 7:30 a.m. to 9 p.m.; Friday, 7:30 a.m. to 4:30
p.m.; and Saturday and Sunday, noon to 6 p.m.
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DECEMBER
PROGRAM FEATURE
CME Program Update
New manufacturing program off to a
good start
 The
folks and students in the College's new manufacturing program have designed
a very unique holiday tree to celebrate the holidays.
Drop by and see the machinist’s version of holiday decorating and
their creative metallica tree. Feel free to check out the new manufacturing lab in Room
2501 of the 2500 Building while you're there!
Two certificate programs are currently offered in
Manufacturing Technologies — Basic Manufacturing
and CNC
Technology. The goal of these programs is to provide skills to students who
want to find entry level positions as CNC machinists. There are currently
seven men and women enrolled in the program and several more have enrolled
for Winter Quarter. Beginning Winter Quarter, Manufacturing will also offer an ESL Foundations
class which will be a prep class for the Spring Quarter’s
Certificate of Basic Manufacturing class.
Shoreline Community College has taken the lead in the Puget Sound area
in providing high quality education and training for the manufacturing
industry. The College was awarded a $100,000 one-year grant from SBCTC and a
$700,000 Department of Education grant to support the Center for Mfg
Excellence at the main campus. The College worked with manufacturers and
industry over the last three years to develop core curricula and skills
assessment based on industry skill standards. SCC used the funds to
establish a modularized manufacturing curriculum system based on the common
skills standards and common core curricula, aligning training and education
with employer demand. The new, learner-based system will be flexible and
formatted so that the coursework can be customized to meet the needs of
local manufacturing employers and workers while supporting the upgrade and
retention of the current manufacturing workforce.
Additionally, a statewide assessment and certification system will be
developed to provide Washington state employers the ability to identify
skilled workers for entry-level manufacturing positions. SCC is also in the
process of defining a system of elective certificates in a range of
manufacturing career pathways, such as medical equipment, metal trades,
biotechnology, purchasing and micro-fabrication.
Students will have the option to complete short-term certificates,
professional-technical degrees or transfer degrees that lead to specific
pathways. The short-term programs offer students the flexibility to complete
coursework over a period of days, weeks or months.
These manufacturing programs are completely industry driven by Puget Sound
manufacturing employers with a vested interest in the students who will be
graduating and potentially working for these companies. These employers work
with Shoreline faculty and have determined the necessary skill sets that
need to be taught in these courses to enable students to be competitive in
the work place for companies such as Boeing, Kenworth Truck, Amgen,
Jorgensen Forge, Eldec, Genie and Mikron Industries.
To learn more about the program, contact Phil Savereux, director of the
Center for Manufacturing Excellence at 533.6668 (x6668); Keith Smith,
instructor, at x6969; or Norah Smith, program manager for the Center for
Mfg Excellence at 533.6771 (x6771).
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SLPA
program reaches more students via Blackboard and ITV
The Speech Language Pathology Assistant (SLPA) program is unique for a
number of reasons — most of the students are over 30 years old, many of them
have families, some are single parents with children who have special needs,
and most work at least part-time. With a large percentage of them
living in remote areas across the state, Shoreline's program
represents a more
racially, linguistically, and socio-economically diverse population than
similar
programs at Washington state universities. Providing the program in
these smaller communities is particularly important because of a
vast shortage of trained personnel for speech and language
departments at the local schools.
Susan
Sparks, SLPA instructor and the developer of Shoreline's
program, says that more than half of the SLPA students are not able to
leave their communities to attend SCC, living as far away as
Omak, Tacoma, Onalaska, Yakima, Naches, White Pass, Auburn, Grandview, Moses
Lake, Wenatchee and Vancouver. Now, with the majority of the
curriculum offered via Blackboard, (less than two hours a week are
required for face-to-face instruction) it was imperative that the
SLPA instructors find a way to provide that interaction for the
"remote" students.
Sparks enlisted the help of Ann Garnsey-Harter
in SCC's Distance Learning Program in the creation of the interactive
classroom and within 48 hours, Garnsey-Harter had researched the
issue and set up the classroom via interactive television (ITV).
Now the "remote" students need only to travel to their local schools
for the "in class" ITV instruction. Garnsey-Harter also enrolled every student who was in the SLPA
program. Sparks cannot believe how much this helped the
"remote" students and gives Garnsey-Harter a lot of credit for her
work. "Thank you, Ann!," says Sparks.
Sparks found that these "remote" students also wanted to be able to
participate in club meetings and communicate with other students in
the program as well. She and other SLPA officers developed a plan to use Blackboard
again; this time as a forum for SLPA Club members to communicate with each other.
Sparks thanks Ann Garnsey-Harter for her help on this, also.
Sparks gave
other SLPA-SCC officers a brief in-service on how to post, organize,
and monitor the site and an agreement was developed regarding protocol for
posting items. The students were given 30 days to become members. Those students who did not respond were taken off of
the SLPA-SCC membership list and removed from access to the Blackboard
site. Currently, there are 45 confirmed members in the club.
Also, the officers created areas to announce upcoming events, describe
the duties of each officer, post minutes meeting minutes, provide a forum
for questions/answers/sharing for members, scholarship/grant information,
and to get current information from the SLPA-NW regarding licensure and
trends in the profession. By using the email option, the club can
disseminate information quickly to all members. They also have a “student
lounge” where students can ask other students questions. This has been
especially valuable by allowing first year students the opportunity to
interact with second year students (which typically would not otherwise
occur, given the structure of the classes).
Everyone in the SLPA club is thrilled with this new resource.
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New pilot
hybrid GED class to be offered Winter Quarter
Submitted by Donna Miller-Parker
For many years, Shoreline has offered GED preparation classes for those
without high school diplomas — and the number of students who pass the GED is among the highest in the state. Many CEO students complete their GED
certificates as a part of that program before going on to other training
programs at Shoreline. Some of those students complete GED preparation at
Learning Center North, located at the WorkSource Center on Aurora Avenue.
Although SCC offers both day and evening classes
on campus, and day classes at Learning Center North, some students work or
family schedules make it impossible for them to attend a “face to face”
class. Beginning Winter Quarter 2006, Shoreline will offer a new hybrid GED
class, an option that includes online class offerings, with only three
or four Saturday
morning classes required. During the pilot phase, the technology fee will be covered and students who can
show documentation of low income status will not be charged the $25 basic
skills fee.
Anyone interested in this
course should contact Debby Hunter at x5827 or Donna Miller-Parker at
x4788. Potential students are invited to a meeting on January 14
for assessment of their skills in reading, math, and computer familiarity.
Those who are ready for GED-level work will register that day; others will
register for ABE classes.
“This class is a great
opportunity for students,” according to Donna Miller-Parker, director of
the Essential Skills Program. “They can prepare for the GED exam and also try out
on-line instruction without risking tuition dollars or a grade point
average,” says Miller-Parker. For more information or to reserve a place in the class, contact
either Hunter of Miller-Parker.
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ANNOUNCEMENTS
President's Leadership Team work plan
Over the past few months, a great deal of time
has been spent by the President's Leadership Team (PLT) discussing the
critical issues of the budget, enrollment, strategic planning, and the
arrival of a new president. The PLT has developed a work plan that
focuses on these key operational issues. The primary focus areas are:
1) establishing financial stability; 2) improving campus climate; and 3)
overseeing administrative personnel changes. This work
plan and notes from PLT meetings are available to the campus via the
PLT
website. Click to download a copy of the work plan.
Interim President Lee Lambert discusses
plans regarding current budget reductions
At an all-campus meeting on December 2,
Interim
President
Lee Lambert
explained the decisions made by PLT in response to the current
budget situation at Shoreline Community College. Lambert said
that all the budget reduction decisions were made with as
much sensitivity as possible. He stressed that this has not
been an easy task for the members of the PLT and that they spent a
great deal of time trying to find feasible solutions that would least affect
the College community while continuing to provide the best services possible
for students.
Click here to view the budget update from the December 2nd meeting.
An expense reduction of
$267,300 will be made possible through a number of suggestions such as
savings realized from senior executive positions, restructure
of the program chair and assistant dean positions, restructure of
Administrative Services, elimination of hourly workers, lagging unfilled
positions, and more. The College also anticipates receiving additional
tuition revenue of $472,500 from International Programs and the Japan Hotel Tourism contract.
The College also reviewed available fund balances that could be used to
offset budget issues, but will conservatively plan NOT to use these balances
this year. Offsetting the budget improvements, however, are $160,000
in higher than planned expenditures in utility costs, unemployment payments,
and Blackboard fees.
The College also
plans to review a number of job descriptions and possibly reallocate a
number of executive director and executive vice president positions.
State growth dollars will be used to implement a new tracking system for
potential students and the hiring of a manager, marketing research , a web
site review and resources to support student retention.
Lambert reminded us that
Shoreline is not alone in this predicament of budget cutting; that Bellevue CC has been in
this reduction process for three years now.
The budget recommendations were provided to the
Board of Trustees at their meeting on December 7th. Please use the
provided link to revisit the
points made at the meeting held Friday, December 2nd in the PUB.
Presidential
search proceeds
The screening committee for the presidential search has been determined
(following an all-employee vote) and approved by the Board of Trustees at
their meeting on December 7th. Committee members, search process,
focus group work and other presidential search information can be viewed at
the
web site. The first screening committee meeting is scheduled for
the second week of Winter Quarter (date and time to be determined.)
The presidential search consultant, Bob Barringer
of Gold Hill Associates will be on campus
January 23-25th to meet with members of the screening committee, the campus
community at large and the Board of Trustees. Screening committee
members will meet with Gold Hill Associates to determine the profile and
characteristics to look for in the new president and the Board of Trustees will approve
the final profile and position announcement on the 26th. Review
of applications will begin in February and Gold Hill Associates will submit
semi-finalist recommendations to the screening committee on March 28th.
Bob Barringer will meet with the screening committee on April 7th to
determine finalists to forward to the BOT, with the Board approving the
finalist list on April 10th. Finalists will visit the College for
interviews in April and May. The new president will be announced at
the May BOT meeting.
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College hosts Washington
state legislator lunch
 At a luncheon hosted by the SCC Foundation, Washington State Senator
Darlene Fairley
and Representatives Ruth Kagi
and Phyllis
Gutierrez-Kenney shared their
views regarding the upcoming legislative session and funding for higher
education. The Board of Trustees,
President Lambert,
and key representatives of the College were given the opportunity to express
their hopes for support of the College's Allied Health Sciences Building
proposal, frustrations over the raising costs of health care and pension
plans, concerns for the raising costs of tuition, and more.
The College
will continue to educate our legislators regarding the issues being faced by
Shoreline Community College and the community college system. Photo:
Rep. Ruth Kagi and Sen. Darlene Fairley
visit with Trustee Edie Loyer-Nelson.
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Update on
Facilities and Safety & Security
Annex
renovation begins
Construction has begun on the Annex, north of the 2900 Building.
Biwell Construction will be performing the work over the next seven
months that will result in newly remodeled classrooms, offices and
automotive training space.
Randy Stegmeier attends emergency management training
Executive Director of Facilities, Capital Projects, Safety and
Security Randy Stegmeier completed a training course in "Integrated
Emergency Management" at the FEMA Training Center, Emmitsburg, MD.
Stegmeier was a part of the Shoreline delegation that included the Chief
of Police, Tony Burtt, City Emergency Services Director, Gail Marsh,
and newly appointed Fire Chief, Marcus Kragness. With the information
learned through this course, Stegmeier will update and complete
the College's emergency plan and incorporate it into the local and state plans which are now required to be integrated into the federal
National Incident Management System (NIMS). Travel and
training costs for this class were paid for by FEMA and the Department
of Homeland Security.
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College puts efficiency plan in place
An efficiency closure plan has been developed with consideration
for student and employee needs. The following buildings will
be open from December 27th through January 3rd. FOSS, gym, PUB, library, 800, 1000, 1200, PCC and
Automotive Center. All other buildings will be closed.
If you plan to work during the holidays and work in a
building that is closed, please contact Ruth Clark in HR so
that an alternative work site can be identified for you.
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Mark your calendars now!
Prof-Tech Week at SCC in February
This year students, staff and community members will have the
opportunity to learn about job and career opportunities at Career
and Technical Education Week, February 14-17th. The annual
Career Fair will be held February 15th. More than 50 employers
are participating.
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HR
CORNER
STAFF UPDATES
New Employees
Maureen Chao, International Student Advisor
 Maureen Chao began working in International Programs November 28th.
She has worked as an advisor for the past 10 years at both two- and
four-year institutions in the local area. Most recently, she was the
International Student Advising Coordinator at Green River CC.
Chao has a Ph.D. in higher education administration from the University of
Nebraska, Lincoln, a master's degree in student development administration
from Seattle University and a bachelor's degree in international studies
from the School for International Training. Chao and her husband,
Miguel, have an 11-month old daughter, Serafine. Hobbies include
international travel, skiing, triathlons, tennis, rollerblading, hiking and
sewing.
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Employee Changes
Esther Pineiro-Hall, Program Coordinator, Lake Forest Park, 11/7/05
Holly Klingman to Holly Diaz,
hdiaz@shoreline.edu, Women's Center
Separations
Gian Bruno, Program Coordinator, WED, 11/1/05
Michael Orear, Recreation Coordinator I, Athletics and Intramurals, 11/04/05
Meenoo Yashar, Professional Dev. Coordinator, IAS/SS, 11/23/05
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KUDOS
Business Fashion students
partner with Zumiez
Fashion Merchandising students in Laura Portolese-Dias' classes are
working on a joint project with Zumiez, a teen sports apparel retail store.
They will do mystery shopping, store layout, and other activities for the
successful company, and in return, our students will experience field trips
and internship opportunities. Nice job!
Fashion students also attended a leadership
conference in Leavenworth recently, where they developed a non-profit
organization and planned a fund-raising event. Portolese-Dias says
they did a really great job. Kudos to both students and the instructor!
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ASL Club hosts fundraising events
The ASL Club hosted another ASL event, Silent
Bowling, at Spin Alley Bowling Lanes in Richmond Beach on December 5th. The
fundraising event provides a good opportunity for ASL students to practice
their ASL skills when interacting with other participants from different
high schools and colleges in Washington state. The 54 participants had
a fun time bowling and talking in ASL for two hours. Michelle
Liberty (SCC’s ASL student) deserves credit for organizing the
successful event, which raised $275. Richard Jacobs, ASL Club
advisor and instructor, took his family to the event and says that the
participants were thrilled to use their ASL skills to communicate with him
and his family in an out-of-the-classroom environment. SCC's ASL Club
hosted other events over a three day period, raising a total of $420. The
ASL club members are very excited with the outcome of the events and are
eager to host many more events to provide opportunities for practicing their
ASL skills outside of the classroom. Kudos to Liberty, Jacobs
and all who participated.
Participants paid $10 to
participate (shoes included!).
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ASL Club sponsors
mini-ASL Bowl
The ASL Club also sponsored a mini-ASL
Bowl at the college on December 2nd. Shoreline's
ASL Club is the one and only organization to offer this event in the U.S. or
even in the world! The club has hosted this mini-ASL Bowl competition since
the Fall of 2003. Several ASL students from a number of high schools
and colleges in Washington state participated in this activity also,
including five from Central Washington University. Jacobs was the host
of the game and three deaf volunteers helped him as judges. Jacobs signed
the questions and the teams had the opportunity to discuss the answer before
giving the answer in ASL. The Deaf judges work as a team and determine
whether each team gets the points for giving answers in ASL. The students’
responses to this event were positive and helped them feel more confident in
using their newly acquired ASL skills in a real life situation. The club
raised $145 and will use this money for the club's second annual Washington
Schools’ ASL Bowl on May 6th. The club plans to host another mini-ASL Bowl
in mid-March and late April in order to prepare for the major competition in
May.
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EVENTS
2005
All-Campus Holiday Party
Thursday, December 15, 9:30 - 11:30am, College Gallery
The Shoreline Community College Federation of Teachers and the
Foundation warmly extend an invitation to one and all to join us for
some holiday cheer on Thursday, December 15th from 9:30 - 11:30 a.m. in
the Gallery (1000 Building). Take a break from your breakneck pace and
join your colleagues for food, some music and some esprit de corps.
We will have a box available for canned food donations that we will
donate to the Labor Temple food bank. We suggest four cans, but please
do not feel restricted to four. Mark your calendar! We hope to see you
there. (You could even win a prize!) Food, music, prizes!
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Nichol Veneé
Eskridge performs with Total Experience Choir
at Soulful Sounds XV
Monday, December 19, 7:30pm, Campus Theater
The
renowned Total Experience Choir, directed by Pat Wright, performs
their annual concert, Soulful Sounds of Christmas, at Shoreline
Community College, Monday, December 19th at 7:30 p.m. in the
Campus Theater. A total of 25 multi-ethnic choir members range in
age from six to 65. They have toured the world, having performed
for former president Bill Clinton and musicians Dave Matthews and the
late Ray Charles. This concert has filled the house for years with
Christmas and gospel sounds. Solos by Nichol Veneé Eskridge.
Proceeds will benefit College athletic programs.
Wright, who has directed TEC since 1973, is also known for her work as
music director for Black Nativity, being held at the Intiman Theatre
this month.
Nichol Veneé, who has performed with the Total Experience Choir every
year at Shoreline, has three CDs out right now, with her third, Only
by the Spirit, to be released in January. Her new CD will be
for sale at the concert, at local music stores and online.
General admission is $18, $15 for seniors 60 and older and students, and
$13 for children 14 and under and SCC students with College ID.
Call x4606 for tickets or purchase at the door. For more
information, call Steve Eskridge at x4649.
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COLLEGE GALLERY
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Milky by
Steven Miller
 Steve
Miller's provocative photographic series records the reaction of
60 people as milk is poured over them. The white-on-white
format starkly highlights a range of emotions, from
impassiveness to giddiness. The exhibit runs through
December 27th.
Miller has had
many solo shows, some of which were in several locations in
Japan, Gallery 110 and Rebar in Seattle, and has also shown his
works in group shows in Brooklyn, New York, and the Henry Art
Gallery in Seattle. His works are also included in public
and private collections.
Miller received
the 2004 Artist Trust EDGE Professional Development Program for
Visual Artists.
Upcoming exhibit
Birds of a Feather by Teri Silva
Birds of a Feather
will be on exhibit at the Shoreline Community College Gallery
from January 3rd through the end of the month. The crows
that congregate near Teri Silva's rural studio have found their
way into her beautifully crafted ceramic pieces. Humorous
and thoughtful, Silva's work invites her audience to bring
knowledge and experience of crows to objects.
Silva has a bachelor's
degree and a master's degree in fine arts from the School of the
Art Institute of Chicago. Her work has been shown at a
number of galleries in Chicago and in Washington state.
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SPORTS
SCC sports teams are
a tough challenge
Shoreline's volleyball and soccer teams are on a roll, proving they can
take home the medals. The women's soccer team has accomplished
something for the first time in college history — taking last year's
one-win season to a 12-win, no losses and four ties season this year.
The impressive team completed in the Final Four Championships and won
the Northern Region of the NWAACC playoffs.
The men's soccer team
made the NWAACC playoffs this season as well - for the first time since
the early 90s.
Laura Peterson
made the All Academic Sports Team, the North Region All Star Team, and
the North Region Sophomore All Stars in volleyball.
Reed Fife, Tony
Scherting and Bryan Wright made the All Academic Sports Team in
men's soccer. Julio Carreno and Julio Reyes made the Men's
Northwest Division All Star Team.
Kalina Hartliep
made the All Academic Sports Team in Women's Soccer.
The following Women's
Soccer players made the Northwest Division All Star Team: Beth
Lisenby, Kalina Hartliep, Kazia Tiernan, Ashlee Togerson, and Erica
Benson. Hartleip was named North's MVP and Coach
Mark Szabo was named Northern Region Coach of the Year.
Be sure to read the
sports section of The Enterprise. The sports writer does a nice
job writing about our SCC teams!
Laura Peterson
All-Star & All-Academic Team |
Kalina Hartleip
All-Star, MVP & All-Academic Team |
Jonahan Carreno
All-Star |
For sports calendars, visit the
Athletics
web site.
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COMMUNITY NEWS
Shoreline Center Gallery
The Shoreline Center features paintings by Betty Jo Fitzgerald,
photography by Corrina Miller and the collage of Pat Palmer through
January 10, 2006.
The Gallery at the Shoreline Center is located in the South End
of the Shoreline Center at 18560 1st Ave NE, Shoreline
and is open Monday-Friday, 12-5. For more information, please
call (206) 417-4645 or visit our website at
www.shorelinearts.net.
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