SCC Credit Class Schedule: See the Winter Quarter lineup. P g 8 Shoreline has 2020 vision Lambert lays out plan to double enrollment with ‘virtual college’ SCC PHOTO Shoreline Community College President Lee Lambert speaks during a brown-bag presentation on campus in August. Funding down as the need increases Shoreline Community College Over the past several years, Shoreline Community College has cut more than $5 million in state support rom its general und. The most recent reduction came Oct. 1, when Gov. Chris Gregoire’s 6.3 percent across- the-board cuts kicked in or all state agencies, including high- er education. “That translates to $1.363 million or Shore- line,” President Lee Lambertsaid. Lambert said no one is ex- pecting the news to get better. “Gov. Gregoire has alreadywarned all state agencies to expect a 10 percent budgetreduction or the coming two- year state budget cycle thatstarts July 1, 2011,” Lambertsaid. “However, just because a budget is approved doesn’tmean more cuts can’t hap- pen, that’s what we’re living through right now .” At the same time enrollmentat all state community and technical colleges is at an all- time high. “When the economy is bad, people ood back to school to upgrade skills, get a degree or certifcate, anything thatcan help them get a job,” Lam- bert said. “However , when the economy is bad it also means the state has less money to Campus Briefs “Yes, things will look dierent, but we will be world-class byseizing the opportunities presented to us.” SCC President Lee Lambert Fall - 2010 Smooth move World-renowned smooth jazz artist and hometown boy JeKashiwa joins the music aculty at SCC. PAGE 3 On your honor(s) University-style Honors program helps students explore interests and prepare or next steps. PAGE 2 Advance notice Jane McNabb heads-up eorts to bring new unding sources to Shoreline Community College. PAGE 6 Shoreline Community College I T IS CLEAR THAT THE IMMEDIATE FUTURE FOR SHORELINE, AND THE REST OF THE COM- MUNITY AND TECHNICALCOLLEGES IN THE STATE, INVOLVES CUTTING BUD- GETS. But what does the uture look like beyond the next round ore- ductions? Is there a uture? “Absolutely there’s a uture and it’s a bright one,” Shoreline Pres- ident Lee Lambert said. “Shore- line now serves about 10,000 students a year. I believe that by2020, we can be serving 20,000 students or more. “There is tremendous oppor- tunity in ront ous. But to getthere, we have to be willing to change, to adapt.” Lambert acknowledged that in- creasing pressures rom the eco- nomic downturn are stretching higher education to the breaking point. “It is true that we can’t ab- sorb cut ater cut and continue to serve the same number ostu- dents in the same way,” he said. “But that is an opportunity orSee VISION, Page 4 See BUDGET, Page 4 Biotech program hosts teachers Shoreline CommunityCollege this past sum- mer hosted 19 high school teachers rom Snohomish to Olympia in the Fourth Annual Amgen Bruce Wal- lace Biotechnology Lab Pro- gram. The program is an edu- cational outreach program that provides equipment, curriculum assistance and supplies to high schools and colleges. Shoreline CommunityCollege is the only college in the Puget Sound areato receive unding or the Amgen program. Adrienne Houck, Shoreline’s out- reach coordinator, and Da- vid Paul, a biotechnologylab technician at the col- lege, run the program. Paul works closely with the high school instructors to help incorporate the curriculum into their classrooms. Federal grant helps veterans Shoreline CommunityCollege has received a$370,000, three-year grantrom the U.S. DepartmentoEducation to support mil- itary veterans returning to school. See BRIEFS, Page 4 e r o d i c a s p o s t a g e A I e a t t l e , W A 1 6 0 G r w o o d A v S h o r e l i W A 9 8 3 3 - 6 6 C A - R T W S S e d e n i l C u s t m r
