I recently became aware of two different instances in which a part-time faculty member with several years service at their community college experienced a reduced workload, below 50%, and lost their medical coverage as well as other benefits. In checking this out, I found that in both cases, the faculty member had not submitted the required written notification of potential eligibility for work load averaging that would have qualified them for benefits. Unfortunate-ly, there was nothing that could be done to remedy their situation because they had failed to turn in the proper paper work which is required in spring of each year. The moral of my story: All part-time faculty members should sign and turn in the workload averaging form even if they are not sure they are eligible. If you don’t have a record of your exact loads for each quarter, write in the ones you know, leave the others blank, sign, and turn in the form no later than May 31, 2012. The Benefits Office will check its records, verify your eligibility, and notify you either way. This not only affects benefits for the summer but also for other quarters for which your load may drop below the 50% level. You cannot afford to risk loss of benefits by not signing and turning in the form. Ellen Pincus in the Benefits Office has notified all part-time faculty of this re-quirement. Forms were mailed to each faculty member. Monday, May 6th, a reminder was put out on the faculty listserve. There is also a copy of the form on page five of this edition of Soundings. If you have any questions, you can contact the Ellen Pincus in the Benefits Office at epincus@shoreline.edu or you can contact me, at ext. 6987 or by e-mail at bfrunz@shoreline.edu.

workload average form on page 5

SoundingsSoundings

All Federation Contract Review

Meeting Friday, May 18

Room 2925 2 to 3:30 PM

All Faculty Senate Meeting

Wednesday, May 23 Room 1402 2:30 to 4 PM

SCC Board of Trustees Meeting

Wednesday, May 23 Board Room, 1000 building

4 to 6 PM

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Volume 39 Issue 8 May 14, 2012Volume 39 Issue 8 May 14, 2012

CalendarCalendar

In This IssueIn This Issue Part-Time Faculty—

Don’t Lose Your Benefits!

Bonnie Frunz English Affiliate Faculty & Vice President for Part-Time Affairs bfrunz@shoreline.edu

President’s Corner 2

Counseling Update 4

Election Updates 6

AFT Job Opportunity 8

Automotive Program: What Do They Do Over There? 10

The Biking Dolphins 12

Event— Seattle in Black & White 13

Making Waves— The Digital

Film Program on the Silver Screen 14

SCCFT Executive Board 15

“All part-time faculty members should sign

and turn in the workload averaging form

even if they are not sure they are eligible.”

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President’s CornerPresident’s Corner

The last three weeks have been busy ones for the Federation. As we complete the sixth week of Spring quarter, the end of the academic year is fast approaching. Warmer, sunnier weather seems final-ly to have arrived in Seattle, which brightens our days, even if it does not lighten the extra work that we have all become used to taking on during the last few years. Our hard-working Negotiations Team—Karen Kreut-zer, Diane Clifford, Molly Morse, and Leslie Potter-Henderson—have concluded contract negotiations for this year with tentative agreements to revise Arti-cles VII, X, XII, and XVIII of our collective bargaining agreement (the contract). These articles cover “Terms and Conditions of Employment,” “Reduction in Force,” “Corrective Action,” and “Evaluations,” respectively. In addition to tentative agreements on revisions to these four Articles, the Federation and the Administration have agreed to continue negotiat-ing in the fall on Articles XX and XI, which cover “eLearning” and “Affiliate Status.” The Federation Executive Board will consider and make recommendations to SCCFT members on the proposed revisions at its regular meeting on Monday, May 14. A special All-Federation Meeting to explain and discuss the proposed contract revisions is sched-uled for Friday, May 18. Ratification of contract re-visions will be included in the Spring 2012 election ballots for one-year positions on the Executive Board and the Martin Luther King County Labor Council. Members should look for Federation election materi-als in their home mailboxes during the week of May 21 and promptly return their completed ballots. On-ly Federation members may cast ballots in Federa-tion elections. Spring is the time for conventions as well as for elec-tions. AFT-Washington’s 2012 Annual Convention took place at sunny Ocean Shores on May 4 and 5. I led this year’s SCCFT Convention Delegation, which included Bonnie Frunz, Sean Rody, and Karen Toreson. The location at Ocean Shores brought more delegates to the meeting than in past years, a few of them with dogs, spouses, children, and grandchil-dren in tow. During its formal sessions, convention

delegates adopted a number of bylaws and standing rules changes, as well as a few resolutions. Most sig-nificantly, delegates voted to approve a modest per capita (dues) increase for AFT-Washington, the first such increase in five years. SCCFT’s Executive Board will consider how this AFT-Washington per capita increase may affect our local budget, and whether we will need to raise local dues to cover the state increase. The importance of faculty signing up to become Fed-eration members was brought home to me by the roll call vote that took place on the per capita in-crease. During a roll call vote, each local delega-tion’s vote is counted on the basis of its total voting strength, which for Shoreline totaled 178 SCCFT members. We know that more than 178 full-time and associate faculty employees work at Shoreline and are eligible to become SCCFT members. If more members join the Federation, our local will have more strength at AFT’s convention to affect the outcome of votes on important matters such as per capita increases. The per capita increase was ap-proved on a split vote after much debate, and while the increase was adopted by a margin of greater than two-thirds, Shoreline’s delegation did not have as much voting strength as we could have had based on the total number of active faculty. In less contentious voting, AFT convention delegates approved altering the annual AFT-Washington meet-ing schedule so that beginning in 2013, meetings held during odd-numbered years will be conventions where bylaws and standing rules changes and resolu-tions will be adopted, and elections of the AFT-Washington President and Executive Board Officers will occur. Beginning in 2014, AFT-Washington meetings held during even-numbered years will be devoted to union solidarity and training events, ra-ther than to traditional convention business. This year’s convention will be the last even-numbered meeting to focus on traditional conven-tion business. Resolutions adopted on May 5 include a resolution proposed by SCCFT member Davis Old-ham to endorse carbon-fee-and-dividend legislation in Congress, a resolution from the Seattle District to condemn attempts at Washington State community

No Cuts, For Now

Amy J. Kinsel

Professor of History & AFT Local 1950 President akinsel@shoreline.edu

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colleges to constrain free speech, and a resolution from the Human Rights Committee to endorse Wash-ington State’s Civil Marriage Equality Law. Executive Board awards presented at the convention included Shoreline receiving the Communications award to recognize Ruth Gregory and Ruthann Duffy for their work on the new online Soundings. Along with approving by laws changes and resolu-tions and presenting Executive Board awards, the AFT-Washington convention featured a keynote ad-dress by AFT Executive Vice President Francine Law-rence of Ohio. Lawrence spoke about threats to col-lective-bargaining rights that public-employee unions are facing in several states, including Florida, New Jersey, Ohio, and Wisconsin. AFT’s national office actively supports union rights across the country. Law-rence and her union brothers and sisters in Ohio helped to defeat proposed state legislation that would have stripped public workers of collec-tive bargaining rights in Ohio. Pub-lic employees in Wisconsin are still fighting to re-verse devastating anti-union legislation adopted by their state legislature. AFT is sending help to Wis-consin to get out the vote for a June 5 recall elec-tion that pits Milwaukee’s Democratic Mayor Tom Barrett against Republican Governor Scott Walker, whose administration has attacked the rights of pub-lic unions as though public employees were enemy number one. Nationally, AFT has endorsed President Barack Obama for re-election, and at the state level AFT-Washington’s political action arm—COPE—has made a few endorsements for the upcoming statewide elec-tions in our state and more endorsements are on the way. AFT-Washington is supporting the candidacy of Congressman Jay Inslee for Governor, and will follow the lead of the Washington State Labor Council by

endorsing Suzan DelBene in the 1st Congressional Dis-trict primary to fill Inslee’s House seat. As a mem-ber of AFT-Washington’s COPE committee, I have reviewed candidate questionnaires and participated in endorsement discussions. Additional endorse-ments should be approved by AFT-Washington’s Ex-ecutive Board at its June meeting. With funding for higher education still at risk in the state legislature, the COPE committee and the E-Board will pay close attention to how candidates re-spond to questions about the future of public colleg-es and universities in our state. In my capacity as AFT-Washington Vice President for Legislative Af-fairs, I have attended the last two meetings of the State Board for Community and Technical Colleges to

participate in budget devel-opment exer-cises for the 2014-2015 bi-ennial state budget. State Board mem-bers, Trus-tees, Presi-dents, repre-sentatives from AFT and

WEA, students, and State Board staff work in small groups to prioritize funding needs for the community and technical college system. These are not easy exercises, because after several years of steep cuts to operating and capital budgets, the system’s funding needs are great. Based on meetings I attended in March and May in Olympia and Moses Lake, respectively, I believe that funding for faculty increments is likely to be included in the State Board’s budget proposal for the next biennium. Other high priorities include capping tuition increas-es and securing new appropriations for what are now self-funded earmarks (i.e. STEM enrollments, the Student Achievement Initiative, and the CTC Innova-tion Fund).

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“These are not easy exercises, because

after several years of steep cuts to

operating and capital budgets, the

system’s funding needs are great.”

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Teaching is leading students through the journey of gaining knowledge, acquiring skills and helping stu-dents through their journey of self-discovery. Do you remember a teacher that influenced you? Someone who made the subject come ‘alive’ for you and in-spired you to make a vocational choice? Teachers are making a difference every day in the lives of students. I know that because as a full-time advisor, I see students’ excitement in registering for classes from instructors who support and encourage them. Advising is, also, a form of teaching. Another support system that students rely on is their peers. Their peers maybe have been in the college a little longer and know their way around the confusing and new world of academia. During the past two years, Transitional Programs (formerly the ESL/ABE/GED programs) has been for-tunate to have an AmeriCorp volunteer to work as a Retention Project Coordinator. The first year, our first volunteer spent time gathering information from students in our programs, defining the program infrastructure and developing peer-to-peer training.

The outcome was the crea-tion of the HEROES program. The goal of the HEROES pro-gram is to help retain, tran-sition, and engage students in college life. This aca-demic year, our AmeriCorp volunteer was a Shoreline Community College alumna. This year, our program created a student club made up of students from ESL/GED and CEO programs. The club has been successful in supporting and engaging students. Some of the HEROES club accomplishments include: collecting a large amount of food for a local food bank, participating in service learning activities, and helping organize workshops for ESL program stu-dents. This spring quarter, we have four paid ‘lead’ mentors in our program, funded through Student Gov-ernment. ESL/GED and CEO program students are learning leadership skills and helping students to be-long to this college. Peer-to-peer mentorship works by supporting students and creating future leaders; they are real-life super-HEROES.

HEROES—Supporting and Empowering Students

Aura Rios Erickson

Faculty Asvisor aerickso@shoreline.edu

Counseling UpdatesCounseling Updates

continued from page 3 At its May 10 meeting in Moses Lake, the State Board voted unanimously, if quite reluctantly, to increase tuition for students for FY 2013 an average of 12 percent. In approving this increase, Board members made it very clear that they will resist additional tuition increases in future years. For the coming year, though, approved tuition increases and the lack of a supplemental operat-ing budget cut leave colleges in a holding pattern as we wait to see whether any Washington politician, bureaucrat, or educational leader will propose a sus-tainable funding model for public higher education in this state. Shoreline’s operating budget is sustainable for another year. On a sunny spring afternoon, that feels good, even though we know that clouds are still on the horizon.

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The Spring Federation election will take place this month for one-year positions, including division repre-sentatives to the Executive Board. The ballot will al-so include a ratification vote on proposed revisions to the Collective Bargaining Agreement (aka the Con-tract). Federation Elections Committee members for the Spring 2012 election are Amy Kinsel, Kira Wennstrom, and Tim Wright. Ballots will be mailed to home ad-dresses on or about May 21, and they must be re-turned to the Federation mailbox through U.S. mail on or about June 4. The E-Board expects to certify election results at its regular meeting on Monday, June 11. Please note that only members of the Federation will receive ballots for this election. (To join the Federation please fill out and return the form on page 7 of this edition of Soundings as soon as possible.) The Executive Board will consider proposed Contract revisions at its regular meeting on Monday, May 14. At that time, the E-Board will make a recommenda-tion about adoption of the proposed Contract lan-guage, and will finalize the election process, includ-ing the date by which completed ballots must be re-ceived by the Federation. The nominations period for one-year positions on the Federation Executive Board closed on Friday, May 11. Here are the one-year positions that will appear on this year’s ballot, as well as the nominations received by May 11: COPE/Legislative Representative: (no nominee, at-large position) Division Representatives (voted on by members of the respective divisions)

HO/PE/BUS Representative #1: Alison Leahy HO/PE/BUS Representative #2: Sueanne Seegers HO/PE/BUS Representative #3: (no nominee)

HUMANITIES Representative #1: Ruthann Duffy HUMANITIES Representative #2: Ruth Gregory HUMANITIES Representative #3: Grace Rhodes

MATH/SCIENCE/MFG Representative #1: Steven Bogart

MATH/SCIENCE/MFG Representative #2: (no nominee)

SS/ESJ/LIBRARY Representative #1:

Betsey Barnett SS/ESJ/LIBRARY Representative #2:

Chip Dodd Martin Luther King County Labor Council (MLKCLC) Representatives (the first two positions include E-Board membership; the last three positions include only a delegate seat to MLKCLC):

MLKCLC Representative #1: Tim Payne MLKCLC Representative #2: (no nominee, at-large

position) MLKCLC Representative #3: Elizabeth Hanson (also serving as SCCFT Secretary) MLKCLC Representative #4: Jonathan Betz-Zall MLKCLC Representative #5: (no nominee, at-large position)

The following Federation officers elected in 2011 to two-year terms will continue to serve during 2012-2013:

President, Amy Kinsel 1st Vice President, Kira Wennstrom 2nd Vice President, Rachel David 3rd Vice President, Bonnie Frunz Secretary, Elizabeth Hanson Treasurer, Shannon Flynn Immediate Past President, Gary Parks

Join Us!

Even though all Shoreline faculty automati-cally have union dues deducted from their

paychecks, you must elect to become a member. If you work as full-time or part-

time faculty at Shoreline Community Col-lege and wish to join the union, then please

fill out and sign the form on page 5 and return it to SCCFT Vice President Kira

Wennstrom: kwennstrom@shoreline.edu

Election Updates

Amy J. Kinsel

Professor of History & AFT Local 1950 President akinsel@shoreline.edu

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Job OpportunityJob Opportunity

Political Field Representatives

About AFT Washington

AFT Washington is a state affiliate of the American Federation of Teachers, AFL-CIO representing 6500 mem-

bers in five major constituencies from every level of education: full and part-time faculty and professional

employees in community and technical colleges, full and part-time faculty in four-year universities, classified

staff in K-12 and technical colleges, and early learning and Head Start teachers and staff.

We are committed to high-quality education for our students and communities and improved wages, hours,

and working conditions for faculty, teachers, and staff.

Job Description

We are looking for motivated individuals who are willing to work hard and commit themselves to electing edu-

cation- and labor-friendly candidates into office and building long-term political capacity in our locals. Politi-

cal Field Representatives will be assigned to work with our local affiliates in one of five regions.

Responsibilities

Political Field Reps will work directly with the Political Organizer to recruit, train, and manage member vol-

unteers in our locals. These member volunteers, together with the Political Field Reps, will communicate with

AFT Washington and other labor union members regarding important campaign issues and candidates. Specifi-

cally, you will:

Manage voter outreach and volunteer recruitment: Work with local affiliate presidents and activists

to educate and mobilize members for voter contact efforts. These efforts will primarily focus on phone

banking and doorbelling activities in conjunction with the Washington State Labor Council, but may

also include candidate forums, worksite leafleting, house-parties, and voter registration.

Analyze the political capacity and climate of locals: Working with data from past elections and with

local leaders, determine areas of strength and weakness in political capacity of locals and develop long

-term plans for capacity building. Help frame political messaging to the climate of each local.

Develop long-term political infrastructure: Work to create or enhance local and state political struc-

ture by identifying, recruiting, and training local affiliate activists to take on leadership roles

Data management and tracking: Keep a careful record via our database system of contacts made, vol-

unteers recruited, participation in campaign events, etc.

Other duties as assigned

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Qualifications and Skills

Strong commitment to education and labor issues

Experience working on a campaign

Self motivated, ability to work independently and in a team environment

Excellent written and verbal communication skills

The ability to work under pressure and work well with a variety of members, staff, and allies

Experience recruiting, managing, and developing leaders/volunteers

Ability to handle multiple responsibilities and meet deadlines

Willingness to be held tightly accountable for meeting numerical targets as well as larger goals

Familiarity with database management and Excel, and a level of comfort with technology in general

Must have access to a vehicle and a valid driver’s license

Commitment and Compensation

We are looking for individuals who are ready to do what it takes to ensure that education- and labor-

friendly candidates are elected into office. Political Field Reps will be hired as full-time salaried employ-

ees starting ASAP through the November general election. You will be expected to work evenings and

weekends, participate in weekly planning meetings and calls, and set and meet goals. Travel throughout

the assigned region is required.

This is a temporary position. Compensation is $650 a week and, at a minimum, an additional $50 a week to

cover documented expenses, such as travel mileage. There are no additional benefits.

How to Apply

Please electronically submit a cover letter highlighting your experience and interest in education and

labor issues along with a resume to Kristin Elia at kelia@aftwa.org. Applications will be reviewed on

a rolling basis with a deadline of 5:00 PM, Friday, May 25th.

Calendar Calendar

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Mock Accreditation Visit Faculty and Staff Open Sessions Wednesday, June 6

11:20-11:50 am, PUB 9208 1:00-1:30 pm, FOSS 5386 1:40-2:10 pm, Room 2308

Commencement Rehearsal Friday, June 8 1:30 pm 3000 Building (Gymnasium)

Commencement Sunday, June 10 2:00 pm 3000 Building (Gymnasium) Federation E-Board Meeting Monday, June 11 3:00-5:00 pm Room 9202

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Few outside of the automotive department know the details about what we do way over here in the 2100 building. In this short article, I’ll briefly explain our current programs and activities. Students can apply for study in one of four manufac-turer-sponsored AAAS programs that specialize in Honda (Professor Bob Biesiedzinski), General Motors (Professor Scott Main), Toyota (Professor Matt Spitzer), or Chrysler (Professor Ken Campbell). Stu-dent interest in these programs is very high and there are always more applicants than available classroom or shop space. While the number of applicants is high, not all stu-dents are pre-pared for the manufacturer-sponsored pro-grams. Students must be em-ployed by a deal-ership or qualify-ing independent shop, and each program requires full-time cooper-ative work expe-rience quarters (20 credits) that alternate with full-time (18 credits) on-campus classes. So students should have some basic automotive experience be-fore entering these programs. This model of full-time work experience alternating with on-campus instruction has worked well over the last thirty years. General Motors introduced this model and was the first company to sponsor automo-tive programs in the late seventies to improve the skill levels for automotive technicians entering the field. However, many high school automotive pro-grams have been closed over these past years and graduation requirements have increased, leaving lit-tle time for students to take elective career-oriented classes. The number of students entering college with any high school automotive training is very low.

In 2005, a grant from the Department of La-bor funded the devel-opment of the GST (General Service Tech-nician) program at Shoreline Community College. This is a 45-credit in-troductory program that is designed to help students learn automotive fundamentals and basic mainte-nance and inspection of automotive systems. Stu-dents from this program can go directly to work in an entry-level maintenance position or have a better chance of qualifying for one of the manufacturer-sponsored programs. GST was one of the first Inte-grated Basic Educational Skills Training (IBEST) pro-

grams in the state and is taught and coor-dinated by Mark Hankins and Betsy Binnian. GST has helped students improve both technical and basic study skills for success in employment and college-level study. About one-third of GST students go into

the manufacturer programs while others go into the workforce or on to other programs of study. Program instructors spend as much time managing and coordinating their programs as they do teaching. This is one reason why automotive faculty rarely have time to participate in college committee work. The contract requires 24 hours of contact with stu-dents each week and involves many of the tasks that any faculty member is familiar with: lesson planning for lecture, setting up labs, grading, advising, profes-sional development, etc. Managing our programs in-cludes recruiting students, interviewing and pro-cessing applicants, meeting with potential employ-ers, monitoring student progress with current em-ployers, organizing and leading advisory committee

Automotive Program: What Do They Do Over There?

Mark Hankins

Professor of Automotive Programs mhankins@shoreline.edu

“The automotive repair business is

unique; during economic downturn

people keep their cars longer and

need more repair and maintenance.”

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meetings, maintaining large tool and vehicle inven-tories, and meeting with manufacturer representa-tives, just to name a few of the tasks we perform from week to week. The five programs described above are at the core of what we provide for students. We also work with other industry partners including the Puget Sound Automobile Dealers Association, Snap-On Tool Corpo-ration, Hunter Engineering, Hyundai, and Volvo. While none of these partnerships currently provides formal college degree or certificate programs, they enable our students to work with the latest technol-ogy in diagnostic tools and equipment. A program with Snap-On Tool Corporation is current-ly under development and will be marketed to tech-nicians and educators for skill upgrade training and certification specific to a wide range of sophisticated Snap-On diagnostic tools and equipment. Classes have been conducted in the Snap-On training facility (located in the automotive center), and one course was taught in Morocco by Janos Szablya. More inter-national courses may be added as nations developing stronger economies have growing automotive mar-kets and need for technician training. Classes are full and we are busier than ever, some-thing to be grateful for in comparison to the troubles so many have faced during the Great Recession. The automotive repair business is unique; during econom-

ic downturn people keep their cars longer and need more repair and maintenance. When the economy picks back up, people buy more new cars and the associated processing, warranty work, and mainte-nance increases employment opportunities at dealer-ships. And so far, no one has figured out a way to export these jobs! Our students have chosen a pro-fession that should provide employment security and continuous inspiration (and need for more training!) as the technology advances. As I walked across the shop floor the other day I crossed paths with one of my former GST students in the process of completing his last quarter in the Toyota T-TEN program. A couple of years ago, he was the GST student archetype: a recent immigrant with little preparation for college and in need of basic automotive fundamentals training so he could begin working in his chosen career. I said hello and asked him how he was doing. What was his response to my inquiry, you ask? “I’ve never been happier in my life!” I don’t have to ask myself why I chose a profession in education after an encounter like that. For more information about the automotive program at Shoreline Community College you can check out their website: http://new.shoreline.edu/auto/

Don’t forget!

All-Federation Contract Review Meeting Friday, May 18 2:00-3:30 pm Room 2925

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The Group Health Commute Challenge – Bike to Work Month 2012 is underway. The Shoreline Biking Dolphins are fielding three teams this year, WOWS (Women On Wheels), the Squealing Dolphins, and Shoreline Biking Dolphins Green. WOWS and the Squealing Dolphins each have ten members and Team Green currently has six, but two more staff members have committed to join Team Green in mid-May. The Bike to Work Month Group Health Commute Challenge is a program sponsored mainly by Group Health and the Cascade Bicycle Club along with numerous corporate sponsors. The GHCC is a program that offers bike riders the opportunity to participate in Bike to Work Month “for a variety of reasons.” By commuting to work on your bicycle, you are saving the planet by reducing “fossil fuel” consumption. You are also saving money by not spending so much on gas (which is currently priced at $4.08 per gallon in the Seattle area). You are encouraging a healthy lifestyle by staying fit riding on your bicycle to work as many times during the month of May (and hopefully throughout the rest of the year). Shoreline Biking Dolphins have been involved in this program for the past four years, and we have consistently been a leader among other community colleges in the Puget Sound region; our teams log significant commute miles each year. Even if you aren’t a member of one of the Biking Dolphins teams you can still participate in Bike to Work ac-tivities throughout the month. During the week of May 14 to 18 - including F5 Bike to Work Day - any person loading a bicycle on a Metro bus or ST Express bus in King County will ride for free. Each bus has three spaces for bikes, available on a first-come-first-served basis. Let's thank our transit agencies for their encouragement by filling those racks. Yet while the bus may shave off a few minutes from your bike commute, keep in mind that a full rack means that you'll have to wait for the next bus or park your bike at the stop or station. Also, on Bike to Work Day, Friday May 18th, in the morning, there will be goodies at commuting stations at different spots around town - one will be down at 155th and Aurora by the bike trail! For more information about the Biking Dolphins see our Facebook page. For more info about the challenge click here.

Shoreline 2012 Bike to Work Team Captains: Tom Prigmore (Accounts Payable), Emma Agosta (Geology), and Alan Loveless (CEO).

The Biking Dolphins

Tom Prigmore

Fiscal Specialist 1, Accounts Payable tprigmore@shoreline.edu

Arlene Strong Administrative Assistant, Social Sciences

astrong@shoreline.edu

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Making WavesMaking Waves

Two film festivals - the Seattle International Film Festival, the largest and most well-attended in the United States, and STIFF, Seattle's True Independent Film Festival -- are descending on Seattle this May. Students and faculty in the Performing Arts and Digi-tal Filmmaking program played major roles in front of and behind the cameras on several productions being screened at each festival. If you are looking for an escape from the sun, feel free to pop into a theater and support college-affiliated work. STIFF (began Friday, May 4th) http://trueindependent.org/ The Summer Home http://stiffopeningnight2012.eventbrite.com/ http://summerhomefilm.com/ "Super Secret Feature Film" http://secretstiff-eorg.eventbrite.com/ Easter Weekend http://horrorofthebarnesfamily-eorg.eventbrite.com/ A Man, Buried http://qwertythemovie-eorg.eventbrite.com/ Happy Monday http://antihero-eorg.eventbrite.com/

Kris Boustedt and his wife/filmmaking partner, Lindy, at SIFF 2010.

SIFF (begins May 17th) http://www.siff.net Fat Kid Rules the World http://www.siff.net/festival/film/detail.aspx?id=45333&FID=254 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=d-SQ0pgjXm0 Safety Not Guaranteed http://www.siff.net/festival/film/detail.aspx?id=45337&FID=254 Bobby Ellis is Gonna Kick Your Ass (which was also shot on our campus) http://www.siff.net/festival/film/detail.aspx?id=45461&FID=254 https://www.facebook.com/BobbyEllisKickedYours Eden http://www.siff.net/festival/film/detail.aspx?id=45205&FID=254 Senior Showcase http://www.siff.net/festival/film/detail.aspx?id=45508&FID=254

In the column Making Waves we take a closer look at what is going on with our faculty peers across campus. What sort of research are you working on? What unique activities are you employing in your classroom? Got a performance coming up? An exhibition of your work? Let Soundings know how you are “making waves” on campus and in the community.

The Digital Film Program on the Silver Screen

Kris Boustedt Associate Faculty of Digital Filmmaking kboustedt@shroeline.edu

A still from Senior Showcase, which Kris & Lindy co-directed.

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SCCFT Executive BoardSCCFT Executive Board

Office Officer Email Phone President Amy J. Kinsel akinsel@shoreline.edu 206.546-4679

1st Vice President/Parliamentarian Kira L. Wennstrom kwennstrom@shoreline.edu 206.546-4578 2nd Vice President Rachel David rdavid@shoreline.edu 206.546-4760 3rd Vice President Bonnie Frunz bfrunz@shoreline.edu 206.546-6987

Secretary Elizabeth Hanson elhanson@shoreline.edu 206.546-4555 Treasurer Shannon Flynn sflynn@shoreline.edu 206.546-4705

COPE/Legislative Representative Gary Parks gparks@shoreline.edu 206.546-4785 HO/PE/BUS Rep. 1 Alison Leahy aleahy@shoreline.edu 206.546-5891

HO/PE/BUS Rep. 2 Sueanne Seegers sseegers@shoreline.edu 206.546-4710 HO/PE/BUS Rep. 3 Open

Humanities Rep. 1 Ruthann Duffy rduffy@shoreline.edu 206.533-6766 Humanities Rep. 2 Dutch Henry dhenry@shoreline.edu 206.546-5807 Humanities Rep. 3 Ruth Gregory rgregory@shoreline.edu 206.546-4789

Math/Science/Auto/Mfg Rep. 1 Steve Bogart sbogart@shoreline.edu 206.546-6986 Math/Science/Auto/Mfg Rep. 2 Open

SS/ES/LIB/Media Rep. 1 Betsey Barnett bbarnett@shoreline.edu 206.546-4680 SS/ESJ/LIB/Media Rep. 2 Tom Moran tmoran@shoreline.edu 206.546-4774

King County Labor Council Rep. 1 Tim Payne tpayne@shoreline.edu 206.546-4706 King County Labor Council Rep. 2 T. Sean Rody srody@shoreline.edu 206.546-6983

The following positions do not include E-Board membership: King County Labor Council Rep. 3 Jonathan Betz-Zall jbetz-zall@shoreline.edu 206.546-6939

King County Labor Council Rep. 4 Elizabeth Hanson ehanson@shoreline.edu 206.546-4555 King County Labor Council Rep. 5 Amy J. Kinsel akinsel@shoreline.edu 206.546-4679

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rgregory@shoreline.edu

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