Area Report for Board of Trustees

The division of Student Services operates on 3 Core Functions: Access, Supporting Student Success, and Engagement with a focus on equity.  

The goals of student services for the 2020-2021:

• Goal 1: Strategic Enrollment
• Goal 2: Service Delivery Excellence
• Goal 3: Equity, Diversity and Inclusion

Student Access, Retention, and Success

Advising, Career and Student Employment (CASE), High School Programs and Running Start

• Advising and Student Success has been running “Keys to Highline” workshops throughout Winter quarter to explore student strengths, share campus resources, and build confidence among academic standards-impacted students and any other students who seek support.   A total of 34 students attended across 3 sessions in January 2021.
• Transfer: 3 UW specific transfer application completion workshops offered, 2 general transfer application workshops offered, and one scholarship workshop offered. Partners for these workshops include the Academic Success Center, MESA, TRIO, and Umoja. CWU is partnering to create HC specific transfer maps and conducted a transfer focus group. 
• Career Services: Career Services has been undergoing training to launch the updated job board for GradLeaders. The team has been working hard to make sure it is a seamless transition for our campus with the transition to ctcLink.. 
• Director of Advising, Chantal Carrancho is leading efforts as part of a cross-divisional team to support students, staff and faculty in the transition to ctcLink mid-February. 

Campus View

• Campus View Student Housing begins Winter Quarter 2021 with an occupancy rate of 19% or 29 beds, which does not include 5 Resident Assistant beds. There was a net gain of 7 residents for the Winter Quarter with an anticipated 18 more for Spring Quarter.
• Campus View Student Housing completed 19 programs during the Fall quarter and has a full programming calendar for Winter Quarter.

Counseling

• The weekly Tuesday evening Mindfulness, Relaxation, and Reflection Practices zoom series continues to grow in popularity. Fay Malingson, Nursing faculty member, is serving as a guest facilitator on January 25 and February 2. 
• Joshua Magallanes, Faculty Counselor, is partnering with CCIE to provide a Suicide Prevention training on February 22. 

Enrollment and Registration

• Admissions completed 162 CARES funding residency reviews for fall quarter to update the students’ records for CARES funding eligibility. 
• The team is in final preparations for ctcLink implementation conducting testing and submitting data files to the State Board.

Student Life

• The Center for Cultural & Inclusive Excellence celebrated the legacy and radical teachings of Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. with our annual MLK Week, January 19-22, 2021. In collaboration with the Center for Leadership & Service, Highline College’s Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. Week (MLK Week) is a signature programming series of educational events, programs, and activities geared toward examining and celebrating the life, legacy and timeless radical teachings of Rev. Dr. King, Jr. This year’s virtual MLK Week featured presentations from Swinomish & Tulalip artist and photographer Matika Wilbur, Representative Jesse Johnson and Epiphany Nick Johnson, Tukwila Councilwoman Cynthia Delostrinos, Imam Dr. Yasir Qadhi, disability justice/activist Lydia Brown and Highline College’s Executive Cabinet. CCIE would like to extend gratitude to the 2021 MLK Week Committee: Dr. Darryl Brice, Jodi White, Dr. Aaron Modica, Edwina Fui, Betty Vera, (Co-chair), Geomarc Panelo, Georgia Pirie, Gerie Ventura, Jarmaine Santos (student), Fawzi Belal, and Doris Martinez (Co-chair)
• The Inter-Cultural Center (ICC) will launch its Winter 2021 programming calendar Tuesday, February 9. ICC facilitated dialogue programming series led and curated by our ICC Peer Facilitators. To attend ICC programs, all programs will be at the same link:

zoom.us/join  |  Meeting ID: 840 3799 3013  | Passcode: iccwinter

Into the Generations of Black Existence: Casting Pearls of Wisdom- In collaboration with UMOJA Scholars

Tuesday, February 9, 2021

3:00-4:30pm

Healthcare and COVID-19: Who Suffers Most?

Thursday, February 18, 2021

2:00-3:30pm

Suicide Prevention

Monday, February 22, 2021

11:00am-12:30pm

Gender Roles: How They Exist in Society

Wednesday, March 3, 2021

1:00-2:30pm

Prison Abolition: Looking within the U.S.

Tuesday, March 9, 2021

10:30am-12:00pm

• The Services & Activities (S&A) Fee committee has been meeting weekly since the start of Winter Quarter. S&A is a sub-committee of the student government and the student chair, Samantha Sebring, was appointed by ASHC and approved by the ASHC Council. S&A allocated 3.2+ million last year to over 64 program lines to support student co/extra-curricular engagement. Large allocations go to support student leadership wages, student travel, campus-wide programming, Highline College Athletics, and the mortgage for the HSU. S&A fees are the student fee assessed by the college and include an equivalency contribution from the college for international students and running start students who don’t directly contribute to the S&A fees. Unique to Highline’s S&A structure is that our institution is on a forward funding model, using fee revenue collected from two fiscal years prior to support approved program allocations, with any unused allocations transferred annually into the S&A fund balance. 

Veterans Services

• Veterans Services completed their Graduation report and have 13 students graduating. The office is currently exploring ways to honor those graduates with a Challenge Coin. 
• Students have been notified and encouraged to participate in the upcoming National Convention of the Student Veterans of America. The 2021 convention will be remote, free of charge and full of great opportunities for our students. Last year one student attendee was accepted to the all women mentoring program for female veterans through Purdue University called Focus Forward. Another student was accepted into a prestigious internship with Raytheon which required a secret security clearance. We expect the 2021 convention will continue to present students with excellent future opportunities.

Professional development

Counseling

• Joshua Magallanas will attend the virtual Envision Counseling’s training “Become a Washington State Approved Supervisor” scheduled for February 26 and 27. This training will be beneficial as the counseling center team expands to include a Master’s level counseling intern next year.
• Nicole Hoyes Wilson will attend the virtual American College Counseling Conference on February 18 and 19.
• ESHB 1355, passed in the 2019 legislative session, resulted in the creation of a task force focused on counselors in the Washington community and technical college (CTC) system. The HB1355 Task Force on CTC Counselors Final Report was submitted on November 30th. As a member of the Task Force, Nicole Hoyes Wilson was invited to provide testimony before the House College and Workforce Development Committee on January 14, and the Senate Higher Education and Workforce Development Committee on January 21. 

International Student Programs

• ISP participated in several Virtual Events in Canada, Vietnam, Thailand, Taiwan, and the Philippines. These events target international students in their home countries that may want to study abroad.  
• Newly updated ISP brochures were designed and distributed to leading partner agencies globally.
• African international student focus groups were held to help with recruitment strategies and testimonials 
• Will Leadingham presented at AIRC (American International Recruitment Council) conference on the topics of recruitment. Several overseas agencies were present during conference and presentation.

Student Life

• The Student Life unit values and models advancing education in a higher education setting, participating in lifelong learning, and promoting intergenerational learning when hosting programming, offering leadership advising, and holding space for dialogue with students. This year, Geomarc Panelo (CCIE) and Edwina Fui (CCIE) began their journey of pursuing a Masters degree in the Seattle University Student Development Administration Program. Beatriz “Betty” Vera (CCIE) continues progressing towards her Bachelors degree in Interdisciplinary Arts & Sciences at UW, Tacoma. Malaelupe Samifua (CLS) continues pursuing his Bachelors degree in American Ethnic Studies, University of Washington. Iesha Valencia continues her doctoral studies through Colorado State University Higher Education Leadership program. Being students during a pandemic, has provided real time experiences navigating the complexities of learning remotely which has enhanced The Center staff perspective in leading as practitioners, and members of our communities.
• Our community may access recorded presentations of student life events at Center for Cultural & Inclusive Excellence playlist on the Highline College Youtube channel at https://www.youtube.com/user/HighlineCC/playlists and the CLS Highline Youtube channel at https://www.youtube.com/user/CLShighline

Veterans Services

• The student volunteers that work in the Veterans Services Office are continuing to learn about the ctc link via the canvas modules. 
• Kendall Evans,  attended the required State School Certifying Official (SCO) training this month.

Staff

Advising, Career and Student Employment (CASE), High School Programs and Running Start

• Wendy Barajas Cadenas joins us as our new Academic Pathway Advisor.

Report submitted by Vice President Aaron Reader on January 29, 2021.