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Actions Taken and Successes

DRAFT

As of mid-April 2023, actions taken and work on this initiative has included:

  • Initial Research and Discovery
  • Formation of the Student Email Advisory Group 
  • Issue Identification and Solution Development
  • Creation of Email Icons on the Three Colleges' "Students" Webpages
  • Initial Meetings with Student Leadership at the Three Colleges

 

The Student Email Advisory Group is intended to serve as a staff "sounding board" group to discuss issues and obstacles and solutions, provide feedback and troubleshoot, and build consensus as we move forward with planning and implementation of this initiative.

Membership

Membership in the group represents a cross section of leadership in student services and administration.

  • Vice Presidents for Student Services (VPSS) or designees: Alice Melling (N), Kao Lezheo (C), Joe Barrientos (S) ​ 
  • Vice Chancellor and CIO of IT and/or designates: Cindy Riche
  • Registrars: Kathy Rhodes (N), Diane Coleman (C), Brianne Sanchez (S) ​ ​
  • ctcLink: Mark Bauman, Larry Speer​
  • ELearning: Kevin Bowersox-Johnson ​ ​
  • Starfish: Megan Court ​ ​
  • Dean of Georgetown Campus: Laura Kingston ​​
  • International Programs: Kathie Kwilinski ​ ​
  • Advising: Molly Brown (N), Talia Greenberg (C), Tara Compton (S) ​ ​
  • Seattle Promise: Melody McMillan ​ ​
  • BTS/ESL: Curtis Bonney (N), Saovra Ear (C), Scott Bean (S) ​ ​
  • Running Start: Christina Sheehan (N), Todd Haak (C), Lynn Christiansen (S) ​ ​
  • Comms Directors: Mike Sprouse (N), Adam Russell (C), Ty Swenson (S) 
  • District Communications: Earnest Phillips, Barb Childs, Andrew Svec

Meetings

Meetings are held roughly bi-monthly.

  • Wed., Nov. 29, 2023 – Student Email Advisory Group Meeting #1  
  • Wed., Feb. 14, 2024 – Student Email Advisory Group Meeting #2 

A number of issues have been identified as needing work and/or solutions in order to support a more comprehensive transition to the use of college-issued @seattlecolleges.edu accounts for student email. 

Find a list of these issues and the status of work being done to address them on the Current Issues and Related Work page.

In order to facilitate the comprehensive transition to the use of college-issued @seattlecolleges.edu accounts for student email, direct links to Outlook email have been created on the "Students" pages on the three colleges' websites: North, Central, and South. Previously, only a link to Office 365 appeared on these pages. Additional direct links are planned for addition to each college's "quick links" search menu.

The before and after screen capture images below illustrate this change, which was made in early March 2024. It is also notable that this change more closely aligned the menu icon images on these pages.

Left: Screen capture of the North "Students" menu with the icons prior to the change (no email icon present) Right: Screen capture of the North "Students" menu with the icons after to the change with an email icon (circled) present along with and Office 365 icon

Left: Screen capture of the Central "Students" menu with the icons prior to the change (no email icon present) Right: Screen capture of the Central "Students" menu with the icons after to the change with an email icon (circled) present along with and Office 365 icon

Left: Screen capture of the South "Students" menu with the icons prior to the change (no email icon present) Right: Screen capture of the South "Students" menu with the icons after to the change with an email icon (circled) present along with and Office 365 icon

 

  • Wed., February 21 – South Seattle College – Met with two student leaders and advisor
  • Wed., March 6 – North Seattle College – Met with one student leader and advisor
  • Wed., March 6 – Seattle Central College – Met with full Associated Student Council (ASC) student leadership group and advisor
  • Wed., April 10 – South Seattle College– Met with full United Student Association (USA) student leadership group and advisor