General Information: Building
Up a Student Life
An
Invitation to Get Involved
Highline Community College hosts a vibrant and exciting schedule of
student activities and programs. Student Programs has been established
at the college to ensure that all students have options for learning,
community building, and personal exploration outside of the classroom as
well as providing a "place"
for such activities in the college’s dynamic
student center.
Highline students contribute a quarterly Services and Activities (S&A)
fee to help fund extracurricular and educational activities on campus.
The Student Programs office is open to all students to explore ways of
becoming involved
in campus life that fit their individual interests.
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History
Student Programs has been a part of the college
since 1962. Even early on, involved students played a key role in
helping establish the traditions and activities here on campus.
For example, the campus newspaper, the Thunderword,
was named by the first Highline Student Government during its first
meeting, and earlier students were responsible for bringing many of
the Native American symbols and building plaques onto the campus.
This legacy of bringing elements of distinction to
campus continues to this
day with current student efforts to
build vibrant student communities with clubs and student organizations
and house these activities in a brand new Student Union building.
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Purpose
Student Programs - Center for Leadership and Service aims to build a
vibrant, inclusive, and supportive student community that models
diversity and multiculturalism and also empowers students within a
student-centered environment that values service, personal growth,
learning, and critical thinking.
Vision for Student Programs: Student Programs–Center for Leadership
and Service provides invitational and collaborative communities for
student development while delivering quality co-curricular programs and
services, with an emphasis on cultivating leadership skills.
Student Programs makes sure that there is both an activities
program for students of Highline and a place for students to gather
and connect with one another. Highline values the connections with others
outside the classroom, with the hope that the network that is built
today will help support students for a lifetime. The social spaces that
are associated with Student Programs
and the Student Union are intended
to provide venues for making and nurturing these connections.
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The Highline Student Union:
A Place for Students
The new Highline Student Union is the crown jewel
of the college campus. At 47,000 square feet, the new building is more
than twice the size of the original student center.
Here’s just a sample of what's inside:
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Fireside Bistro: coffee and pizza
oven
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Recreation room
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Quiet study lounge with great view
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Cafeteria with grab-and-go window
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Three large conference and meeting
rooms
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Bookstore
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Staff offices for Student Programs,
Student Government, and Caucuses
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Shared club offices
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Leadership Resource Room
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Student Programs Offices:
The Center for Leadership and Service
The Student Programs administrative offices are located in the
Highline Student Union. The suite of offices includes the Student
Programs staff, the Associated Students of Highline Community College,
and student leadership, activities, graphics, and multicultural offices.
The Conference Services office is also located there, helping schedule
campus events and catering functions.
The Student Programs suite is the base from which staff members provide
four cornerstone areas of service to the campus community:
Student Leadership:
Building a student life requires a community of student leaders who
are committed, organized, and effective. Student leadership positions
are found throughout the organization, but are supported centrally by
the Student Program staff training, leadership advising, and workshop
opportunities.
Well-known leadership positions at Highline include serving as members
of ASHCC Student Government, as Club and Community Consultants, as
Campus Event Consultants, as members of the Phi Theta Kappa Leadership
Team, or
as various officers within student clubs. See the "Student
Programs Offerings" section for more information.
Student Activities:
Student Activities programs include those groups that bring social and
educational events to campus. ASHCC Caucuses, clubs, multicultural and
international programming, intramurals, and performing arts programs in
drama and music all contribute to a host of exciting and entertaining
learning opportunities.
Whether students join Student Programs for the annual Welcome Back
barbecue or the thought-provoking Unity Through Diversity Week, the
programs will provide space for growth, learning, and fun outside the
classroom. See the "Student Programs Offerings" section for
more
information.
Student Design and Publications:
Highline has a distinguished history of providing high quality media
to its students through publications such as the Thunderword and
Arcturus.
The Student Programs Design Team is staffed by college interns and helps
create a professional look to all Student Programs advertising
materials.
Student Programs Services:
The Early Childhood Learning Center provides high-quality,
flexibly scheduled, and affordable child care services on campus to
children of students, faculty, staff, and other state employees. The
center is licensed to serve children ranging from infants to those five
years of age. Services offered correspond closely with the class schedule.
See entry in
"Programs, Resources and Services for Students," for more information.
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Student Programs Offerings
Here’s additional information about the
many activities and leadership opportunities available on campus.
Student Activities
Dance:
Highline’s dance team helps support Highline’s intercollegiate sports teams by performing at sporting
events. The dance team is designed to be an intermediate step between
secondary school dance squads and the professional
dance squad opportunities that are found in the greater Seattle
area.
Intercollegiate Athletics:
Committed to excellence in academics and athletics,
Highline’s strong intercollegiate athletic programs successfully
attract quality student athletes. Through educational ideals learned
both on and off the field of play, participation in athletics works
to instill in student athletes the benefits of competition, sportsmanship,
hard work, and commitment.
| Men’s Teams: |
Women’s Teams: |
| Basketball |
Basketball |
| Cross Country |
Cross Country |
| Soccer |
Soccer |
| Track |
Track |
| Wrestling |
Volleyball |
Intramurals:
This program offers a variety of athletic activities
for students to participate in throughout the year free of charge. Activities
include basketball, flag football, indoor soccer, softball, and volleyball.
No skills required, just a good attitude! For more information, call
the Director of Intramurals at (206) 878-3710, ext. 6046.
Multicultural Programs:
The goal Multicultural Programs is to plan activities that enhance the
campus community’s knowledge of different cultures and heritages
and to promote participation in Highline’s ethnic clubs.
Multicultural Programs helps students reach their academic
and personal goals by programming events that promote multicultural
awareness and supporting students to attend events such as the statewide
Students of Color Conference. Annual multicultural events at Highline
include Martin Luther
King Jr. Week in January and Unity
Through Diversity Week in April.
Performing Arts:
The performing arts scene has a rich tradition
on Highline’s campus. Students have numerous ways to get involved.
Drama. The Highline
Drama department is committed to providing students with a strong foundation
for their education and career in theatrical performance or design.
For more than 25 years, graduates have entered the most competitive
professional training schools in this country
and in Great Britain. Students have appeared on Broadway, in films,
on television, and are working as designers and technicians in theaters
from New York City to Los Angeles, as well as in Seattle and Tacoma.
The department offers a rich and varied curriculum,
which gives beginners
and advanced students plenty of challenge and
excitement in the classroom and on stage. Audiences enthusiastically
applaud the accomplishments of our student at shows produced each quarter.
Auditions are open to everyone; backstage workers are welcome to join
the team.
Music. The
Highline Music department invites you to explore your musical abilities
and meet others with similar interests. Students can participate in
choir, jazz ensemble, or world percussion ensemble. Instrumentalists
have
the possibility of performing in small ensembles and in regional
symphony orchestras, such as the Rainier Symphony. Faculty members will
help and advise those students who wish to put their own group together.
Student Clubs. These
student-led organizations enrich campus life and give students a way to
meet new people, share similar interests, and develop new skills.
Students are likely to find a club that matches their interests, or they
can start one of their own.
Each year, Highline boasts approximately 50 different
clubs, which means students are certain to find an organization that
matches their interests. Although the lineup of student clubs changes
annually to reflect the college's current students, here is a partial list of campus clubs
that have been active recently:
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Asian and Pacific Islanders Club
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Black Student Union
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Cambodian Student Association
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Campus Crusade for Christ
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Chess Club
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Engineering Club
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Highline Association of Library Technicians
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Highline College Paralegal Association
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International Club
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Jazz Ensemble
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Muslim Student Association
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Nursing Club
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Poker Club
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Rainbow Pride
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Science Club
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United Latino Association
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Vietnamese Student Association
Student Design, Publications,
and Services
Publications.
The Thunderword weekly
newspaper is an award-winning publication that accepts articles from
both staff and at-large writers. The literary magazine, Arcturus,
is a student-produced, edited, and printed annual journal of creative
writing, poetry, and visual arts that is also regionally acclaimed for
its quality.
Campus Event Planning, Promotion, and Design Services.
Student Programs–Center for Leadership and Service has information and resources to help students plan events. The knowledgeable staff can assist with all
phases of the planning process: brainstorming, organizing, promoting,
implementing, and evaluating. Individual students and/or small groups
that identify an event or activity they are interested in presenting to
the campus may be able to access resources through Student Programs.
Student Leadership
First Fridays Leadership Institute.
The First Fridays Leadership Institute is a regular series of leadership
development workshops, offered the first Friday of each month (2-4 p.m.,
September-June). The sessions are hands-on, interactive, and designed to
build practical leadership skills, including public speaking,
interpersonal communication, conflict resolution, and more.
Winter Leadership Retreat.
Held every January at a local retreat center, the Winter Leadership
Retreat brings together students from across campus to explore
leadership in depth and to build a community of student leaders. Retreat
applications will be available the middle of fall quarter.
Leadership Consultation.
Many students aspire to be great leaders but don’t know where to begin.
Highline’s leadership consultation service will help students get
started on
the path to leadership by finding leadership areas they are
passionate about, create goals around their passions, write a personal
mission statement, and much more.
Campus Communities.
Students gather for community building in many ways, whether through
academic study groups, recreational interests, team projects as part of
a
class, or other means. The Center for Leadership and Service offers
resources to these small groups.
Leadership Resource Center.
Located on the 3rd floor of the Highline Student Union, this center
provides students with a physical space and resources to pursue
leadership interests. Students can search the Internet, peruse the
leadership library, or just network with other student leaders on
campus. It is a place to explore one's leadership potential in the
context of the community and a space to refine leadership vision.
Students are invited to visit the center and find a place for leadership
passion.
International Leadership Student Council
(ILSC).
This team of five student leaders, coordinates
various campus international events. Its mission is to provide international
students with additional support, build a strong multicultural environment
on campus and in the community, and encourage global understanding.
ILSC members assist with international student orientations
and activities
and act as mentors to new international students. Events ILSC members have worked on include Global Lunch Table, Cultural Café,
Winter Ski Trip, and International Week.
Phi Theta Kappa (PTK).
PTK is the international honor society of two-year
colleges. Highline’s chapter is one of the largest in the country
and is actively involved in leadership and service both on and off campus.
Phi Theta Kappa offers Highline students the opportunity to grow outside
of class and develop as responsible members of the community. Highline’s
PTK chapter provides students several ways to get involved with service
and scholarship.
Student Government.
The Associated Students of Highline Community
College (ASHCC) invites all students participate in Student Government. Student
Government provides a means which students represent interests, concerns,
and viewpoints in the college governance structure.
It also provides leadership-training opportunities
that include public speaking, parliamentary procedures, program development
and evaluation, group dynamics, conflict resolution, and skills in conducting
effective meetings. Student Government serves as a training
ground for developing the skills necessary for democratic government.
Whether students are interested in serving in one of the
two elected positions or volunteering for one of the many campus committees
or ASHCC Caucuses
where students have a voice, there is an opportunity for everyone.
ASHCC Caucuses.
ASHCC Caucuses are student leadership community groups. They collaborate
with other students, staff, faculty, and the surrounding community to
discuss and support leadership concepts being explored by the student
body.
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Check Out Student Programs
You can find contact information for any of the
above opportunities by
visiting or calling the Student Programs office at (206) 878-3710,
ext. 3536 or
by viewing these resources:
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Student Programs’s Web
site can be found at www.highline.edu/stuserv/programs
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The Student Handbook is
published annually with more detailed and updated information about
Student Programs.
This page was last edited
12/14/2007 |
