Shoreline Community College Commencement Sunday, June 6

By Donna Myers

Shoreline's 46th Commencement ceremony will be held Sunday, June 6 at 2 pm, in the College gymnasium. Approximately 1,000 students applied for graduation and about 300 will walk. 

Seattle Port Commissioner (and SCC grad) Rob Holland will give the keynote address. He is the first African American to serve in that capacity in the Port’s nearly 100-year history. Just 15 years ago, Holland was creating firsts at Shoreline Community College. As student-body president, he worked to help establish the multicultural center, representing values that have become a hallmark of the college.

English as a Second Language instructor Elizabeth Hanson will give the faculty address. Hanson, who was a student at Shoreline herself, has taught at Shoreline for nearly 19 years. Her heart is in helping students learn the English they need to succeed in their lives. She won the Faculty Excellence Award last year. 

Transfer student Angela (Angie) Carranza will give the student address. When Carranza received a scholarship from the SCC Foundation last year, she had to pinch herself. She had come a long way — from the rough neighborhoods of south Chicago to Shoreline Community College, where she started her journey to help troubled youth. She is transferring to Seattle U next fall to earn her bachelor’s degree in Sociology, and from there, she plans to work with juveniles in the prison system to help those who she says everyone else has given up on.