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<p class="MsoNormal" style="background:white"><span style="font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:black">Greetings and Happy Thanksgiving!
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="background:white"><span style="font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:black">I just want to bring attention to the most recent and successful annual Washington State Applied Baccalaureate Conference held on November
14, 2017, at South Seattle College’s Georgetown Campus!! This conference provides professional development opportunities for community and technical colleges developing new applied baccalaureate degrees or refining existing programs.
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="background:white"><span style="font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:black">The sessions this year provided a wide range of training for faculty, program managers, directors, and administrators with sessions
including but not limited to providing undergraduate research opportunities, financial aid implications, employment outcomes, joint program development, library considerations, and best practices for creating effective management structures while addressing
future challenges. Sessions tracks were also available for those seeking more foundational knowledge to those colleges with more established programs. The conference was opened with an insightful presentation by Pierce College Chancellor Michele Johnson who
shared Pierce College’s transition to offering applied baccalaureate degrees, the importance of eliminating terminal degrees and providing a variety of pathways for students, and implementation factors that should be considered as our system grows in offering
these degrees. The lunch keynote was provided by Shaunta Hyde, Managing Director of Community Relations at Alaska Airlines and former chair of the Washington State Board for Community and Technical Colleges, who shared her experiences with the approval of
applied baccalaureate degrees and words of wisdom for those colleges considering developing a new degree and possibly going in front if the State Board for the first time. In recognition of her efforts as a pioneer with this work, Shaunta received an achievement
award for her “dedication to the innovative development and implementation of applied baccalaureate degrees for Washington state’s community and technical colleges.” Please see the attached photos!<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="background:white"><span style="font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:black">A special thanks goes to
<b>Chris Bell,</b> <b>Associate Dean of Instruction at Bellevue College</b>, who organized the conference along with the following:<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="background:white"><b><i><span style="font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:black">Walter Hudsick (Bellingham Technical)</span></i></b><b><i><span style="font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:#1F497D"><o:p></o:p></span></i></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background:white"><b><i><span style="font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:black">Nataliya Matkivska (Bellevue)<o:p></o:p></span></i></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background:white"><b><i><span style="font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:black">Stephanie McIrvin (Renton)<o:p></o:p></span></i></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background:white"><b><i><span style="font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:black">Mike Potter (LWTech)<o:p></o:p></span></i></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background:white"><b><i><span style="font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:black">Shanon Reedy (Bellevue</span></i></b><b><span style="font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:black">)<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background:white"><b><i><span style="font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:black">Iulia Zavodov (Bellevue)<o:p></o:p></span></i></b></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="background:white"><span style="font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:black">Again, we appreciate your support for this conference!<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="background:white"><span style="font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:black">Joyce<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="color:#006600">Joyce D. Hammer, Ph.D.<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:#002060">Director of Transfer Education<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:#002060">Washington State Board for Community and Technical Colleges<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:#002060">P.O. Box 42495<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:#002060">1300 Quince Street SE<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:#002060">Olympia, WA 98504-2495<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:#002060">360.704.4338<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><a href="mailto:jhammer@sbctc.edu"><span style="color:blue">jhammer@sbctc.edu</span></a><o:p></o:p></p>
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