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<p class="MsoNormal"><b>From:</b> John Boesenberg <jboesenberg@sbctc.edu> <br>
<b>Sent:</b> Wednesday, March 18, 2020 5:02 PM<br>
<b>To:</b> Grant Rodeheaver <grodeheaver@sbctc.edu>; Carli Schiffner <cschiffner@sbctc.edu>; Laura McDowell <lmcdowell@sbctc.edu><br>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Calibri Light",sans-serif">John Boesenberg, Deputy Executive Director<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<a href="mailto:jboesenberg@sbctc.edu">jboesenberg@sbctc.edu</a> <o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b>From:</b> John Boesenberg <br>
<b>Sent:</b> Wednesday, March 18, 2020 4:25 PM<br>
<b>To:</b> Amit Singh (<a href="mailto:amit.singh@edcc.edu">amit.singh@edcc.edu</a>) <<a href="mailto:amit.singh@edcc.edu">amit.singh@edcc.edu</a>>; Amy Morrison (<a href="mailto:amy.morrison@lwtech.edu">amy.morrison@lwtech.edu</a>) <<a href="mailto:amy.morrison@lwtech.edu">amy.morrison@lwtech.edu</a>>;
 Arlen Harris <<a href="mailto:aharris@sbctc.edu">aharris@sbctc.edu</a>>; Beth Gordon <<a href="mailto:bgordon@sbctc.edu">bgordon@sbctc.edu</a>>; Bob Mohrbacher - Centralia (<a href="mailto:bob.mohrbacher@centralia.edu">bob.mohrbacher@centralia.edu</a>) <<a href="mailto:bob.mohrbacher@centralia.edu">bob.mohrbacher@centralia.edu</a>>;
 Carli Schiffner <<a href="mailto:cschiffner@sbctc.edu">cschiffner@sbctc.edu</a>>; Chad Hickox (<a href="mailto:chad.hickox@wwcc.edu">chad.hickox@wwcc.edu</a>) <<a href="mailto:chad.hickox@wwcc.edu">chad.hickox@wwcc.edu</a>>; Cherie Berthon <<a href="mailto:cberthon@sbctc.edu">cberthon@sbctc.edu</a>>;
 Cheryl Roberts <<a href="mailto:cheryl.roberts@shoreline.edu">cheryl.roberts@shoreline.edu</a>>; Chris Bailey (<a href="mailto:cbailey@lowercolumbia.edu">cbailey@lowercolumbia.edu</a>) <<a href="mailto:cbailey@lowercolumbia.edu">cbailey@lowercolumbia.edu</a>>;
 Christine Johnson (<a href="mailto:christine.johnson@ccs.spokane.edu">christine.johnson@ccs.spokane.edu</a>) <<a href="mailto:christine.johnson@ccs.spokane.edu">christine.johnson@ccs.spokane.edu</a>>; Daria Willis (<a href="mailto:dwillis@everettcc.edu">dwillis@everettcc.edu</a>)
 <<a href="mailto:dwillis@everettcc.edu">dwillis@everettcc.edu</a>>; Darrell Cain - Pierce Puyallup (<a href="mailto:dcain@pierce.ctc.edu">dcain@pierce.ctc.edu</a>) <<a href="mailto:dcain@pierce.ctc.edu">dcain@pierce.ctc.edu</a>>; Eric Murray (<a href="mailto:emurray@cascadia.edu">emurray@cascadia.edu</a>)
 <<a href="mailto:emurray@cascadia.edu">emurray@cascadia.edu</a>>; Grant Rodeheaver <<a href="mailto:grodeheaver@sbctc.edu">grodeheaver@sbctc.edu</a>>; Ivan Harrell (<a href="mailto:iharrell@tacomacc.edu">iharrell@tacomacc.edu</a>) <<a href="mailto:iharrell@tacomacc.edu">iharrell@tacomacc.edu</a>>;
 Jan Yoshiwara <<a href="mailto:jyoshiwara@sbctc.edu">jyoshiwara@sbctc.edu</a>>; Jim Minkler (<a href="mailto:jim.minkler@ghc.edu">jim.minkler@ghc.edu</a>) <<a href="mailto:jim.minkler@ghc.edu">jim.minkler@ghc.edu</a>>; Jim Richardson (<a href="mailto:jrichardson@wvc.edu">jrichardson@wvc.edu</a>)
 <<a href="mailto:Jrichardson@wvc.edu">Jrichardson@wvc.edu</a>>; John Boesenberg <<a href="mailto:jboesenberg@sbctc.edu">jboesenberg@sbctc.edu</a>>; John Mosby (<a href="mailto:jmosby@highline.edu">jmosby@highline.edu</a>) <<a href="mailto:jmosby@highline.edu">jmosby@highline.edu</a>>;
 Joyce Loveday (<a href="mailto:joyce.loveday@cptc.edu">joyce.loveday@cptc.edu</a>) <<a href="mailto:joyce.loveday@cptc.edu">joyce.loveday@cptc.edu</a>>; Julie Walter <<a href="mailto:jwalter@sbctc.edu">jwalter@sbctc.edu</a>>; Julie White - Pierce College Fort
 Steilacoom (<a href="mailto:juwhite@pierce.ctc.edu">juwhite@pierce.ctc.edu</a>) <<a href="mailto:juwhite@pierce.ctc.edu">juwhite@pierce.ctc.edu</a>>; Kathi Hiyane-Brown (<a href="mailto:khiyane-brown@whatcom.edu">khiyane-brown@whatcom.edu</a>) <<a href="mailto:khiyane-brown@whatcom.edu">khiyane-brown@whatcom.edu</a>>;
 Kevin Brockbank (<a href="mailto:Kevin.brockbank@scc.spokane.edu">Kevin.brockbank@scc.spokane.edu</a>) <<a href="mailto:Kevin.brockbank@scc.spokane.edu">Kevin.brockbank@scc.spokane.edu</a>>; Kevin McCarthy (<a href="mailto:kmccarthy@rtc.edu">kmccarthy@rtc.edu</a>)
 <<a href="mailto:kmccarthy@rtc.edu">kmccarthy@rtc.edu</a>>; Kim Perry - Bellingham Tech (<a href="mailto:kperry@btc.edu">kperry@btc.edu</a>) <<a href="mailto:kperry@btc.edu">kperry@btc.edu</a>>; Kim Tanaka <<a href="mailto:ktanaka@sbctc.edu">ktanaka@sbctc.edu</a>>;
 Kimberlee Messina (<a href="mailto:Kimberlee.Messina@sfcc.spokane.edu">Kimberlee.Messina@sfcc.spokane.edu</a>) <<a href="mailto:Kimberlee.Messina@sfcc.spokane.edu">Kimberlee.Messina@sfcc.spokane.edu</a>>; Kristen Jones (<a href="mailto:kristen.jones@bellevuecolleg.edu">kristen.jones@bellevuecolleg.edu</a>)
 <<a href="mailto:kristen.jones@bellevuecollege.edu">kristen.jones@bellevuecollege.edu</a>>; Laura McDowell <<a href="mailto:lmcdowell@sbctc.edu">lmcdowell@sbctc.edu</a>>; Lin Zhou - Bates <<a href="mailto:lzhou@batestech.edu">lzhou@batestech.edu</a>>; Linda
 Kaminski <<a href="mailto:lkaminski@yvcc.edu">lkaminski@yvcc.edu</a>>; Luke Robins (<a href="mailto:lrobins@pencol.edu">lrobins@pencol.edu</a>) <<a href="mailto:lrobins@pencol.edu">lrobins@pencol.edu</a>>; Marty Cavalluzzi - Olympic <<a href="mailto:mcavalluzzi@olympic.edu">mcavalluzzi@olympic.edu</a>>;
 Michele Johnson <<a href="mailto:mjohnson@pierce.ctc.edu">mjohnson@pierce.ctc.edu</a>>; Rebekah Woods (<a href="mailto:rwoods@columbiabasin.edu">rwoods@columbiabasin.edu</a>) <<a href="mailto:rwoods@columbiabasin.edu">rwoods@columbiabasin.edu</a>>; Rosie Rimando-Chareunsap
 - South Seattle (<a href="mailto:Rosie.Rimando@seattlecolleges.edu">Rosie.Rimando@seattlecolleges.edu</a>) <<a href="mailto:Rosie.Rimando@seattlecolleges.edu">Rosie.Rimando@seattlecolleges.edu</a>>; Sandra Fowler-Hill (<a href="mailto:sfowler-hill@clark.edu">sfowler-hill@clark.edu</a>)
 <<a href="mailto:sfowler-hill@clark.edu">sfowler-hill@clark.edu</a>>; Sheila Edwards Lange - Seattle Central (<a href="mailto:Sheila.EdwardsLange@seattlecolleges.edu">Sheila.EdwardsLange@seattlecolleges.edu</a>) <<a href="mailto:Sheila.EdwardsLange@seattlecolleges.edu">Sheila.EdwardsLange@seattlecolleges.edu</a>>;
 Shouan Pan (<a href="mailto:shouan.pan@seattlecolleges.edu">shouan.pan@seattlecolleges.edu</a>) <<a href="mailto:shouan.pan@seattlecolleges.edu">shouan.pan@seattlecolleges.edu</a>>; Suzanne Johnson (<a href="mailto:sjohnson@greenriver.edu">sjohnson@greenriver.edu</a>)
 <<a href="mailto:sjohnson@greenriver.edu">sjohnson@greenriver.edu</a>>; Terry Leas (<a href="mailto:terryl@bigbend.edu">terryl@bigbend.edu</a>) <<a href="mailto:terryl@bigbend.edu">terryl@bigbend.edu</a>>; Tim Stokes (<a href="mailto:tstokes@spscc.edu">tstokes@spscc.edu</a>)
 <<a href="mailto:tstokes@spscc.edu">tstokes@spscc.edu</a>>; Tom Keegan (<a href="mailto:thomas.keegan@skagit.edu">thomas.keegan@skagit.edu</a>) <<a href="mailto:thomas.keegan@skagit.edu">thomas.keegan@skagit.edu</a>>; Warren Brown (<a href="mailto:warren.brown@seattlecolleges.edu">warren.brown@seattlecolleges.edu</a>)
 <<a href="mailto:warren.brown@seattlecolleges.edu">warren.brown@seattlecolleges.edu</a>>; Wayne Doty <<a href="mailto:wdoty@sbctc.edu">wdoty@sbctc.edu</a>><br>
<b>Subject:</b> COVID-19 March 18, 2020 Update<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:.25in"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Calibri Light",sans-serif">The information listed below has come-up since yesterday’s message was sent.  It will be shared with the WACTC Commissions  Additional information/details
 may be accessed through our Google Drive at </span><a href="https://drive.google.com/drive/folders/1PnHhItWpvNhUhhxrCq5LSzxjenmVS5nw"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Calibri Light",sans-serif">https://drive.google.com/drive/folders/1PnHhItWpvNhUhhxrCq5LSzxjenmVS5nw</span></a><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Calibri Light",sans-serif">.<b><o:p></o:p></b></span></p>
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</span></span></span><![endif]><b><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Calibri Light",sans-serif">General Information:<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
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</span></span></span><![endif]><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Calibri Light",sans-serif">Governor Inslee announced substantial measures for Washington state businesses and worker, renters and other residents who struggle financially to pay utility
 bills during the COVID-19 outbreak. (See</span> <a href="https://medium.com/wagovernor/inslee-announces-relief-for-businesses-workers-renters-and-more-in-response-to-covid-19-outbreak-c09c13a02690">
https://medium.com/wagovernor/inslee-announces-relief-for-businesses-workers-renters-and-more-in-response-to-covid-19-outbreak-c09c13a02690</a>).<span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Calibri Light",sans-serif"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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</span></span></span><![endif]><b><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Calibri Light",sans-serif">WACTC March 23/24 Meeting</span></b><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Calibri Light",sans-serif"> – WACTC leadership has determined that the meeting
 and committee work would focus on COVID-19 issues.  Committees have been assigned issues/questions to discuss mostly consistent with their general assignment.  Efforts are being taken to secure a public health official to provide perspective on where we are
 at in the pandemic cycle  in Washington State and what we might anticipate in the coming weeks – especially how it might affect spring and summer quarter planning.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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</span></span></span><![endif]><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Calibri Light",sans-serif">State Board is tracking down Canvas costs related to colleges’ transition to a mostly on-line learning.  Colleges are
<b>reviewing their on-line fees</b> and asking the Instruction Commission to make a recommendation.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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</span></span></span><![endif]><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Calibri Light",sans-serif">A
<b>local Declaration of Emergency </b>may provide additional flexibility, streamline decision-making processes and enhance coordination to address COVID-19 issues.  The impact of a declaration would be determined by local policy/practices.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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</span></span></span><![endif]><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Calibri Light",sans-serif">Governor Inslee signed EHB 2965 (<a href="https://app.leg.wa.gov/billsummary?BillNumber=2965&Year=2020">https://app.leg.wa.gov/billsummary?BillNumber=2965&Year=2020</a>)
 which provides <b>$200 million for the state’s COVID-19 response</b>.  <o:p></o:p></span></p>
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</span></span></span><![endif]><b><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Calibri Light",sans-serif">Employment Information<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
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</span></span></span><![endif]><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Calibri Light",sans-serif">Governor Inslee signed HB 2739 (<a href="https://app.leg.wa.gov/billsummary?BillNumber=2739&Year=2019&Initiative=false">https://app.leg.wa.gov/billsummary?BillNumber=2739&Year=2019&Initiative=false</a>),
 extending the <b>Shared Leave program</b> to employees required to self-isolate/quarantine due to COVID-19 during the period covered by the Governor’s  20-05 proclamation (state of emergency).
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</span></span></span><![endif]><b><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Calibri Light",sans-serif">Employment Security Department</span></b><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Calibri Light",sans-serif"> has updated its website addressing COVID-19
 (</span><a href="https://esd.wa.gov/newsroom/covid-19?utm_medium=email&utm_source=govdelivery">https://esd.wa.gov/newsroom/covid-19?utm_medium=email&utm_source=govdelivery</a>)<span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Calibri Light",sans-serif">.  The site
 includes their updated scenarios and benefits chart, emergency rule making, worker and employer Q&As.  Governor Inslee announced a waiver of the one-week waiting period during a press conference this afternoon.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<b>planning to complete spring quarter entirely on-line</b> or through social distancing/enhanced cleaning for lab/clinic “hands-on” classes.  This possibility may become clearer through information provided by our speaker at the WACTC meeting.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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</span></span></span><![endif]><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Calibri Light",sans-serif">More colleges have decided or are contemplating
<b>delaying the start of spring quarter</b>. State Board staff will survey colleges to get clarity on:
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</span></span></span><![endif]><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Calibri Light",sans-serif">Spring quarter start and end dates (compressing, shortening, mix of both by program, etc.)<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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</span></span></span><![endif]><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Calibri Light",sans-serif">Thinking around access for financial aid.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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</span></span></span><![endif]><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Calibri Light",sans-serif">Provision of student services when most classes are on line and many staff working remotely<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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</span></span></span><![endif]><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Calibri Light",sans-serif">Status of library and related services during spring quarter<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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</span></span></span><![endif]><b><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Calibri Light",sans-serif">Running Start</span></b><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Calibri Light",sans-serif">.  State Board staff continue to work with  OSPI, Instructional
 Commission on getting clear guidance on how the verification form and billing will occur for spring quarter.  At this time:<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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</span></span></span><![endif]><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Calibri Light",sans-serif">Tentative approval from OSPI on the process of enrolling Running Start student spring quarter without the high school guidance counselor approval on the verification
 form.  Signatures may be received after K-12 re-opens April 27.  The Student Services Commission will provide input on the draft process tomorrow morning (March 19) and a final review by OSPI will occur that afternoon. A draft will be shared with presidents
 as it becomes available.  We hope to send the final guidelines by Friday March 20.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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</span></span></span><![endif]><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Calibri Light",sans-serif">Plan is to have billing for March and April based on February’s verified numbers.  State Board staff is working with OSPI to get this in writing and will work
 with them to communicate this information to local superintendents.  A draft of this guidance will be shared with college presidents and the Student Services and Instruction commissions as it becomes available.
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</span></span></span><![endif]><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Calibri Light",sans-serif">OSPI indicates that classes that will be most in demand for high school seniors (not already enrolled as Running Start students) will be civics and English. 
 Completion of these courses will be needed to graduate on time.  Colleges may expect an increase in Running Start enrollments for these two courses.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Calibri Light",sans-serif">and legislation is moving to provide more flexibility for
<b>veterans</b> participation.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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</span></span></span><![endif]><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Calibri Light",sans-serif">ACCT Law Alert bulletin for March 18 (<a href="http://now.acct.org/#law-alerts">http://now.acct.org/#law-alerts</a>) summarizes action taken or contemplated
 by the federal government specifically addressing higher education, including:<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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</span></span></span><![endif]><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Calibri Light",sans-serif">Student Loan Interest Waiver – The Department of Education is instructing loan servicers to lower interest rates on all federal loans to zero percent.
</span><span style="font-family:"Calibri Light",sans-serif">The policy will automatically apply to all borrowers with federal direct loans, federally held Family Federal Education Loans and federally held Perkins Loans. Borrowers whose loans are in standard
 repayment, income-based repayment plans, or forbearance will qualify. Under this approach, a borrower's monthly payment amount will not automatically change. Borrowers facing financial hardship can apply for forbearance. No interest will accrue for all qualifying
 borrowers. </span><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Calibri Light",sans-serif">The waiver will be retroactive to March 13th, the day of the announcement.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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</span></span></span><![endif]><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Calibri Light",sans-serif">Congressional Financial Aid Legislation specific to the COVID-19 outbreak. Includes $1.2<b>
</b>billion ($600 million for both fiscal year 2020 and 2021) in mandatory funding for emergency financial aid for higher education institutions.
</span><span style="font-family:"Calibri Light",sans-serif">Other provisions in the bills to support higher education students and institutions impacted by COVID-19 include:<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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 leave of absence related to COVID19;<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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</span></span></span><![endif]><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Calibri Light",sans-serif">Waiver of Return of Title IV (R2T4) rules that would exempt students from paying back Pell Grants or student loans taken out for a disrupted term;<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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</span></span></span><![endif]><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Calibri Light",sans-serif">Flexibility for calculating students’ satisfactory academic progress (SAP) status to exclude non-completed academic credits;<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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</span></span></span><![endif]><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Calibri Light",sans-serif">Allowing the Secretary of Education to exclude any disrupted periods from students’ subsidized federal loans usage limit (SULA).<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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</span></span></span><![endif]><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Calibri Light",sans-serif"><a href="mailto:bchae@sbctc.edu">Boyoung Chae</a> from Educational Tech /Open Ed is coordinating an effort to find and make available online learning resources
 and to <a href="https://tinyurl.com/commons-wa">post them to Canvas Commons</a> for faculty to use and adapt.
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</span></span></span><![endif]><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Calibri Light",sans-serif">Colleges are interested in expanding usage of Canvas Conferences, Canvas’s onboard webinar tool. Currently faculty can use the tool but sessions are only stored
 for 14 days before deletion. Ed Tech is talking to Instructure about expanding usage and longer-term storage of sessions.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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</span></span></span><![endif]><b><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Calibri Light",sans-serif">Panopto</span></b><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Calibri Light",sans-serif">:  (video instruction platform) Creator Training 3/19 @ 10am;<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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</span></span></span><![endif]><b><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Calibri Light",sans-serif">Zoom</span></b><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Calibri Light",sans-serif">:   TBD likely Monday, 3/23 but no time yet;<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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</span></span></span><![endif]><b><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Calibri Light",sans-serif">Canvas</span></b><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Calibri Light",sans-serif">:   Alissa Sells is repeating  “Yes You Can-vas”    3/20 @  4pm<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Calibri Light",sans-serif">Information and access have been disseminated on a wide range of system listservs. Contact Alissa Sells (<a href="mailto:asells@sbctc.edu">asells@sbctc.edu</a>) for more information.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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</span></span></span><![endif]>There’s been a slow, but steady, stream of inquiries about online proctored testing. As expected, most colleges are expressing readiness for WQ needs and are expressing interest in what’s available to help them meet new SpQ demands.
 Contact Steve Gance (<a href="mailto:sgance@sbctc.edu">sgance@sbctc.edu</a>) for additional information.<span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Calibri Light",sans-serif"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<li class="MsoNormal" style="mso-list:l5 level2 lfo7"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Calibri Light",sans-serif">Dual Credit Summit, March 16-17 cancelled and being rescheduled for fall 2020 (Looking at October 5/6, 2020)<o:p></o:p></span></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="mso-list:l5 level2 lfo7"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Calibri Light",sans-serif">ATL Retreat, March 26-27, cancelled.<o:p></o:p></span></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="mso-list:l5 level2 lfo7"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Calibri Light",sans-serif">Dean Community of Practice, March session cancelled.<o:p></o:p></span></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="mso-list:l5 level2 lfo7"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Calibri Light",sans-serif">Bridge to College meetings have been converted to virtual convenings.<o:p></o:p></span></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="mso-list:l5 level2 lfo7"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Calibri Light",sans-serif">Guided Pathway Work Plan review, March 12-13, is converting to an online modality (details to follow).
<o:p></o:p></span></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="mso-list:l5 level2 lfo7"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Calibri Light",sans-serif">Annual Students of Color conference April 23-25 Yakima cancelled<o:p></o:p></span></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="mso-list:l5 level2 lfo7"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Calibri Light",sans-serif">All Student Services conference April 29-May 1 Tacoma, Student Services Commission
<i>considering </i>cancelling.<o:p></o:p></span></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="mso-list:l5 level2 lfo7"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Calibri Light",sans-serif">Team Teacher training at Centralia College, March13, 2020, Cancelled<o:p></o:p></span></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="mso-list:l5 level2 lfo7"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Calibri Light",sans-serif">COABE Conference has been Cancelled/Postponed (Originally scheduled for 4/5-4/8, postponed till summer)<o:p></o:p></span></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="mso-list:l5 level2 lfo7"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Calibri Light",sans-serif">AACC has been cancelled.<o:p></o:p></span></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="mso-list:l5 level2 lfo7"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Calibri Light",sans-serif">Council for Basic Skills April Meeting has been cancelled<o:p></o:p></span></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="mso-list:l5 level2 lfo7"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Calibri Light",sans-serif">Intercollegiate Relations Committee (ICRC) is spring meeting cancelled (4/16-17)<o:p></o:p></span></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="mso-list:l5 level2 lfo7"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Calibri Light",sans-serif">AEAC has been cancelled Spring qtr.<o:p></o:p></span></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="mso-list:l5 level2 lfo7"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Calibri Light",sans-serif">Articulation and Transfer Council spring meeting (April 23-24) moved to Zoom.<o:p></o:p></span></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="mso-list:l5 level2 lfo7"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Calibri Light",sans-serif">Spring ATL (May 6-8) has been cancelled.<o:p></o:p></span></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="mso-list:l5 level2 lfo7"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Calibri Light",sans-serif">Faculty of Color Mentorship Program spring retreat (May 15) has been cancelled.<o:p></o:p></span></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="color:red;mso-list:l5 level2 lfo7"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Calibri Light",sans-serif">Spring Math Conference (April 30 – May 2)  has been cancelled.<o:p></o:p></span></li></ul>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Calibri Light",sans-serif">John Boesenberg, Deputy Executive Director<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Calibri Light",sans-serif">360-704-4303;
<a href="mailto:jboesenberg@sbctc.edu">jboesenberg@sbctc.edu</a> <o:p></o:p></span></p>
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