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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:#1F497D">Hi Tanya;  I haven’t experienced this yet.  100% of our applicants have associate degrees or partial bachelor degrees.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif">From:</span></b><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif"> BLC <blc-bounces@lists.ctc.edu>
<b>On Behalf Of </b>Powers, Tanya via BLC<br>
<b>Sent:</b> Tuesday, October 31, 2023 1:30 PM<br>
<b>To:</b> blc@lists.ctc.edu<br>
<b>Cc:</b> Powers, Tanya <tpowers@highline.edu><br>
<b>Subject:</b> [EXTERNAL] [BLC] Students with Graduate Degrees Doing BAS Degrees<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:12.0pt;background:#FFEB9C"><b><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:#9C6500">CAUTION:</span></b><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:black"> This email originated
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:Aptos;color:black">I was curious what your programs were doing with graduate level credits for students entering our BAS programs? It doesn't happen frequently, but it does happen for us. Particularly if they are
 entering a similar discipline? Do you make substitutions? Is it more difficult to apply the credit? <o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:Aptos;color:black">Warmest regards,<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p style="background:white"><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:black">Tanya Powers, Ed.D.</span><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:#212121"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p style="background:white"><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:black">Associate Dean for BAS and Workforce Pathways</span><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:#212121"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p style="background:white"><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:#954F72"><a href="mailto:tpowers@highline.edu" target="_blank"><span style="color:#954F72">tpowers@highline.edu</span></a></span><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:#212121"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p style="background:white"><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:black">(206) 592-3662</span><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:#212121"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p style="background:white"><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:black">(206) 592-3780 (FAX)</span><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:#212121"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p style="background:white"><u><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:#1F4E79">Book appointment here:
</span></u><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:#212121"><a href="https://tinyurl.com/48aycduw">https://tinyurl.com/48aycduw</a> </span><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:#212121"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p style="background:white"><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:black"><a href="https://www.highline.edu/what-we-offer/bas/">https://www.highline.edu/what-we-offer/bas/</a></span><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:#212121"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p style="background:white"><i><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#444444">We would like to acknowledge the people whose land we are gathered on today. Present day Des Moines is located on the traditional village sites of the
 Muckleshoot, Puyallup and many other Coast Salish tribes who made their homes on these lands and along these waters.</span></i><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:black"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p style="background:white"><i><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#444444">Let us also acknowledge the robust Indigenous communities made up of tribal diversity that originate from around the country, and whose journeys have
 brought them here and to other locations by ways of forced displacement or seeking opportunities.</span></i><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:black"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p style="margin-bottom:15.0pt;background:white"><i><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#444444">Today the same communities celebrate their heritage, showing resilience and tenacity that would be greatly admired by their ancestors.</span></i><span style="font-size:13.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#444444"><br>
</span><i><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#444444">— Inspired by Se-ah-dom Edmo and Dr. Christine Dupres, Portland</span></i><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:black"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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