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<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:15.0pt"><b><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#041532">Registration for the first virtual Building Bridges conference open!
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:15.0pt"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#262626">Building Bridges 2021 is tackling topics from all aspects of college and university operations by bringing together professionals in
higher education to present their expertise and exchange ideas. Focused tracks will include, but are not limited to: ‘Student Success’, ‘Diversity, Equity and Inclusion’, ‘Resiliency Strategies’ and ‘Universal Accessibility’. Guided by IT professionals within
the Washington Higher Education Technology Consortium (WHETC), Building Bridges 2021 will provide an excellent opportunity to network among presenters and other Information Technology professionals to gain knowledge and experience a new understanding of many
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:15.0pt"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#041532">This conference will take place in an online format through Zoom on August 2-6, 2021. See the online agenda for more details:<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:15.0pt"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#1A2026">This conference is open to all higher education institution members.
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:15.0pt"><b><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#1A2026">Topics this conference will explore:</span></b><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#041532"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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