[CTCAccess] GAAD Recognition

[Jess Thompson]

As some of you are aware, May 16th was Global Accessibility Awareness Day (GAAD). I put a challenge out to the college to see who could earn the most badges by completing an accessibility micro-course or facilitating/participating in/attending a GAAD event.


For the college that earned the most badges, SBCTC would award a credit of $1,000 to apply towards closed captioning through the SBCTC Caption Hub.


I'm excited that we ended up with three winners!


Spokane won the GAAD challenge by earning a total of 40 badges.


We also wanted to give an award to the school that earned the most badges relative to their faculty and staff headcount. That said, I'm excited to also award Big Bend a $1,000 credit in the Caption Hub!


And, because making sure it's not just a few people doing the heavy lifting, we're also awarding Shoreline a $1,000 credit for having the most unique badge earners at 16 people for 19 badges!


All in all, 263 accessibility badges were awarded leading up and on Global Accessibility Awareness Day. But, what's perhaps most exciting is that the work didn't stop there. As of today (just shy of two weeks past GAAD), we've awarded a total of 417 accessibility badges!


It's really exciting to see folks around the system commit themselves to improve their practices in order to be more inclusive and accessible.


That said, I'd like to formally recognize everyone* who facilitated, attended, participated in, and/or provided valuable support to the Global Accessibility Awareness Day events:


Dawn Hawley - Bellingham
Mary Gerard - Bellingham
Sallie Davis - Bellingham
Angela L Garza - Big Bend
Charlene Rios - Big Bend
Dawnne - Big Bend
Jennifer McCarthy - Big Bend
Lora Allen - Big Bend
Tiffany Sukola - Big Bend
Yvonne A Ponce - Big Bend
Kerry Levett - Cascadia
Erin Cox - Centralia
Jerry Lewis - Columbia Basin
Deborah Moore - Highline
Tarisa Matsumoto-Maxfield - Highline
Gerie Ventura - Highline
Amber Conley - Highline
Jeremy Wilde - Highline
Ryan Leisinger - OFM
Christie Fierro - Olympic
Alissa Sells - SBCTC
Michele Rockwell - SBCTC
Steve Gance - SBCTC
Amy Rovner - Shoreline
Ann Garnsey-Harter - Shoreline
Derek Levy - Shoreline
Gail Dalton - Shoreline
Jen Bryant - Shoreline
Jessica Davis - Shoreline
Jodene Anicello - Shoreline
Joyce Fagel - Shoreline
Krystal Zaragoza - Shoreline
Matt White - Shoreline
Miranda Levy - Shoreline
Patricia Wade - Shoreline
Randy Gottfried - Shoreline
Rosemary Whiteside - Shoreline
Tess Griswold - Shoreline
Kristen Johnson - Shoreline
Cindy Akin - Spokane
Holli Devereaux - Spokane
Aaron Foelsch - Tacoma
TyeRha Durbin - Whatcom
Melodie Smith - Yakima Valley


*This only represents folks who gave permission to be publicly recognized.



Jess Thompson
Program Administrator, Accessible Technology Initiatives
Washington State Board for Community & Technical Colleges
p: 360.704.4327 | c: 253.229.8591
(she/her pronouns)

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