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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:#1F497D">A MESSAGE FROM CTCLDA EXECUTIVE BOARD PRESIDENT, KEVIN McCARTHY:<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">Dear Colleagues,<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">I wish to bring the <b>Winter 2018 CTCLDA Conference</b> to your attention. I hope that you will strongly consider attending<span style="color:#1F497D">.</span> The
<b>March 2<sup>nd</sup></b> meeting is at the <b>Woodmark Hotel in Kirkland</b><span style="color:#1F497D">.</span> The location is excellent for many colleges to send people and avoid lodging costs or extensive travel costs.
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<p class="MsoNormal">The event promises to be enlightening. Our keynote speaker is
<b>Michael Horn</b>, author of <b><i>Disrupting Class: How Disruptive Innovation Will Change the Way the World Learns</i></b>. Rich Cummins, former Columbia Basin College president and WGU-Washington chancellor says,
<strong><i><span style="color:#1F4E79">“Unlike many who analyze higher education in terms of its flaws, Michael Horn provides critical insights about how we can create a positive future. As internet technology transforms every aspect of contemporary life,
Horn offers ideas about creatively using these disruptions to serve greater numbers of our students with increased effectiveness. He is an engaging presenter whose ideas the CTCLDA membership will find stimulating and thoughtful.”</span></i><span style="color:black">
For </span></strong><strong><b><span style="color:black">full details and registration link</span></b><span style="color:black">, see
<a href="https://www.ctcleads.org/">https://www.ctcleads.org/</a></span></strong><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">I look forward to seein<span style="color:#1F497D">g</span> you take advantage of this opportunity and<span style="color:#1F497D">
</span>all of the CTCLDA’s professional development programming.<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">Best,<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">Kevin<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Century Gothic","sans-serif";color:#2F5496">Kevin D. McCarthy,Ph.D.<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
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</span><span style="color:#2F5496"><a href="mailto:kmccarthy@RTC.edu">kmccarthy<span style="font-size:9.0pt;line-height:105%;font-family:"Century Gothic","sans-serif"">@RTC.edu</span></a></span><u><span style="color:#0563C1"><o:p></o:p></span></u></p>
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