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of my favorite humans, Marie Forleo, always says that "Everything is figureoutable."</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Franklin Gothic Medium", "Avenir Next Condensed Medium", sans-serif;">As I find myself feeling stressed out, pessimistic, overwhelmed and/or basically like the giant ball of anxiety I am on even my best days ... I've been finding
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<span style="font-family:"Franklin Gothic Medium","Avenir Next Condensed Medium",sans-serif">We are smart, capable humans tackling major adaptive challenges caused by COVID 19 ... and with this massive move to online, I know that together, we can figure out
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<span style="font-family: "Franklin Gothic Medium", "Avenir Next Condensed Medium", sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;">Which leads me to my sad news: today, the Assessment, Teaching, and Learning Department (ATL) made the difficult but necessary decision to cancel
the face-to-face 2020 ATL Conference.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Franklin Gothic Medium", "Avenir Next Condensed Medium", sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;">The F2F event would have been held May 6-8, 2020, at the Lynnwood Convention Center.</span></div>
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<div style="color:rgb(0,0,0)"><font face="Franklin Gothic Book, Avenir Next Condensed, sans-serif"><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: "Franklin Gothic Medium", "Avenir Next Condensed Medium", sans-serif; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 0);">We are working
on plans for a streamlined online alternative of the 2020 ATL Conference, based on feedback we receive in response to this short survey: "<a href="http://bit.ly/2wSZJcu" title="http://bit.ly/2wSZJcu">What Your Biggest COVID 19 Pro D Need</a>?"</span></font></div>
<div style="color:rgb(0,0,0)"><span style="font-family: "Franklin Gothic Medium", "Avenir Next Condensed Medium", sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;">Faculty, please let us know how we can best support you during this critical juncture!</span></div>
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<div style="color:rgb(0,0,0)"><span style="font-family: "Franklin Gothic Medium", "Avenir Next Condensed Medium", sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;">We will be in touch through the ATL Conference webpage, as well as listservs, when we have a plan we feel will best
serve the needs of our faculty during this very difficult time.</span></div>
<div style="color:rgb(0,0,0)"><span style="font-family: "Franklin Gothic Medium", "Avenir Next Condensed Medium", sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;">It's an honor to serve our wonderful teachers.</span></div>
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<div style="color:rgb(0,0,0)"><font face="Franklin Gothic Medium, Avenir Next Condensed Medium, sans-serif">PS--<span style="margin: 0px; font-family: "Franklin Gothic Medium", "Avenir Next Condensed Medium", sans-serif; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); display: inline !important">I
know many faculty are concerned about students not having consistent or reliable internet access. Please check out this<span style="margin: 0px"> </span></span><a href="http://bit.ly/2WhRUaT" title="http://bit.ly/2WhRUaT" style="margin: 0px; font-family: "Franklin Gothic Medium", "Avenir Next Condensed Medium", sans-serif; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255)">offer
from Comcast</a><span style="margin: 0px; font-family: "Franklin Gothic Medium", "Avenir Next Condensed Medium", sans-serif; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); display: inline !important">: free internet for 60 days to low-income residents due to COVID-19. </span></font></div>
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