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<p class="MsoNormal">There are some Zoom links for Q&A sessions on Dec 10/11. Let me reach out to Gita about the links for those.
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<p class="MsoNormal">Heath<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b>From:</b> LIBRARYDIR <librarydir-bounces@lists.ctc.edu> <b>
On Behalf Of </b>Margret Mills via LIBRARYDIR<br>
<b>Sent:</b> Wednesday, December 2, 2020 10:58 AM<br>
<b>To:</b> WACTC Library Directors <librarydir@lists.ctc.edu><br>
<b>Cc:</b> Margret Mills <Margret.Mills@skagit.edu><br>
<b>Subject:</b> Re: [LIBRARYDIR] Undergraduate research consortium<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:12.0pt;background:#FFEB9C"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;color:#9C6500">CAUTION:</span><span style="font-size:10.0pt;color:black"> This email originated from outside Bellevue College. Do not click links or open attachments
unless you validate the sender and know the content is safe. If you are unsure, contact the Service Desk at x4357 (425-564-4357) or email
<a href="mailto:servicedesk@bellevuecollege.edu">servicedesk@bellevuecollege.edu</a>.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#002060">Hello Heath,<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#002060">Since we have undergone a huge change with Mindy’s retirement I am not sure If Skagit Valley College applied to take part. I see in the email at the bottom that
the date to apply was yesterday. Is this something SVC can still apply to take part? Is this an opportunity to libraries to participate at a different level?<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#002060">Thanks.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#002060"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#002060">Margret Mills (Muggs)<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#002060">Department Chair, Library<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#002060">Skagit Valley College<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b>From:</b> LIBRARYDIR <<a href="mailto:librarydir-bounces@lists.ctc.edu">librarydir-bounces@lists.ctc.edu</a>>
<b>On Behalf Of </b>Heath Hayden via LIBRARYDIR<br>
<b>Sent:</b> Wednesday, December 2, 2020 8:46 AM<br>
<b>To:</b> WACTC Library Directors <<a href="mailto:librarydir@lists.ctc.edu">librarydir@lists.ctc.edu</a>><br>
<b>Cc:</b> Heath Hayden <<a href="mailto:heath.hayden@bellevuecollege.edu">heath.hayden@bellevuecollege.edu</a>><br>
<b>Subject:</b> [LIBRARYDIR] FW: Undergraduate research consortium<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">All:<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">Our Dean of RISE Institute Gita Bangera met with myself and our Library Program Chair to discuss this potential funding opportunity. Gita has been pursuing an undergraduate research consortium for a few years and wanted to reach out to
the library to make sure libraries/librarians are involved in these efforts. Based on the information provided, I think our CTC libraries would be uniquely situated to provide support in this initiative. I can see several ways librarians/libraries can be involved
in this: OER support, involvement in Guide Pathways work, statewide institutional repositories to capture undergraduate research, etc.
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<p class="MsoNormal">If you have any questions or would like me to invite Gita to a future meeting to discuss this initiative let me know.<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">Heath Hayden<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b>From:</b> Gita Bangera <br>
<b>Sent:</b> Tuesday, November 24, 2020 6:25 PM<br>
<b>To:</b> Heath Hayden <<a href="mailto:heath.hayden@bellevuecollege.edu">heath.hayden@bellevuecollege.edu</a>>; Lisa Lapointe <<a href="mailto:lisa.lapointe@bellevuecollege.edu">lisa.lapointe@bellevuecollege.edu</a>><br>
<b>Subject:</b> Undergraduate research consortium<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">Hi Heath and Lisa<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">Here is the email that went out to faculty (and some administrators) involved in undergraduate research at the 34 CTCs.<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">Heath it would be great if you could share some information with the Library Leadership Council<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">Thanks<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">Gita<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto"><span style="font-size:13.5pt;color:black">Hello, </span><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto"><span style="font-size:13.5pt;color:black">We hope the quarter is off to a nice start and that you are taking good care of yourselves during the ever-evolving changes happening
in all our communities. </span><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto"><span style="font-size:13.5pt;color:black">We are reaching out because you were invited or attended the statewide Zoom meeting that was held in February 2020, which served as the
first step in forming a Washington State Undergraduate Research Consortium (URC).<b> The purpose of the URC is to improve educational equity by bringing engaging research experiences to Washington community college students. We consider you a member of the
visioning team and would like to invite you to continue this work with us. We are pursuing a grant on behalf the consortium and need letters of support and initial commitment to participate in this state-wide self-study and capacity building effort. Please
read to the end and if you want to learn more join us for drop-in Q&A Nov 6<sup>th</sup> or Nov. 10<sup>th</sup> (zoom links @ end of email). </b></span><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto"><b><span style="font-size:13.5pt;color:black">Background: </span></b><span style="font-size:13.5pt;color:black">We have decided to pursue an Improving Undergraduate STEM Education
(IUSE) Institutional and Community Transformation (ICT) Capacity Building grant (Level 1) from the National Science Foundation. For more info on the grant and justification see attachments. </span><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto"><span style="font-size:13.5pt;color:black">In our statewide meeting in February, you provided several suggestions for next steps, which included building collective capacity (see
attached meeting notes). The leadership team incorporated your input into this decision. Your ideas included the following: </span><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto"><span style="font-size:13.5pt;color:black">1. Form workgroups to ease coordination and advance work more quickly </span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto"><span style="font-size:13.5pt;color:black">2. Develop workgroups and visioning team that include both faculty and administrators </span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto"><span style="font-size:13.5pt;color:black">3. Lead with racial equity </span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto"><span style="font-size:13.5pt;color:black">4. Integrate Guided Pathways strategies </span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto"><span style="font-size:13.5pt;color:black">5. Provide adequate time and appropriate compensation to support the work </span><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto"><span style="font-size:13.5pt;color:black">With these suggestions in mind, the leadership team proposes we develop cross-institutional faculty/administrator workgroups to investigate
how we can improve accessibility, quality, scalability, and sustainability of undergraduate research (UGR) across our network colleges. The workgroups, tailored to their participants’ interests, would focus on a subtheme (see examples) within any of the following
three major categories of inquiry to produce a best practice resource guide. Workgroups would: </span><o:p></o:p></p>
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<li class="MsoNormal" style="color:black;mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;mso-list:l2 level1 lfo3">
<b><span style="color:windowtext">Identify common</span></b><b> elements</b> across disciplines, programs, or institutions, that support students from underrepresented groups and can enhance educational equity through undergraduate research (example subthemes:
improving minority <span style="color:windowtext">outreach, creating peer mentorship models, using culturally relevant pedagogy, forming campus partnerships with existing minority focused programs etc.)</span> <o:p></o:p></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="color:black;mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;mso-list:l2 level1 lfo3">
<b>Examin</b><b><span style="color:windowtext">e</span></b><b> effective change processes</b> in community colleges in Washington State<span style="color:windowtext"> </span>and identify best practices to guide the process of institutional transformation <span style="color:windowtext">(i.e.
developing course-based undergraduate research experiences (CURES), professional development for undergraduate research (UGR), incorporating UGR into Guided Pathways, inventorying models of departmental level incorporation of UGR) </span> <o:p></o:p></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="color:black;mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;mso-list:l2 level1 lfo3">
<b>Re-envision support networks</b> for faculty and students to <span style="color:windowtext">increase access, quality, and sustainability of undergraduate research efforts (i.e. best strategies for grants, getting administrative support, forming partnerships,
creating a regional UGR symposium, etc.)</span> <o:p></o:p></li></ol>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto"><b><span style="font-size:13.5pt;color:black">How you can contribute to this effort: </span></b><span style="font-size:13.5pt;color:black">We would love for you to contribute by
being a member of our visioning committee, a partnering college, and a participant in this grant. This would include: </span><o:p></o:p></p>
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<li class="MsoNormal" style="color:black;mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;mso-list:l3 level1 lfo6">
Securing a signed letter of support from your administration (<span style="color:windowtext">Dean or VP of Instruction) and ideally, secure a commitment from them to serve on a workgroup with you or attend the larger meetings/receive our results at the end
of the project </span> (<b>see attached FY21 NSF IUSE Partner Letter template). </b>
<b><span style="font-size:14.0pt">This needs to be re</span></b><b><span style="font-size:14.0pt;color:windowtext">turned by December 1, 2020. </span></b><span style="font-size:14.0pt"> </span><o:p></o:p></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="color:black;mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;mso-list:l3 level1 lfo6">
Committing to participate in a workgroup over the course of 2 years investigating one or more critical issues. <o:p></o:p></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="color:black;mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;mso-list:l3 level1 lfo6">
Committing to <span style="color:windowtext">consortium </span>meetings biannually<span style="color:windowtext"> to network, synthesize and disseminate findings.</span> <o:p></o:p></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="color:black;mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;mso-list:l3 level1 lfo6">
Potentially collaborating on data efforts to inventory student/faculty participation in UGR across our colleges <o:p></o:p></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="color:black;mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;mso-list:l3 level1 lfo6">
Optional participation: This effort will likely include the formation of a new statewide SBCTC sponsored community of practice in undergraduate research to meet the need for faculty to share and collaborate on undergraduate research curriculum. <o:p></o:p></li></ol>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto"><b><span style="font-size:13.5pt;color:black">IF you are unable to participate, please forward this email onto an interested colleague at your college. We would love to have your
college represented in this work! All faculty would receive a stipend for participation in the workgroups or other efforts. </span></b><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:8.0pt;font-family:"Lucida Calligraphy";color:#1F3864">Dr. Gita Bangera (pronouns - she/her)<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:8.0pt;font-family:"Lucida Calligraphy";color:#1F3864">Dean RISE learning Institute<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:8.0pt;font-family:"Lucida Calligraphy";color:#1F3864">Bellevue College<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:8.0pt;font-family:"Lucida Calligraphy";color:#1F3864">Tel: 425 564 2312<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt">We pause to acknowledge that Bellevue College resides on the traditional land of the Coast Salish Peoples that includes but is not limited to: <b>Snoqualmie, Suquamish, Duwamish, Nisqually, Tulalip,
</b>and<b> Muckleshoot </b>(Smulkamish, Stkamish, Skopamish, and Upper Puyallup) Peoples past and present. We remember their connection to the region and recognize their struggles with systemic oppression. We commit to care for the land and center equity at
the core of our (un)learning.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt">We also pause to recognize and acknowledge the labor upon which our country, state, and institution are built.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt">We remember that our country is built on the labor of enslaved people who were kidnapped and brought to the US from the African continent and recognize the continued contribution of their survivors. We also
acknowledge all immigrant labor including voluntary, involuntary, trafficked, forced, and undocumented peoples who contributed to the building of the country and continue to serve within our labor force. We acknowledge all unpaid care-giving labor. Finally,
we acknowledge that our institution relies on hourly, student, contingent, and unpaid labor and we recognize those contributions.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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