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<p class="MsoNormal">A new edition of ctcLink CONNECT has posted |<span style="font-size:11.0pt;color:#0070C0">
</span><span style="color:#0070C0"><a href="https://www.sbctc.edu/blogs/ctclink-connect/2024/2024-05-08"><span style="color:#0070C0">ctcLink Learning Opportunities & Support Roundup: May 8, 2024</span></a></span><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:1.0in"><i>In this week’s round-up, learn about the
</i>too-many-to-count<i> fiscal year-end 2023-2024 learning and support opportunities, ctcLink Improvement Plan activities, a Shared Courses tool update, LegacyLink and Legacy Transcripts enhancements going live next week, some fabulous ctcLink fixes you may
have missed, ctcLink Enhancement Request prioritization process efforts underway, plenty of ctcLink training and work sessions, and perhaps the biggest news:
</i>the alternate stage is set for financial aid awarding to begin very soon.<i><o:p></o:p></i></p>
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</span><a href="https://www.sbctc.edu/colleges-staff/it-support/default.aspx"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:blue">SBCTC.edu/IT Division</span></a><span style="color:#1F497D"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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