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<p class="MsoNormal"><b>From:</b> Paul Francis <<a href="mailto:pfrancis@sbctc.edu">pfrancis@sbctc.edu</a>>
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<b>Sent:</b> Thursday, February 23, 2023 8:21 AM<br>
<b>To:</b> Presidents Closed Listserve (<a href="mailto:pres-c@lists.ctc.edu">pres-c@lists.ctc.edu</a>) <<a href="mailto:pres-c@lists.ctc.edu">pres-c@lists.ctc.edu</a>><br>
<b>Cc:</b> Carli Schiffner <<a href="mailto:cschiffner@sbctc.edu">cschiffner@sbctc.edu</a>>; Marie Bruin <<a href="mailto:mbruin@sbctc.edu">mbruin@sbctc.edu</a>>; Genevieve Howard <<a href="mailto:ghoward@sbctc.edu">ghoward@sbctc.edu</a>>; Arlen Harris <<a href="mailto:aharris@sbctc.edu">aharris@sbctc.edu</a>>;
Laura McDowell <<a href="mailto:lmcdowell@sbctc.edu">lmcdowell@sbctc.edu</a>>; Julie Walter <<a href="mailto:jwalter@sbctc.edu">jwalter@sbctc.edu</a>>; Jonathan Moore <<a href="mailto:jmoore@sbctc.edu">jmoore@sbctc.edu</a>><br>
<b>Subject:</b> Outreach from Career Connect Washington staff<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">Good Morning Presidents and Chancellors –<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">For the past five years,
<a href="https://careerconnectwa.org/">Career Connect Washington</a> (CCW), an initiative led by Governor Inslee,<b>
</b>has worked to provide awareness and pathways about academic opportunities at different educational levels alongside business and industry partners. The main intersection for higher education institutions and Career Connect Washington is through the Career
Launch component of the program that is managed by the SBCTC. <o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">Our programs can become Career Launch endorsed through an
<a href="https://www.sbctc.edu/career-launch/career-launch-endorsement-review">endorsement process</a>. This endorsement allows for the endorsed programs to access dedicated equipment funding and FTE funding directly related to the program. Many of our college
programs have received this endorsement and subsequent funding. We are proud of our system’s contribution to the success of Career Connect Washington.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">Leadership at Career Connect Washington is interested in knowing more about colleges’ experience with the initiative and how they advance this work. You may be contacted
by CCW Executive Leader Maud Daudon or Andy Ferrara to ask about how your college’s experience has been with Career Connect Washington. We are happy to join you in the meeting and have asked that the slate of questions they will ask to be made available ahead
of the meeting. <o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">The State Board remains committed to stabilizing the broad array of professional technical programming that helps to meet local persistent educational opportunity gaps and
the talent needs of employers. If you have any questions, please do not hesitate to reach out to me or Genevieve Howard, policy associate for Workforce Education at
<a href="mailto:ghoward@sbctc.edu">ghoward@sbctc.edu</a>. Thank you.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">Paul<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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Francis<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<span style="font-family:"Franklin Gothic Medium",sans-serif;color:#003764">Executive Director</span><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Franklin Gothic Medium",sans-serif;color:#003764"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Franklin Gothic Book",sans-serif;color:#003764">Washington State Board for Community and Technical Colleges<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Franklin Gothic Book",sans-serif;color:#1F497D"><a href="mailto:pfrancis@sbctc.edu">pfrancis@sbctc.edu</a></span><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Franklin Gothic Book",sans-serif;color:#003561">
</span><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Franklin Gothic Book",sans-serif;color:#003764">• o: 360-704-4355 • c: 206-303-9216<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:.5in"><a href="https://www.sbctc.edu/"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Franklin Gothic Book",sans-serif">sbctc.edu</span></a><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Franklin Gothic Book",sans-serif;color:#003561">
</span><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Franklin Gothic Book",sans-serif;color:#003764">• Twitter:
</span><a href="https://twitter.com/SBCTCWashington"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Franklin Gothic Book",sans-serif">@SBCTCWashington</span></a><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Franklin Gothic Book",sans-serif;color:#003764"> • Facebook:
</span><a href="https://www.facebook.com/wasbctc/"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Franklin Gothic Book",sans-serif">@WASBCTC</span></a><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:63.0pt"><i><span style="color:#1F4E79">SBCTC Vision - “Leading with racial equity, our colleges maximize student potential and transform lives within a culture of belonging that advances racial, social, and economic justice
in service to our diverse communities.”<o:p></o:p></span></i></p>
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