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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:14.0pt">As I mentioned at the winter meeting, STAC is putting together an AI Taskforce to broadly look at the issues and opportunities that AI is bringing to our system. If you would like to be involved in this taskforce
please take a couple minutes to fill out the survey below.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:14.0pt">Thanks.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">Steve Ashpole<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b>From:</b> EVA Smith <eva.smith@edmonds.edu> <br>
<b>Sent:</b> Thursday, February 27, 2025 11:40 AM<br>
<b>To:</b> Amanda Gainer - Peninsula College <againer@pencol.edu>; Andy Duckworth <aduckworth@sbctc.edu>; beth.farley <beth.farley@edmonds.edu>; Brendon Taga <btaga@olympic.edu>; Brian Culver <brian.culver@skagit.edu>; Chad Stiteler <cstiteler@btc.edu>; Dani
Bundy <dbundy@sbctc.edu>; David Pelkey <dpelkey@spscc.edu>; Eva Smith <esmith@edmonds.edu>; Grant Rodeheaver <grodeheaver@sbctc.edu>; Jennifer Ernst <jernst@yvcc.edu>; Joe Duggan <joseph.duggan@email.edcc.edu>; Marc Lentini <mlentini@highline.edu>; Michael
Brown <mbrown@sbctc.edu>; Monica Olsson <molsson@sbctc.edu>; Monica Wilson <mwilson@sbctc.edu>; Daniels, Patricia <pdaniels@highline.edu>; Saravanan Mylsamy <smylsamy@sbctc.edu>; Sherry Nelson <slnelson@sbctc.edu>; Delaney, Stephanie <sdelaney@rtc.edu>; Steve
Ashpole <sashpole@batestech.edu>; Teresa Holland Rich <thollandrich@yvcc.edu>; Wendy Hall <whall@lowercolumbia.edu><br>
<b>Subject:</b> Invitation to Participate in STAC AI Task Force<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:13.5pt;font-family:National2;color:#404040">Please forward the following message and survey to your Commissions and Council members, or others who may be interested:</span><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:13.5pt;font-family:National2;color:#404040">The Washington Community & Technical Colleges Strategic Technology Advisory Committee (STAC) is inviting participation in a standing Artificial Intelligence (AI) Task Force. </span><span style="font-size:13.5pt;font-family:inherit;color:#404040">The
purpose of this AI </span><span style="font-size:13.5pt;font-family:National2;color:#404040">Task Force</span><span style="font-size:13.5pt;font-family:inherit;color:#404040"> is to promote cross-functional information sharing and collaboration across the
system in order to learn from one another and keep the STAC and WACTC Presidents' Technology Committee (WACTC-Tech) apprised of emerging tools, practices, opportunities and risks related to adoption of AI in higher education. </span>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:18.0pt;font-family:inherit;color:#404040">If you are interested in participating, please complete the following survey with your contact information and any specific questions/topics that you would like the AI Task
Force to work on: </span><span style="font-size:13.5pt;font-family:inherit;color:#404040"> </span> <a href="https://www.surveymonkey.com/r/STACAIWorkingSubgroupTaskforce" target="_blank">AI Working Group</a> – <a href="https://www.surveymonkey.com/r/STACAIWorkingSubgroupTaskforce" target="_blank">AI
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;margin-bottom:12.0pt"><span style="font-size:18.0pt;font-family:inherit;color:#404040">We will organize a kick-off meeting sometime in March. </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;font-family:inherit;color:#404040">Grant Rodeheaver and Eva Smith</span><o:p></o:p></p>
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