From: Paul Francis <pfrancis@sbctc.edu> Date: Friday, May 12, 2023 at 10:19 AM
To: Jim Wohlpart <Jim.Wohlpart@cwu.edu>, CWU Trustees <CWU.Trustees@cwu.edu> Cc: Carli Schiffner <cschiffner@sbctc.edu>, Valerie Sundby <vsundby@sbctc.edu>, Shannon Bell <sbell@sbctc.edu>, "Julie Garver - Council of Presidents (jgarver@councilofpresidents.org)" <jgarver@councilofpresidents.org>, Michelle DenBeste <Michelle.DenBeste@cwu.edu>, Andrew Morse <Andrew.Morse@cwu.edu>, Ruben Flores <rflores@councilofpresidents.org> Subject: RE: Letter of concern Thank you Jim for this letter. Unfortunately, it fails to adequately respond to the concerns that we previously raised. Our 34 community and technical colleges maintain a long and successful partnership with CWU across our state. However, we are extremely concerned about the long-term impacts that approval of this program will have on that partnership. I have been around long enough in the public policy space in this state to know that we work best when we work together. A small group of us – including some of our presidents – are interested in traveling to Ellensburg to meet with you in person to see if we can reach a resolution. If this is acceptable to you, I can ask Julie Walter on my team to reach out to Kim to get something scheduled. Have a nice weekend and thank you again for the response. Paul
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