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Year in Review: 2018-2019
Hello WACAC Members: It was an honor to serve you as WACAC President this past year. As large and diverse as our membership is, our devotion to our students and our professional ethics connect us. Events of the past year created an anxious environment in which we...
read moreNevada: Something for Everyone
Part of our Spotlight on Nevada series The Nevada System of Higher Education (NSHE) consists of seven teaching institutions and one research institution. Within the state, there are four public community colleges, one state college and two universities. The Las...
read moreSpotlight on Nevada Introduction
Greetings fellow members of WACAC! On behalf of the Nevada Interests Committee, I am thrilled to introduce our new “Spotlight on Nevada” blog series. Through this blog, we plan to inform and educate everyone – California and Nevada residents alike – about the Nevada...
read moreNACAC Recap
Hello WACAC Members: It’s been over a month since hundreds of us attended the National Conference in Salt Lake City, Utah, where we gathered to share ideas and deepen professional relationships. As your Executive Board and elected Delegates, our work at NACAC included...
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What is happening in California?
By GRAC It’s a few weeks before the California elections so I am sure everyone is REALLY excited about laws and bills and policy! Right? Well, here is an update from NACAC on what is going on at the federal and local levels. If you have any questions or thoughts, feel...
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GRAC Action Alert: Act Now to Move Education Funding to States
There may be money coming your way! ACT NOW and tell your legislators what to do! The new federal budget signed last week includes a remarkable $700 million for the Student Support and Academic Enrichment Grant—an increase that nearly triples this Grant from last...
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Changing the Perception – Indirectly
Noor Haddad, College Counselor Collegewise I’ve been struggling with the question – what’s your dream? Ever since I read Nikki’s blog post and was inspired and humbled by it, I have been thinking about the question on a daily basis and wondering why it was so...
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Helicopter Educators
By Amy Pimentel, Financial Aid Outreach Specialist College of the Sequoias There’s been much discussion around the role of helicopter parents and overparenting, but I see high school and postsecondary institutions doing a lot of handholding and doing whatever...
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WACAC in Sacramento and D.C.!
By Alyson Tom and Amy Brennen WACAC's Government Relations and Advocacy Committee (GRAC) celebrated yet another successful Sacramento legislative conference, where even more WACAC members learned to advocate for themselves and their students. During February...
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The Financial Aid Talk
By Amy Pimentel Financial Aid Outreach Specialist from the College of the Sequoias Community College, state college, and private college students have two things in common: one, they are chasing dreams; two, they worry about money. Granted, there’s the group of...
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