 So good afternoon Highline College students happy Tuesday at 105 p.m. Yesterday and earlier in the weekend. We had beautiful Sun now. We are back to our typical Seattle weather So it definitely feels like home. Thank you so much for coming on and participating today in our new Virtual forum for the month of May as time seems to fly by today we have a few special guests and I will have them introduce themselves shortly, but what we're going to do this afternoon is Have folks representing our campus be able to provide some information that we hope you will find useful As you complete the quarter I'll provide some information and then we're really going to open it up for questions Question and comments you all submitted many of you submitted questions Prior to this which I will definitely make sure to read in to provide feedback or information And obviously questions will come up during our time today and looking forward to be able to Speak to those questions or concerns you might have So with that I'm going to turn it over to Nicole Wilson from our counseling center Another wonderful colleague at the college. I don't do justice describing that tremendous amount of services that Are folks here at the institution provide so I'm not even going to try at this point, but after hearing Nicole talk about the services and counseling you'll understand why I wanted to have her and Soon to be soon you'll hear from Fuzzi Bilal to speak about The Highland experience and what we can do to serve our student community. So with that I will turn it over to Nicole Hey, so Nicole was Wilson and I'm one of the counselors in the counseling center. There are five of us and we just want you to know There's a lot going on right now You're in week six seven of the quarter. We're in the middle of a pandemic But please know you're not alone and we're here to help There's a lot of things that we can do to help as well We offer free and I say free because it's part of your tuition Confidential counseling with licensed mental health counselors and there's five of us and there's different counseling that we provide from Personal talking about issues of depression or anxiety just feeling overwhelmed Educational counseling thinking of time management and study skills and then also career counseling when maybe feeling stuck around which career to choose What I like about counseling is that you can talk with someone who is and not your family member or your friend But you can partner with to discover ways in which to cope to find healing and then someone else to kind of help You to reach your goals Like many we're offering virtual counseling sessions during spring quarter We're doing those through zoom, but I know a lot of you are zoomed out And so we can also do phone sessions as well We also drop in sessions every day, right? So we can typically get you in to see someone that day or at least within the next two or three And then we also have a lot of referrals to community resources So the first faces or the first voices that you might hear are from Vince and Aisha and there are program coordinators And program assistant and they can get you an appointment to see to see us They're great So Here we are those of the five counselors sister Lynn Gloria Josh myself and Tom And there are easy ways to make an appointment. You can call us At the number below and it goes right to Aisha and to Vince You can email us at counseling at highline dot edu You can also visit us on our website counseling dot highline dot edu You and I encourage you to look at our website because we've got a lot of other resources Community resources listed, but just other tips on kind of how to survive this stress around COVID You can also visit us. We have zoom lobby hours where you'll be able to see Vince and Aisha Monday through Thursday And again, all of this is on our website But I want to take a little time just to talk about the impact of COVID-19 on our mental health So we're in this historic time. I mean unless you're over a hundred years old We're all Experiencing this unknown together So this is kind of a list of things just as context of what we're experiencing So we have this collective stress and anxiety That unknown, we're not sure when we're going to open that kind of thing We're also experiencing grief and so for many of us that's losing family and friends To the to COVID but it's also Losing jobs losing our routine that we had just two months ago With that is this escalation of fear and bigotry With that is also a rise in hate crimes particularly to our Asian-American communities And then we also know that this experience Isn't equitable and it's not the same for all of us and disproportionately this disease is impacting our communities of color Particularly our black communities our Latinx communities and our indigenous communities as well as the elderly With that more good news. It's not not great news, but we're not all able to shelter at home safely For some of us home isn't safe For many of us we are essential workers. So we're you know working in the grocery We're working in health care. We're drivers, etc And then all of us are juggling all these multiple responsibilities in new ways We're parenting different. We are educating different We are in school. We're working all of these things all kind of at the same time. So with that Probably gonna impact us. So we have this collective Dress response so that cortisol in our that hormone in our system that's at that fight or flight It's going often and it raises this kind of physical and emotional responses in us So what we might see in ourselves and others is this agitation or irritability Maybe changes in sleep or eating I know I want comfort food and I don't want to wake up in the morning That might show up as forgetfulness difficulty concentrating might be hard to to focus on an exam or a test things that may have been easier before it's like brain fog and then if you have a Chronic health issue or a mental health issue You may also have some increased symptoms of that And then we're also seeing some increased use of alcohol tobacco and other drugs as a way to cope So our goal what we want to do is to lower those stress responses as much as we can and we've got a couple tips on how to do that So and all again all this is on our website But if we can moderate our news and our social media intake Every time we see that that news or something on our phone It's that little short shot of cortisol. We want to lower that so take maybe five minutes a day to look at your news Okay, and then put it away If we can keep some structure by keeping our regular routine that helps with forgetfulness that helps with kind of stabilizing our mood Deep breaths take a moment to breathe Some other methods of meditation. There's some great apps that are free right now Lot of us are feeling isolated. So stay connected as much as you can Call folks friends family write them Engage in some creative activities. I think my garden has never looked better Because that's my stress relief And then this one's really hard So focus on what is in your control and try not to focus too much on what is out of your control Because what's out of my control could gives me anxiety But I can control what I choose to watch what I how I choose to spend my time for the most part What foods that I eat for the most part? So if I focus on that, I feel a little better and then with this collective anxiety We need collective care. So what that means is that we need to have grace with ourselves and with others We're all just doing the best we can If you can get outside and move your body Also reach out for help offer help when you can and then we're here Talk to a counselor for extra support. You deserve that hour just for you We all do and then again follow us on our website Highline or counseling that Highline edu. We're also on Facebook and Instagram We're here for you and look forward to working with you. Thanks Okay, thank you, Nicole. We appreciate that Looking at that information will as a reminder to folks on the participating that this is taped. So we will be able to Put this on the website so we can refer students to it I mean actually the campus because the information Nicole you provide is a good reminder for all of us to You know in addition to taking care of others that I think many of us do that we have to remind her to take care of ourselves so I look forward to Reviewing that information and trying to practice that myself and model that so Thank you. And with that I'm going to turn it over to Boozy Ballot from our I always forget your title, but I always say from outreach services and Extraordinaire on campus. So I will turn it over to you and now it's your floor. You have the floor Hello Highline family. It's a I miss campus. I really miss everybody. I miss campus. It's nice to be here And see in everybody or some of some of the colleagues It's a I work for outreach services. I'm the assistant director of our resources and community engagement and So a lot of our work has been Remote and via zoom, so I Promised myself that I would never go through a zoom meeting without turning on my camera because I need that personal touch and to see people it feels me gives me energy and I wanted to share with you today some resources that we have for you on campus and So we just want you to know that we we have a lot of things going on the campus, you know We are going through some rough time, but the campus is still functioning. We have we have we're here for you We we thrive by helping students and we want to be here to help you. So we have Our we have our zoom lobbies. That's the main kind of hub for for connecting with information So I know We've been receiving a lot of a lot of emails on the ask at Highline emails And we're able to help. So if you don't know about that that resource, please Connect with us will be we'll be happy to help you and direct you and kind of funnel you towards areas where you can get answers and and and And it's okay to have questions if you don't have questions now So please feel free to ask questions reach out and connect with us through the ask at Highline that in you email We have Our students might be getting a random phone call and it's called we call it a care Call campaign and we just want to know how you're doing and I made a phone call a few days ago and This really nice lady answered the phone and I said hello This is foosie Bilal. I'm calling on behalf of Highlight and I can sense a little stress At first because Sometimes you just get calls from you know from people that want to collect money or tell you that there's something is something is wrong We just want you to know that we're here to call just to check in on you and see how you're doing so interestingly enough, you know, some some of us We are We we connect with people By seeing people daily or to our jobs or or families and and we're not able to do that right now So she said something that really hit home for me She mentioned that I'm the first person she's talked to in about a week and it you know and it is it's So I encourage you to connect with each other reach out to people. So when you get a call from Highline Please ask questions. Just know that we're we're calling just to check in on you And our goal is to reach out to all of our students. So you will get a call at some point but so and when that initiative came out we reached out to our campus and And it's an overwhelming amount of people that wanted to reach out to you and reach out to connect with you because they They do miss you and and your peers as well We're gonna have some students calling that there are some student ambassadors and so feel free to talk to them ask, you know, what If they can help you in any way, okay, we told them not to call before 10 a.m. So And no later than 7 p.m. So we hopefully we won't be bothering you but Yeah, we just want you to know that we're here We're happy to help in anything that you need If you have any questions again reach out to us through care at Highline edu We we have or I'm sorry at ask at Highline email and we'll be happy to direct you from there Thank you. Thank you fuzzi We have a quiet we have a quiet group today With our attendees which means We means they're listening and writing down all these notes and I'm gonna make sure that they're gonna they're listening and do what they need to do But we appreciate You all both sharing a lot of different resources up. We got a question. We got a question What is the link about the The the care call once again Once again Yeah, I'm happy to answer that Yeah, the the care calls are just they're just phone calls that our staff and faculty are reaching out to students And that are enrolled and we we just want to see how you're doing And quite frankly, we're pretty amazed of how resilient our students are so most of you most of our students are doing fine and They you know, so that's uh, that's what the Uh care calls are so we don't have a link for it. We're just calling students Um, randomly between the hours of 10 and 7 just to see how you're doing And if I could add on what was said, I think what we're what we're finding and as I think as we talked to Other teachers and instructors other staff counselors of the president and other students Is that throughout our country? A lot of our students are struggling Right. They're struggling for a variety of things and reasons and I think it's It's our responsibility here at Highline but I think it's educators to be able to to reach out to our students and ask what You know check in first of all, we don't want to assume that we don't want to assume the worst But we want to check in and see how people are doing and if things are going well We want to recognize and celebrate that because that's wonderful But if things Aren't going the way you want it to go or you feel like it should be going Um, and how we can help you and how we can listen to you That makes us better educators that makes us better at what we do um because you students deserve that all of you and Um, you know, we will continue to identify ways to continue to connect Um and to listen and to support and to celebrate you All at the same time Um, so we look we look forward again to to doing that um, I want to take a moment and We've talked about some questions that were already submitted and um at any time if You all have any questions that come to mind feel free to utilize the q&a chat As Many of you know and if you haven't checked your email today Yesterday an email was sent out regarding the cares act That was been the the federal funding that has been provided to colleges across the country To assist students Our application is live As of yesterday and The time of when applications have been live has varied campus to campus We have been very intentional in terms of Being able to create a process that Allows us to be able to respond to every student In a timely manner and do our research to be able to assist students So that after careful careful careful Consideration and organization and there is a host of people to thank Um information was live yesterday Uh and to no surprise we received quite a bit of Folks applying as of today, I don't have the specific number handy, but as of today we had over 600 submissions Sent in which speaks to the needs of our students And this is similar to many institutions in our system in our state In terms of students needing Students wanting assistance and needing assistance So the our team will do our best to be able to Respond we have we have provided some information on there about the process Um There is a well email address that you can provide if you have questions Um and clarification, but we have folks ready to be able to to answer questions and to serve So if you haven't checked your email, uh that did come out yesterday, so I'd encourage you to check your email um and review it and um If you uh would like to apply for funding to please go ahead and apply And we will take it from there Students have also asked about graduation Guard but now I know regarding commencement activities. There was I sent out an email Probably a little over a week ago talking about our plans for commencement that we will do a virtual commencement Next month honoring um our students but also a reception later in the fall and that is um, of course that determining around When we're able to be back on campus and the directors we get from governor hensley But we do look for it to be able to celebrate in person Later on this fall if possible But for now, we want to celebrate virtually through commencement and again that was based on um the 600 plus votes That you all provided in the survey so our students voice really mattered and Created the opportunity to be able to celebrate you and in addition to that there's other We asked them a question on that survey for you all to provide information of how we could celebrate you and there was a number of suggestions and we're trying to incorporate One to the best of our ability to really be able to celebrate you in the upcoming months In terms of a cap and gown We encourage you to To check back on the commencement page commencement Uh page to get information We're going to be updating that as we go and there were commencement committees working on that now So there will be information and we'll come out regarding purchasing graduation gear graduation swag So I just ask you to keep on the lookout for that and you can always check back Um with campus asking it ask hide highline edu One question that it has really uh been coming up from a lot of our students is really um Excuse me concern about grading and um, I want to turn that over to um, dr. Lardner our interim vice president of academic affairs And the question um has been um, you know, some of the k-12 schools are doing a pass fail Um, some colleges throughout the country have done that Um, the question has been will highline college adopt a universal policy? And will this and some folks have asked will our entire system in washington adopt a universal policy in terms of grading And part of that is some of our students have expressed deep stress on concern about trying to meet the needs of the classes and instructors And then also some other ones have felt that because of the many challenges our students are facing outside of the classroom This would be an opportunity to assist and they feel support them So I want to turn that over to dr. Lardner if she can provide a perspective coming from the academic affairs side Sure, thanks dr. Mosby the First in terms of individual if you as a student are feeling stressed or worried about your grades or about the way your class is going Um, you've got a couple of options One is that they're high. I'm looking at our catalog. This is also online There's a very clear and meant to be supportive process for students to connect with somebody about concerns for your class So if I was in nicole wilson's class and I had a concern At first I try to talk to her and if I couldn't talk to her didn't want to for some reason Then I would talk to what is called the department coordinator the faculty member who works with nicole And then if that didn't solve the problem then I would talk to the division chair And all along the information gets shared so that This the student has to be active in the process But all of us who are listening to students are working hard to try to sort out what's going on And we're always trying to solve the problem as best we can Because we're in these extraordinary times that are new for students and new for faculty It could be that something just happened in my faculty members life And maybe they didn't answer email for a couple of days But if you ask about it, we can find out about it and we can support the teacher and we can support you So it's really important to know that that student It's called the complaint process and even if you just have a question It's not just for you're finished with the course and you're worried about your grade. It can be I'm just not feeling connected and I'm not sure what to do. That's the process to use to raise that concern As nicole also said at the beginning reaching out to counselors reaching out to advisors People who will be advocates for you. That's also an important step to consider taking But when this started Aaron reader the vp for student services and I talked about whether we could make a quick shift to just do credit Non-credit for all of our students because of the reasons that students are voicing And we decided not to Because there was no way to do that without having unintended negative consequences for some of our students Some students are using funding sources that require grades So if we shift in credit non-credit, we would mess up some students funding Some students are planning to transfer to schools That have different policies than the university of washington, for example So not having your last quarter gpa Might hurt you when you went to transfer and because we couldn't And our whole system we're part of a system and the system the presidents did not agree to go credit non-credit So we don't want to be the one school in the system that isn't that is doing that because we just worry That there are unintended negative consequences for students What erin and i did talk about though was Student services will reach out to students who are If faculty will notify student services of students who are at risk of failing Student services staff will reach out to those students to be sure everyone understands how to withdraw from a class Also, if you finish your class and you have a grade and you just think This all this stuff happened to me There is an option to petition to have your grade change to credit no credit We're past the formal deadline when you can request your grade to be credit no credit But there is an after the after grades have been turned in opportunity to petition And everybody in student services and in academic affairs knows that this is an Extraordinarily challenging time for students. So we're going to do everything we can to make sure everybody gets the best outcome possible Thank you, emily. Um, there's a question that came in which I'd like for you to If you can speak to that and I think would be a good segue into some questions around coming back to campus um And I'm more than happy to read the question to you. Um I think the summer is going to look very difficult. Um for students attending college How is this going to impact students taking classes in the summer and what should we do If a student has a science lab that depends on hands on learning It's a really good question and um When nicole was talking about grief earlier one piece of that grief is that We know lots of people benefit from hands on In-person relational learning and the fact that that's we don't have any control of when we get to use that kind of learning again is a source of grief and stress So we don't know yet Who will be allowed to be on campus? Whether science labs will be allowed to be on campus this summer And for students who've been working really hard To finish a degree that involves lab science classes And you've got it all lined up and people have helped you get that in line and you know your deadlines We don't know that we can give you the opportunity to do your science lab hands on Our science faculty have worked really hard to create virtual Equivalence for hands on learning So we'll do our best We can if we're not allowed to do science labs this summer We'll do the best we can to have these virtual science labs But it is not the same to be doing your lab at home as it is to be in a lab With your teacher with your peers being able to talk informally being able to just look over And watch how somebody else is putting some set of tools together It's never it's just Virtual learning is amazing But what we can learn as human beings by being in the company of each other is huge So it is difficult We're your science faculty are doing the best they can to create good experiences for students and And and and I'm sorry that we just That that we're not in charge of when we get to go back to hands on learning that's a really hard question Thank you, Emily You know, I want to really echo What I think many of us are feeling it is extremely difficult to not be on campus I mean, I will tell you Not having to wear To be all dressed up and to wear a suit every day. I'll tell you I do like that I'm gonna just to let you know your president's in some slippers some old faded blue shorts and a hoodie that I've had for 15 years. So I am I am not looking my Denzel best But I'm comfortable but I would rather be on campus with with all of you and We I know that there's a lot of questions about when we can come back and and about summer and what does that look like and really we have to No matter the feelings of people We have to be biffed here to governor inslee And our governor has given the directive that until june 1st Very few people very selective people are going to be on campus Our our instruction will continue We call it emergency remote Um construction and service delivery That will continue in this format for the remainder of the quarter and for summer That is consistent with other colleges within our system Our fall is going to have some options some different options and that it's been communicated to all students About three two and a half three weeks ago Some of that is dependent though on obviously what our governor says But this is right now our reality. This isn't going to be forever But this is our reality and it all circles back to safety College campuses high school campuses are playgrounds for spreading covet And much like getting a cold what we do on campus when you get a cold everybody gets a cold And not the dismiss a cold, but we've but it's taken up a notch now with covet and We are trying to Be responsible and trying to prevent spreading of that And our our school has eight thousand between eight and ten thousand students each quarter And that's just students that's not including our staff and faculty. So there's a lot of people that we have to You know, we have we care for We want to come back and we will come back when we're told we can come back But until then our instruction can't stop and our services can't stop and although it might Look different and might be a little clunky at times too because we're entering a very new Way of doing things and especially things that we're told that we had to basically do overnight We are still our our priority is to still serve our entire community and that includes our students service our staff and faculty at the level that they deserve and that It is excellent as we can be but Until then we need to adhere to what's what the directive is coming from the state And the question there was a question said how How it impacts everybody not on campus. I don't necessarily Understand that that question so if you're able to maybe Speak to it a little bit more. I'm happy to Uh provide some information Uh a response in the meantime while hopefully whoever wrote that can Can expand a little bit. Uh, there's a question. I like for uh Fuzi to be able to be able to provide some information We had a couple of students that asked about how do they get set up for placement For the placement testing and placement office. Do you mind speaking about that process? Yeah, absolutely. So uh for all of our services such as placement, uh, you can get on a zoom call On our zoom lobbies and connect with the With the team member and they can help you through the process. So, uh, and I know Shannon and her crew are working pretty hard In assisting students. So uh, that would be the best bet also if you I know sometimes they get a little Backed up. So if you need immediate assistance, you can email me and I'll be happy to connect you directly with them as well so And I'll put up the link for our zoom lobbies for placement testing questions Um, thank you a question came through will highlight events be on zoom or campus until we are Been given directions to come back on campus all events will be virtual However, I do want to mention that when we are given the okay to be back on campus It's important for folks to understand that We will be practicing Adhering to social distancing protocols back on campus But I'd also just want to let people know that How we come back on campus will be different how we Have events how we Are present on campus how our how our classes are physically structured Things are going to be different Not saying that nothing will have things won't happen, but things are going to be different So when we are able to come back on campus, we will have some restrictions Our business is as usual on a format. It's not the case anymore. So just wanted to provide that information to people There was a couple of questions and one was Asking if students are failing classes due to lack of understanding and I think again going back to what Dr. Lartner was talking about There is A process for help. I I do think that I would say First and foremost you always want to have a conversation start with your instructor You want to do that first and foremost And you know, there are sometimes where our are That communication has has not happened and Our faculty don't necessarily know if if you know a student student is struggling or why they're struggling And I would encourage students to approach their instructor to have that conversation if you've had that conversation Then again, uh talking, you know, I refer to you to what dr. Lartner was talking about about the different processes that are there I'd encourage you to review the information in our catalog because it does state uh the process you can always contact academic affairs and Emily do you mind putting in the chat box? The web link or the contact information for academic affairs probably go to carry And carry can provide Some specific information of how to assist students Thank you one other question was around transcripts um and uh Has the transcripts have not um There's a transcript issue about not hearing back from admissions And about the process is the process delayed longer than what was quoted in February I would go ahead and I'd go ahead and contact The admissions office to To find out about the transcripts if that has already happened. I'd be more unhappy. I would recommend Feel free to email our vice president for student services erin reader And then he could follow up Um with the admissions department, but I would encourage you to start with the admissions department first What will happen with required classes and exams and what might happen in the fall and winter? How will colleges react to requests for deferrals? gap year I can I can definitely speak to the first few questions. I think the last question um I think that's more of a question for Many of the four years even though we have bachelor programs here as well Classes and exams as we said before in in all the information and again, I would encourage you Courage everybody to continue reading our covet page and also Checking your email for information that comes from the campus either from my email address or from others regarding services um Classes and exams we are not stopping services. We're not stopping instruction classes and exams are continuing We are finishing out the quarter and fall and winter and summer will be again primarily virtual fall and winter You saw the email that came out a few weeks ago That talked about the different ways that classes will be formatted for fall winter Is a little far out right now. We are trying to figure out. We want to make sure what fall is going to look like um I think every college across the country is trying to see trying to shape what that fall is going to be and we We are no different But we are as soon as we make decisions like we've made a decision for summer and fall We let our students know as soon as possible And that information came out a few weeks ago. So I'd encourage you to review That email that described the different Different formats for classes How will colleges react to requests for deferrals gap year? I mean, I think in terms of our institution if you know students requests for deferrals for a year Or decide to come back and at high line for that year We're going to take you we're going to take students. So we welcome all students who want to continue their educational Journey be it at high line coming in as a as a first-time student coming in as running start coming in as a student who maybe decided to You know get admitted to university of washington, but Decided for the first or two quarters to take classes at high line. We welcome everybody um You know, and that's really our response to Our students the student challenges. We know that students are having to make tough decisions In terms of where they're going to be in the fall. We also know that the four years are easing their their deadlines and extending their deadlines To be able to capture what their incoming class is going to be So there's a lot of decisions You students have to make and there was an article last week Um, I believe it was last week in the seattle times that really spoke to The challenging decisions that students have to make it's a little different more than where you're going to go to school Um, that usually may first decision. It's a lot different now Um, and there was some examples of students and some of their decision making some of them deciding to go to that quote unquote four-year college Some students decided to Take what they call, you know, I guess somewhat somewhat call it a gap year and go to the community college and then Decide to go to four-year I'm not a big fan of the title gap year. I think that The community colleges provide an exceptional amount of educational opportunity for our students At a fraction of the cost So you're still getting quality education, but you're not paying that full that full full price But you're not stopping your journey in education by being part of the community college community technical college system If anything, um right now Having an open access policy with our community technical college system welcomes anybody regardless if you want to Transfer in a year or two years or you want to start here. So I encourage All of you students if you are in that Situation to try to figure out what's going to next year is going to look like To really think about the different options And at the end of the day if it's highland college, wonderful But the most important thing to me is that you go to a place um, and you enroll at a place that supports you and is Directing you and aiming for your success That's all that matters at the end of the day. And if that's wazoo if that's stanford if that is uh long beach state in la if that is highland college or if that's ucla does not matter As long as that institution is there to support you in achieving your educational goals And they have a clear path for that to happen for you Any other questions, uh from our From our participants I would encourage you to to check the This the chat. There's a lot of information that Our wonderful uh participants today Speakers providing information regarding contact information Zoom information Again, this will be taped. This is taped and it will be available soon for You to all to refer to I think Nicole's PowerPoint. Um, it's a great one. I encourage everyone Regardless of your student staff or faculty To review that information As always ask at highline edu is available for you 24 hours a day seven days a week and our response time It's pretty fast And we encourage you that if you have any questions that come up Any time to be able to Contact or utilize that function Cares act again. Um, if you haven't applied and Need assistance. I would encourage you to submit that information And if you have submitted already To hold tight and to know that those The time, you know, our staff does need time to process. I know they indicated the number of days on there But I would encourage you to just adhere to that Try to wait. I would not try to make calls over and over again They will be contacting you as soon as possible with information Additional information is needed. Um, but they are responding as fast as they can And another question that came through at the very end and Nicole will answer it in The student who has provided this one particular student is the winner today because This uh, the student has asked some exceptional questions And uh, again really appreciate all the questions being asked But for this particular individual, these are just wonderful, wonderful questions. And with that The question is what are what are mental health resource? What mental health Resources exist for students during this period of online instruction? And I will Turn that over to the cobalt and to answer Thanks. It's exciting to get a mental health question. Thanks for asking um, I mentioned a bit earlier, but our counseling services are up and running so we have Sessions available for students. They're free typically one-hour sessions And That you can get us by zoom call us email us Everything's on our website counseling dot highlight dot edu But then there's also on that website is a full list of all the mental health agencies As well as all the crisis lines That are in our community and you can also work with any of us to to refer to those But we are up and running and excited to work with our students I do want to mention. I and I forgot to mention this earlier the crisis line is 24 seven And you can call the crisis line. You can also text the crisis line And it's one eight six six four two seven four seven four seven say that again. It's one eight six six four two seven four seven four seven And then you can also text the word share to seven four one seven four one Again, this is on our website but We have 24 hour services in the community then also counseling sessions with us And we have More questions that came through this is great. Um And I don't know if It's vice president reader on the call He's not that's fine. No problem. Um So I will uh Ask floozie to vice president belaw to uh To be able to uh talk and respond. How is the graduation application process? What is the graduation application process? Excuse me? Do we mail it out? Do we email it out? If so to who? Uh, great question. I will look into that. I'll take the the name of the student and get back to you Okay, great. Thank you um, and then One came if another one came if you don't qualify for care assistance and you need assistance Where do you go? And that's an excellent excellent question What I would encourage every student to do is to utilize that application and apply Because what happens is when you when people we receive those applications and the team Will determine if one's eligible Following the guidelines will look at um, you know all different areas of eligibility and Either We'll be able to provide, you know utilizing the care resources or if One is not eligible through that. They will then be able to identify other sources of aid Utilizing some other areas on campus and then be able to Recommend and also communicate and provide That link to those resources We want every person That if you need assistance to apply And then it'll be up to the campus to determine How assistance can be provided regardless if you fall into um, a category that the cares act Has allowed to provide funding but we we do know that the cares act has some limitations Not all communities Are eligible under that and we recognize that but we still want to know who you are Let us determine based on that information from cares and let us be able to provide guidance in terms of Identifying other types of aid that can assist you Aaron did I do okay? He said yes, so I'm going to take that as a yes Okay I want to make sure all the questions have been Answered Okay, it is perfect timing. It's 159 I want to thank everybody for participating fuzin, nicole Emily Others um on the call on the zoom call. I really appreciate always providing that information To our captioners. Thank you so much To Our students Really really thanking you For providing Excellent questions and for being here. I know that you have a lot of places you can be Like doing homework like taking care of family Taking care of friends There's a lot of other places you can be but you choose to be here and this shows your commitment And we really appreciate it and we hope you got some Infra great information today, and we are always here So please again from ask ask at highline edu to contacting my office directly to Responding communicating to the information provided in the chat. The college is really here to help So really thanking you for being here. We'll see you at the next Town hall and we'll try to probably have one before the end of the academic year, but again, thank you all very much. 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