What's Brewing, CCCSFAAA?
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Dana and Dennis went LIVE today at the midpoint (lunchtime) of the 2021 CCCSFAAA conference. We talked about how the conference has being going so far, what's coming up today (and tomorrow), and more. We were joined by many of the conference attendees for the show.
Dana's "I Dare You To Listen To" selection was Thundercat. Dennis's "I Dare You To Read" selection was I'll Be Gone in the Dark" ...
Today's was a shortened episode as time was tight to go over some pre-conference things. We talked mostly about the CCCSFAAA conference starting today and some thoughts on week. Be on the lookout for our special edition episode tomorrow, and our regular Friday episode at the end of the week.
Find out more about CCCSFAAA at cccsfaaa.org.
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We talked about a number of things, including the upcoming conference (next week!), CCCSFAAA elections, and so much else.
Dennis's "I Dare You To Listen To..." selection was the new album from Cindy Blackman Santana (drummer for Lenny Kravitz, wife of Carlos Santana).
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Dana and Dennis started by talking about Dennis's new toaster, a conference update, and a soon-to-release update on the CCCSFAAA elections. Then, a lot of news!
We talked about a variety of things, including the upcoming CCCSFAAA conference, elections, a look back on the past year and Dennis's presidency, and the future of the association.
Dana's "I Dare You To Watch" selection is Adventure Time.
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We talked about a lot of random things (CCCSFAAA conference, CCCSFAAA elections, the weather, the budget analysis of the state budget (and the ever-decreasing BFAP funding for Cali Community Colleges), and some news...
With a four-day weekend about to descend on us, Dana and Dennis recorded a day early, which meant less prep time, which meant a more looser gooey show for you today. We talked about Dana's midweek shenanigans with friends, the Valentine's Day/President's Day (or is it Presidents' Day?), the CCCSFAAA elections, and the annual conference.
Dana's "I Dare You To Watch" selection was a documentary titled Th...
We kicked off the show talking about the Super Bowl, the CCCSFAAA conference, and the CCCSFAAA elections. Then, onto the news we went:
We talked about pre-recorded breakout sessions for the upcoming conference, prepwork for conference, and a number of other seemingly random topics.
Dennis, having gone to an actual book store recently, had three "I Dare You To Read" selections for our audience:
Find out more about CCCSFAAA at cccsfaaa.org.
We started the show with some homework for Dennis he didn't get to last night - creating questions for the two roundtable breakout sessions he's taping this afternoon for the CCCSFAAA conference. After that, it was all news...
Dana and Dennis discussed the weird week of weather in California, then covered some updates on the annual conference. From there, they went through some new news and some holdover news from our Tuesday episode, including:
We started off with the best intention to get to a lot of news stories, but Dennis got sidetracked talking about the recent Regions VII & VIII meeting last week and the ever-declining state funding ("BFAP" money) to support Financial Aid Offices at the community colleges. Here's the actual news we covered:
All we talked about today was the annual CCCSFAAA conference. The conference runs from March 2nd through March 4th. Registration opens today!
Also, the state Chancellor's Office All FA Directors training registration opens today. The training runs from March 1st through March 2nd.
Find out more about CCCSFAAA at cccsfaaa.org.
Follow CCCSFAAA on Twitter at @CCCSFinaidAssoc.
We had a lot of news for today, so let's get right into it:
Dana and Dennis talked about the CCCSFAAA executive board meeting earlier this week, the upcoming spring conference, and FA 101 and Financial Literacy training coming later in the spring.
Dennis's "I Dare You To Listen To" selection was the new album, III from Paul McCartney.
Find out more about CCCSFAAA at cccsfaaa.org.
Follow CCCSFAAA on Twitter at @CCCSFinaidAssoc.
Dana and Dennis previewed topics to be discussed at the quarterly CCCSFAAA executive board meeting later this morning. Afterwards, they covered number of news items:
Dana and Dennis ruminated on when they will be able to return to working on campus, and how well they think the federal and state emergency funding has been utilized and disbursed to our students. From there, Dennis offered a preview of next week's CCCCO* FARR** / CCCSFAAA EB*** meeting and a preview of session titles from the CCCSFAAA spring conference.
* California Community Colleges Chancellor's Office
** Financial...
Getting back into the swing of things, Dana and Dennis covered a number of news items:
Dana and Dennis reviewed the many "I Dare You To Watch" and "I Dare You To Listen" selections made over past episodes, including:
Dana was on vacation so Dennis did a review of the "I Dare You To Read" selections from past episodes, including the following books: