also to take a moment to recognize the enormous effort with the assistant director jennifer mchenry and director of instructional design work at these amazing women i am over time with i and i get to work with them we would like to personally thank the university of st. louis leadership the high value on teaching and learning without support we cannot do what we like to do and then to introduce the keynote speaker. >> good morning thank you c-span for podcasting this conference. i hope you stay healthy and safe it's my privilege i would love to welcome you to the vibrancy this region rich with history with inspiring set of education with creative with staff and students to make the metropolitan region and it's my understanding it is the 19th annual focus of technology conference and that is remarkable where we can exchange ideas and learn together and network on how we maintain against the challenges of higher education across the nation are facing during these unprecedented times to help us continue to keep students engaged and on track for graduation and we all know that hasn't been e