<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?><item href="/foundation/articles/patch-pandemicaid-claremont.html" dsn="news"><pubDate>11/09/2021</pubDate><title>Student Success Gets a Foundation Boost</title><author>Laura J Bollinger, guest columnist</author><image><img src="/foundation/articles/images/patch-pandemicaid-claremont.jpg" alt="five masked citrus college employees stand behind stacks of boxed chromebooks outside the student services building"/></image><caption>Staff from the Citrus College Student Affairs Division distribute Chromebooks to students during a drive-thru event in October 2020.</caption><thumbnail/><display/><description>From technology distribution to virtual counseling, Citrus College adapted services for remote learning while the Foundation increased emergency grants and launched PASS to protect students' academic progress.</description><tags><tag>community</tag><tag>foundation</tag></tags></item>