Mike Smedshammer is the Distance Education Coordinator at Modesto Junior College where he has certified over 300 faculty to teach online. He is an @ONE Course Facilitator, and a Lead Course Reviewer for California's Online Education Initiative, and 2020 recipient of the Purdy and Beacon of Hope awards at MJC. Much of his work focuses on addressing student equity. Mike is also a co-PI on a California Education Learning Lab grant that examines the impact of humanized online teaching on diverse students in undergraduate online STEM courses in California.