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<p align=center style='text-align:center'><b><font size=2 color="#cc0000"
face="Century Gothic"><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Century Gothic";
color:#CC0000;font-weight:bold'>Announcing the North Texas Writing Centers
Association Outstanding Tutor Awards</span></font></b><o:p></o:p></p>
<p><font size=2 color=black face="Century Gothic"><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:"Century Gothic"'>The NTWCA is pleased to announce the first annual
Outstanding Tutor Awards. The NTWCA Outstanding Tutor Awards are designed to
recognize professional staff (full or part-time consultants) as well a s peer
tutors (graduate or undergraduate) who not only demonstrate excellent tutoring
skills but also make significant contributions to their writing center. Two awards
will be granted, including one award for professional staff and one award for
peer tutors. Winners will be recognized and the awards presented at the NTWCA
spring conference. </span></font><o:p></o:p></p>
<p><font size=2 color=black face="Century Gothic"><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:"Century Gothic"'>Any nominated professional consultant and
graduate or undergraduate peer tutor at a writing center in the NTWCA region is
eligible to receive an award. Nominees should be current members of the NTWCA. </span></font><o:p></o:p></p>
<p><font size=2 color=black face="Century Gothic"><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:"Century Gothic"'>Writing center directors may nominate a
professional consultant and/or an undergraduate or graduate peer tutor who is
an employee of his/her writing center. Nominations should include the name,
institution, address, telephone, and email address of the consultant and/or
tutor as well as a letter explaining why the individual should be considered
for the award, including information regarding tutoring abilities and
contributions to the center. Please submit nominations to Cheryl Carithers (<a
href="mailto:c.carithers@tcu.edu">c.carithers@tcu.edu</a>), President of the
NTWCA, by </span></font><b><font size=2 color="#cc0000" face="Century Gothic"><span
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Century Gothic";color:#CC0000;font-weight:
bold'>February 28, 2007</span></font></b><font size=2 face="Century Gothic"><span
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Century Gothic"'>. Electronic submissions
only please. </span></font><o:p></o:p></p>
<p><font size=2 color=black face="Century Gothic"><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:"Century Gothic"'>Winners of the two awards will be notified in
early March and should plan to attend the NTWCA spring conference on March 30
at the <st1:PlaceName w:st="on">Langdon</st1:PlaceName> <st1:PlaceType w:st="on">Center</st1:PlaceType>
in <st1:place w:st="on"><st1:City w:st="on">Granbury</st1:City>, <st1:State
w:st="on">Texas</st1:State></st1:place>, at which time they will receive their
award. </span></font><o:p></o:p></p>
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