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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'>2008 Mary Nell Kivikko Excellence in
Scholarship Award <o:p></o:p></span></font></b></p>
<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'>Sponsored by the North Texas Writing Centers
Association</span></font></b><font size=2 color=black face=Verdana><span
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Verdana;color:black'><o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'><font
size=2 color=black face="Century Gothic"><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:"Century Gothic"'>The North Texas Writing Center Association has
extended the proposal deadline for the 2008 Mary Nell Kivikko Excellence in
Scholarship Award. The new deadline is </span></font><b><font size=2 color=red
face="Century Gothic"><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Century Gothic";
color:red;font-weight:bold'>Thursday, February 28, 2008</span></font></b><font
size=2 face="Century Gothic"><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Century Gothic"'>.
The award is open to all writing center professional staff, graduate tutors,
and undergraduate peer tutors in the South Central Writing Center Association
region (<st1:State w:st="on">Texas</st1:State>, <st1:State w:st="on">Oklahoma</st1:State>,
<st1:State w:st="on">Arkansas</st1:State>, and <st1:State w:st="on"><st1:place
w:st="on">Louisiana</st1:place></st1:State>). Proposals should focus on the
subject area of writing center theory and practice.</span></font><font
face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-family:"Times New Roman"'><o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'><font
size=2 color=black face="Century Gothic"><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:"Century Gothic"'>The paper based on the winning proposal will be
presented at the NTWCA Spring Conference to be held in April of 2008, at which
time the winner will receive the award. </span></font><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'><font
size=2 color=black face="Century Gothic"><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:"Century Gothic"'>The 250-word abstract of the entry should include
a title and the name and contact information of the presenter. Please submit
entries to Cheryl Carithers (<a href="mailto:c.carithers@tcu.edu">c.carithers@tcu.edu</a>),
NTWCA President, 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, 2008</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>
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