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<p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'><a
name="OLE_LINK1"></a><a name="OLE_LINK2"><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 2008 Mary Nell Kivikko
Excellence in Scholarship Award Sponsored by the North Texas Writing Centers
Association</span></font></b><font color=black><span style='color:black'><o:p></o:p></span></font></a></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";color:black'>The North Texas Writing Center
Association is now accepting entries for the 2009 </span></font><a
href="http://www.tarleton.edu/~ntwca/rememberingMaryNell.html"><font size=2
face="Century Gothic"><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Century Gothic"'>Mary
Nell Kivikko</span></font></a><font size=2 color=black face="Century Gothic"><span
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Century Gothic";color:black'> Excellence
in Scholarship Award. 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:place
w:st="on"><st1:State w:st="on">Louisiana</st1:State></st1:place>). Proposals
should focus on the subject area of writing center theory and practice.</span></font><font
color=black><span style='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";color:black'>The paper based on the winning
proposal will be presented at the NTWCA Spring Conference to be held on April
17, 2009, at which time the winner will receive the award. </span></font><font
color=black><span style='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";color:black'>The 250-word abstract of the entry
should include a title and the name and contact information of the presenter.
Please submit entries to Alice Newsome (anewsom@tarleton.edu), 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 20, 2009</span></font></b><font size=2 color=black
face="Century Gothic"><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Century Gothic";
color:black'>. Electronic submissions only, please. </span></font><font
color=black><span style='color:black'><o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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