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</o:shapelayout></xml><![endif]--></head><body lang=EN-US link=blue vlink=purple><div class=WordSection1><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"'>Hello Lions,<br> <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"'>Would you like to learn ways to build your global competence? <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"'>The Quality Enhancement Plan knows how to do just that! <br> <br>The QEP seeks to build global competence by <b><i>“</i></b></span><b><i><span style='font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Britannic Bold","sans-serif";color:#003E80'>Preparing Students for an Interconnected World, </span></i></b><b><i><span style='font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"'>” </span></i></b><span style='font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"'>which can help facilitate personal development. <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"'>A recommendation to build your development and global competence: increase your <u>attentiveness to diversity</u>. </span><b><span style='font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Britannic Bold","sans-serif";color:red'>To do this,</span></b><span style='font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"'> “Challenge a peer who may stereotype others, and encourage him/her to respect differences in other, listen to music from other countries or regions, or examine your unconscious personal biases, erroneous judgments and ponder how these attitudes developed. Learn about your personal implicit associations and biases at </span><a href="https://implicit.harvard.edu/implicit/"><span style='font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"'>https://implicit.harvard.edu/implicit/</span></a><span style='font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"'> “ (GCAA). <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoListParagraph><span style='font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"'>Want to learn more about your university’s QEP?<br> <br></span><span style='font-size:14.0pt;font-family:Symbol'>· </span><span style='font-size:14.0pt;font-family:Symbol'> </span><span style='font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"'>Visit our website </span><span style='font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Britannic Bold","sans-serif";color:#002060'>www.tamuc.edu/QEP</span><span style='font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#002060'> </span><span style='font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"'><br></span><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"'><br><br></span><span style='font-size:14.0pt;font-family:Symbol'>· </span><span style='font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"'>Like and share our Facebook page: </span><span style='font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Britannic Bold","sans-serif";color:#002060'>www.facebook.com/TAMUCqep</span><span style='font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"'> <br></span><br><span style='font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"'><br>Contact us with questions, feedback, or tell us how you’re preparing yourself for an interconnected world at </span><a href="mailto:QEP.Committee@tamuc.edu"><span style='font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Britannic Bold","sans-serif"'>QEP.Committee@tamuc.edu</span></a><span style='font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"'>. <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"'><br><br>-The Quality Enhancement Plan (QEP) Committee</span><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"'><o:p> </o:p></span></p></div></body></html>