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<P><FONT COLOR="#000080" SIZE=2 FACE="@Arial Unicode MS">The Faculty Development Committee website has now been fully updated. The application deadline for Faculty Development Grants and Competitive Travel Awards is October 15. Please consult the website for further information, criteria, and application forms.</FONT></P>
<P><A HREF="http://www7.tamu-commerce.edu/facdev/"><U></U><U><FONT COLOR="#0000FF" SIZE=2 FACE="@Arial Unicode MS">http://www7.tamu-commerce.edu/facdev/</FONT></U></A>
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<P><FONT COLOR="#000080" SIZE=2 FACE="@Arial Unicode MS">There are two noteworthy changes this year. First, submit your applications to the Provost's Office (BA 280), not to the College of Arts and Sciences. Second, because we are initiating an on-line system that will enable the Faculty Development Committee members to review and rate your applications from their home or office computer, your application and any supporting materials will have to be scanned by the staff in the Provost's Office. For this reason, we urge faculty to exercise restraint and limit the number of pages that you submit! For example, do not submit an entire conference program; the page on which your panel or presentation appears is sufficient. Likewise, 30 or 40-page vitas are a very bad idea; we encourage short-version vitas of 5 pages or less. A formal letter of acceptance from your conference or workshop organizer remains a crucial component of your application.</FONT></P>
<P><FONT COLOR="#000080" SIZE=2 FACE="@Arial Unicode MS">(It may occur to someone that scanning their own materials and submitting an electronic application to the Provost's Office would be helpful; please don't do it, since the hard copy you submit is our safeguard against computer problems, and some Committee members may wish to review hard copy instead of using the new system.)</FONT></P>
<P><FONT COLOR="#000080" SIZE=2 FACE="@Arial Unicode MS">The Committee will still meet, in the old-fashioned way, to discuss the applications; applicants will be notified around November 1 about the outcome. Direct questions or concerns to me, rather than to the Provost's Office. Thank you for your cooperation in helping us make the transition to the new system.</FONT></P>
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<P><FONT COLOR="#000080" SIZE=2 FACE="@Arial Unicode MS">Isaac Land</FONT>
<BR><FONT COLOR="#000080" SIZE=2 FACE="@Arial Unicode MS">Dept. of History / Faculty Development Committee Chair</FONT>
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