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<TITLE>Call for Faculty Development Leave Proposals - Action Required by January 18, 2005</TITLE>
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<P><FONT COLOR="#000000" FACE="Arial">The Faculty Development Leave Committee invites all full-time faculty members (1) whose full-time duties, as contractually specified, are teaching and/or research and (2) who have served as members of the A&M-Commerce faculty for a minimum of two consecutive, full-time academic years to apply for a Faculty Development Leave for the 2005-2006 academic year (fall semester at full pay, spring semester at full pay, or fall and spring semesters at half-pay). FOUR Faculty Development Leaves will be awarded for the 2005-2006 academic year.</FONT></P>
<P><FONT COLOR="#000000" FACE="Arial">A copy of this Call for Proposals; an explanation of the Faculty Development Leave Criteria, Procedures, and Funding; the Faculty Development Leave Application Form; the A&M Commerce Faculty Development Leave Procedure; the Faculty Development Leave Legal Agreement; and an explanation of the procedure for selecting the members of the Faculty Development Leave Committee as well as a list of its current members are available on The Faculty Development Leave web page at</FONT><FONT FACE="Arial">:</FONT></P>
<P><A HREF="http://www7.tamu-commerce.edu/vpaa/fdl0506/fdlhomepage.htm"><U><FONT COLOR="#0000FF" FACE="Arial">http://www7.tamu-commerce.edu/vpaa/fdl0506/fdlhomepage.htm</FONT></U></A>
<BR><FONT COLOR="#000000" FACE="Arial">Application forms and instructions can also be mailed to you through campus mail by contacting Ms. Jan Swart in the Office of the Provost and Vice President for Academic Affairs/Student Affairs at 886-5022, or </FONT><A HREF="mailto:Jan_Swart@tamu-commerce.edu"><U><FONT COLOR="#0000FF" FACE="Arial">Jan_Swart@tamu-commerce.edu</FONT></U></A><FONT COLOR="#000000" FACE="Arial">.</FONT> </P>
<P><FONT COLOR="#000000" FACE="Arial">Seven complete copies of your proposal (one file copy and one for each committee member) should be submitted to the Provost's Office. Each proposal must include (1) the Faculty Development Leave Application Form (available from web site), (2) an explanation of your Faculty Development Leave project (including an abstract, project description, timeline, and bibliographic or background sources), and (3) a current vita. This year's deadline for submitting proposals to the Provost's Office is 5:00 p.m., January 18, 2004.</FONT> </P>
<P><FONT COLOR="#000000" FACE="Arial">The Faculty Development Leave program at Texas A&M University-Commerce is designed to assist teaching and other academic professionals to develop and pursue worthy academic study, research, writing, field observation, or other suitable purposes that require significant time and the absence of distractions. Faculty Development Leaves are subject to the laws of the State of Texas and to the regulations and rules of the Texas A&M University System.</FONT></P>
<P><FONT COLOR="#000000" FACE="Arial">Questions about the proposal preparation and review process should be directed to donna_dunbar-odom@tamu-commerce.edu or by calling Dr. Odom at 903-886-5264 or to another member of the Faculty Development Leave Committee (see web site for list). </FONT> </P>
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