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<p class=MsoNormal align=center style='text-align:center'><font size=4
color=red face=Arial><span style='font-size:14.0pt;font-family:Arial;
color:red'>Call for Proposals for Faculty Development Leave <o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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12.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:blue'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal align=center style='text-align:center'><font size=3
color=blue face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:12.0pt;color:blue'>The
Faculty Development Committee invites all full-time faculty members (1) whose
full-time duties (as contractually specified) <o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal align=center style='text-align:center'><font size=3
color=blue face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:12.0pt;color:blue'>are
teaching and/or research; and, (2) who have served as members of the faculty of
TAMU-C for a minimum of two consecutive, <o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal align=center style='text-align:center'><font size=3
color=blue face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:12.0pt;color:blue'>full-time
academic years to apply for Faculty Development Leave.<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal align=center style='text-align:center'><font size=3
color=blue face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:12.0pt;color:blue'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal align=center style='text-align:center'><font size=3
color=blue face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:12.0pt;color:blue'>One
completed copy of your proposal should be submitted to <o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal align=center style='text-align:center'><font size=3
color=blue face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:12.0pt;color:blue'>Cynthia
Rhodes, Assistant to the Provost<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal align=center style='text-align:center'><font size=3
color=blue face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:12.0pt;color:blue'>Office
of the Provost and Vice President for Academic and Student Affairs<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal align=center style='text-align:center'><font size=3
color=blue face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:12.0pt;color:blue'>McDowell
Administration Room 280 <o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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color=blue face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:12.0pt;color:blue'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal align=center style='text-align:center'><font size=3
color=blue face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:12.0pt;color:blue'>A
proposal is not considered complete unless it includes all of the following
items:<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal align=center style='text-align:center'><font size=3
color=blue face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:12.0pt;color:blue'>1.
Faculty Development Application form<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal align=center style='text-align:center'><font size=3
color=blue face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:12.0pt;color:blue'>2.
Explanation of the Faculty Development Leave project<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal align=center style='text-align:center'><font size=3
color=blue face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:12.0pt;color:blue'>(including
abstract, project description, timeline & bibliographic/background sources)
<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal align=center style='text-align:center'><font size=3
color=blue face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:12.0pt;color:blue'>3.
current vita<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p align=center style='text-align:center'><strong><b><font size=2 color=red
face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:red;
font-weight:normal'>The deadline for submitting proposals to the
Provost's Office is</span></font></b></strong><strong><b><font size=2
color=red face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial;
color:red'> </span></font></b></strong><b><font color=red><span
style='color:red;font-weight:bold'>January 31, 2005 - 5:00 p.m</span></font></b><font
color=red><span style='color:red'>.<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal align=center style='text-align:center'><font size=2
color=blue face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial;
color:blue'>Information regarding the application, eligibility criteria,
procedures and policy, and funding<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal align=center style='text-align:center'><font size=2
color=blue face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial;
color:blue'>are all available on the Faculty Development Leave website.<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal align=center style='text-align:center'><font size=2
color=blue face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial;
color:blue'><a href="http://www.tamu-commerce.edu/vpaa/fdl0506/general_info.htm"
title="http://www.tamu-commerce.edu/vpaa/fdl0506/general_info.htm">http://www.tamu-commerce.edu/vpaa/fdl0506/general_info.htm</a><o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal align=center style='text-align:center'><font size=2
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color:blue'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal align=center style='text-align:center'><font size=3
color=blue face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:12.0pt;color:blue'>Questions
about the proposal preparation and review process should be directed to the
Committee Chair, Dr. Karen Roggenkamp<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal align=center style='text-align:center'><font size=2
color=blue face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial;
color:blue'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal align=center style='text-align:center'><font size=2
color=blue face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial;
color:blue'>Karen Roggenkamp, Ph. D. <o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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color:blue'> <st1:PlaceName w:st="on">A&M</st1:PlaceName> <st1:PlaceType
w:st="on">University</st1:PlaceType></span></font></st1:place><font size=2
color=blue face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial;
color:blue'> - Commerce</span></font><font color=blue><span style='color:blue'><o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal align=center style='text-align:center'><font size=2
color=blue face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial;
color:blue'>Literature and Languages <o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal align=center style='text-align:center'><font size=2
color=blue face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial;
color:blue'>E-mail: <a href="mailto:Karen_Roggenkamp@TAMU-Commerce.edu"
title="mailto:Karen_Roggenkamp@TAMU-Commerce.edu">Karen_Roggenkamp@TAMU-Commerce.edu</a><o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal align=center style='text-align:center'><font size=2
color=blue face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial;
color:blue'>V-mail: 903-886-5251</span></font><font color=blue><span
style='color:blue'><o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal align=center style='text-align:center'><font size=2
color=blue face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial;
color:blue'>Fax: 903-886-5980</span></font><font color=blue><span
style='color:blue'><o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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