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<p class=MsoNormal>Dear Colleagues:<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal>Early Intervention reporting for Spring, 2010 is now open.
It can be accessed via your MyLeo account. Additional instructions follow in
the link below.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:#1F497D'><a
href="http://web.tamu-commerce.edu/academics/universityCollege/Early%20Intervention%20Instructions.aspx">http://web.tamu-commerce.edu/academics/universityCollege/Early%20Intervention%20Instructions.aspx</a><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal>Please report current grades, absences or any additional
concerns you might have. If you are teaching an online course, rather than
reporting absences please use the space indicated to report missing
assignments/units.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal>First notifications to students go out Monday, February 15.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal>All students classified as freshmen with excessive absences
or any one grade of D or F will be notified.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal>Last semester, 403 students received an Early Intervention
notification from this office. Two thirds ended the semester above a 2.0 GPA
with your help.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal> <o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal>The rhythm of each course and section is different. Not
everyone has a major assignment completed at this point. However, anything
that gives a professor pause is worth reporting.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal>Early Intervention is easy, and it is quick. It is also
effective. Last semester’s numbers show it.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal>Please assist us in reaching those students in need of a
wake-up call.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal>Thanks,<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal>Ricky Dobbs, Ph.D.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal>Associate Professor of History<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal>Dean, University College<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:#1F497D'>Ricky Dobbs, Ph.D.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:#1F497D'>Associate Professor of History<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:#1F497D'>Dean, University College<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:#1F497D'>Texas A&M
University-Commerce<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif"'>"The
struggle of today is not altogether for today—it is for a vast future
also."<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif"'>Abraham
Lincoln<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
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