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</o:shapelayout></xml><![endif]--></head><body lang=EN-US link=blue vlink=purple><div class=WordSection1><p class=MsoNormal>All Full-time Faculty,<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>The Faculty Center for Teaching with Technology (FCTT) will sponsor two full-time faculty members to attend the upcoming Sloan-C/MERLOT conference on Emerging Technologies for Online Learning to be held at the Sheraton Dallas Hotel in Dallas, Texas April 9-11, 2014. The sponsorship will include the conference registration, hotel registration, and travel expenses. <a href="http://sloanconsortium.org/conference/2014/et4online/welcome">http://sloanconsortium.org/conference/2014/et4online/welcome</a><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>If you would like to be considered for this sponsorship, email <a href="mailto:Julie.McElhany@tamuc.edu">Julie.McElhany@tamuc.edu</a> a one paragraph essay on how you anticipate the conference will benefit you as you teach online using emerging technologies. Drs. Julie McElhany and Rick Lumadue, local coordinators of the event, will review the submissions and select two faculty members to attend. Please email your submissions by Monday noon, March 31<sup>st</sup>.<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>We do also ask that you be willing to host a faculty forum following your return from the conference as a means of sharing with your colleagues. <o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><b><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black'>Julie McElhany, Ed.D. </span></b><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#7F7F7F'>l</span><b><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black'> Director<br></span></b><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black'>Faculty Center for Teaching with Technology </span><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#7F7F7F'>l </span><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black'>Center for IT Excellence <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'><a href="mailto:Julie.McElhany@tamuc.edu"><span style='color:blue'>Julie.McElhany@tamuc.edu</span></a><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black'>P.O. Box 3011 Commerce, Tx 75429-3011</span><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'><br><span style='color:black'>Tel. 903.468.8164 </span><span style='color:#7F7F7F'>l</span><span style='color:black'> Fax 903.886.5991</span> <span style='color:#7F7F7F'>l</span> <a href="http://www.tamuc.edu"><span style='color:blue'>www.tamuc.edu</span></a><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><b><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif";color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></b></p><p class=MsoNormal><b><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif";color:#1F497D'>Texas A&M University-Commerce</span></b><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p></div></body></html>