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<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify"><b><span style="font-size:14.0pt">FACULTY DEVELOPMENT LEAVE (2017 – 2018)<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify"><b><span style="font-size:14.0pt">DEADLINE TO SUBMIT PROPOSALS: DECEMBER 1, 2016 BY 4:30 PM<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify"><b><span style="font-size:14.0pt"><a href="http://www.tamuc.edu/aboutus/administrativeOffices/committeesAndCouncils/facultyDevelopmentLeave/default.aspx">http://www.tamuc.edu/aboutus/administrativeOffices/committeesAndCouncils/facultyDevelopmentLeave/default.aspx</a><o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify"><b><span style="font-size:14.0pt">The Faculty Development Committee invites all full-time members (1) whose full-time duties, as contractually specified, are teaching and/or research and (2) who have served as
members of the faculty of A&M-Commerce for a minimum of two consecutive, full-time academic years, to apply for a Faculty Development Leave for the 2017-2018 academic year (fall semester at full pay, spring semester at full pay, or fall and spring semesters
at half-pay). A copy of the Call for Proposals; an explanation of the Faculty Development Leave Criteria, Procedures, and Funding; the Faculty Development Leave Application Form; the Faculty Development Leave Policy; and the Faculty Development Leave Legal
Agreement are available at the above website. <o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify"><b><span style="font-size:14.0pt">Completed application packets must be submitted by December 1, 2015 at 4:30 pm to the Provost Office, McDowell Business Administration Building, Room 280.
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify"><b><span style="font-size:14.0pt">Questions about the proposal preparation and review process should be directed to the Faculty Development Leave Committee:<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify"><b><i><span style="font-size:14.0pt">Tim Wilson, Jennifer Smith, Melanie Fields, Julia Ballenger, Sean Lauderdale, David Davies, Maria Lamarque, Jeff Kopachena, Hasan Coskun and Doug LaVergne.<o:p></o:p></span></i></b></p>
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