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<p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="text-align:center"><b><span style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#1F497D">LEO SCHOLAR INTERNS FOR CAMPUS DEPARTMENTS/UNITS</span></b><span style="color:black"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="text-align:center"><b><span style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#1F497D">DUE DECEMBER 15, 2017</span></b><span style="color:black"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#1F497D">The University established the Leo Scholars Program in 2014 to attract highly qualified entering freshmen. The program provides a 50% scholarship against total published cost
of attendance (tuition/fees, room and board). Until recently ten Leo Scholars were named annually as a part of the Honors College selection process. We are now in the process of graduating the last cohort of Leo Scholars. <o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#1F497D">The Leo Scholars Program centers upon giving students practical work experience, most notably solution-visioning and project management opportunities. To that end, the goal is
to provide the Leos with an on-campus paid internship. That internship is done during their junior (or third) year.
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#1F497D">Departments/units are invited to apply to receive an intern to work with them during the Spring 2018 semester.</span><span style="color:black"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#1F497D">Note that we said the department/unit is applying for the intern. Not the other way around.</span><span style="color:black"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#1F497D">The internship will be ‘problem-based.’ That is, campus departments design the internship so that the student is working on an issue that the department would like to see improved
– whether it is revamping a system or merely increasing the efficiency of an existing process. To that end, campus departments/units will compete for the services of the Leo Scholars by submitting a proposal where they explain the project that will be assigned
to the student. The utility of project, for both the department and the student, will determine placement of the Leo Scholars.</span><span style="color:black"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#1F497D">Departments/units get a sharp student to work on a challenging problem without hitting their own budgets. The student gets a paid internship experience and the marketable skills,
personal growth, and increased confidence that comes with it.</span><span style="color:black"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#1F497D">Use the attached format to prepare a proposal. This proposal format also shows you how proposals will be evaluated to strengthen the quality of ideas and applications.</span><span style="color:black"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#1F497D">Thanks for your participation.</span><span style="color:black"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#1F497D">Dr. Raymond Green, Dean, Honors College</span><span style="color:black"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#1F497D">Dr. Ricky Dobbs, Associate Provost for Academic Foundations</span><span style="color:black"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">Dr. Raymond Green<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">Dean, The Honors College<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">Professor of Psychology<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">Texas A&M University-Commerce<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">903-468-3001<o:p></o:p></p>
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