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<b><span style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:105%;color:#1F497D">Deadline extended to December 17, 2021.<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
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<span style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:105%">As<span style="letter-spacing:.55pt">
</span>part<span style="letter-spacing:.6pt"> </span>of<span style="letter-spacing:.6pt">
</span>the<span style="letter-spacing:.6pt"> </span>First-Year<span style="letter-spacing:.6pt">
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</span>teach<span style="letter-spacing:.6pt"> </span>engaging,<span style="letter-spacing:.6pt">
</span>dynamic<span style="letter-spacing:.65pt"> </span>courses<span style="letter-spacing:.6pt">
</span>on<span style="letter-spacing:.6pt"> </span>topics<span style="letter-spacing:.65pt">
</span>of<span style="letter-spacing:.6pt"> </span>the<span style="letter-spacing:.6pt">
</span>instructor’s<span style="letter-spacing:.65pt"> </span>choice<span style="letter-spacing:.6pt">
</span>for<span style="letter-spacing:.6pt"> </span>first-year<span style="letter-spacing:.05pt">
</span>students.<span style="letter-spacing:.65pt"> </span>These<span style="letter-spacing:.7pt">
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</span>part<span style="letter-spacing:.75pt"> </span>of<span style="letter-spacing:.7pt">
</span>an<span style="letter-spacing:.75pt"> </span>existing<span style="letter-spacing:.7pt">
</span>curriculum,<span style="letter-spacing:.75pt"> </span>and<span style="letter-spacing:.75pt">
</span>include<span style="letter-spacing:.7pt"> </span>interactive<span style="letter-spacing:.75pt">
</span>student<span style="letter-spacing:.05pt"> </span>pedagogy,<span style="letter-spacing:.65pt">
</span>including,<span style="letter-spacing:.7pt"> </span>for<span style="letter-spacing:.65pt">
</span>example,<span style="letter-spacing:.7pt"> </span>group<span style="letter-spacing:.65pt">
</span>projects,<span style="letter-spacing:.7pt"> </span>oral<span style="letter-spacing:.65pt">
</span>presentations,<span style="letter-spacing:.7pt"> </span>group<span style="letter-spacing:.65pt">
</span>discussion,<span style="letter-spacing:.7pt"> </span>proposals/<span style="letter-spacing:.05pt">
</span>sales<span style="letter-spacing:.1pt"> </span>pitches,<span style="letter-spacing:.15pt">
</span>and<span style="letter-spacing:.15pt"> </span>other<span style="letter-spacing:.15pt">
</span>active,<span style="letter-spacing:.1pt"> </span>experiential<span style="letter-spacing:.15pt">
</span>learning<span style="letter-spacing:.15pt"> </span>strategies. Please submit the attached proposal form to
<a href="mailto:Ginny.Haight@tamuc.edu">Ginny.Haight@tamuc.edu</a> by December 17, 2021 to be considered for the 2022-2023 academic year.
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:13.5pt;color:#1F497D">Dr. Yvonne Villanueva-Russell</span></b><b><span style="font-size:13.5pt;color:#00386C"><o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
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