<html xmlns:v="urn:schemas-microsoft-com:vml" xmlns:o="urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:office" xmlns:w="urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:word" xmlns:m="http://schemas.microsoft.com/office/2004/12/omml" xmlns="http://www.w3.org/TR/REC-html40">
<head>
<meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=us-ascii">
<meta name="Generator" content="Microsoft Word 15 (filtered medium)">
<style><!--
/* Font Definitions */
@font-face
{font-family:"Cambria Math";
panose-1:2 4 5 3 5 4 6 3 2 4;}
@font-face
{font-family:Calibri;
panose-1:2 15 5 2 2 2 4 3 2 4;}
@font-face
{font-family:Aptos;}
@font-face
{font-family:Georgia;
panose-1:2 4 5 2 5 4 5 2 3 3;}
/* Style Definitions */
p.MsoNormal, li.MsoNormal, div.MsoNormal
{margin:0in;
font-size:11.0pt;
font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;}
a:link, span.MsoHyperlink
{mso-style-priority:99;
color:#0563C1;
text-decoration:underline;}
p.paragraph, li.paragraph, div.paragraph
{mso-style-name:paragraph;
mso-margin-top-alt:auto;
margin-right:0in;
mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;
margin-left:0in;
font-size:12.0pt;
font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;}
span.grame
{mso-style-name:grame;}
span.normaltextrun
{mso-style-name:normaltextrun;}
.MsoChpDefault
{mso-style-type:export-only;
font-size:10.0pt;
mso-ligatures:none;}
@page WordSection1
{size:8.5in 11.0in;
margin:1.0in 1.0in 1.0in 1.0in;}
div.WordSection1
{page:WordSection1;}
/* List Definitions */
@list l0
{mso-list-id:1139498423;
mso-list-template-ids:106326206;}
@list l0:level1
{mso-level-tab-stop:.5in;
mso-level-number-position:left;
text-indent:-.25in;}
@list l0:level2
{mso-level-tab-stop:1.0in;
mso-level-number-position:left;
text-indent:-.25in;}
@list l0:level3
{mso-level-tab-stop:1.5in;
mso-level-number-position:left;
text-indent:-.25in;}
@list l0:level4
{mso-level-tab-stop:2.0in;
mso-level-number-position:left;
text-indent:-.25in;}
@list l0:level5
{mso-level-tab-stop:2.5in;
mso-level-number-position:left;
text-indent:-.25in;}
@list l0:level6
{mso-level-tab-stop:3.0in;
mso-level-number-position:left;
text-indent:-.25in;}
@list l0:level7
{mso-level-tab-stop:3.5in;
mso-level-number-position:left;
text-indent:-.25in;}
@list l0:level8
{mso-level-tab-stop:4.0in;
mso-level-number-position:left;
text-indent:-.25in;}
@list l0:level9
{mso-level-tab-stop:4.5in;
mso-level-number-position:left;
text-indent:-.25in;}
@list l1
{mso-list-id:1607929437;
mso-list-template-ids:-1854483740;}
ol
{margin-bottom:0in;}
ul
{margin-bottom:0in;}
--></style><!--[if gte mso 9]><xml>
<o:shapedefaults v:ext="edit" spidmax="1026" />
</xml><![endif]--><!--[if gte mso 9]><xml>
<o:shapelayout v:ext="edit">
<o:idmap v:ext="edit" data="1" />
</o:shapelayout></xml><![endif]-->
</head>
<body lang="EN-US" link="#0563C1" vlink="#954F72" style="word-wrap:break-word">
<div class="WordSection1">
<table class="MsoNormalTable" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" width="600" style="width:6.25in;background:white;border-collapse:collapse">
<tbody>
<tr style="height:4.0pt">
<td width="600" style="width:6.25in;padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;height:4.0pt">
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Georgia",serif;color:black">Dear Texas A&M University-Commerce colleagues,</span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Georgia",serif;color:black"> </span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Georgia",serif;color:black">Texas A&M University-Commerce is excited to offer faculty an opportunity to elevate your teaching practice through a program with the Association of College and University Educators
(</span><span style="color:black"><a href="https://acue.org"><span style="font-family:"Georgia",serif">ACUE</span></a></span><span style="font-family:"Georgia",serif;color:black">). </span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Georgia",serif;color:black"> </span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Georgia",serif;color:black">This email is an invitation to participate this fall in the following ACUE programming:</span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-family:"Georgia",serif;color:black"> </span></b><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b><i><u><span style="font-family:"Georgia",serif;color:black">Effective Online Teaching Practices
</span></u></i></b><b><u><span style="font-family:"Georgia",serif;color:black">(full course: 25 weeks)
</span></u></b><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Georgia",serif;color:black">Through this experience, you’ll learn about and implement a series of research-based teaching practices shown to improve student outcomes in online courses. This program is professionally
facilitated and will be delivered online with a cohort of your colleagues.</span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Georgia",serif;color:black"> </span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Georgia",serif;color:black">Upon course completion, participants will earn a nationally recognized Certificate in Effective College Instruction, the only college teaching credential endorsed by the
</span><span style="color:black"><a href="https://www.acenet.edu/Pages/default.aspx"><span style="font-family:"Georgia",serif">American Council on Education</span></a></span><span style="font-family:"Georgia",serif;color:black"> (ACE).</span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Georgia",serif;color:black"> </span><o:p></o:p></p>
<ol style="margin-top:0in" start="1" type="1">
<li class="paragraph" style="margin-top:0in;margin-bottom:0in;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo3">
<span class="normaltextrun"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Georgia",serif;color:black">This course begins August 26, 2024. </span></span><o:p></o:p></li><li class="paragraph" style="margin-top:0in;margin-bottom:0in;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo3">
<span class="normaltextrun"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Georgia",serif;color:black">Cohorts typically complete one module per week over 25 weeks. </span></span><o:p></o:p></li><li class="paragraph" style="margin-top:0in;margin-bottom:0in;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo3">
<span class="normaltextrun"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Georgia",serif;color:black">Internal ACUE research indicates that a faculty member spends approximately 2-3 hours of activity per week, on average, in the course. </span></span><o:p></o:p></li></ol>
<p class="paragraph" style="margin:0in"><span class="normaltextrun"><b><span style="color:black"> </span></b></span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="paragraph" style="margin:0in"><span class="normaltextrun"><b><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Georgia",serif;color:black">Register Now!</span></b></span><span class="normaltextrun"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Georgia",serif;color:black"> We have
a limited number of seats available! Interested faculty are encouraged to apply by August 10,
</span></span><span class="grame"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Georgia",serif;color:black">2024</span></span><span class="normaltextrun"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Georgia",serif;color:black">
<a href="https://portal.acue.org/pages/tamus-commerce">by registering at the ACUE and Texas A&M University-Commerce Portal.
</a> </span></span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="paragraph" style="margin:0in;vertical-align:baseline"><span class="normaltextrun"><span style="color:black"> </span></span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="paragraph" style="margin:0in;vertical-align:baseline"><span class="normaltextrun"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Georgia",serif;color:black">To learn more about ACUE and the ACUE course experience,
</span></span><span style="color:black"><a href="https://acue.org/information-sessions/"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Georgia",serif">please attend a course information session.</span></a></span><span class="normaltextrun"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Georgia",serif;color:black">
</span></span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Georgia",serif;color:black"> </span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><i><span style="font-family:"Georgia",serif;color:black">For more information, please contact Carrie Klypchak, ACUE Campus Lead, 2024-2025 at
</span></i><span style="font-family:"Georgia",serif;color:black"><a href="mailto:Carrie.Klypchak@tamuc.edu">Carrie.Klypchak@tamuc.edu</a>
</span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Georgia",serif;color:black"> </span><span style="font-size:9.0pt;color:black"> </span><o:p></o:p></p>
</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td width="600" style="width:6.25in;padding:0in 0in 0in 0in"></td>
</tr>
</tbody>
</table>
<p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p>
</div>
</body>
</html>