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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">The first Open Educational Resources (OER) Initiative newsletter is attached for your information. The newsletter introduces the initiative and invites collaboration from faculty.
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">Of particular interest there is an event that faculty may be interested in attending that is available this afternoon, Wednesday, March 5, at 3:00 p.m. If interested, you are encouraged
to register for this free event using the following link: <o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="Default"><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:#1F1515">Wednesday, March 5th, 3:00-4:00pm CT.
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</span><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:blue"><a href="https://iskme.zoom.us/meeting/register/0TfHZ4OpQouc4WbbpIRaPA#/registration">OER & UDL</a></span><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:#1F1515">
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:13.5pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:#00386C">Flavia Belpoliti, PhD (she/her/hers -INTJ)<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:black;mso-ligatures:none">Chair, Open Educational Resources (OER) Committee</span></b><b><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;mso-ligatures:none"><o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><i><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:#4F5352">Associate Professor of Spanish.
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<p class="MsoNormal"><i><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:#4F5352">Hispanic Studies BA and Spanish Language Teaching MA Director.
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<p class="MsoNormal"><i><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:#4F5352">Provost Fellow 2024-2025</span></i><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:black"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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