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<p class="isselectedend" align="center" style="text-align:center"><b><span style="font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black">Announcing the “Deliberative Dialogue Learnathon”
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<p class="isselectedend" align="center" style="text-align:center"><b><span style="font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black">(5 Short Modules for Faculty and Teaching Staff | Now–April 7)</span></b><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="isselectedend"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black">East Texas A&M University invites all faculty and teaching staff<b>
</b>to participate in a campus-wide <strong><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">Deliberative Dialogue Learnathon</span></strong>, available now through
<strong><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">April 7</span></strong>, in advance of the university’s
<strong><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">Civil Discourse Day</span></strong>.</span><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="isselectedend"><strong><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black">Quick Facts</span></strong><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black"><br>
</span><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black">What — Deliberative Dialogue Learnathon through ACUE Commons</span><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black"><br>
</span><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black">Time Commitment — Five Quick Studies (each one hour or less)</span><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black"><br>
</span><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black">Availability — Now through April 7</span><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black"><br>
</span><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black">Recognition — Shareable digital badge upon completion</span><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="isselectedend"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black">Through
<strong><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">ACUE Commons</span></strong>, participants can complete a series of Quick Studies that provide practical and proven strategies for facilitating constructive dialogue in the classroom.</span><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="isselectedend"><strong><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black">Quick Study Topics</span></strong><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black"><br>
</span><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black">• What Is Deliberative Dialogue?</span><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black"><br>
</span><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black">• Integrating Deliberative Dialogue Into Your Course</span><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black"><br>
</span><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black">• Preparing for Deliberative Dialogue Through Practice</span><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black"><br>
</span><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black">• Launching a Deliberative Dialogue</span><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black"><br>
</span><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black">• Facilitating a Deliberative Dialogue</span><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="isselectedend"><strong><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black">Register and Get Started</span></strong><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black"><br>
</span><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black">Self-register for
</span><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black"><a href="https://learn.acue.org/my-account/join-team/20633712c378e8f75d6def4a3997751e/"><span style="font-size:12.0pt">ACUE Commons</span></a></span><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black">
using your <strong><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">.etamu email address</span></strong> to receive your invitation and begin the series.</span><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p><strong><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black">Questions?</span></strong><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black"><br>
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<p><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black">Carrie Klypchak, PhD</span><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black"><br>
</span><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black">ACUE Campus Lead and Senior Executive Director of Academic Investment</span><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black"><br>
<a href="mailto:Carrie.Klypchak@etamu.edu"><span style="font-size:12.0pt">Carrie.Klypchak@etamu.edu</span></a><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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