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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt">For those of you teaching in the Fall, I’m passing along information from Dr. Katie Johnson about Faculty Course Proposals for Learning Assistants in Fall 2021.
<b>Applications requested by March 16.</b><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<span style="color:black">The application for Faculty Course Proposals is now open on the usual website:<span class="apple-converted-space"> </span><a href="https://urldefense.com/v3/__http://learningassistantalliance.org/__;!!IkmNjII!URaIaQmKfQgH1v8YdxVkvvWdKFp5OKO6Ko108tTE819piIB0Z72OXHtgG1L_rUQA$"><span style="color:#0563C1">learningassistantalliance.org</span></a>!
We ask that you please apply by Tuesday, March 16<sup>th</sup>. Student applications will open the next day, so if your proposal is late, some of the student applicants won’t be able to see your course’s information.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:black">For faculty who are new to the LA Program, here is more information:
<a href="https://www.fgcu.edu/ous/studentresources/la/faculty/la_faculty">https://www.fgcu.edu/ous/studentresources/la/faculty/la_faculty</a>
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<span style="color:black">The LA Alliance has provided an instructional guide which I’ve attached.
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<span style="color:black">Please encourage other faculty in your department to also apply! Students can go ahead and make an account on learningassistantalliance.org, and then they will receive an email announcement when the student applications open.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<span style="color:black">Let<span class="apple-converted-space"> </span>me know if you have any questions or need any help!<span class="apple-converted-space"> </span></span><span style="font-family:"Apple Color Emoji";color:black">😊</span><span style="color:black"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<b><span style="color:black">In case you missed it:<span class="apple-converted-space"> </span></span></b><span style="color:black">we’ll also have some limited funding for experienced LAs to work this summer. Reach out to me directly if you are interested
in hiring an LA this summer. (We won’t use the LA alliance website for this hiring process.)<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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Katie Johnson, Ph.D.<br>
</span><span style="font-size:10.5pt;color:#548235">Associate Professor, Department of Mathematics</span><span style="color:black"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.5pt;color:#548235">Florida Gulf Coast University</span><span style="color:black"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.5pt;color:#548235">Noyce@FGCU | Learning Assistants | FGCUScholars</span><span style="color:black"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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</span><span style="font-size:10.0pt;color:#548235">10501 FGCU Boulevard South</span><span style="color:black"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;color:#548235">Fort Myers, FL 33965-6565<br>
239.590.7235 | Merwin Hall 175</span><span style="color:black"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;color:#548235">Pronouns: she/her |<span class="apple-converted-space"> </span></span><span style="font-size:10.0pt;color:#0432FF"><a href="mailto:kjohnson@fgcu.edu"><span style="color:#0432FF">kjohnson@fgcu.edu</span></a></span><span style="color:black"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<span style="font-size:10.5pt;color:#A6A6A6"><br>
</span><span style="font-size:10.0pt;color:#A6A6A6">Florida has a very broad public records law. As a result, any written communication created or received by Florida Gulf Coast University employees is subject to disclosure to the public and the media, upon
request, unless otherwise exempt. Under Florida law, e-mail addresses are public records. If you do not want your email address released in response to a public records request, do not send electronic mail to this entity. Instead, contact this office by phone
or in writing.</span><span style="color:black"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<b><span style="font-size:10.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black">Brian Johnson, Ph.D.
</span></b><b><span style="font-size:10.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#BFBFBF">|</span></b><b><span style="font-size:10.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black">
</span></b><i><span style="font-size:10.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black">Interim Director and Associate Professor<o:p></o:p></span></i></p>
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<span style="font-size:10.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#17365D">(he / him / his)</span><i><span style="font-size:10.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black"><o:p></o:p></span></i></p>
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<b><span style="font-size:10.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black">Whitaker Center for STEM Education and Department of Mathematics
</span></b><b><span style="font-size:10.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#BFBFBF">|</span></b><b><span style="font-size:10.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black"> College of Arts & Sciences</span></b><span style="font-size:10.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<span style="font-size:10.0pt;line-height:175%;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#2F5496"><a href="http://fgcu.edu/whitakercenter"><span style="color:#0563C1">http://fgcu.edu/whitakercenter</span></a>
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<span style="font-size:11.0pt;line-height:175%;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black"><img border="0" width="171" height="59" style="width:1.7812in;height:.6145in" id="Picture_x0020_4" src="cid:image001.png@01D715C8.EB7ED7C0" alt="signature_1202869274"></span><span style="font-size:14.0pt;line-height:175%;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<span style="font-size:10.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black">10501 FGCU Boulevard South, Fort Myers, FL 33965
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</span><span style="font-size:11.0pt;line-height:115%"><a href="http://www.fgcu.edu"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#0563C1">fgcu.edu</span></a></span><span style="font-size:10.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<span style="font-size:10.0pt;line-height:150%;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black">P:
<b>239.590.7444 </b></span><span style="font-size:10.0pt;line-height:150%;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#BFBFBF">|
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<p class="MsoNormal"><i><span style="font-size:8.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black">Under Florida law, e-mail addresses are public records. If you do not want your email address released in response to a public records request, do not send electronic
mail to this entity. Instead, contact this office by phone or in writing.</span></i><o:p></o:p></p>
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