<div dir="ltr"><font face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif">Colleagues--</font><div><font face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif"><br></font></div><div><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.2;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:8pt"><font face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif"><span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">My co-investigators and I are engaging in a multi-institutional study that researches the influences on instructors’ design, teaching, and facilitation of culminating experiences for students often known as “<span class="gmail-il" style="">capstone</span> experiences.” To help us understand this better, please take </span><span style="background-color:transparent;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap"><a href="https://usf.az1.qualtrics.com/jfe/form/SV_e5amW9MuBvxLP49">this survey</a></span><span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">, consisting of mostly <span id="gmail-m_-5427056768628182817:30f.2"><span class="" id=":7eo.1" tabindex="-1" style="">Likert</span></span> scale closed-ended questions. This survey should take approximately 20 minutes. Your participation is voluntary but will be most appreciated by your colleagues at The College of Idaho, Indiana University of Pennsylvania, The University of Michigan-Ann Arbor, University of South Florida St. <span id="gmail-m_-5427056768628182817:30f.3"><span class="" id=":7eo.2" tabindex="-1" style="">Petersburg</span></span>, and University of Wisconsin-Green Bay who are conducting this research. <span id="gmail-m_-5427056768628182817:30f.4"><span class="" id=":7eo.3" tabindex="-1" style="">IRB</span></span> approval at all five research sites has been secured.</span></font></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.2;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap"><font face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif">Our goal is to use the data collected from this survey as a way to better understand the <span class="gmail-il" style="">capstone</span> experience from the perspective of <span class="gmail-il" style="">faculty</span> so that we may develop resources to support effective <span class="gmail-il" style="">capstone</span> design and implementation. We are more than happy to share our findings from this survey and the resources we develop as a result of your participation.</font></span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.2;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:8pt"> </p><font face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif">We are looking for a broad range of respondents so please feel free to share the <span class="gmail-il" style="">survey</span> link with any of your colleagues who teach capstones.<br style=""><br style="">Please follow this link to participate in the <span class="gmail-il" style="">survey</span> or you may copy and paste the URL into your <span class="" id=":7eo.4" tabindex="-1" style="">internet</span> browser: </font>

<font face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif"><a class="gmail-m_-8089190121493092999gmail-survey-link gmail-m_-8089190121493092999gmail-ng-binding" href="https://usf.az1.qualtrics.com/jfe/form/SV_e5amW9MuBvxLP49" target="_blank" style="color:rgb(0,122,192);box-sizing:border-box;text-decoration-line:none;outline:none;text-align:center">https://<span class="" id=":7eo.5" tabindex="-1" style="">usf</span>.az1.<span class="" id=":7eo.6" tabindex="-1" style="">qualtrics</span>.com/<span class="" id=":7eo.7" tabindex="-1" style="">jfe</span>/form/<span class="" id=":7eo.8" tabindex="-1" style="">SV</span>_e5amW9MuBvxLP49</a>  </font></div><div><font face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif"><br></font></div><div><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.2;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap"><font face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif" style="">Thank you for your time and please feel free to contact us if you have any questions.</font></span></p><font face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif"><br></font><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><font face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif"><span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">Morgan Gresham, PhD, University of South Florida St. <span id="gmail-m_-5427056768628182817:30f.11"><span class="" id=":7eo.9" tabindex="-1" style="">Petersburg</span></span>, </span><a href="mailto:gresham@mail.usf.edu" target="_blank" style="text-decoration-line:none"><span style="background-color:transparent;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;text-decoration-line:underline;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap"><span id="gmail-m_-5427056768628182817:30f.12"><span class="" id=":7eo.10" tabindex="-1" style="">gresham</span></span>@mail.<span id="gmail-m_-5427056768628182817:30f.13"><span class="" id=":7eo.11" tabindex="-1" style="">usf</span></span>.<span id="gmail-m_-5427056768628182817:30f.14"><span class="" id=":7eo.12" tabindex="-1" style="">edu</span></span></span></a></font></p><font face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif"><br></font><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.2;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap"><font face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif">and</font></span></p><font face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif"><br></font><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><font face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif"><span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">Olivia S. Anderson, PhD, The University of Michigan, </span><a href="mailto:oliviasa@umich.edu" target="_blank" style="text-decoration-line:none"><span style="background-color:transparent;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;text-decoration-line:underline;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap"><span id="gmail-m_-5427056768628182817:30f.15"><span class="" id=":7eo.13" tabindex="-1" style="">oliviasa</span></span>@<span id="gmail-m_-5427056768628182817:30f.16"><span class="" id=":7eo.14" tabindex="-1" style="">umich</span></span>.<span id="gmail-m_-5427056768628182817:30f.17"><span class="" id=":7eo.15" tabindex="-1" style="">edu</span></span></span></a></font></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><font face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif"><span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">Caroline Boswell, PhD, University of Wisconsin-Green Bay, </span><a href="mailto:boswellc@uwgb.edu" target="_blank" style="text-decoration-line:none"><span style="background-color:transparent;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;text-decoration-line:underline;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap"><span id="gmail-m_-5427056768628182817:30f.18"><span class="" id=":7eo.16" tabindex="-1" style="">boswellc</span></span>@<span id="gmail-m_-5427056768628182817:30f.19"><span class="" id=":7eo.17" tabindex="-1" style="">uwgb</span></span>.<span id="gmail-m_-5427056768628182817:30f.20"><span class="" id=":7eo.18" tabindex="-1" style="">edu</span></span></span></a></font></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><font face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif"><span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">Matthew <span id="gmail-m_-5427056768628182817:30f.21"><span class="" id=":7eo.19" tabindex="-1" style="">Laye</span></span> PhD, The College of Idaho, </span><a href="mailto:mlaye@collegeofidaho.edu" target="_blank" style="text-decoration-line:none"><span style="background-color:transparent;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;text-decoration-line:underline;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap"><span id="gmail-m_-5427056768628182817:30f.22"><span class="" id=":7eo.20" tabindex="-1" style="">mlaye</span></span>@<span id="gmail-m_-5427056768628182817:30f.23"><span class="" id=":7eo.21" tabindex="-1" style="">collegeofidaho</span></span>.<span id="gmail-m_-5427056768628182817:30f.24"><span class="" id=":7eo.22" tabindex="-1" style="">edu</span></span></span></a></font></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><font face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif"><span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">Dawn Smith-Sherwood, PhD, Indiana University of Pennsylvania, </span><a href="mailto:smithshe@iup.edu" target="_blank" style="text-decoration-line:none"><span style="background-color:transparent;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;text-decoration-line:underline;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap"><span id="gmail-m_-5427056768628182817:30f.25" style=""><span class="" id=":7eo.23" tabindex="-1" style="">smithshe</span></span>@<span id="gmail-m_-5427056768628182817:30f.26" style=""><span class="" id=":7eo.24" tabindex="-1" style="">iup</span></span>.<span id="gmail-m_-5427056768628182817:30f.27" style=""><span class="" id=":7eo.25" tabindex="-1" style="">edu</span></span></span></a></font></p><div><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_signature" data-smartmail="gmail_signature"><div dir="ltr"><div><div dir="ltr"><div><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr">---------------------------------------------<br><font color="#000000">Morgan Gresham, PhD<br><a href="mailto:gresham@usfsp.edu" target="_blank"><span class="" id=":7eo.26" tabindex="-1" style="">gresham</span>@<span class="" id=":7eo.27" tabindex="-1" style="">usfsp</span>.<span class="" id=":7eo.28" tabindex="-1" style="">edu</span></a><br><br>First-Year Composition Coordinator</font></div><div dir="ltr"><font color="#000000">Associate Professor of English<br>Department of Verbal and Visual Arts<br></font><div><a href="https://works.bepress.com/smorgan-gresham/" target="_blank"><font color="#000000">Find me in the <span class="" id=":7eo.29" tabindex="-1" style="">USFSP</span> Digital Archives</font></a></div><div><font color="#000000">professional pronouns: she/her/hers</font></div><div><br></div><div><span><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial;color:rgb(0,103,71);background-color:transparent;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">140 7th Ave S, <span class="" id=":7eo.30" tabindex="-1" style="">HBR</span> 129</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial;color:rgb(0,103,71);background-color:transparent;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">St. <span class="" id=":7eo.31" tabindex="-1" style="">Petersburg</span>, FL 33701</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><font color="#006747" face="Arial"><span style="font-size:14.6667px;white-space:pre-wrap">727-873-4784</span></font></p></span></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div>