<div dir="ltr"><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:garamond,serif;font-size:small"><p style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:Arial;color:rgb(0,0,0);font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">Dear all,</span></p><p style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:Arial;color:rgb(0,0,0);font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap"><br></span></p><p style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:Arial;font-size:12pt;white-space:pre-wrap">The Conference on College Composition and Communication (CCCC) and the Writing Program Administration Graduate Organization (WPA-GO) are co-sponsoring the fifth annual Mentoring @ Cs (M@Cs) event in Milwaukee, Wisconsin at 4C20 (March 25th-28th).</span><br></p><br><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:Arial;color:rgb(0,0,0);font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">Through our digital initiative, we will offer both face-to-face and online options for mentorship. We have options for digital mentorship via Skype, Zoom, or Google Hangouts as an option for those who will not be at the Cs. That being said, we will continue to host events to support face-to-face mentorship during Cs so that mentors, mentees, and/or collaborators who are able to attend Cs will have the opportunity to meet at the conference to chat over provided food and drinks (at the WPA-GO coffee social and the light breakfast event) and/or attend a session of mutual interest.</span></p><br><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:Arial;color:rgb(0,0,0);font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">A guiding theme of the 2020 CCCCs is inclusivity, and we believe that cross-institutional mentoring can make the discipline more accessible to current and future scholars. M@Cs is dedicated to friendly cross-institutional mentoring and networking opportunities for scholars and future scholars who may not otherwise meet. We welcome mentees, mentors, and collaborators with a wide range of interests within rhetoric and composition (not only writing program administration). We'll pair up participants based on information provided in the form linked below, and we will email you about your  pairing before the conference. Participants will contact each other once they are placed in their pairs to determine a place and time that works best for them.</span></p><br><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:Arial;color:rgb(0,0,0);font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">Don't miss out! </span><span style="text-decoration-line:underline;font-size:12pt;font-family:Arial;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap"><a href="https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSdxE6J_bxObPN5Zlr37sqRd44X_QOeoJ3DMbVEmnLhAYVW-4A/viewform" target="_blank">Find out more info and sign up now by following this link</a></span><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:Arial;color:rgb(0,0,0);font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap"><a href="https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSdxE6J_bxObPN5Zlr37sqRd44X_QOeoJ3DMbVEmnLhAYVW-4A/viewform" target="_blank"> </a>before February 7th! Please feel free to share widely. We are happy to answer any questions!</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:"Times New Roman";color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap"> </span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:Arial;color:rgb(0,0,0);font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">Thank you!</span></p><br><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:Arial;color:rgb(0,0,0);font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">WPA-GO Mentoring Events Committee</span></p><br><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:Arial;color:rgb(0,0,0);font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">Sara Lovett, Chair</span></p><p dir="l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