<html><head><meta http-equiv="content-type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8"></head><body style="overflow-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; line-break: after-white-space;"><div><font face="Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif" style="font-size: 11pt;">Dear ATTW colleagues,</font><div style="font-style: inherit; font-variant-caps: inherit; border: 0px; font-variant-ligatures: inherit; font-variant-position: inherit; font-variant-numeric: inherit; font-variant-alternates: inherit; font-variant-east-asian: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-size: 11pt; line-height: inherit; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif, serif, EmojiFont; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><br aria-hidden="true"></div><div style="font-style: inherit; font-variant-caps: inherit; border: 0px; font-variant-ligatures: inherit; font-variant-position: inherit; font-variant-numeric: inherit; font-variant-alternates: inherit; font-variant-east-asian: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-size: 11pt; line-height: inherit; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif, serif, EmojiFont; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">Please share our MA and PhD programs with your students. We’ve just extended our application deadline to January 11. I am happy to answer any questions or direct them to our DGS, Dr. Beau Pihlaja, at <a href="mailto:english.tcr@ttu.edu">english.tcr@ttu.edu</a>. More details below.</div></div><div style="font-style: inherit; font-variant-caps: inherit; border: 0px; font-variant-ligatures: inherit; font-variant-position: inherit; font-variant-numeric: inherit; font-variant-alternates: inherit; font-variant-east-asian: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-size: 11pt; line-height: inherit; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif, serif, EmojiFont; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><br></div><div style="font-style: inherit; font-variant-caps: inherit; border: 0px; font-variant-ligatures: inherit; font-variant-position: inherit; font-variant-numeric: inherit; font-variant-alternates: inherit; font-variant-east-asian: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-size: 11pt; line-height: inherit; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif, serif, EmojiFont; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">Michael</div><div><br></div><div><div style="font-style: inherit; font-variant-caps: inherit; border: 0px; font-variant-ligatures: inherit; font-variant-position: inherit; font-variant-numeric: inherit; font-variant-alternates: inherit; font-variant-east-asian: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-size: 11pt; line-height: inherit; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif, serif, EmojiFont; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="border: 0px; font-style: inherit; font-variant-ligatures: inherit; font-variant-position: inherit; font-variant-caps: inherit; font-variant-numeric: inherit; font-variant-alternates: inherit; font-variant-east-asian: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-size: 12pt; line-height: inherit; font-family: "TW Cen MT", "Century Gothic", sans-serif, serif, EmojiFont; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline; color: rgb(200, 38, 19);"><b>Join Texas Tech University's Distinguished Tech Comm Programs! </b></span></div><div style="font-style: inherit; font-variant-caps: inherit; border: 0px; font-variant-ligatures: inherit; font-variant-position: inherit; font-variant-numeric: inherit; font-variant-alternates: inherit; font-variant-east-asian: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-size: 11pt; line-height: inherit; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif, serif, EmojiFont; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="border: 0px; font-style: inherit; font-variant-ligatures: inherit; font-variant-position: inherit; font-variant-caps: inherit; font-variant-numeric: inherit; font-variant-alternates: inherit; font-variant-east-asian: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-size: 12pt; line-height: inherit; font-family: "Times New Roman", serif, serif, EmojiFont; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><br aria-hidden="true"></span></div><div style="font-style: inherit; font-variant-caps: inherit; border: 0px; font-variant-ligatures: inherit; font-variant-position: inherit; font-variant-numeric: inherit; font-variant-alternates: inherit; font-variant-east-asian: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-size: 11pt; line-height: inherit; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif, serif, EmojiFont; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="border: 0px; font-style: inherit; font-variant-ligatures: inherit; font-variant-position: inherit; font-variant-caps: inherit; font-variant-numeric: inherit; font-variant-alternates: inherit; font-variant-east-asian: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-size: 12pt; line-height: inherit; font-family: "Palatino Linotype", "Book Antiqua", Palatino, serif, serif, EmojiFont; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">We offer the </span><span style="border: 0px; font-style: inherit; font-variant-ligatures: inherit; font-variant-position: inherit; font-variant-caps: inherit; font-variant-numeric: inherit; font-variant-alternates: inherit; font-variant-east-asian: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-size: 12pt; line-height: inherit; font-family: "Palatino Linotype", "Book Antiqua", Palatino, serif, serif, EmojiFont; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><b>MA in Technical Communication</b></span><span style="border: 0px; font-style: inherit; font-variant-ligatures: inherit; font-variant-position: inherit; font-variant-caps: inherit; font-variant-numeric: inherit; font-variant-alternates: inherit; font-variant-east-asian: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-size: 12pt; line-height: inherit; font-family: "Palatino Linotype", "Book Antiqua", Palatino, serif, serif, EmojiFont; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"> and </span><span style="border: 0px; font-style: inherit; font-variant-ligatures: inherit; font-variant-position: inherit; font-variant-caps: inherit; font-variant-numeric: inherit; font-variant-alternates: inherit; font-variant-east-asian: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-size: 12pt; line-height: inherit; font-family: "Palatino Linotype", "Book Antiqua", Palatino, serif, serif, EmojiFont; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><b>PhD in Technical Communication & Rhetoric</b></span><span style="border: 0px; font-style: inherit; font-variant-ligatures: inherit; font-variant-position: inherit; font-variant-caps: inherit; font-variant-numeric: inherit; font-variant-alternates: inherit; font-variant-east-asian: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-size: 12pt; line-height: inherit; font-family: "Palatino Linotype", "Book Antiqua", Palatino, serif, serif, EmojiFont; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">. All of our graduate programs are delivered via online and onsite modalities. </span><span style="border: 0px; font-style: inherit; font-variant-ligatures: inherit; font-variant-position: inherit; font-variant-caps: inherit; font-variant-numeric: inherit; font-variant-alternates: inherit; font-variant-east-asian: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-size: 12pt; line-height: inherit; font-family: "Palatino Linotype", "Book Antiqua", Palatino, serif, serif, EmojiFont; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">Application deadline is </span><span style="border: 0px; font-style: inherit; font-variant-ligatures: inherit; font-variant-position: inherit; font-variant-caps: inherit; font-variant-numeric: inherit; font-variant-alternates: inherit; font-variant-east-asian: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-size: 12pt; line-height: inherit; font-family: "Palatino Linotype", "Book Antiqua", Palatino, serif, serif, EmojiFont; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><b style="font-variant-caps: inherit; font-variant-ligatures: inherit;">January 11, 2023</b></span><span style="border: 0px; font-style: inherit; font-variant-ligatures: inherit; font-variant-position: inherit; font-variant-caps: inherit; font-variant-numeric: inherit; font-variant-alternates: inherit; font-variant-east-asian: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-size: 12pt; line-height: inherit; font-family: "Palatino Linotype", "Book Antiqua", Palatino, serif, serif, EmojiFont; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"> for both the MA and PhD. </span><i style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; text-align: center; font-variant-caps: inherit; font-variant-ligatures: inherit; color: rgb(66, 66, 66);"><span style="border: 0px; font-style: inherit; font-variant-ligatures: inherit; font-variant-position: inherit; font-variant-caps: inherit; font-variant-numeric: inherit; font-variant-alternates: inherit; font-variant-east-asian: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-size: 12pt; line-height: inherit; font-family: "Palatino Linotype", "Book Antiqua", Palatino, serif, serif, EmojiFont; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">We do not require the GRE for grad applications. </span></i></div><div style="font-family: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant-caps: inherit; border: 0px; font-variant-ligatures: inherit; font-variant-position: inherit; font-variant-numeric: inherit; font-variant-alternates: inherit; font-variant-east-asian: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-size: 11pt; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><p style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; margin: 0px; color: rgb(66, 66, 66);"><br aria-hidden="true"></p><p style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; text-align: center; margin: 0px; color: rgb(66, 66, 66);"><span style="border: 0px; font-style: inherit; font-variant-ligatures: inherit; font-variant-position: inherit; font-variant-caps: inherit; font-variant-numeric: inherit; font-variant-alternates: inherit; font-variant-east-asian: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-size: 12pt; line-height: inherit; font-family: "Palatino Linotype", "Book Antiqua", Palatino, serif, serif, EmojiFont; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">👉 Information on our MA: <a href="https://www.depts.ttu.edu/english/programs_degrees/ma/tc/index.php">https://www.depts.ttu.edu/english/programs_degrees/ma/tc/index.php</a> </span></p><p style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; text-align: center; margin: 0px; color: rgb(66, 66, 66);"><span style="border: 0px; font-style: inherit; font-variant-ligatures: inherit; font-variant-position: inherit; font-variant-caps: inherit; font-variant-numeric: inherit; font-variant-alternates: inherit; font-variant-east-asian: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-size: 12pt; line-height: inherit; font-family: "Palatino Linotype", "Book Antiqua", Palatino, serif, serif, EmojiFont; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">👉 Information on our PhD: <a href="https://www.depts.ttu.edu/english/programs_degrees/phd/tcr/index.php">https://www.depts.ttu.edu/english/programs_degrees/phd/tcr/index.php</a> </span></p><p style="font-size: 12pt; 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font-variant-numeric: inherit; font-variant-alternates: inherit; font-variant-east-asian: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-size: 12pt; line-height: inherit; font-family: "Palatino Linotype", "Book Antiqua", Palatino, serif, serif, EmojiFont; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"> </span></p><p style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; margin: 0px; color: rgb(66, 66, 66);"><span style="border: 0px; font-style: inherit; font-variant-ligatures: inherit; font-variant-position: inherit; font-variant-caps: inherit; font-variant-numeric: inherit; font-variant-alternates: inherit; font-variant-east-asian: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-size: 12pt; line-height: inherit; font-family: "Palatino Linotype", "Book Antiqua", Palatino, serif, serif, EmojiFont; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"> </span></p><p style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; margin: 0px; color: rgb(66, 66, 66);"><span style="border: 0px; font-style: inherit; font-variant-ligatures: inherit; font-variant-position: inherit; font-variant-caps: inherit; font-variant-numeric: inherit; font-variant-alternates: inherit; font-variant-east-asian: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-size: 12pt; line-height: inherit; font-family: "Palatino Linotype", "Book Antiqua", Palatino, serif, serif, EmojiFont; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">Our programs' distinctive features include: </span></p><p style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; margin: 0px; color: rgb(66, 66, 66);"><span style="border: 0px; font-style: inherit; font-variant-ligatures: inherit; font-variant-position: inherit; font-variant-caps: inherit; font-variant-numeric: inherit; font-variant-alternates: inherit; font-variant-east-asian: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-size: inherit; line-height: inherit; font-family: "Times New Roman", serif, serif, EmojiFont; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><br aria-hidden="true"></span></p><p style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; margin: 0px; color: rgb(66, 66, 66);"><span style="border: 0px; font-style: inherit; font-variant-ligatures: inherit; font-variant-position: inherit; font-variant-caps: inherit; font-variant-numeric: inherit; font-variant-alternates: inherit; font-variant-east-asian: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-size: 12pt; line-height: inherit; font-family: "TW Cen MT", "Century Gothic", sans-serif, serif, EmojiFont; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline; color: rgb(200, 38, 19);"><b>1. Competitive Funding for Onsite MA & PhD Students</b></span><span style="border: 0px; font-style: inherit; font-variant-ligatures: inherit; font-variant-position: inherit; font-variant-caps: inherit; font-variant-numeric: inherit; font-variant-alternates: inherit; font-variant-east-asian: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-size: inherit; line-height: inherit; font-family: "Times New Roman", serif, serif, EmojiFont; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"></span></p><p style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; margin: 0px; color: rgb(66, 66, 66);"><span style="border: 0px; font-style: inherit; font-variant-ligatures: inherit; font-variant-position: inherit; font-variant-caps: inherit; font-variant-numeric: inherit; font-variant-alternates: inherit; font-variant-east-asian: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-size: 12pt; line-height: inherit; font-family: "Times New Roman", serif, serif, EmojiFont; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"> </span></p><p style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; margin: 0px; color: rgb(66, 66, 66);"><span style="border: 0px; font-style: inherit; font-variant-ligatures: inherit; font-variant-position: inherit; font-variant-caps: inherit; font-variant-numeric: inherit; font-variant-alternates: inherit; font-variant-east-asian: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-size: 12pt; line-height: inherit; font-family: "Palatino Linotype", "Book Antiqua", Palatino, serif, serif, EmojiFont; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">We remain well-poised in an era of uncertain financial times for higher education. We guarantee four years of annual stipends ($20,000) for all of our onsite</span><span style="border: 0px; font-style: inherit; font-variant-ligatures: inherit; font-variant-position: inherit; font-variant-caps: inherit; font-variant-numeric: inherit; font-variant-alternates: inherit; font-variant-east-asian: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-size: inherit; line-height: inherit; font-family: "Times New Roman", serif, serif, EmojiFont; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><b><span style="border: 0px; font-style: inherit; font-variant-ligatures: inherit; font-variant-position: inherit; font-variant-caps: inherit; font-variant-numeric: inherit; font-variant-alternates: inherit; font-variant-east-asian: inherit; font-weight: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-size: 12pt; line-height: inherit; font-family: "Palatino Linotype", "Book Antiqua", Palatino, serif, serif, EmojiFont; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"> </span></b></span><span style="border: 0px; font-style: inherit; font-variant-ligatures: inherit; font-variant-position: inherit; font-variant-caps: inherit; font-variant-numeric: inherit; font-variant-alternates: inherit; font-variant-east-asian: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-size: 12pt; line-height: inherit; font-family: "Palatino Linotype", "Book Antiqua", Palatino, serif, serif, EmojiFont; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">PhD students and two years of stipends ($14,000) for our onsite MA students. Lubbock, TX also offers a low cost of living for a city with a population of 300,000+. <b>And oh, did we mention the 300+ days of sunshine</b> in the south plains?</span><span style="border: 0px; font-style: inherit; font-variant-ligatures: inherit; font-variant-position: inherit; font-variant-caps: inherit; font-variant-numeric: inherit; font-variant-alternates: inherit; font-variant-east-asian: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-size: inherit; line-height: inherit; font-family: "Times New Roman", serif, serif, EmojiFont; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"></span></p><p style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; margin: 0px; color: rgb(66, 66, 66);"><span style="border: 0px; font-style: inherit; font-variant-ligatures: inherit; font-variant-position: inherit; font-variant-caps: inherit; font-variant-numeric: inherit; font-variant-alternates: inherit; font-variant-east-asian: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-size: 12pt; line-height: inherit; font-family: "Palatino Linotype", "Book Antiqua", Palatino, serif, serif, EmojiFont; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"> </span></p><p style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; margin: 0px; color: rgb(66, 66, 66);"><b><span style="border: 0px; font-style: inherit; font-variant-ligatures: inherit; font-variant-position: inherit; font-variant-caps: inherit; font-variant-numeric: inherit; font-variant-alternates: inherit; font-variant-east-asian: inherit; font-weight: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-size: 12pt; line-height: inherit; font-family: "TW Cen MT", "Century Gothic", sans-serif, serif, EmojiFont; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline; color: rgb(200, 38, 19);">2. Diverse Faculty Strengths</span></b><span style="border: 0px; font-style: inherit; font-variant-ligatures: inherit; font-variant-position: inherit; font-variant-caps: inherit; font-variant-numeric: inherit; font-variant-alternates: inherit; font-variant-east-asian: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-size: inherit; line-height: inherit; font-family: "Times New Roman", serif, serif, EmojiFont; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"></span></p><p style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; margin: 0px; color: rgb(66, 66, 66);"><span style="border: 0px; font-style: inherit; font-variant-ligatures: inherit; font-variant-position: inherit; font-variant-caps: inherit; font-variant-numeric: inherit; font-variant-alternates: inherit; font-variant-east-asian: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-size: 12pt; line-height: inherit; font-family: "Times New Roman", serif, serif, EmojiFont; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"> </span></p><p style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; margin: 0px; color: rgb(66, 66, 66);"><span style="border: 0px; font-style: inherit; font-variant-ligatures: inherit; font-variant-position: inherit; font-variant-caps: inherit; font-variant-numeric: inherit; font-variant-alternates: inherit; font-variant-east-asian: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-size: 12pt; line-height: inherit; font-family: "Palatino Linotype", "Book Antiqua", Palatino, serif, serif, EmojiFont; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">We have 15 assistant, associate, and full professors with an array of theoretical, practical, and methodological approaches to technical communication and rhetoric. Our particular area strengths are:</span><span style="border: 0px; font-style: inherit; font-variant-ligatures: inherit; font-variant-position: inherit; font-variant-caps: inherit; font-variant-numeric: inherit; font-variant-alternates: inherit; font-variant-east-asian: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-size: inherit; line-height: inherit; font-family: "Times New Roman", serif, serif, EmojiFont; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"></span></p><p style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; margin: 0px; color: rgb(66, 66, 66);"></p><ul><li><span style="font-family: "Palatino Linotype", "Book Antiqua", Palatino, serif, serif, EmojiFont; font-size: 12pt; font-style: inherit; font-variant-ligatures: inherit; font-variant-caps: inherit; text-indent: 36pt;">Technical Communication and User Experience Design</span></li><li><span style="font-family: "Palatino Linotype", "Book Antiqua", Palatino, serif, serif, EmojiFont; font-size: 12pt; font-style: inherit; font-variant-ligatures: inherit; font-variant-caps: inherit; text-indent: 36pt;">Rhetorics of Science, Health, and Medicine</span></li><li><span style="font-family: "Palatino Linotype", "Book Antiqua", Palatino, serif, serif, EmojiFont; font-size: 12pt; font-style: inherit; font-variant-ligatures: inherit; font-variant-caps: inherit; text-indent: 36pt;">Composition, Literacy, and Pedagogy</span></li><li><span style="font-family: "Palatino Linotype", "Book Antiqua", Palatino, serif, serif, EmojiFont; font-size: 12pt; font-style: inherit; font-variant-ligatures: inherit; font-variant-caps: inherit; text-indent: 36pt;">Ethics, Feminism, and Public Rhetoric</span></li></ul><p></p><p style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; text-indent: 36pt; margin: 0px; color: rgb(66, 66, 66);"><span style="border: 0px; font-style: inherit; font-variant-ligatures: inherit; font-variant-position: inherit; font-variant-caps: inherit; font-variant-numeric: inherit; font-variant-alternates: inherit; font-variant-east-asian: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-size: inherit; line-height: inherit; font-family: "Times New Roman", serif, serif, EmojiFont; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"></span></p><p style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; margin: 0px; color: rgb(66, 66, 66);"><span style="border: 0px; font-style: inherit; font-variant-ligatures: inherit; font-variant-position: inherit; font-variant-caps: inherit; font-variant-numeric: inherit; font-variant-alternates: inherit; font-variant-east-asian: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-size: 12pt; line-height: inherit; font-family: "Palatino Linotype", "Book Antiqua", Palatino, serif, serif, EmojiFont; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"> </span></p><p style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; margin: 0px; color: rgb(66, 66, 66);"><b><span style="border: 0px; font-style: inherit; font-variant-ligatures: inherit; font-variant-position: inherit; font-variant-caps: inherit; font-variant-numeric: inherit; font-variant-alternates: inherit; font-variant-east-asian: inherit; font-weight: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-size: 12pt; line-height: inherit; font-family: "TW Cen MT", "Century Gothic", sans-serif, serif, EmojiFont; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline; color: rgb(200, 38, 19);">3. Graduate Student Placement in Academia and Industry</span></b><span style="border: 0px; font-style: inherit; font-variant-ligatures: inherit; font-variant-position: inherit; font-variant-caps: inherit; font-variant-numeric: inherit; font-variant-alternates: inherit; font-variant-east-asian: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-size: inherit; line-height: inherit; font-family: "Times New Roman", serif, serif, EmojiFont; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"></span></p><p style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; margin: 12pt 0px; color: rgb(66, 66, 66);"><span style="border: 0px; font-style: inherit; font-variant-ligatures: inherit; font-variant-position: inherit; font-variant-caps: inherit; font-variant-numeric: inherit; font-variant-alternates: inherit; font-variant-east-asian: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-size: 12pt; line-height: inherit; font-family: "Palatino Linotype", "Book Antiqua", Palatino, serif, serif, EmojiFont; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">We realize that the traditional purpose of a graduate degree has been changing from the exclusive pursuit of a tenure-track academic position.</span><span style="border: 0px; font-style: inherit; font-variant-ligatures: inherit; font-variant-position: inherit; font-variant-caps: inherit; font-variant-numeric: inherit; font-variant-alternates: inherit; font-variant-east-asian: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-size: inherit; line-height: inherit; font-family: "Times New Roman", serif, serif, EmojiFont; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><b><span style="border: 0px; font-style: inherit; font-variant-ligatures: inherit; font-variant-position: inherit; font-variant-caps: inherit; font-variant-numeric: inherit; font-variant-alternates: inherit; font-variant-east-asian: inherit; font-weight: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-size: 12pt; line-height: inherit; font-family: "Palatino Linotype", "Book Antiqua", Palatino, serif, serif, EmojiFont; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"> </span></b></span><span style="border: 0px; font-style: inherit; font-variant-ligatures: inherit; font-variant-position: inherit; font-variant-caps: inherit; font-variant-numeric: inherit; font-variant-alternates: inherit; font-variant-east-asian: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-size: 12pt; line-height: inherit; font-family: "Palatino Linotype", "Book Antiqua", Palatino, serif, serif, EmojiFont; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">Our current MA and PhD students come to us from companies like Google and Microsoft to grow their practitioner careers as technical communicators while others prepare for traditional academic posts. </span></p><p style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; margin: 0px; color: rgb(66, 66, 66);"><span style="border: 0px; font-style: inherit; font-variant-ligatures: inherit; font-variant-position: inherit; font-variant-caps: inherit; font-variant-numeric: inherit; font-variant-alternates: inherit; font-variant-east-asian: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-size: 12pt; line-height: inherit; font-family: "Palatino Linotype", "Book Antiqua", Palatino, serif, serif, EmojiFont; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">Similarly, we prepare our MA students for industry or for application to PhD programs in rhetoric, composition, and technical communication. </span></p><p style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; margin: 0px; color: rgb(66, 66, 66);"><span style="border: 0px; font-style: inherit; font-variant-ligatures: inherit; font-variant-position: inherit; font-variant-caps: inherit; font-variant-numeric: inherit; font-variant-alternates: inherit; font-variant-east-asian: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-size: 12pt; line-height: inherit; font-family: "Palatino Linotype", "Book Antiqua", Palatino, serif, serif, EmojiFont; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"> </span></p><p style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; margin: 0px; color: rgb(66, 66, 66);"><b><span style="border: 0px; font-style: inherit; font-variant-ligatures: inherit; font-variant-position: inherit; font-variant-caps: inherit; font-variant-numeric: inherit; font-variant-alternates: inherit; font-variant-east-asian: inherit; font-weight: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-size: 12pt; line-height: inherit; font-family: "TW Cen MT", "Century Gothic", sans-serif, serif, EmojiFont; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline; color: rgb(200, 38, 19);">4. Flexibility for a Synchronous Online Graduate Education Experience</span></b><span style="border: 0px; font-style: inherit; font-variant-ligatures: inherit; font-variant-position: inherit; font-variant-caps: inherit; font-variant-numeric: inherit; font-variant-alternates: inherit; font-variant-east-asian: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-size: inherit; line-height: inherit; font-family: "Times New Roman", serif, serif, EmojiFont; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"></span></p><p style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; margin: 0px; color: rgb(66, 66, 66);"><span style="border: 0px; font-style: inherit; font-variant-ligatures: inherit; font-variant-position: inherit; font-variant-caps: inherit; font-variant-numeric: inherit; font-variant-alternates: inherit; font-variant-east-asian: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-size: 12pt; line-height: inherit; font-family: "Times New Roman", serif, serif, EmojiFont; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"> </span></p><p style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; margin: 0px; color: rgb(66, 66, 66);"><span style="border: 0px; font-style: inherit; font-variant-ligatures: inherit; font-variant-position: inherit; font-variant-caps: inherit; font-variant-numeric: inherit; font-variant-alternates: inherit; font-variant-east-asian: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-size: 12pt; line-height: inherit; font-family: "Palatino Linotype", "Book Antiqua", Palatino, serif, serif, EmojiFont; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">Our online and onsite MA and PhD programs offer great practical flexibility for current or future working professionals. All of our courses are offered online in a synchronous format that brings together all of our students in a virtual community of learning.</span></p><p style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; margin: 0px; color: rgb(66, 66, 66);"><br aria-hidden="true"></p><p style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; margin: 0px; color: rgb(66, 66, 66);"><span style="border: 0px; font-style: inherit; font-variant-ligatures: inherit; font-variant-position: inherit; font-variant-caps: inherit; font-variant-numeric: inherit; font-variant-alternates: inherit; font-variant-east-asian: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-size: inherit; line-height: inherit; font-family: "Palatino Linotype", "Book Antiqua", Palatino, serif, serif, EmojiFont; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">We look forward to receiving applications from your students! We have attached a flyer that you can share with your students.</span></p><p style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; margin: 0px; color: rgb(66, 66, 66);"><br aria-hidden="true"></p><p style="font-size: 12pt; margin: 0px; color: rgb(66, 66, 66);"><font face="Times New Roman,serif"><span style="border: 0px; font-style: inherit; font-variant-ligatures: inherit; font-variant-position: inherit; font-variant-caps: inherit; font-variant-numeric: inherit; font-variant-alternates: inherit; font-variant-east-asian: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-size: 12pt; line-height: inherit; font-family: "Palatino Linotype", "Book Antiqua", Palatino, serif, serif, EmojiFont; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">Thank you!</span></font></p></div></div><br><div>
<meta charset="UTF-8"><div dir="auto" style="caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); color: rgb(0, 0, 0); letter-spacing: normal; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; text-decoration: none; word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; line-break: after-white-space;"><div>Dr. Michael J. Faris<br>Associate Professor, Technical Communication and Rhetoric<br>Acting Associate Chair, Department of English<br>Texas Tech University<br>Co-editor, Kairos, http://kairos.technorhetoric.net/<br></div></div>
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