<html><head><meta http-equiv="content-type" content="text/html; charset=us-ascii"></head><body style="overflow-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; line-break: after-white-space;"><div dir="auto" style="overflow-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; line-break: after-white-space;"><div>Dear ATTW colleagues,</div><div><br></div><div>I hope you are well. At Missouri S&T, we've been provided the opportunity to investigate establishing the first Doctoral Program in Technical Communication within the University of Missouri System and, to our knowledge, the State of Missouri more broadly.</div><div><br></div><div>To align our efforts with our institutional identity, we are specifically interested in advice and ideas about building a doctoral program tailored for students seeking an advanced research degree to work in careers outside the traditional academic tenure track. </div><div><br></div><div>We request your participation in a brief market research survey. Your invaluable insights will help us shape this potential program's possible demand, curriculum, and structure. Please participate in the survey by clicking the following link: <a href="http://sites.mst.edu/gtcproject">sites.mst.edu/gtcproject</a> </div><div><br></div><div>All responses are anonymously collected and will only be used for decision-making internal to the UM System. Your participation will significantly contribute to the advancement of this initiative. </div><div><br></div><div>For questions or further information, don't hesitate to get in touch with me (ryancheek@mst.edu) or Carleigh Davis (<a href="mailto:daviscarl@mst.edu">daviscarl@mst.edu</a>).</div><div><br></div><div>Thank you for your time and contribution.</div><div><br></div><div>Take care,</div><div>Ryan Cheek</div><div><br></div><div><p data-ogsc="rgb(51, 51, 51)" style="font-family: Calibri, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; margin: 0.5em 0px; line-height: 1.3em; color: rgb(51, 51, 51) !important;"><strong data-ogsc=""><span data-ogsc="rgb(0, 59, 73)" style="border: 0px; font-style: inherit; font-variant-caps: inherit; font-weight: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-size: 18px; line-height: 1.35em; font-family: inherit; font-size-adjust: inherit; font-kerning: inherit; font-variant-alternates: inherit; font-variant-ligatures: inherit; font-variant-numeric: inherit; font-variant-east-asian: inherit; 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