Great, thanks!
On Friday, October 29, 2021, Sperry, Rita <Rita.Sperry@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
All,
It was great meeting with several of you last week at the National
Learning Communities Conference for our Annual LCA Business Meeting.
We will be needing to do an official electronic vote on some amendments to
our LCA by-laws that will go out next week. Thus, please make sure that you
have entered your updated membership information here:
https://tamucc.co1.qualtrics.com/jfe/form/SV_0DPwlqoNYJPkHB4.
We will be pulling the LCA membership roster from this survey for our
e-vote next *Friday, November 5* at NOON CT. We want all of your voices
included!
*Rita Sperry, PhD*
Interim Chair, Department of Interdisciplinary Studies
Coordinator, First-Year Learning Communities Program
Professional Senior Professor, First-Year Seminar
Texas A&M University-Corpus Christi
rita.sperry@xxxxxxxxxx | 361.825.3158 | FC 117
*Click here <http://learningcommunities.tamucc.edu/> **to learn more
about the First-Year Learning Communities Program at TAMU-CC!*
Want to meet with Dr. Rita? Schedule an appointment!
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*From:* learningcommunitiesassociation-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx <
learningcommunitiesassociation-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> *On Behalf Of *Sperry,
Rita
*Sent:* Friday, October 15, 2021 6:24 PM
*To:* learningcommunitiesassociation@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
*Subject:* [learningcommunitiesassociation] October 2021 LCA Updates
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Greetings, LCA Colleagues!
As the year wraps up for our 2020-2021 LCA Council, we have a few
important updates and announcements to share with our membership.
*LCA Membership Directory*
We will be moving to a new communication channel within the next month and
discontinuing the use of both this MailChimp mailing list, as well as our
freelists.org listserv. In order to ensure that you are still included in
our communications, please fill out the membership directory survey here
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if you have not yet done so. Bonus: We will be sharing the membership
directory information with all registered LCA members so you can make
connections with LC colleagues across the country!
*Speaking of Directories…*
Some of you might recall that this past year, the National Learning
Communities Collaborative asked campuses to contribute their LC program
information in an effort to create a national directory of living-learning
community, residential college, coordinated studies, and linked course
learning community programs.
We are delighted to announce that the directory is now available
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has entries for 275 learning community programs
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from
a wide variety of institutions. The directory is searchable by state,
region, and institution type. We encourage learning community faculty and
practitioners to use this directory to build community, share resources,
and learn from one another.
Over the next several weeks, this directory will be introduced to learning
community practitioners at several national conferences, including the
National Learning Communities conference next week. We want to ensure that
all institutions offering learning communities, living-learning
communities, coordinated studies programs, and residential colleges are
represented in this directory as it is shared nationally. To update an
existing entry or to add your institution to this directory, please visit
the National Learning Community Directory Submission Form
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The directory is hosted by the Washington Center for Improving
Undergraduate Education. Please direct questions, suggestions, or other
comments to washcenter@xxxxxxxxxxxxx.
*National Learning Communities Conference *
The National Learning Communities Conference will be held next week on
October 21-22 via Zoom. (If you have not yet registered, there is still
time! Check out the website here
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for information.)
Please take note of a few items in the NLCC 2021 schedule
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for LCA members:
- *Thursday, October 21, 2pm ET, Room 4: LCA Community of Practice for
LC Research:* Join Nathan Phelps and Chelsie Hawkinson in this session
if you are interested in continuing the conversations started this past
spring in our COP for LC Research regarding our efforts to improve the
quality of research and assessment on learning communities.
- *Friday, October 22, 3pm ET: Closing Session and Outstanding LC
Advocate Award: *This year the LCA is honoring several leaders for
their contributions to LC work with our inaugural Outstanding LC Advocate
Award. We hope you will join us to recognize our recipients!
- *Friday, October 22, 4pm ET: LCA Business Meeting: *This is an
opportunity for LCA members to dialogue with the LCA Council, discuss
proposed amendments to our by-laws, and learn about the new LCA Council
members for 2021-2022 selected by our nominations committee. If you want to
find out more about LCA or how to get involved on the Council, considering
joining us!
*LCA By-Law Amendment Vote*
There will be an electronic vote regarding proposed amendments to our LCA
By-Laws
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going out to all members near the end of the month. This is yet another
reason to ensure that you have included your information in our membership
directory here
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!
We know that this year has been as busy and challenging as ever. We value
the contributions of our LCA members and look forward to new and exciting
opportunities to connect in 2022!
All the best,
*Rita Sperry, PhD*
President, Learning Communities Association
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