Sent on behalf of Dr. Maricela Oliva ************************************** Colleagues, Last summer, the Alamo Colleges reached out to me as a member of the higher education program and ELPS department regarding possible partnership on action research projects involving their faculty, staff, and students. Dr. Richard Drum and I have met several times with representatives of the Alamo Colleges in an effort to respond to the interest first communicated to us by Palo Alto President Mike Flores who is now Chancellor Flores. Some of the interest they have conveyed is in general areas not necessarily in ELPS or the higher education program, i.e., curriculum development, developmental education, student mobility, economic status, and other areas situated possibly in other COEHD departments. Dr. Drum and I and others are at a stage now where we want to identify individuals in COEHD who might be interested in additional information about this possible collaboration, and/or to be invited to a subsequent action research workshops or meetings at the college. We have developed the attached form and ask you to fill out and return it to me so we know you are tentatively interested. We will compile this information to help us identify areas of possible collaboration and to be ready to "match" prospective partners if there is interest both at UTSA and the Alamo Colleges. Since this is an emerging partnership and discussions are still developing, filling out the attached form helps us know who to keep well informed. Our next preliminary meeting on this requested partnership is later this afternoon, with academic administrators of the individual campuses. Thanks for your consideration and in advance for you participation. Maricela Maricela Oliva, Ph.D. Associate Dean for Faculty Development UTSA College of Education & Human Development AERA-J Chair, Host City Social Justice Initiative for 2017 Associate Professor, Educational Leadership & Policy Studies The University of Texas at San Antonio One UTSA Circle, MB 2.438 San Antonio, TX 78249 (210) 458-5832 maricela.oliva@utsa.edu<mailto:maricela.oliva@utsa.edu> "...the truest eye may now belong to the migrant's double vision." homi k. bhabha