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<p style="background-color: white; margin: 0in;" class="elementToProof"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", "Times", serif; font-size: 18pt; color: rgb(233, 113, 50);" class="elementToProof"><b>McDonald Observatory Fellowship Application CLOSES WEDNESDAY!</b></span></p>
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", "Times", serif; font-size: 13pt; color: black;" class="elementToProof">FOR ALL UTEACH ALUMNI</span></p>
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", "Times", serif; font-size: 13.5pt; color: black;" class="elementToProof"><b>Applications close WEDNESDAY February 18, 2026</b></span></p>
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", "Times", serif; font-size: 13.5pt; color: black;" class="elementToProof"><b>Apply here: </b>Invite your alumni: </span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", "Times", serif; font-size: 13.5pt; color: rgb(70, 120, 134);" class="elementToProof"><u><a data-auth="NotApplicable" data-linkindex="2" originalsrc="https://mcdonaldobservatory.org/teachers/profdev" style="color: rgb(70, 120, 134); margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px;" rel="noopener noreferrer" title="Original URL: https://mcdonaldobservatory.org/teachers/profdev. Click or tap if you trust this link." class="OWAAutoLink" id="OWA22bc922a-86d3-1f3e-bf04-51e2d9a56665" target="_blank" href="https://nam04.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fmcdonaldobservatory.org%2Fteachers%2Fprofdev&data=05%7C02%7Cfsuteachgrads%40lists.fsu.edu%7C41012f59ccb74fdafd4c08de6e42275a%7Ca36450ebdb0642a78d1b026719f701e3%7C0%7C0%7C639069427573257077%7CUnknown%7CTWFpbGZsb3d8eyJFbXB0eU1hcGkiOnRydWUsIlYiOiIwLjAuMDAwMCIsIlAiOiJXaW4zMiIsIkFOIjoiTWFpbCIsIldUIjoyfQ%3D%3D%7C0%7C%7C%7C&sdata=lPHHwjRCqMW6SM9%2BCFaYLye96OVn%2BALTxo09YV3sKCM%3D&reserved=0" originalsrc="https://mcdonaldobservatory.org/teachers/profdev">https://mcdonaldobservatory.org/teachers/profdev</a></u></span></p>
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", "Times", serif; font-size: 13.5pt; color: black;" class="elementToProof"><i>Exploring the Cosmos June 16-19</i>, for teachers grades 8-12 </span></p>
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", "Times", serif; font-size: 13.5pt; color: black;" class="elementToProof">Select “UTeach Alumni” on the Summer Workshops application!</span></p>
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", "Times", serif; font-size: 13.5pt; color: black;" class="elementToProof">Are you daydreaming about a cosmic getaway? We’re excited to offer 10 exclusive spots for UTeach alumni at this summer workshop at the McDonald
Observatory: Exploring the Cosmos June 16-19, for grades 8-12 </span></p>
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", "Times", serif; font-size: 13.5pt; color: black;" class="elementToProof">McDonald Observatory Fellows receive free registration, accommodations, travel funding for any out-of-Texas alumni, and 20 hours of continuing
learning credits! </span></p>
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", "Times", serif; font-size: 13.5pt; color: black;" class="elementToProof">These amazing photos were taken by UTeach Dallas alum Emma DeVine at one of the 2024 workshops!</span></p>
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<span style="line-height: 1.15;"><b>Karen Rose, PhD.</b> <br>
<b>Clinical Professor</b><br>
FSU-Teach<br>
Florida State University<br>
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