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Thank you!!! I will share this information with the Turtle Intensives list as well. I am registering now. All the best, Patricia Johnson Certified Reptile Monitoring, Smithsonian-Mason School of Conservation 2013 NY State licensed wildlife rehabilitator #1337 www.TurtleAdvocate.org 347-242-7058 On Oct 27, 2015, at 12:56 PM, Gray, Matt <[log in to unmask]> wrote: > NEW ONLINE COURSE ON RANAVIRUSES OFFERED!! > 3 February – 20 April 2016 > > We are pleased to announce that the Global Ranavirus Consortium (GRC) will be offering an online continuing education (CE) / professional development course on ranaviruses. This course is open to ALL professionals and students. Over 20 ranavirus experts from around the globe will contribute to instruction. The course will meet on Wednesdays (3 February – 20 April 2016) from 9:05 – 12:05 hours (Eastern Time, New York, USA). To facilitate global participation, all lectures will be recorded in real-time (video of presentations and audio by instructors and participants) using free interactive software (Zoom, https://zoom.us/support/download), and recordings made available on an iTunes website. The course fee is $250 for GRC members and $300 for non-members. The GRC will use these funds to support future professional development activities. > > More information is available on the GRC website: > > http://www.ranavirus.org/online-course-on-ranavirus-biology/ > > Also, here is a draft syllabus and advertisement flyer to distribute: > > http://fwf.ag.utk.edu/mgray/ranavirus/course/GRCDraftCourseSyllabus.pdf > http://fwf.ag.utk.edu/mgray/ranavirus/course/GRCRanavirusCourseFlyer2016.pdf > > Registration will be available on the GRC website by December, with a 22 January 2016 deadline for course enrollment. > > For the participants that want to officially claim CE credit, the GRC will work with you to provide any necessary documentation about the course and its requirements. > > If you have any questions, please do not hesitate to contact one of the GRC Board members. > > Please forward this announcement widely! > > All the Best, > Matt > ______________________________________________________________ > Matthew J. Gray, Ph.D., Professor > Director, Global Ranavirus Consortium > Co-chair, PARC National Disease Task Team > Associate Director, Center for Wildlife Health ORU > University of Tennessee > 274 Ellington Plant Sciences Building > Knoxville, TN 37996-4563 > 865.974.2740 [ofc] [log in to unmask] > 865.974.4714 [fax] http://fwf.ag.utk.edu/personnel/mgray.htm > > For more information about Forestry, Wildlife and Fisheries at UTK, > Please visit http://fwf.ag.utk.edu/ or call 865.974.7126 > _____________________________________________________________ > >