<html><head><meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html charset=windows-1252"></head><body style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; -webkit-line-break: after-white-space;">Begin forwarded message:<div><blockquote type="cite"><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px;"><span style="font-family:'Helvetica'; color:rgba(0, 0, 0, 1.0);"><b>From: </b></span><span style="font-family:'Helvetica';">Matthew Petek <<a href="mailto:matthew.petek@clearslidemail03.com">matthew.petek@clearslidemail03.com</a>><br></span></div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px;"><span style="font-family:'Helvetica'; color:rgba(0, 0, 0, 1.0);"><b>Subject: </b></span><span style="font-family:'Helvetica';"><b>2015 Pearson Coding Contest #alwayscoding</b><br></span></div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px;"><span style="font-family:'Helvetica'; color:rgba(0, 0, 0, 1.0);"><b>Date: </b></span><span style="font-family:'Helvetica';">September 10, 2015 at 10:13:41 AM EDT<br></span></div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px;"><span style="font-family:'Helvetica'; color:rgba(0, 0, 0, 1.0);"><b>To: </b></span><span style="font-family:'Helvetica';"><<a href="mailto:adams@calvin.edu">adams@calvin.edu</a>><br></span></div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px;"><span style="font-family:'Helvetica'; color:rgba(0, 0, 0, 1.0);"><b>Reply-To: </b></span><span style="font-family:'Helvetica';"><<a href="mailto:matthew.petek@pearson.com">matthew.petek@pearson.com</a>><br></span></div><br><div>
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The Pearson Student Coding Contest is designed to reward contestants who develop relevant, innovative, creative, functional, and original applications that integrate with the Pearson APIs. The 2015 contest is open and limited to students who are enrolled in an undergraduate institution within the United States and Canada (excluding Quebec, sorry).</p><h4 style="color:rgb( 36 , 137 , 149 );font-family:'open sans' , 'verdana' , 'geneva' , sans-serif;font-size:22px;line-height:27px;margin:0px 0px 25px;font-weight:normal">Contest Details</h4><p style="font-family:'open sans' , 'verdana' , 'geneva' , sans-serif;font-size:15px;line-height:24px;margin-bottom:20px;margin-top:0px">We remain committed to and will continue with <em>efficacy</em>, as our theme for the 2015 Contest. We invite contestants to join us on our path to ensuring the efficacy of online learning tools in education, and ensuring the tools learners use, are driving improvements in their learning.</p><h4 style="color:rgb( 36 , 137 , 149 );font-family:'open sans' , 'verdana' , 'geneva' , sans-serif;font-size:22px;line-height:27px;margin:0px 0px 25px;font-weight:normal">Important Dates</h4><p style="font-family:'open sans' , 'verdana' , 'geneva' , sans-serif;font-size:15px;line-height:24px;margin-bottom:20px;margin-top:0px"><strong><span class="aBn" style="border-bottom-width:1px;border-bottom-style:dashed;border-bottom-color:rgb( 204 , 204 , 204 )"><span class="aQJ">SEPTEMBER 7, 2015 – OCTOBER 9, 2015</span></span></strong><br>Contestants begin by submitting the Idea Proposal form. Contestants will be notified by October 27, 2015 if their Idea Proposal has been accepted.</p><p style="font-family:'open sans' , 'verdana' , 'geneva' , sans-serif;font-size:15px;line-height:24px;margin-bottom:20px;margin-top:0px"><strong><span class="aBn" style="border-bottom-width:1px;border-bottom-style:dashed;border-bottom-color:rgb( 204 , 204 , 204 )"><span class="aQJ">OCTOBER 21, 2015 – DECEMBER 2, 2015</span></span></strong><br>Contestants with approved Idea Proposals develop and submit their entry during this time.</p><p style="font-family:'open sans' , 'verdana' , 'geneva' , sans-serif;font-size:15px;line-height:24px;margin-bottom:20px;margin-top:0px"><strong>DECEMBER 17, 2015</strong><br>Three finalists will be announced.</p><p style="font-family:'open sans' , 'verdana' , 'geneva' , sans-serif;font-size:15px;line-height:24px;margin-bottom:20px;margin-top:0px"><strong><span class="aBn" style="border-bottom-width:1px;border-bottom-style:dashed;border-bottom-color:rgb( 204 , 204 , 204 )"><span class="aQJ">FEBRUARY 5, 2016</span></span></strong><br>The three finalists will present their entries at the Pearson eCollege office in Denver, Colorado, and cash prizes will be decided.</p><h4 style="color:rgb( 36 , 137 , 149 );font-family:'open sans' , 'verdana' , 'geneva' , sans-serif;font-size:22px;line-height:27px;margin:0px 0px 25px;font-weight:normal">Prizes</h4><ul style="font-family:'open sans' , 'verdana' , 'geneva' , sans-serif;font-size:15px;line-height:24px;margin-bottom:0px;margin-top:0px;margin-right:0px"><li style="margin-left:0px;margin-bottom:20px;margin-top:0px">First place: $5,000</li><li style="margin-left:0px;margin-bottom:20px;margin-top:0px">Second place: $2,500</li><li style="margin-left:0px;margin-bottom:20px;margin-top:0px">Third place: $1,000</li></ul><p style="font-family:'open sans' , 'verdana' , 'geneva' , sans-serif;font-size:15px;line-height:24px;margin-bottom:20px;margin-top:0px">The top three finalists will present their entries at the Pearson offices in Denver.</p><h4 style="color:rgb( 36 , 137 , 149 );font-family:'open sans' , 'verdana' , 'geneva' , sans-serif;font-size:22px;line-height:27px;margin:0px 0px 25px;font-weight:normal">Internship Interviews</h4><p style="font-family:'open sans' , 'verdana' , 'geneva' , sans-serif;font-size:15px;line-height:24px;margin-bottom:20px;margin-top:0px">In addition to the cash prizes, the 10 semi-finalists will have the opportunity to apply for and be granted phone interviews for available Summer 2016 internships at various Pearson offices. Internship interviews are offered in addition to, and separate from, the cash prizes.</p><h4 style="color:rgb( 36 , 137 , 149 );font-family:'open sans' , 'verdana' , 'geneva' , sans-serif;font-size:22px;line-height:27px;margin:0px 0px 25px;font-weight:normal">Resources</h4><p style="font-family:'open sans' , 'verdana' , 'geneva' , sans-serif;font-size:15px;line-height:24px;margin-bottom:20px;margin-top:0px"><strong>Use the following resources to share with students:</strong></p><ul style="font-family:'open sans' , 'verdana' , 'geneva' , sans-serif;font-size:15px;line-height:24px;margin-bottom:0px;margin-top:0px;margin-right:0px"><li style="margin-left:0px;margin-bottom:20px;margin-top:0px">Full contest details and examples past winners are available online: <a href="http://pearsoned.rsys2.net/pub/cc?_ri_=X0Gzc2X%3DYQpglLjHJlTQGjPtSsh0H4NgbyOJiyiGvKO50RBzaEHgpywzbbJYEI1CyP9t1zfMfGVXtpKX%3DSSAWWDUW&_ei_=Ehh1t3xRvaomElqOMdOxm8ha-1tXklnTW0X0UBBf1rnKVGa3bOhffLy0jN4SvI0Qx4ZmB-idq3AT_H4V3zBEFLmwZc3u0U8unnCehFJplzAQuQ2pXumTwPk." style="color:rgb( 0 , 109 , 164 )">www.pearsoned.com/coding-contest</a></li><li style="margin-left:0px;margin-bottom:20px;margin-top:0px"><a href="http://pearsoned.rsys2.net/pub/cc?_ri_=X0Gzc2X%3DYQpglLjHJlTQGjPtSsh0H4NgbyOJiyiGvKO50RBzaEHgpywzbbJYEI1CyP9t1zfMfGVXtpKX%3DSSAWWDUW&_ei_=Ehh1t3xRvaomElqOMdOxm8ha-1tXklnTW0X0UBBf1rnKVGa3bOhffLy0jN4SvI0Qx4ZmB-idq3AT_H4V3zBEFLmwZc3u0U8unnCehFJplzAQuQ2pXumTwPk." style="color:rgb( 0 , 109 , 164 )">Download a flyer</a> to display and share with students. Feel free to print and distribute, or post on your course website.</li><li style="margin-left:0px;margin-bottom:20px;margin-top:0px">Contact us directly at <a href="mailto:launa.stiles@pearson.com?subject=Pearson+Student+Coding+Contest" style="color:rgb( 0 , 109 , 164 )">Pearson Student Coding Contest</a></li></ul><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; font-family: 'open sans', verdana, geneva, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 24px; margin-top: 0px;">Regards,</div><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; font-family: 'open sans', verdana, geneva, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 24px; margin-top: 0px;"><br></div><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; font-family: 'open sans', verdana, geneva, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 24px; margin-top: 0px;">Matthew Petek</div><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; font-family: 'open sans', verdana, geneva, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 24px; margin-top: 0px;">Pearson Higher Education - Professional & Career <br><br></div></td></tr></tbody></table></td></tr></tbody></table></td></tr></tbody></table></td></tr></tbody></table></div></div></div><br><br><div id="cs-signature"><p style="color:rgb( 34 , 34 , 34 )"><font size="2" style="font-family:'tahoma'"><strong><font color="#009900">Matthew Petek</font><br></strong><span style="">Publisher's Representative </span><br style=""><font color="#222222">Professional & Career</font><br><font color="#222222">Higher Education</font><br>Columbus, OH 43235</font></p><p style="color:rgb( 34 , 34 , 34 )"><strong><font size="2" style="font-family:'tahoma'"><span style="color:green"><a style="color:rgb( 17 , 85 , 204 )">614-841-3608</a></span> | <font color="#008000"> </font><font color="#3366ff"><a href="mailto:matthew.petek@pearson.com">matthew.petek@pearson.com</a></font></font></strong></p><div style="color:rgb( 34 , 34 , 34 )"><font size="2" style="font-family:'tahoma'"><strong><font color="#009900">Pearson<br></font></strong>Always Learning</font></div><div style="color:rgb( 34 , 34 , 34 )"><font size="2" style="font-family:'tahoma'">Learn more at <a href="http://www.pearson.com/" style="color:rgb( 17 , 85 , 204 )">www.pearson.com</a></font></div></div></div>
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