Please fill out the following application by midnight on Monday, April 19th 2021, to compete in the Spring 2021 American Like Me: Critical Thinking through Deliberative Dialogues (CT thru DD) event.

The CT thru DD event will be conducted on Thursday, November 22nd from 4:00 – 6:30 PM. Participants must attend the entire Zoomed event. The topic this semester (Spring 2021) is:

"America's Future: What Should Our National Budget Priorities Be?"

Groups will use their critical thinking and deliberative dialogue skills to:
* evaluate information relating to a problem/question deriving from the common reader
* construct a plan to action based on available information and stakeholder input (plans to action are not necessarily about fixing a problem. They could be designed for greater understanding as well).

Groups will be created by the host of the event. Groups will largely consist of students, but admin/faculty/staff may participate as well. Group work will be submitted at the end of the event and be evaluated by a panel of campus judges. Submitted work will be evaluated on the group’s ability to assess information and create a path to action based on facts/information, context, hidden assumptions, and common values. Groups will compete for prizes (up to $250 per 1st place winning team member, up to $100 per 2nd place team member). Prizes will be adjusted based on peer evaluations. We will strive to have at least one employee (staff, faculty, or admin) at each table with four students.  One of the participants will volunteer to be the moderator.

Space in this virtual event is limited, so be sure to complete the application at your earliest convenience. Submitting an application may not guarantee admittance. Students who have attended Deliberative Dialogue Moderator training will be prioritized. An email registration confirmation/invitation will be sent to applicants by the end of the day, Tuesday - April 20th.

Unfortunately, given how late in the semester it is, we can only guarantee awards for winning students that return for the Fall 2021 semester at SHSU. If a graduating senior or graduate student wins, we will try our hardest to process the awards before the end of the semester - but cannot guarantee it will be processed.