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<p style="margin-bottom:12.0pt;background:white"><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Segoe UI",sans-serif;color:#242424">Subject: Important Program Updates: New BSW Field Director and MSW Program Director</span><span style="font-size:12.0pt;color:black"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Segoe UI",sans-serif;color:#242424">Dear BSW and MSW Students,</span><span style="font-size:12.0pt;color:black"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Segoe UI",sans-serif;color:#242424">I hope your spring semester is off to a great start. </span><span style="font-size:12.0pt;color:black"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Segoe UI",sans-serif;color:#242424">We are pleased to announce some important changes within our program leadership. Effective immediately, Professor Tammy Sung will be taking on the role of BSW Field Director, and
Professor Brian Brumley will be stepping into the position of MSW Program Director.</span><span style="font-size:12.0pt;color:black"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Segoe UI",sans-serif;color:#242424">We would like to extend our heartfelt gratitude to Dr. Gracie Brownell for her dedicated service as the previous MSW Program Director. Her contributions have been invaluable to our
program and students. Additionally, we thank Brian Brumley for his exceptional work as the BSW Field Director. We are confident that both Professors Sung and Brumley will continue to uphold the high standards of our program in their new roles.</span><span style="font-size:12.0pt;color:black"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Segoe UI",sans-serif;color:#242424">Please join us in welcoming Professor Sung and congratulating Professor Brumley on his new position.</span><span style="font-size:12.0pt;color:black"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Segoe UI",sans-serif;color:#242424">Best regards,</span><span style="font-size:12.0pt;color:black"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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