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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:black">Friends and alumni,<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:black">Did you know that our Women’s Basketball team is ranked #4? They are amazing! I can think of no better way to spend time with College of Business faculty, alumni, and students than during a basketball game! Wear
your blue and join us in the Fieldhouse at 5:30pm on Thursday January 30th as we cheer for our student athletes and celebrate many decades of successful College of Business alumni and the faculty and staff who support them. It is my goal to have a big picture
that includes faculty, staff, alumni and students on the floor. In order to make that happen, please join us as we gather at the end of the first quarter! Details below; Please share with your students!<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:black">Hope to see you at the game!<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:black"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:black">Cheers,<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:black">Shanan<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:black"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
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</span></span></span><![endif]><span style="color:black">When: 5:30 pm<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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</span></span></span><![endif]><span style="color:black">Where: the Fieldhouse<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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</span></span></span><![endif]><span style="color:black">What: with 5 minutes remaining in the 1<sup>st</sup> quarter of the women’s game, meet behind the Blue Banners with the Lion head on them on the north end of the court (they will make an announcement
earlier in the quarter to remind us; but just in case)<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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G.</span><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Bookman Old Style",serif;color:#000099">
</span><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Bookman Old Style",serif;color:#00007E">Gibson, PhD<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Bookman Old Style",serif;color:#00007E">Dean, College of Business<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Bookman Old Style",serif;color:#00007E">Texas A&M University-Commerce<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><a href="mailto:Shanan.Gibson@tamuc.edu"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Bookman Old Style",serif;color:blue">Shanan.Gibson@tamuc.edu</span></a><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Bookman Old Style",serif;color:#00007E"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Bookman Old Style",serif;color:#00007E">Phone: 903-886-5191</span><span style="font-size:12.0pt;color:#00007E"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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