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</o:shapelayout></xml><![endif]--></head><body lang=EN-US link=blue vlink=purple><div class=WordSection1><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'>Good morning colleagues:<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'>As you know, Greg, Pelin, Jeff, Derald, and Eileen have sent out a draft college mission statement for your feedback, editing, and general commentary. I want to thank them for their work and hope you can too.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'>As an update, the deans have been instructed to bring their draft college mission statements to the next Dean’s Council meeting. That will be next Tuesday morning. The provost said last week that, based on those college drafts, we will be looking at a possible revision of the institutional mission statement and that it WILL include some reference to globalization and the QEP (and thank you to Chip for that one).<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'>So please, please, please, set aside a few synapses today or tomorrow to look at the draft mission statement and get your feedback to one of the committee members listed in the “cc” line of this note.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'>I appreciate your attention to defining our future and discovering just exactly what we can do in this new college we call CoSEA.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'>-Grady<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><div><p class=MsoNormal><i><span style='color:#1F497D'>===============================================<o:p></o:p></span></i></p><p class=MsoNormal><i><span style='color:#1F497D'>Grady Price Blount, Ph.D., </span></i><i><span style='color:#1F497D'>Professor of Physics and Dean,<o:p></o:p></span></i></p><p class=MsoNormal><i><span style='color:#1F497D'>College of Science, Engineering & Agriculture (CoSEA)<o:p></o:p></span></i></p><p class=MsoNormal><i><span style='color:#1F497D'>Texas A&M University-Commerce<o:p></o:p></span></i></p><p class=MsoNormal><i><span style='color:#1F497D'>Commerce, Texas 75429-3011<o:p></o:p></span></i></p><p class=MsoNormal><i><span style='color:#1F497D'>Telephones: </span></i><i><span style='color:#1F497D'>903-886-5781 (office) 325-716-0450 (cell)</span></i><span style='font-size:11.0pt;color:#1F497D'> </span><span style='color:#1F497D'> <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><i><span style='color:#1F497D'>===============================================<o:p></o:p></span></i></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;color:#1F497D'>Talent hits a target no one else can hit.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;color:#1F497D'>Genius hits a target no one else can see.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;color:#1F497D'> -Schopenhauer<o:p></o:p></span></p></div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><div><div style='border:none;border-top:solid #B5C4DF 1.0pt;padding:3.0pt 0in 0in 0in'><p class=MsoNormal><b><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif"'>From:</span></b><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif"'> Gregory Wilson <br><b>Sent:</b> Monday, September 26, 2011 8:42 PM<br><b>To:</b> Grady Blount<br><b>Cc:</b> Pelin Altintas-Deleon; Jeff Kopachena; Derald Harp; Eileen Faulkenberry; Gregory Wilson<br><b>Subject:</b> RE: MISSION STATEMENT OFFERING<o:p></o:p></span></p></div></div><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><div id=idOWAReplyText56229><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black'>The MISSIONARIES plan to discuss via email this week and move forward as quickly as possible asking for comments from the College Faculty. I will collect and send along to the Committee for consideration. </span><o:p></o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal> <o:p></o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>GW</span><o:p></o:p></p></div></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><div class=MsoNormal align=center style='text-align:center'><hr size=2 width="100%" align=center></div><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:12.0pt'><b><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif"'>From:</span></b><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif"'> Grady Blount<br><b>Sent:</b> Mon 9/26/2011 5:12 PM<br><b>To:</b> Gregory Wilson<br><b>Cc:</b> Pelin Altintas-Deleon; Jeff Kopachena; Derald Harp; Eileen Faulkenberry<br><b>Subject:</b> RE: MISSION STATEMENT OFFERING</span><o:p></o:p></p></div><div><p><span style='font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'>Certainly and at some point the trigger must be pulled. If you all are comfortable, then by all means, go for it.</span><o:p></o:p></p><p><i><span style='color:#1F497D'>===============================================</span></i><o:p></o:p></p><p><i><span style='color:#1F497D'>Grady Price Blount, Ph.D.,</span> <span style='color:#1F497D'>Professor of Physics and Dean,</span></i><o:p></o:p></p><p><i><span style='color:#1F497D'>College of Science, Engineering & Agriculture (CoSEA)</span></i><o:p></o:p></p><p><i><span style='color:#1F497D'>Texas A&M University-Commerce</span></i><o:p></o:p></p><p><i><span style='color:#1F497D'>Commerce, Texas 75429-3011</span></i><o:p></o:p></p><p><i><span style='color:#1F497D'>Telephones: </span> <span style='color:#1F497D'>903-886-5781 (office) 325-716-0450 (cell)</span></i><span style='color:#1F497D'> </span> <span style='color:#1F497D'> </span><o:p></o:p></p><p><i><span style='color:#1F497D'>===============================================</span></i><o:p></o:p></p><p><span style='color:#1F497D'>Talent hits a target no one else can hit.</span><o:p></o:p></p><p><span style='color:#1F497D'>Genius hits a target no one else can see.</span><o:p></o:p></p><p><span style='color:#1F497D'> -Schopenhauer</span><o:p></o:p></p><p><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif"'>_____________________________________________<br><b>From:</b> Gregory Wilson<br><b>Sent:</b> Monday, September 26, 2011 3:02 PM<br><b>To:</b> Gregory Wilson; Grady Blount<br><b>Cc:</b> Pelin Altintas-Deleon; Jeff Kopachena; Derald Harp; Eileen Faulkenberry<br><b>Subject:</b> RE: MISSION STATEMENT OFFERING</span><o:p></o:p></p><p><b><span style='font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"'>The MISSIONAIRES discussed the concept of sending the latest statement along to the Faculty List serve as well for their input, etc.</span></b><o:p></o:p></p><p><b><span style='font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"'>GW</span></b><o:p></o:p></p><p><b><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>Dr. Gregory P. Wilson, P.E.</span></b><span style='font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"'><br></span><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>Assistant Professor</span><span style='font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"'><br></span><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>Construction Engineering</span><o:p></o:p></p><p><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>College of Science, Engineering and Agriculture</span><span style='font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"'><br></span><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>Texas A&M University-Commerce</span><span style='font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"'><br></span><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>2600 S. Neal St.</span><span style='font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"'><br></span><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>P.O. Box 3011</span><span style='font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"'><br></span><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>Commerce, TX 75429-3011</span><span style='font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"'><br></span><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>903.468.8115 Direct 903.886.5960 Fax</span><span style='font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"'> </span><o:p></o:p></p><p><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif"'>_____________________________________________<br><b>From:</b> Gregory Wilson<br><b>Sent:</b> Monday, September 26, 2011 2:58 PM<br><b>To:</b> Grady Blount<br><b>Cc:</b> Pelin Altintas-Deleon; Jeff Kopachena; Derald Harp; Eileen Faulkenberry<br><b>Subject:</b> RE: MISSION STATEMENT OFFERING</span><o:p></o:p></p><p><b><span style='font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"'>The MISSIONARIES planned to meet thru the week “electronically” to beat the deadline. We will of course discuss and offer up any additional ideas that might arise.</span></b><o:p></o:p></p><p><b><span style='font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"'>GW</span></b><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:12.0pt'><o:p> </o:p></p><p><b><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>Dr. Gregory P. Wilson, P.E.</span></b><span style='font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"'><br></span><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>Assistant Professor</span><span style='font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"'><br></span><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>Construction Engineering</span><o:p></o:p></p><p><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>College of Science, Engineering and Agriculture</span><span style='font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"'><br></span><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>Texas A&M University-Commerce</span><span style='font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"'><br></span><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>2600 S. Neal St.</span><span style='font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"'><br></span><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>P.O. Box 3011</span><span style='font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"'><br></span><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>Commerce, TX 75429-3011</span><span style='font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"'><br></span><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>903.468.8115 Direct 903.886.5960 Fax</span><span style='font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"'> </span><o:p></o:p></p><p><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif"'>_____________________________________________<br><b>From:</b> Grady Blount<br><b>Sent:</b> Monday, September 26, 2011 2:54 PM<br><b>To:</b> Gregory Wilson<br><b>Cc:</b> Pelin Altintas-Deleon; Jeff Kopachena; Derald Harp; Eileen Faulkenberry<br><b>Subject:</b> RE: MISSION STATEMENT OFFERING</span><o:p></o:p></p><p><span style='font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'>Greg:</span><o:p></o:p></p><p><span style='font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'>I like that a lot.</span><o:p></o:p></p><p><span style='font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'>If it would not be construed as being intrusive, here is what I thought…</span><o:p></o:p></p><p><span style='font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'>I looked up each of the words in the dictionary and looked for the roots.</span><o:p></o:p></p><p><span style='font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'>I then rearranged and paraphrased the line into:</span><o:p></o:p></p><p><span style='font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'>Learning, Connection, Discovery</span><o:p></o:p></p><p><span style='font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'>Or even more simply: Discovering the Future.</span><o:p></o:p></p><p><span style='font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'>-Grady</span><o:p></o:p></p><p><i><span style='color:#1F497D'>===============================================</span></i><o:p></o:p></p><p><i><span style='color:#1F497D'>Grady Price Blount, Ph.D., Professor of Physics and Dean,</span></i><o:p></o:p></p><p><i><span style='color:#1F497D'>College of Science, Engineering & Agriculture (CoSEA)</span></i><o:p></o:p></p><p><i><span style='color:#1F497D'>Texas A&M University-Commerce</span></i><o:p></o:p></p><p><i><span style='color:#1F497D'>Commerce, Texas 75429-3011</span></i><o:p></o:p></p><p><i><span style='color:#1F497D'>Telephones: 903-886-5781 (office) 325-716-0450 (cell)</span></i><span style='color:#1F497D'> </span> <span style='color:#1F497D'> </span><o:p></o:p></p><p><i><span style='color:#1F497D'>===============================================</span></i><o:p></o:p></p><p><span style='color:#1F497D'>Talent hits a target no one else can hit.</span><o:p></o:p></p><p><span style='color:#1F497D'>Genius hits a target no one else can see.</span><o:p></o:p></p><p><span style='color:#1F497D'> -Schopenhauer</span><o:p></o:p></p><p><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif"'>_____________________________________________<br><b>From:</b> Gregory Wilson<br><b>Sent:</b> Monday, September 26, 2011 12:46 PM<br><b>To:</b> Grady Blount<br><b>Cc:</b> Pelin Altintas-Deleon; Jeff Kopachena; Derald Harp; Eileen Faulkenberry; Gregory Wilson<br><b>Subject:</b> MISSION STATEMENT OFFERING</span><o:p></o:p></p><p><b><span style='font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"'>Grady, </span></b><o:p></o:p></p><p><b><span style='font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"'>After much deliberation,</span></b><o:p></o:p></p><p><b><u><span style='font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"'>“….excellence in education, strength in research, boundless opportunities.”</span></u></b><o:p></o:p></p><p><b><span style='font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"'>gw</span></b><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p><b><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>Dr. Gregory P. Wilson, P.E.</span></b><span style='font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"'><br></span><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>Assistant Professor</span><span style='font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"'><br></span><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>Construction Engineering</span><o:p></o:p></p><p><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>College of Science, Engineering and Agriculture</span><span style='font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"'><br></span><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>Texas A&M University-Commerce</span><span style='font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"'><br></span><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>2600 S. Neal St.</span><span style='font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"'><br></span><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>P.O. Box 3011</span><span style='font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"'><br></span><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>Commerce, TX 75429-3011</span><span style='font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"'><br></span><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>903.468.8115 Direct 903.886.5960 Fax</span><span style='font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"'> </span><o:p></o:p></p></div></div></body></html>