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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:<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><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'>Below are the minutes from a CURCA meeting we had yesterday. Note in particular Item #3. I would like to start these meetings in the fall. Please drop me a line or stop by the office if you are interested in participating.<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><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</span></i><i><span style='color:#1F497D'><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"'> Allan D. Headley <br><b>Sent:</b> Tuesday, June 05, 2012 10:34 AM<br><b>To:</b> Raymond Green; Grady P Blount; Thomas Faulkenberry; Mary Beth Sampson<br><b>Cc:</b> Harold Langford; Salvatore Attardo; Brent Mangus; Larry Lemanski<br><b>Subject:</b> CURCA<o:p></o:p></span></p></div></div><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"'>Dear Colleagues,<br>Many thanks again for taking the time to meet and brainstorm some ideas about the future of our Center for Undergraduate Research and Creative Activities (CURCA). Show below are some bullet points from our discussion:</span><o:p></o:p></p><ol start=1 type=1><li class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1'><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"'>Continue to work with the Provost office to get a budget line for this office, this could be a request to the Budget Council next year. <b>Action</b>: Headley will initiate a discussion with the Provost. </span><o:p></o:p></li><li class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1'><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"'>Work with Randy Jolly’s office to assist with the making of an attractive video about the mission of CURCA (i.e., Changing lives through research!) The target audience would be students thinking of college (HS seniors) and also freshmen. This video would also be a recruiting instrument at orientation sessions, etc. <b>Action</b>: Tom will contact Randy Jolly to follow up. </span><o:p></o:p></li><li class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1'><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"'>Host a series of informal workshops/brown bag lunches to inform students about the benefits and excitement of research. <b>Action</b>: Grady will work with Tom to get these started. </span><o:p></o:p></li><li class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1'><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"'>Generate more ideas about how Social Media can be used as an outreach to better market the services and benefits of CURCA. <b>Action</b>: Tom will research this aspect. </span><o:p></o:p></li><li class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1'><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"'>Provide a CURCA’s link to each college webpage. <b>Action</b>: Tom will contact Ken to get this done.</span><o:p></o:p></li></ol><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:12.0pt'><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"'><br>Let us keep the discussion going and if there are additional ideas, please respond to all. I will try and get us together again soon so that we can continue these discussions.<br><br>Sincerely,<br>Allan Headley<br>----<br></span><span style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Lucida Calligraphy";color:#00007E'>Allan D. Headley, Ph.D.<br>Dean of Graduate Studies & Research<br>Texas A&M University-Commerce<br>P O Box 3011, Commerce, TX 75429-3011<br>E-Mail: <a href="allan.headley@tamuc.edu">allan.headley@tamuc.edu</a><br>Phone: 903/886-5159; Fax: 903/886-5165<br></span><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"'><br><b>****Please note my new e-mail address: <a href="allan.headley@tamuc.edu.*******">allan.headley@tamuc.edu.*******</a></b></span><o:p></o:p></p></div></body></html>