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<p class="MsoNormal">Dear Students, <o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">Welcome on and welcome all to Texas A&M University – Commerce. As this semester starts, I wish you all a good time and a fantastic experience this semester.<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">The Office of International Programs (OIP) has an annual event called the Global Cultural Festival (GCF) 2019. The GCF 2019 is scheduled for April 2<sup>nd</sup>, 2019.
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<p class="MsoNormal">GCF is designed to celebrate all the international students we have on campus and we would love all of you to participate on this day. We are looking to have a campus wide parade, talent shows, food from various countries, etc. Below are
the forms that need to be filled and submitted back to OIP. The deadlines for each form is clearly marked in it. If you want to participate through cooking, talent show presentation or group table reservations, please ensure you respond promptly.
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<p class="MsoNormal">Talent show form – <a href="http://www.tamuc.edu/campusLife/campusServices/internationalStudentServices/documents/2019TalentShowRegistration.pdf">
http://www.tamuc.edu/campusLife/campusServices/internationalStudentServices/documents/2019TalentShowRegistration.pdf</a>
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<p class="MsoNormal">Group table registration – <a href="http://www.tamuc.edu/campusLife/campusServices/internationalStudentServices/documents/2019MCFGroupTableRegistration1.pdf">
http://www.tamuc.edu/campusLife/campusServices/internationalStudentServices/documents/2019MCFGroupTableRegistration1.pdf</a>
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<p class="MsoNormal">The Talent show rules – <a href="http://www.tamuc.edu/campusLife/campusServices/internationalStudentServices/documents/2018TalentShowRules.pdf">
http://www.tamuc.edu/campusLife/campusServices/internationalStudentServices/documents/2018TalentShowRules.pdf</a>
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<p class="MsoNormal">For more information, please feel free to reach out to our office.
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<p class="MsoNormal">Kind regards,<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:12.0pt">Tolulope “Tolu” Ogundipe <br>
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International Student Advisor<br>
Office of International Programs<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><a href="http://www.tamuc.edu/academics/specialPrograms/internationalStudies/"><span style="color:blue">http://www.tamuc.edu/academics/specialPrograms/internationalStudies/</span></a>
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Texas A&M University – Commerce<o:p></o:p></p>
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