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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:#0E101A">Hello </span>Accounting and Finance Students<span style="color:#0E101A">,
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:#0E101A">I hope that you had a great fall semester and are looking forward to celebrating the holiday season with your family and friends. Between finals week and prepping for travels and reuniting with loved ones, I
want to personally write to you and encourage you to take the time to invest in your future as well.
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:#0E101A">With the semester coming to a close, I encourage all of you to explore your options and register for our Spring Semester (Jan. 17, 2023 – May 12, 2023) if you haven’t done so already.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;vertical-align:middle"><span style="color:#0E101A">Investing in your education and your future is the greatest gift to give to yourself and we want to be a part of it. As we are committed to helping you,
please reach out to our undergraduate advisors at <u><a href="mailto:ucobadvising@tamuc.edu"><span style="color:#0E101A">ucobadvising@tamuc.edu</span></a></u> or our graduate enrollment specialists at
<u><a href="mailto:GradCOB@tamuc.edu"><span style="color:#0E101A">GradCOB@tamuc.edu</span></a>
</u>to help make planning your next step easier.<u><o:p></o:p></u></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;vertical-align:middle"><span style="color:#0E101A">With that said, I wish you the very best on your finals and Happy Holidays on behalf of all of us at the College of Business.
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;vertical-align:middle"><span style="color:#0E101A">Go Lions!</span><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:13.5pt;color:#00386C">Yazan E. Kakish
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<p class="MsoNormal"><i><span style="font-size:12.0pt;color:#4F5352">Director of Marketing and Communications – College of Business<o:p></o:p></span></i></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;color:#4F5352">Cell: 202.705.1669
<span style="text-transform:uppercase">| F</span>: 903.886.5010<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;color:#4F5352">Mail<i>:</i> P.O. Box 3011, Commerce, TX 75429<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;color:#4F5352">LinkedIn: <a href="https://www.linkedin.com/in/yazzankakish/">
https://www.linkedin.com/in/yazzankakish/</a><br>
Instagram: <a href="https://www.instagram.com/themodernbedouin/">https://www.instagram.com/themodernbedouin/</a><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><a href="https://www.tamuc.edu/programs/business-analytics-graduate-certificate/"></a><o:p></o:p></p>
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