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</o:shapelayout></xml><![endif]--></head><body bgcolor=white background="cid:image001.jpg@01CC97DB.CDAF1FE0" lang=EN-US link=blue vlink=purple><img src="cid:image001.jpg@01CC97DB.CDAF1FE0" v:src="cid:image001.jpg@01CC97DB.CDAF1FE0" v:shapes="_x0000_Mail" width=0 height=0 class=shape style='display:none;width:0;height:0'><div class=WordSection1><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:16.0pt;font-family:"Engravers MT","serif";color:red'>LINDA LAEL MILLER</span><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:red'> </span><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black'>SCHOLARSHIPS FOR WOMEN<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span class=A1><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"'>Applications are now being accepted for the Linda Lael Miller Scholarships for Women. <i>New York Times </i>bestselling author Linda Lael Miller will award $10,000 in scholarships to eligible women.</span></span><span class=A1><span style='font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"'><o:p></o:p></span></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span class=A1><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"'><o:p> </o:p></span></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span class=A1><b><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif";color:black'>ELIGIBILITY:<o:p></o:p></span></b></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span class=A2><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"'>The scholarship program is open to women 25 years old or older as of May 1, 2012, and who are legal residents of the United States or Canada attending a U.S. or Canadian college or university. Linda Lael Miller reserves the right to make exceptions and award scholarships to applicants who are younger than 25. The scholarship proceeds can be used to cover tuition and fees, books, childcare, transportation and other expenses. </span></span><span class=A2><span style='font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"'><o:p></o:p></span></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span class=A2><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"'><o:p> </o:p></span></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span class=A2><b><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"'>AMOUNT OF SCHOLARSHIP;<o:p></o:p></span></b></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span class=A2><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"'>The maximum scholarship will be $1,000 per student. <o:p></o:p></span></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span class=A2><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"'><o:p> </o:p></span></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span class=A2><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"'>For information, official rules, and application please visit the website at <a href="http://www.lindalaelmiller.com/scholarships/scholarships.asp">http://www.lindalaelmiller.com/scholarships/scholarships.asp</a><o:p></o:p></span></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span class=A2><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"'><o:p> </o:p></span></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span class=A2><b><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif";color:#C00000'>DEADLINE:<o:p></o:p></span></b></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span class=A1><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"'>Close of business (5 p.m. MDT) </span></span><span class=A1><b><span style='font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif";color:#C00000'>September 4, 2012</span></b></span><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:18.0pt;font-family:"Rage Italic";color:#365F91'>Maria del C. Ramos<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Century Gothic","sans-serif";color:#0D0D0D'>Director, Office of Financial Aid and Scholarships<br>Texas A&M University-Commerce<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Century Gothic","sans-serif";color:#0D0D0D'>PO Box 3011</span><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Century Gothic","sans-serif";color:#0D0D0D'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Century Gothic","sans-serif";color:#0D0D0D'>Commerce, TX 75249-3011<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Century Gothic","sans-serif";color:#0D0D0D'>Phone: 903-886-5091<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Century Gothic","sans-serif";color:#0D0D0D'>Fax: 903-886-5098<br></span><b><span style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Century Gothic","sans-serif";color:#365F91'><a href="http://web.tamu-commerce.edu/">http://web.tamu-commerce.edu/</a><br></span></b><span lang=EN style='font-size:8.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:black'>“Most business men generally are so busy coping with immediate and piecemeal matters that there is a lamentable tendency to let the "long run" or future take care of itself. We often are so busy "putting out fires," so to speak, that we find it difficult to do the planning that would prevent those fires from occurring in the first place. As a prominent educator has expressed it, Americans generally "spend so much time on things that are urgent that we have none left to spend on those that are important."</span><span lang=EN style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:black'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='text-autospace:none'><i><span style='font-size:8.0pt;color:black'>Gustav Metzman<o:p></o:p></span></i></p><p class=MsoNormal><b><span style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Century Gothic","sans-serif";color:#365F91'><o:p> </o:p></span></b></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Century Gothic","sans-serif";color:#A88420'>Please take a minute to complete our </span><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Century Gothic","sans-serif";color:#244061'><a href="http://web.tamu-commerce.edu/audience/onestopshop/"><span style='color:#244061'>We Care</span></a></span><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Century Gothic","sans-serif";color:#A88420'> survey online and let us know how we are doing!<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><b><span style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Century Gothic","sans-serif";color:#365F91'><o:p> </o:p></span></b></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Century Gothic","sans-serif";color:#0D0D0D'><img border=0 width=85 height=85 id="Picture_x0020_1" src="cid:image004.png@01CC97DC.81A84670" alt="Description: SpiritLogo.emf"><o:p></o:p></span></p></div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'><o:p> </o:p></span></p></div></body></html>