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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:14.0pt;color:#7030A0">Dear TAMUC MSW students,<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:16.0pt;color:#00B050">Come and join your fellow social workers and social work students in Austin<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:16.0pt;color:#00B050">and learn more about your profession!<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
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<p><b><span style="font-size:16.0pt;color:#00B050;background:white">Go to the following link and sign up
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<p><span style="color:black"><a href="https://dms.tamuc.edu/Forms/SWAD-Student-Registration">https://dms.tamuc.edu/Forms/SWAD-Student-Registration</a>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><i><u><span style="font-size:18.0pt;color:#99117F;background:white">Deadline for paperwork and payment: March 8, 2024</span></u></i></b><b><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#99117F;background:white">.<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><i><span lang="ES" style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Lucida Handwriting";color:#17365D;mso-ligatures:standardcontextual">Dr. MAMS</span></i></b><b><i><span lang="ES" style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Lucida Handwriting";color:#17365D"><o:p></o:p></span></i></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span lang="ES" style="font-size:12.0pt;color:#FFC000;mso-ligatures:standardcontextual">Marta A. Mercado-Sierra, Ph.D.
<i>(she/her/hers/ella) (Hablo Espaņol)</i><o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;color:#17365D;mso-ligatures:standardcontextual">Associate Professor<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;color:#17365D;mso-ligatures:standardcontextual">School of Social Work<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Lucida Calligraphy";color:#7030A0;mso-ligatures:standardcontextual">“EQUITY & INCLUSION should be our everyday practice, not an aspiration.”<i>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><i><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Lucida Calligraphy";color:#7030A0;mso-ligatures:standardcontextual">"Intellectuality, little has to do with wisdom</span></i><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Lucida Calligraphy";color:#7030A0;mso-ligatures:standardcontextual">.<i>
Intellect can be arrogant; on the other hand, wisdom is always compassionate.” <b>
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