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<p class="Default"><b><span style="font-size:18.0pt">Students, below you will find contact information for academic advising:
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<p class="Default"><b><u><span style="font-size:14.0pt;background:yellow;mso-highlight:yellow">Undergraduate Student Academic Advising:</span></u></b><b><u><span style="font-size:14.0pt">
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:14.0pt">Undergraduate international students will go through academic advising or receive instructions for advising during the New Student Orientation. For more information go to
<a href="http://www.tamuc.edu/universitycollege">www.tamuc.edu/universitycollege</a> or email
<a href="mailto:SuccessCoaches@tamuc.edu">SuccessCoaches@tamuc.edu</a> or call 903-886-5878.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><u><span style="font-size:14.0pt;background:lime;mso-highlight:lime">Graduate Academic Advising:</span></u></b><b><u><span style="font-size:14.0pt">
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:14.0pt">College of Business (CB) Majors (ACCT, FIN, MKT, MBA, MGMT):
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:14.0pt">Graduate CB majors may contact the Sarah Elder (Graduate Coordinator) in the CB Advising Center (Graduate Advising) by emailing
<a href="mailto:sarah.elder@tamuc.edu">sarah.elder@tamuc.edu</a> or call 903-886-6051 or toll free within the U.S. at 1-866-622-3899. The CB Advising Center will provide a degree plan via email and their office will be available for academic advising during
scheduled times after international student orientation. <o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:14.0pt">Computer Science and Computational Science:
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:14.0pt">All graduate majors in the Computer Science department will be required to attend a department orientation and may have the option to take a pre-requisite exam before they register for classes. You may contact<span style="color:#1F497D">
</span>Drs. Sang Suh, Jinoh Kim, Abdullah Arslan, or Bilal Abu Bakr at<span style="color:#1F497D">
<a href="mailto:sang.suh@tamuc.edu">sang.suh@tamuc.edu</a>, <a href="mailto:Jinoh.kim@tamuc.edu">
Jinoh.kim@tamuc.edu</a>, <a href="mailto:Abdullah.arslan@tamuc.edu">Abdullah.arslan@tamuc.edu</a>, or
<a href="mailto:Bilal.abu.bakr@tamuc.edu">Bilal.abu.bakr@tamuc.edu</a>. </span><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:14.0pt">Science Programs (Chemistry, Biology, Physics):
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:14.0pt">For graduate <b><i>Chemistry </i>
</b>majors once you arrive on-campus and complete orientation and check-in you will need to report to the Chemistry department in Science Building room 318. You may also email
<a href="mailto:Ben.Jang@tamuc.edu">Ben.Jang@tamuc.edu</a> with any questions or concerns.
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:14.0pt">For graduate <b><i>Biology </i>
</b>majors once you arrive on-campus and complete orientation and check-in you will need to report to the Biology department in Science building Room 260. You may also email
<a href="mailto:Jeff.Kopachena@tamuc.edu">Jeff.Kopachena@tamuc.edu</a>. <o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:14.0pt">For graduate <b><i>Physics </i>
</b>majors once you arrive on-campus and complete orientation and check-in you will need to report to the Physics department in Science Building room B34 on the 1st floor or email
<a href="mailto:universe@tamuc.edu">universe@tamuc.edu</a>. <o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:14.0pt">Other Graduate Programs <o:p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:14.0pt">Many of our graduate international students study in the CBE or Computer Science programs so these departments develop orientations or advising times since they have a large number of students. Most of our
other graduate level programs advise students as they arrive on campus. For students in other graduate level programs you may contact your academic department directly to discuss your first semester courses and any requirements. Click
<a href="http://www.tamuc.edu/academics/graduateSchool/programs/default.aspx">here</a> for more information.</span><b>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="background:aqua;mso-highlight:aqua">PLEASE DO NOT RESPOND TO THIS EMAIL. FOR QUESTIONS OR CONCERNS EMAIL
<a href="mailto:NEW.INTL@TAMUC.EDU">NEW.INTL@TAMUC.EDU</a>.</span> <o:p></o:p></b></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Constantia","serif"">Ginger Gonzalez<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Constantia","serif"">Interim Director<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Constantia","serif"">International Student & Scholar Services<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Constantia","serif"">Texas A&M University – Commerce<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Constantia","serif"">(903) 886-5097<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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