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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Helvetica",sans-serif;color:black">Hi everyone,
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Helvetica",sans-serif;color:black">Just a few announcements before we start the summer:<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Helvetica",sans-serif">Remember grades are due Monday May 12 by 5pm.<o:p></o:p></span>
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<span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Helvetica",sans-serif">If you are instructor of record for a thesis course (Phys 518), enter a grade of
</span><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">I. </span>
<span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Helvetica",sans-serif">The grad college will change this to an ‘S’ when the final thesis has been approved.</span><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Helvetica",sans-serif"><o:p></o:p></span></li></ul>
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<span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Helvetica",sans-serif">We will have two receptions in the Science Building Lobby for our graduating students:</span><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Helvetica",sans-serif"><o:p></o:p></span>
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<span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Helvetica",sans-serif">Friday, May 9, at ~ 2:30pm (right after Commencement) for our grad students, Dipika Das Ria and Sahjahan Islam.</span><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Helvetica",sans-serif"><o:p></o:p></span></li><li class="MsoListParagraph" style="color:black;margin-left:0in;mso-list:l0 level2 lfo1">
<span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Helvetica",sans-serif">Saturday May 10 at ~ 10am (right after Commencement) for our undergrad students.</span><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Helvetica",sans-serif"><o:p></o:p></span></li><li class="MsoListParagraph" style="color:black;margin-left:0in;mso-list:l0 level2 lfo1">
<span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Helvetica",sans-serif">Please try to come to these if possible to give our students one last hearty congratulations and a fond farewell.
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<span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Helvetica",sans-serif">Light refreshments will be provided.</span><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Helvetica",sans-serif"><o:p></o:p></span></li></ul>
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<span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Helvetica",sans-serif">Summer international travel and work policy: In the likely case you are still confused about our summer work policy during international travel, the short summary is:</span><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Helvetica",sans-serif"><o:p></o:p></span>
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<span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Helvetica",sans-serif">Remote work from foreign countries
<b>is permitted</b> up to a maximum of 60 days. This includes teaching classes. (If you will be out of the country for more than 60 days, then just make sure not to
<i>work</i> outside of the USA for more than 60 days.)</span><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Helvetica",sans-serif"><o:p></o:p></span></li><li class="MsoListParagraph" style="color:black;margin-left:0in;mso-list:l0 level2 lfo1">
<span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Helvetica",sans-serif">You must not take a university-owned computing asset outside of the country unless it is a loaner laptop from CITE.</span><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Helvetica",sans-serif"><o:p></o:p></span></li><li class="MsoListParagraph" style="color:black;margin-left:0in;mso-list:l0 level2 lfo1">
<span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Helvetica",sans-serif">No work may be done from: Iran, Syria, North Korea, China, Cuba, or areas under the control of Venezuelan politician Nicolas Maduro. Here “work” includes anything related to teaching, research,
and service, including accessing university email.</span><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Helvetica",sans-serif"><o:p></o:p></span></li><li class="MsoListParagraph" style="color:black;margin-left:0in;mso-list:l0 level2 lfo1">
<span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Helvetica",sans-serif">If you make a personal trip to Iran, Syria, North Korea, China, Cuba, or areas under the control of Venezuelan politician Nicolas Maduro, there is a form on Workday that you need to fill out
both before and after your trip.</span><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Helvetica",sans-serif"><o:p></o:p></span></li></ul>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Helvetica",sans-serif;color:black">Thank you all for your continued hard work and for your support of our department! Be sure to take time to relax and recharge this summer. Please be prepared
for start-of-term meetings on the week of August 18; Fall 2025 begins on August 25!<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Helvetica",sans-serif;color:black">Cheers,<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Helvetica",sans-serif;color:black">Kurtis<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:13.5pt;color:#00386C">Dr. Kurtis A. Williams (he/him/his)<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><i><span style="font-size:12.0pt;color:#4F5352">Professor and Department Head</span></i><span style="font-size:12.0pt;color:black"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;color:#4F5352"><a href="https://www.tamuc.edu/physics"><span style="color:#0088CE">Department of Physics and Astronomy</span></a><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;color:#4F5352;text-transform:uppercase">P: 903.886.5488</span><span style="font-size:12.0pt;color:#4F5352"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;color:#4F5352"><a href="https://www.tamuc.edu/"><span style="color:blue">East Texas A&M University</span></a>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;color:#4F5352">(formerly Texas A&M University-Commmerce)</span><span style="font-size:13.5pt;color:#4F5352"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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