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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Helvetica",sans-serif;color:black">Hello everyone,<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">As this semester careens to a close, I know the last thing you want to do is worry about next semester’s courses. However, *<b>I</b>* have to worry about them,
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Helvetica",sans-serif;color:black">At any rate, if you have not yet stopped by to discuss your spring physics courses with me, please do find time do so before the end of the semester! My wwekly
office hours are Monday 1:30-2:30pm, Tuesday 10:30-11:30am, and Fridays 3-4pm. If those times don’t work for you, please contact me or Ms. Dale (<a href="mailto:Lydia.Dale@tamuc.edu">Lydia.Dale@tamuc.edu</a>) to schedule a time. I can also do Zoom appointments.<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">If you want to take a risk (unadvised!) that you know what classes you should take, then please go ahead and register for those classes.
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Helvetica",sans-serif;color:black">I will need to make decisions on whether we have enough students for courses to make in mid-December, and right now the enrollments are scarily thin.<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">As a special offer, anyone who meets with me before the end of the semester and enrolls in their classes will get a free t-shirt and fidget spinner (while supplies
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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">Dr. Williams<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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