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<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:21.0pt"><span style="font-size:8.5pt;font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif;color:black;mso-ligatures:none">Woods, Charles<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">Dr. Charles Woods will be teaching the course and, in due time, may be able to offer insight on his approach to the course. Dr. Woods has published in the rhetoric of science and technology with a focus on genetic and medical information,
privacy-surveillance, and AI. He is going to rock it!<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Helvetica",sans-serif;color:black">While this course is not required for physics and astronomy majors, scientific and technical writing is a crucial skill that we are unable to teach in our own
department – please consider this elective!<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">Dr. Williams<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:#4F5352;mso-ligatures:none"><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"><b><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;mso-ligatures:none">From:</span></b><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;mso-ligatures:none"> Robynne Lock <Robynne.Lock@tamuc.edu>
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<b>Sent:</b> Wednesday, April 2, 2025 2:00 PM<br>
<b>To:</b> Kurtis Williams <Kurtis.Williams@tamuc.edu><br>
<b>Subject:</b> FW: NEW COURSE! Scientific Writing and Rhetoric <o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif">FYI, this course might be useful to recommend to our majors.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;mso-ligatures:none">Robynne M. Lock, Ph.D.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;mso-ligatures:none">(Formerly Texas A&M University – Commerce)<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;mso-ligatures:none">Commerce, TX 75429<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;mso-ligatures:none">From:</span></b><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;mso-ligatures:none"> Gavin Johnson <<a href="mailto:Gavin.Johnson@tamuc.edu">Gavin.Johnson@tamuc.edu</a>>
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<b>Sent:</b> Wednesday, April 2, 2025 9:49 AM<br>
<b>To:</b> Robynne Lock <<a href="mailto:Robynne.Lock@tamuc.edu">Robynne.Lock@tamuc.edu</a>><br>
<b>Cc:</b> Charles Woods <<a href="mailto:Charles.Woods@tamuc.edu">Charles.Woods@tamuc.edu</a>>; Andrea Graham <<a href="mailto:Andrea.Graham@tamuc.edu">Andrea.Graham@tamuc.edu</a>><br>
<b>Subject:</b> NEW COURSE! Scientific Writing and Rhetoric <o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">Hi Robynne, <o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">I hope you are well! I’m excited to report that we are launching a new course in the fall that may be interesting to you, your colleagues, and the students in science majors.<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">My colleague Dr. Charles Woods will be teaching the course and, in due time, may be able to offer insight on his approach to the course. Dr. Woods has published in the rhetoric of science and technology with a focus on genetic and medical
information, privacy-surveillance, and AI. He is going to rock it!<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">My conversations with you last year emphasized the need for a course like this, and I hope you will help promote it so that it can be a success and support students across the disciplines.<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">Take care,<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">Gavin<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><i><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Calibri Light",sans-serif;color:black;mso-ligatures:none">Director of Writing and Assistant Professor</span></i><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:black;mso-ligatures:none"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Calibri Light",sans-serif;color:black;mso-ligatures:none">East Texas A&M University (formerly Texas A&M University-Commerce)<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Calibri Light",sans-serif;color:black;mso-ligatures:none">P: 903.866.5260 | E: <a href="mailto:gavin.johnson@tamuc.edu" title="mailto:gavin.johnson@tamuc.edu"><span style="color:black">gavin.johnson@tamuc.edu</span></a> |
W: <a href="http://www.gavinpjohnson.com" title="http://www.gavinpjohnson.com/"><span style="color:black">www.gavinpjohnson.com</span></a></span><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:black;mso-ligatures:none"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<a href="https://tidycal.com/gpj"><span style="color:#0563C1">https://tidycal.com/gpj</span></a><o:p></o:p></span></i></p>
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