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<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Arial'>To all undergraduate and graduate students:<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Arial'>
For the third year, Texas A&M University-Commerce is offering a “travel-abroad”
course to <st1:place w:st="on">Central Mexico</st1:place>. The class starts the
Monday after Spring Graduation (May 15) and we return to the <st1:place w:st="on"><st1:country-region
w:st="on">U.S.</st1:country-region></st1:place> on Saturday, June 3. Summer
Term I classes begin Monday, June 5. The class is cross-listed as a 400 and a
500 level course. Check with your advisor.<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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There will be opening meetings on campus on Wednesday, February 22 at 2:00 or
at 3:30 in SS 318. Below is a form that more thoroughly describes the class and
travel, and you can follow the link to a slide set from last year’s
Expedition. That link is <a
href="http://www.tamu-commerce.edu/agscience/mexico%202006.ppt#257,1,slide1">http://www.tamu-commerce.edu/agscience/mexico%202006.ppt#257,1,slide1</a>
<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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The typical weather in <st1:place w:st="on"><st1:City w:st="on">Puebla</st1:City>,
<st1:country-region w:st="on">Mexico</st1:country-region></st1:place> in May
and June is a low of 45 – 48 and an afternoon high of 72 – 75.
Besides <st1:State w:st="on">Puebla</st1:State>, the group also plans to travel
to <st1:City w:st="on">Mexico City</st1:City>, <st1:City w:st="on">Cholula</st1:City>,
Pyramids of the Sun and Moon, <st1:State w:st="on">Oaxaca</st1:State>, <st1:City
w:st="on">Acapulco</st1:City>, <st1:City w:st="on">Taxco</st1:City>, <st1:place
w:st="on"><st1:City w:st="on">Cuernavaca</st1:City></st1:place>, and
Cuetezalan.<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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font-family:Arial'>
For additional information, please read the information below, or you can
e-mail me at the address below. Of the $1200 course fee for the trip, currently
15 scholarships of $700 each have been allocated for the first qualified 15
students to apply. <o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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font-family:Arial'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:
12.0pt'>C. Pat Bagley, Ph.D.<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:
12.0pt'>Professor and Head<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:
12.0pt'>Department of Agricultural Sciences<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><st1:address w:st="on"><st1:Street w:st="on"><font size=3
face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:12.0pt'>P.O. Box</span></font></st1:Street>
3011</st1:address>, <st1:Street w:st="on"><st1:address w:st="on">2600 S. Neal
St</st1:address></st1:Street>.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:
12.0pt'>Texas A&M University-Commerce<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><st1:place w:st="on"><st1:City w:st="on"><font size=3
face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:12.0pt'>Commerce</span></font></st1:City>,
<st1:State w:st="on">TX</st1:State> <st1:PostalCode w:st="on">75429</st1:PostalCode></st1:place><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:
12.0pt'>Ph. 903/886-5351, Fax 903/886-5990<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:
12.0pt'>e-mail: <a href="mailto:pat_bagley@tamu-commerce.edu">pat_bagley@tamu-commerce.edu</a><o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:1.0in;text-indent:.5in'><b><font size=3
face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-weight:bold'>Announcing:
</span></font></b><b><i><u><font size=5><span style='font-size:16.0pt;
font-weight:bold;font-style:italic'>Mexican Expedition for 2006<o:p></o:p></span></font></u></i></b></p>
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style='font-size:12.0pt;font-weight:bold'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></b></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><b><u><font size=2 face="Times New Roman"><span
style='font-size:11.0pt;font-weight:bold'>Courses:</span></font></u></b><b><font
size=2><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-weight:bold'> Ag 497/597:
International Impacts of Agriculture <o:p></o:p></span></font></b></p>
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style='font-size:11.0pt;font-weight:bold'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></b></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:.5in;text-indent:-.5in'><b><u><font
size=2 face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-weight:bold'>Registering
for classes:</span></font></u></b><b><font size=2><span style='font-size:11.0pt;
font-weight:bold'> <i><u><span style='font-style:italic'>Both classes require
Instructor approval</span></u></i>. Register for classes in Summer Term I,
2006. <o:p></o:p></span></font></b></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:.5in;text-indent:-.5in'><b><font size=2
face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-weight:bold'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></b></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:.5in;text-indent:-.5in'><b><u><font
size=2 face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-weight:bold'>Class
Dates:</span></font></u></b><b><font size=2><span style='font-size:11.0pt;
font-weight:bold'> Classes will meet on campus on May 15 & 16, 2006. The
group will depart for <st1:place w:st="on"><st1:City w:st="on">Puebla</st1:City>,
<st1:country-region w:st="on">Mexico</st1:country-region></st1:place> on May
17, and return on June 3, 2006. All class assignments are due in on Tuesday,
June 6, 2006.<o:p></o:p></span></font></b></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:.5in;text-indent:-.5in'><b><font size=2
face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-weight:bold'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></b></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:.5in;text-indent:-.5in'><b><u><font
size=2 face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-weight:bold'>Instructor:</span></font></u></b><b><font
size=2><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-weight:bold'> C. P. Bagley, Professor
and Head, Department of Agricultural Sciences; <a
href="mailto:pat_bagley@tamu-commerce.edu">pat_bagley@tamu-commerce.edu</a>;
ph. 903/886-5351<o:p></o:p></span></font></b></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:.5in;text-indent:-.5in'><b><font size=2
face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-weight:bold'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></b></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:.5in;text-indent:-.5in'><b><u><font
size=2 face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-weight:bold'>Travel
dates in <st1:place w:st="on"><st1:country-region w:st="on">Mexico</st1:country-region></st1:place></span></font></u></b><b><font
size=2><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-weight:bold'>: May 17 thru June 3.<o:p></o:p></span></font></b></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:.5in;text-indent:-.5in'><b><font size=2
face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-weight:bold'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></b></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:.5in;text-indent:-.5in'><b><u><font
size=2 face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-weight:bold'>Cost
of the course: <o:p></o:p></span></font></u></b></p>
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face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-weight:bold'>
1). <st1:place w:st="on">Normal</st1:place> tuition rates for a 3 hr class; <u>$497.50</u>
for undergraduate; <u>$582.50</u> for graduate course.<o:p></o:p></span></font></b></p>
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face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-weight:bold'>
2). Ag 497/597 has a course fee of <u>$1200</u> <o:p></o:p></span></font></b></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:.5in;text-indent:-.5in'><b><font size=2
face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-weight:bold'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></b></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:.5in;text-indent:-.5in'><b><u><font
size=2 face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-weight:bold'>What
course fees cover: </span></font></u></b><b><font size=2><span
style='font-size:11.0pt;font-weight:bold'>Bus transfer from Whitely Hall,
Commerce to DFW airport. Round trip airfare from DFW and transfers to <st1:City
w:st="on">Puebla</st1:City>, <st1:country-region w:st="on">Mexico</st1:country-region>;
room (2 people per room); breakfast and lunch while in the hotel; bus fare and
rooms (4 per room) on weekend excursions, and bus fare on week day excursions (<st1:City
w:st="on">Mexico City</st1:City>, Cuetzalan, <st1:City w:st="on">Taxco</st1:City>,
<st1:place w:st="on"><st1:City w:st="on">Cholula</st1:City>, <st1:State w:st="on">Veracruz</st1:State></st1:place>,
and Teotichuan. <o:p></o:p></span></font></b></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:.5in;text-indent:-.5in'><font size=2
face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:11.0pt'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:.5in;text-indent:-.5in'><b><u><font
size=2 face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-weight:bold'>What
is not covered:</span></font></u></b><b><font size=2><span style='font-size:
11.0pt;font-weight:bold'> Meals while traveling away from the hotel; dinner at
night, incidental expenses, and gifts/ souvenirs. <o:p></o:p></span></font></b></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:.5in;text-indent:-.5in'><font size=2
face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:11.0pt'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:.5in;text-indent:-.5in'><b><u><font
size=2 face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-weight:bold'>To
Apply:<o:p></o:p></span></font></u></b></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:.5in;text-indent:-.5in'><b><font size=2
face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-weight:bold'>
Name:
__________________________________<o:p></o:p></span></font></b></p>
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face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-weight:bold'>
e-mail
__________________________________<o:p></o:p></span></font></b></p>
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face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-weight:bold'>
phone:
__________________________________<o:p></o:p></span></font></b></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:.5in;text-indent:-.5in'><b><font size=2
face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-weight:bold'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></b></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:.5in;text-indent:-.5in'><b><font size=2
face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-weight:bold'>
Name and phone # of two faculty references:<o:p></o:p></span></font></b></p>
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face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-weight:bold'>
______________________________________________________<o:p></o:p></span></font></b></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:.5in;text-indent:-.5in'><b><font size=2
face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-weight:bold'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></b></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:.5in;text-indent:-.5in'><b><font size=2
face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-weight:bold'>
______________________________________________________<o:p></o:p></span></font></b></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:.5in;text-indent:-.5in'><b><font size=2
face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-weight:bold'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></b></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:.5in;text-indent:-.5in'><b><font size=2
face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-weight:bold'>The first
15 students applying and making a deposit of $100 will get first priority for
scholarships and room space. After the first 15 students apply and are accepted
into the program, additional students may be added, but there is no guarantee.
Application for scholarships will be through the International Studies Program.<o:p></o:p></span></font></b></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:.5in;text-indent:-.5in'><b><font size=2
face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-weight:bold'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></b></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:.5in;text-indent:-.5in'><b><u><font
size=2 face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-weight:bold'>Scholarships:
</span></font></u></b><b><font size=2><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-weight:
bold'>Last year, scholarships in the amount of $700 were given to students
meeting qualifications. Similar scholarships are expected for the first 15
students admitted into the program and possibly more, but they are not
guaranteed.<o:p></o:p></span></font></b></p>
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12.0pt'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
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