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style='font-size:12.0pt'>Reminder of Legacy Scholarship deadline:<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><font size=3 color=black face="Times New Roman"><span
style='font-size:12.0pt'>The deadline for the Legacy Scholarship is March 31,
2006.<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><font size=3 color=black face="Times New Roman"><span
style='font-size:12.0pt'>The application is good for the following scholarship
programs: Commerce Chapter Scholarship, Distinguished Alumni
Chapter Scholarship, Senior Challenge Scholarship, Alumni Association
Scholarship, and Fifty Year Club Scholarship.<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><font size=3 color=black face="Times New Roman"><span
style='font-size:12.0pt'>To be eligible for any of these Association
scholarships, the student must have a parent or grandparent who graduated from
the University. (Commerce area students may also have a sister, brother,
aunt, or uncle who is a graduate of Texas A&M-Commerce.) Awards are
made in April of the preceding year. The amounts of the scholarships are
$500 (Commerce Chapter is $1,000), with half being dispersed each semester of
the award year. Students must maintain a 3.0 GPA and be registered for 12
undergraduate credit hours or 9 graduate credit hours.<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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style='font-size:12.0pt'>To be considered for a Legacy Scholarship, please
complete the application and a one page essay and return to the Alumni
Relations office, <st1:address w:st="on"><st1:Street w:st="on">P.O. Box 3011</st1:Street>,
<st1:City w:st="on">Commerce</st1:City>, <st1:State w:st="on">TX</st1:State> <st1:PostalCode
w:st="on">75428</st1:PostalCode></st1:address>. <o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><font size=3 color=black face="Times New Roman"><span
style='font-size:12.0pt'>Should you have any questions, please do not hesitate
to call or come by the Alumni Relations office. We are located in the <st1:place
w:st="on"><st1:PlaceName w:st="on">Memorial</st1:PlaceName> <st1:PlaceName
w:st="on">Student</st1:PlaceName> <st1:PlaceType w:st="on">Center</st1:PlaceType></st1:place>,
Room 120. <o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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<p class=MsoAutoSig><st1:PersonName w:st="on"><font size=3 color=black
face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:12.0pt;color:black'>Linda
Bobbitt</span></font></st1:PersonName><font color=black><span
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style='font-size:12.0pt;color:black'>Texas A&M University-Commerce<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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style='font-size:12.0pt;color:black'>Administrative Assistant<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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style='font-size:12.0pt;color:black'>Alumni Relations<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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style='font-size:12.0pt;color:black'>903-468-3075</span></font><font
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