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<p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="text-align:center"><b><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif";color:#1F497D">ACADEMIC CONVOCATION<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="text-align:center"><b><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif";color:#1F497D">ALL CLASSES AND OFFICES ON TEXAS A&M UNIVERSITY-COMMERCE’S MAIN CAMPUS WILL BE CANCELLED
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<p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="text-align:center"><b><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif";color:#1F497D">FOR CONVOCATION FROM 11 A.M. TO NOON ON WEDNESDAY, APRIL 15, 2015,
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif";color:#254061">Faculty</span><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif";color:#1F497D">,
</span><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif";color:#254061">Staff,</span><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif";color:#1F497D"> and Students,
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif";color:#254061">The Spring 2015 Academic Convocation is scheduled for
<b>Wednesday, April 15, 2015, at 11:00 a.m</b>. in the University Auditorium, Ferguson Social Sciences Building, to honor Dr. Ben Jang, Regents Professor and Professor of Chemistry. Dr. Jang became the University’s most recent recipient of the highest academic
distinction bestowed upon faculty by The Texas A&M University System Board of Regents when named “Regents Professor” for academic year 2013-2014.
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif";color:#254061">In order for students, faculty, and staff to attend the Convocation,
<b>all classes </b></span><b><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif";color:#1F497D">on the main campus
</span></b><b><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif";color:#254061">will be canceled
</span></b><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif";color:#254061">and campus offices will be closed from 11 a.m. to noon, Wednesday, April 15. <o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif";color:#254061">Faculty will participate in full academic regalia and gather for the processional at approximately 10:45 a.m. in the first floor hallway of the Ferguson
Social Sciences Building. Those unable to attend are to consult the respective dean in advance. <o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif";color:#254061">Please mark on your calendars this special event to honor both Dr. Jang’s career and the history of our university by joining in this celebration.
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif";color:#254061">Dr. Adolfo Benavides<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif";color:#254061">Provost and Vice President
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif";color:#254061">Academic Affairs<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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