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<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-autospace:none"><span style="font-size:11.5pt;font-family:TimesNewRomanPSMT;color:#232A23">The staff and faculty at Texas A&M University-Commerce are so excited you are here and we wish you the very best as you pursue your degree.
Please let us know what we can do to help you.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-autospace:none"><span style="font-size:11.5pt;font-family:TimesNewRomanPSMT;color:#232A23">The road to graduation is sometimes marked with tough decisions. To assist you in making the best choices possible, the Student Guidebook
can be found at this link:<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-autospace:none"><span style="font-size:11.5pt;font-family:TimesNewRomanPSMT;color:#0563C2"><a href="http://www.tamuc.edu/student_guidebook/Student_Guidebook.pdf">http://www.tamuc.edu/student_guidebook/Student_Guidebook.pdf</a><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-autospace:none"><span style="font-size:11.5pt;font-family:TimesNewRomanPSMT;color:#232A23">I encourage you to become familiar with these policies and services and urge you to bookmark the above link for future reference.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-autospace:none"><span style="font-size:11.5pt;font-family:TimesNewRomanPSMT;color:#232A23">Should you need any assistance at all, please feel free to stop by the Dean of Student's suite located on the second floor of the Halladay
Student Services Building room 201 or send an e-mail to </span><span style="font-size:11.5pt;font-family:TimesNewRomanPSMT;color:#014881">Campuslife@tamuc.edu.</span><span style="font-size:11.5pt;font-family:TimesNewRomanPSMT;color:#232A23"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-autospace:none"><span style="font-size:11.5pt;font-family:TimesNewRomanPSMT;color:#232A23">As always, it's a great day to be a Lion!<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:13.5pt;color:#00386C">Thomas W. Newsom, Ph.D.<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><i><span style="font-size:12.0pt;color:#4F5352">Interim Vice President of Student Success and Dean of Students</span></i><span style="font-size:12.0pt;color:black"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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