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font-weight:bold;mso-bidi-font-weight:normal'>TO:<span style='mso-tab-count:
1'>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; </span>All Graduate <span
class=GramE>Faculty</span><o:p></o:p></span></font></b></p>

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font-weight:bold;mso-bidi-font-weight:normal'>FROM:<span style='mso-tab-count:
1'>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; </span></span></font></b><st1:PersonName><b
 style='mso-bidi-font-weight:normal'><font size=2 face="Courier New"><span
 style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Courier New";mso-bidi-font-family:"Times New Roman";
 font-weight:bold;mso-bidi-font-weight:normal'>Natalie Henderson</span></font></b></st1:PersonName><b
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font-weight:bold;mso-bidi-font-weight:normal'><span style='mso-tab-count:1'>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; </span>Doctoral
Degree Coordinator<o:p></o:p></span></font></b></p>

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<h2><b style='mso-bidi-font-weight:normal'><font size=2 face="Courier New"><span
style='font-size:10.0pt'>DATE:<span style='mso-tab-count:1'>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; </span></span></font></b><st1:date
Month="9" Day="15" Year="2004"><font size=2><span style='font-size:10.0pt'>September
 15, 2004</span></font></st1:date><font size=2><span style='font-size:10.0pt'><o:p></o:p></span></font></h2>

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0in 0in 1.0pt 0in'><b style='mso-bidi-font-weight:normal'><font size=2
face="Courier New"><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Courier New";
mso-bidi-font-family:"Times New Roman";font-weight:bold;mso-bidi-font-weight:
normal'>RE:<span style='mso-tab-count:1'>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; </span>Schedule
of Proposal Defenses and Final Defenses<o:p></o:p></span></font></b></p>

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face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-weight:bold;
mso-bidi-font-weight:normal;mso-no-proof:yes'>Sept. </span></font></b><st1:time
Hour="21" Minute="0"><b style='mso-bidi-font-weight:normal'><span
 style='font-weight:bold;mso-bidi-font-weight:normal;mso-no-proof:yes'>21
 - 1:00 p.m.</span></b></st1:time><b style='mso-bidi-font-weight:normal'><span
style='font-weight:bold;mso-bidi-font-weight:normal'>, <span style='mso-no-proof:
yes'>BA338</span>, <span style='mso-no-proof:yes'>Cheryl Izbicki</span>, <span
style='mso-no-proof:yes'>Final Defense</span><o:p></o:p></span></b></p>

<p class=MsoNormal><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:
12.0pt'>&quot;<span style='mso-no-proof:yes'>Leadership Capacity in </span></span></font><st1:State><st1:place><span
  style='mso-no-proof:yes'>Texas</span></st1:place></st1:State><span
style='mso-no-proof:yes'> Early Childhood Schools</span>"<o:p></o:p></p>

<p class=MsoNormal><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:
12.0pt'>Major Adviser:<span style='mso-spacerun:yes'>&nbsp; </span><span
style='mso-no-proof:yes'>Dr. </span></span></font><st1:PersonName><span
 style='mso-no-proof:yes'>Jane MacDonald</span></st1:PersonName><o:p></o:p></p>

<p class=MsoNormal><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:
12.0pt'>Graduate Council Representative:<span style='mso-spacerun:yes'>&nbsp;
</span><span style='mso-no-proof:yes'>Dr. </span></span></font><st1:PersonName><span
 style='mso-no-proof:yes'>Linda Morales</span></st1:PersonName><o:p></o:p></p>

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<p><st1:PersonName><font size=2 face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:
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size=2><span style='font-size:10.0pt;mso-no-proof:yes'><br>
Doctoral Degree Coordinator<br>
Texas A&amp;M University-Commerce<br>
Graduate Studies &amp; Research<br>
</span></font><st1:address><st1:Street><font size=2><span style='font-size:
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size=2><span style='font-size:10.0pt;mso-no-proof:yes'><br>
</span></font><st1:place><st1:City><font size=2><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
  mso-no-proof:yes'>Commerce</span></font></st1:City><font size=2><span
 style='font-size:10.0pt;mso-no-proof:yes'>, </span></font><st1:State><font
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  size=2><span style='font-size:10.0pt;mso-no-proof:yes'>75429-3011</span></font></st1:PostalCode></st1:place><font
size=2><span style='font-size:10.0pt;mso-no-proof:yes'><br>
Phone: 903/886-5161<br>
Fax: 903/886-5165<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>

<p><font size=2 face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
mso-no-proof:yes'>The Mission of Graduate Studies and Research is to provide
leadership and direction for all aspects of graduate education and to promote
research at Texas A&amp;M University-Commerce. <o:p></o:p></span></font></p>

<p><font size=2 face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
mso-no-proof:yes'>As a major Doctoral/Research Intensive university in the </span></font><st1:place><font
 size=2><span style='font-size:10.0pt;mso-no-proof:yes'>Northeast Texas</span></font></st1:place><font
size=2><span style='font-size:10.0pt;mso-no-proof:yes'> region, we are
committed to embody and model the best practices in graduate education and
research to meet the needs of a constantly changing regional, national, and
global environment. </span></font><font size=2><span style='font-size:10.0pt'><o:p></o:p></span></font></p>

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