<html xmlns:o="urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:office" xmlns:w="urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:word" xmlns:st1="urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:smarttags" xmlns="http://www.w3.org/TR/REC-html40">
<head>
<META HTTP-EQUIV="Content-Type" CONTENT="text/html; charset=US-ASCII">
<meta name=ProgId content=Word.Document>
<meta name=Generator content="Microsoft Word 11">
<meta name=Originator content="Microsoft Word 11">
<link rel=File-List href="cid:filelist.xml@01C57C9C.67933450">
<o:SmartTagType namespaceuri="urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:smarttags"
name="PostalCode"
downloadurl="http://www.5iamas-microsoft-com:office:smarttags"/>
<o:SmartTagType namespaceuri="urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:smarttags"
name="Street" downloadurl="http://www.5iantlavalampft-com:office:smarttags"/>
<o:SmartTagType namespaceuri="urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:smarttags"
name="City" downloadurl="http://www.5iamas-microsoft-com:office:smarttags"/>
<o:SmartTagType namespaceuri="urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:smarttags"
name="address" downloadurl="http://www.5iamas-microsoft-com:office:smarttags"/>
<o:SmartTagType namespaceuri="urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:smarttags"
name="place" downloadurl="http://www.5iantlavalamp.com/"/>
<o:SmartTagType namespaceuri="urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:smarttags"
name="State"/>
<o:SmartTagType namespaceuri="urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:smarttags"
name="PlaceName" downloadurl="http://www.5iantlavalamp.com/"/>
<o:SmartTagType namespaceuri="urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:smarttags"
name="PlaceType"/>
<o:SmartTagType namespaceuri="urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:smarttags"
name="PersonName" downloadurl="http://www.microsoft.com"/>
<!--[if gte mso 9]><xml>
<o:OfficeDocumentSettings>
<o:DoNotRelyOnCSS/>
</o:OfficeDocumentSettings>
</xml><![endif]--><!--[if gte mso 9]><xml>
<w:WordDocument>
<w:SpellingState>Clean</w:SpellingState>
<w:DocumentKind>DocumentEmail</w:DocumentKind>
<w:EnvelopeVis/>
<w:ValidateAgainstSchemas/>
<w:SaveIfXMLInvalid>false</w:SaveIfXMLInvalid>
<w:IgnoreMixedContent>false</w:IgnoreMixedContent>
<w:AlwaysShowPlaceholderText>false</w:AlwaysShowPlaceholderText>
<w:Compatibility>
<w:BreakWrappedTables/>
<w:SnapToGridInCell/>
<w:WrapTextWithPunct/>
<w:UseAsianBreakRules/>
<w:UseWord2002TableStyleRules/>
</w:Compatibility>
<w:BrowserLevel>MicrosoftInternetExplorer4</w:BrowserLevel>
</w:WordDocument>
</xml><![endif]--><!--[if gte mso 9]><xml>
<w:LatentStyles DefLockedState="false" LatentStyleCount="156">
</w:LatentStyles>
</xml><![endif]--><!--[if !mso]>
<style>
st1\:*{behavior:url(#default#ieooui) }
</style>
<![endif]-->
<style>
<!--
/* Style Definitions */
p.MsoNormal, li.MsoNormal, div.MsoNormal
{mso-style-parent:"";
margin:0in;
margin-bottom:.0001pt;
mso-pagination:widow-orphan;
font-size:12.0pt;
font-family:"Times New Roman";
mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman";}
h2
{mso-style-next:Normal;
margin:0in;
margin-bottom:.0001pt;
line-height:12.0pt;
mso-pagination:widow-orphan;
page-break-after:avoid;
mso-outline-level:2;
tab-stops:1.0in 6.25in;
font-size:12.0pt;
mso-bidi-font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:"Courier New";
mso-bidi-font-family:"Times New Roman";
font-weight:bold;
mso-bidi-font-weight:normal;}
a:link, span.MsoHyperlink
{color:blue;
text-decoration:underline;
text-underline:single;}
a:visited, span.MsoHyperlinkFollowed
{color:purple;
text-decoration:underline;
text-underline:single;}
p
{mso-margin-top-alt:auto;
margin-right:0in;
mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;
margin-left:0in;
mso-pagination:widow-orphan;
font-size:12.0pt;
font-family:"Times New Roman";
mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman";}
span.EmailStyle18
{mso-style-type:personal-compose;
mso-style-noshow:yes;
mso-ansi-font-size:10.0pt;
mso-bidi-font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Arial;
mso-ascii-font-family:Arial;
mso-hansi-font-family:Arial;
mso-bidi-font-family:Arial;
color:windowtext;}
@page Section1
{size:8.5in 11.0in;
margin:1.0in 1.25in 1.0in 1.25in;
mso-header-margin:.5in;
mso-footer-margin:.5in;
mso-paper-source:0;}
div.Section1
{page:Section1;}
-->
</style>
<!--[if gte mso 10]>
<style>
/* Style Definitions */
table.MsoNormalTable
{mso-style-name:"Table Normal";
mso-tstyle-rowband-size:0;
mso-tstyle-colband-size:0;
mso-style-noshow:yes;
mso-style-parent:"";
mso-padding-alt:0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt;
mso-para-margin:0in;
mso-para-margin-bottom:.0001pt;
mso-pagination:widow-orphan;
font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:"Times New Roman";
mso-ansi-language:#0400;
mso-fareast-language:#0400;
mso-bidi-language:#0400;}
</style>
<![endif]-->
</head>
<body lang=EN-US link=blue vlink=purple style='tab-interval:.5in'>
<div class=Section1>
<p class=MsoNormal style='line-height:12.0pt;tab-stops:1.0in 6.25in'><b
style='mso-bidi-font-weight:normal'><font size=3 face="Courier New"><span
style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Courier New";mso-bidi-font-family:"Times New Roman";
font-weight:bold;mso-bidi-font-weight:normal'>TO:<span style='mso-tab-count:
1'> </span>All Graduate Faculty<o:p></o:p></span></font></b></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='line-height:12.0pt;tab-stops:1.0in 6.25in'><b
style='mso-bidi-font-weight:normal'><font size=3 face="Courier New"><span
style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Courier New";mso-bidi-font-family:"Times New Roman";
font-weight:bold;mso-bidi-font-weight:normal'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></b></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='line-height:12.0pt;tab-stops:1.0in 6.25in'><b
style='mso-bidi-font-weight:normal'><font size=3 face="Courier New"><span
style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Courier New";mso-bidi-font-family:"Times New Roman";
font-weight:bold;mso-bidi-font-weight:normal'>FROM:<span style='mso-tab-count:
1'> </span><st1:PersonName w:st="on">Natalie Henderson</st1:PersonName><o:p></o:p></span></font></b></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='line-height:12.0pt;tab-stops:1.0in 6.25in'><b
style='mso-bidi-font-weight:normal'><font size=3 face="Courier New"><span
style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Courier New";mso-bidi-font-family:"Times New Roman";
font-weight:bold;mso-bidi-font-weight:normal'><span style='mso-tab-count:1'> </span>Doctoral
Degree Coordinator<o:p></o:p></span></font></b></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='line-height:12.0pt;tab-stops:1.0in 6.25in'><b
style='mso-bidi-font-weight:normal'><font size=3 face="Courier New"><span
style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Courier New";mso-bidi-font-family:"Times New Roman";
font-weight:bold;mso-bidi-font-weight:normal'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></b></p>
<h2><b style='mso-bidi-font-weight:normal'><font size=3 face="Courier New"><span
style='font-size:12.0pt;mso-bidi-font-size:12.0pt;mso-bidi-font-family:"Courier New"'>DATE:<span
style='mso-tab-count:1'> </span>June 29, 2005<o:p></o:p></span></font></b></h2>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:
12.0pt'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
<div style='mso-element:para-border-div;border:none;border-bottom:solid windowtext 1.5pt;
padding:0in 0in 1.0pt 0in'>
<p class=MsoNormal style='line-height:12.0pt;tab-stops:1.0in 6.25in;border:
none;mso-border-bottom-alt:solid windowtext 1.5pt;padding:0in;mso-padding-alt:
0in 0in 1.0pt 0in'><b style='mso-bidi-font-weight:normal'><font size=3
face="Courier New"><span style='font-size:12.0pt;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'> </span>Schedule
of Proposal Defenses and Final Defenses<o:p></o:p></span></font></b></p>
</div>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:
12.0pt;mso-no-proof:yes'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:
12.0pt;mso-no-proof:yes'>July 5 - 10:00 a.m.</span>, <span
style='mso-no-proof:yes'>EDN 107</span>, <span style='mso-no-proof:yes'>Staussa
Ervin</span>, <span style='mso-no-proof:yes'>Final Defense</span><o:p></o:p></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:
12.0pt'>"<span style='mso-no-proof:yes'>The Attitudes of Higher Education
Faculty Toward African American Vernacular English</span>"<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:
12.0pt'>Major Adviser:<span style='mso-spacerun:yes'> </span><span
style='mso-no-proof:yes'>Dr. <st1:PersonName w:st="on">Jon Travis</st1:PersonName></span><o:p></o:p></span></font></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'>
</span><span style='mso-no-proof:yes'>Ms. Anne Bomar</span><o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:
12.0pt'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:
12.0pt;mso-no-proof:yes'>July 5 - 10:00 a.m.</span>, <span
style='mso-no-proof:yes'>EDN 104B</span>, <span style='mso-no-proof:yes'>Pat
Dobbs</span>, <span style='mso-no-proof:yes'>Final Defense</span><o:p></o:p></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:
12.0pt'>"<span style='mso-no-proof:yes'>The Inclination of Secondary
Teachers to Implement Innovations Learned Through Professional Development</span>"<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:
12.0pt'>Major Adviser:<span style='mso-spacerun:yes'> </span><span
style='mso-no-proof:yes'>Dr. <st1:PersonName w:st="on">Karla Hase</st1:PersonName></span><o:p></o:p></span></font></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'>
</span><span style='mso-no-proof:yes'>Dr. <st1:PersonName w:st="on">Byron
Housewright</st1:PersonName></span><o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:
12.0pt'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:
12.0pt;mso-no-proof:yes'>July 5 - 11:00 a.m.</span>, <span
style='mso-no-proof:yes'>EDN 113</span>, <span style='mso-no-proof:yes'>Liliana
Valadez</span>, <span style='mso-no-proof:yes'>Final Defense</span><o:p></o:p></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:
12.0pt'>"<span style='mso-no-proof:yes'>Proactive vs. Reactive:<span
style='mso-spacerun:yes'> </span>An Analysis of Legal Expenditures and
Training of Selected Texas School Districts</span>"<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:
12.0pt'>Major Adviser:<span style='mso-spacerun:yes'> </span><span
style='mso-no-proof:yes'>Dr. James Vornberg</span><o:p></o:p></span></font></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'>
</span><span style='mso-no-proof:yes'>Dr. Srinivas Nippani</span><o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:
12.0pt'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:
12.0pt;mso-no-proof:yes'>July 5 - 1:30 p.m.</span>, <span
style='mso-no-proof:yes'>EDN 107</span>, <span style='mso-no-proof:yes'>Pamela
Webster</span>, <span style='mso-no-proof:yes'>Final Defense</span><o:p></o:p></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:
12.0pt'>"<span style='mso-no-proof:yes'>The Effectiveness of Interventions
on the Pass Rate in Developmental Mathematics Courses at a Regional, <st1:PlaceName
w:st="on">Four-Year</st1:PlaceName> <st1:PlaceType w:st="on">University</st1:PlaceType>
in <st1:place w:st="on"><st1:State w:st="on">Texas</st1:State></st1:place></span>"<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:
12.0pt'>Major Adviser:<span style='mso-spacerun:yes'> </span><span
style='mso-no-proof:yes'>Dr. James Hardy</span><o:p></o:p></span></font></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'>
</span><span style='mso-no-proof:yes'>Dr. Larry Chaloupka</span><o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:
12.0pt'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:
12.0pt;mso-no-proof:yes'>July 5 - 3:00 p.m.</span>, <span
style='mso-no-proof:yes'>EDN 113</span>, <span style='mso-no-proof:yes'>Gene
Burton</span>, <span style='mso-no-proof:yes'>Final Defense</span><o:p></o:p></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:
12.0pt'>"<span style='mso-no-proof:yes'>Multiple Case Study of the
Transition Process from a Single High School District to a Multiple High School
District</span>"<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:
12.0pt'>Major Adviser:<span style='mso-spacerun:yes'> </span><span
style='mso-no-proof:yes'>Dr. James Vornberg</span><o:p></o:p></span></font></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'>
</span><span style='mso-no-proof:yes'>Dr. Ed Skarnulis</span><o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:
12.0pt'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:
12.0pt;mso-no-proof:yes'>July 7 - 2:00 p.m.</span>, <span
style='mso-no-proof:yes'>Metroplex 123 & IT 233</span>, <span
style='mso-no-proof:yes'>Joanna Neel</span>, <span style='mso-no-proof:yes'>Final
Defense</span><o:p></o:p></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:
12.0pt'>"<span style='mso-no-proof:yes'>The Effects of Differentiated
Developmentally Appropriate Instruction of First Grade Learners</span>"<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:
12.0pt'>Major Adviser:<span style='mso-spacerun:yes'> </span><span
style='mso-no-proof:yes'>Dr. Joseph Vaughan</span><o:p></o:p></span></font></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'>
</span><span style='mso-no-proof:yes'>Dr. Chris Myers</span><o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:
12.0pt'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:
12.0pt;mso-no-proof:yes'>July 13 - 2:30 p.m.</span>, <span
style='mso-no-proof:yes'>EDN 107</span>, <span style='mso-no-proof:yes'>Brooke
Seabolt</span>, <span style='mso-no-proof:yes'>Proposal Defense</span><o:p></o:p></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:
12.0pt'>"<span style='mso-no-proof:yes'>A Comparison of Two Delivery
Formats of ESL Professional Development</span>"<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:
12.0pt'>Major Adviser:<span style='mso-spacerun:yes'> </span><span
style='mso-no-proof:yes'>Dr. Sue Espinoza</span><o:p></o:p></span></font></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'>
</span><span style='mso-no-proof:yes'>Dr. Pat Bagley</span><o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:
12.0pt'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Arial'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Arial'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
<p><st1:PersonName w:st="on"><font size=2 face="Times New Roman"><span
style='font-size:10.0pt;mso-no-proof:yes'>Natalie Henderson</span></font></st1:PersonName><br>
<font size=2><span style='font-size:10.0pt;mso-no-proof:yes'>Doctoral Degree
Coordinator<br>
Texas A&M University-Commerce<br>
Graduate Studies & Research<br>
<st1:address w:st="on"><st1:Street w:st="on">P O Box</st1:Street> 3011</st1:address><br>
<st1:place w:st="on"><st1:City w:st="on">Commerce</st1:City>, <st1:State w:st="on">TX</st1:State>
<st1:PostalCode w:st="on">75429-3011</st1:PostalCode></st1:place><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&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 <st1:place
w:st="on">Northeast Texas</st1:place> 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>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:
12.0pt'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
</div>
</body>
</html>