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<p class=MsoNormal style='line-height:12.0pt'><b><font size=3 face="Courier New"><span
style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Courier New";font-weight:bold'>TO: All
Graduate Faculty<o:p></o:p></span></font></b></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal style='line-height:12.0pt'><b><font size=3 face="Courier New"><span
style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Courier New";font-weight:bold'>FROM: <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'><b><font size=3 face="Courier New"><span
style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Courier New";font-weight:bold'> Doctoral
Degree Coordinator<o:p></o:p></span></font></b></p>
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<h2><b><font size=3 face="Courier New"><span style='font-size:12.0pt'>DATE: May
31, 2006<o:p></o:p></span></font></b></h2>
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size=3 face="Courier New"><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Courier New";
font-weight:bold'>RE: Schedule of Proposal Defenses and Final Defenses<o:p></o:p></span></font></b></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:
12.0pt'>June 1 - 3:00 pm</span>, EDN 113-E, Julia Rousseau, Proposal
Defense<o:p></o:p></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><i><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span
style='font-size:12.0pt;font-style:italic'>AN Historical Case Study of the
SUPERNET Consortium: A Distributed Professional Learning Community</span><o:p></o:p></font></i></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:
12.0pt'>Major Adviser: Dr. Sherion Jackson<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: Dr. <st1:PersonName w:st="on">William
Thompson</st1:PersonName><o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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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'>June 5 - 10:30 am</span>, EDN 107, Pamela Boehm, Final Defense<o:p></o:p></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><i><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span
style='font-size:12.0pt;font-style:italic'>Policies Promoting Academic
Integrity Practices in Institutions of Higher Education</span><o:p></o:p></font></i></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:
12.0pt'>Major Adviser: Dr. Madeline Justice<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: Dr. Sherion Jackson<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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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'>June 9 - 10:00 am</span>, EDN 107, Marylym Wright, Proposal
Defense<o:p></o:p></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><st1:place w:st="on"><st1:PlaceName w:st="on"><i><font
size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-style:italic'>Texas</span></font></i></st1:PlaceName><i><span
style='font-style:italic'> <st1:PlaceType w:st="on">Community College</st1:PlaceType></span></i></st1:place><i><span
style='font-style:italic'> Music Appreciation Courses: Online and Traditional</span><o:p></o:p></i></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:
12.0pt'>Major Adviser: Dr. James Hardy<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: Dr. Jane MacDonald<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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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'>June 9 - 1:00 pm</span>, , Jane Moore, Final Defense<o:p></o:p></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><i><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span
style='font-size:12.0pt;font-style:italic'>A Historical Examination of the Term
Oral Language: A Search for Meaning</span><o:p></o:p></font></i></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:
12.0pt'>Major Adviser: Dr. Mary Beth Sampson<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: Dr. <st1:PersonName w:st="on">Randy
Odom</st1:PersonName><o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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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'>June 12 - 11:50 am</span>, EDN 113-E, Carol Brown, Proposal
Defense<o:p></o:p></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><i><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span
style='font-size:12.0pt;font-style:italic'>Leadership and Followership: A
Gender Perspective</span><o:p></o:p></font></i></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:
12.0pt'>Major Adviser: Dr. <st1:PersonName w:st="on">Rex Carr</st1:PersonName><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: Dr. Robert Williams<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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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'>June 12 - 3:00 pm</span>, HEND 202, Phil Armstrong, Proposal
Defense<o:p></o:p></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><i><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span
style='font-size:12.0pt;font-style:italic'>Eminent Academic Psychologists:
Time Preference and Personality</span><o:p></o:p></font></i></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:
12.0pt'>Major Adviser: Dr. Ray Green<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: Dr. Stephen Freeman<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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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'>June 15 - 10:30 am</span>, Metroplex 123 & BA 338, Saul
Laredo, Final Defense<o:p></o:p></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><i><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span
style='font-size:12.0pt;font-style:italic'>The Principalship: What Matters
Most - A Study of Teacher Perceptions of the Principalship</span><o:p></o:p></font></i></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:
12.0pt'>Major Adviser: Dr. Sherion Jackson<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: Dr. James Hardy<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'>June 15 - 3:00 pm</span>, BA 244 & Metroplex 120 , Melanie
Schauwecker, Proposal Defense<o:p></o:p></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><i><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span
style='font-size:12.0pt;font-style:italic'>A Mixed-Methods Investigation of the
Effects of Trade Books on Fifth Grade Students' Mathematics Achievement
and Attitudes</span><o:p></o:p></font></i></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:
12.0pt'>Major Adviser: Dr. Wayne Linek<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: Dr. Ben Doughty<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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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'>June 20 - 10:00 am</span>, EDN 107, Karen Wagley, Final Defense<o:p></o:p></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><i><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span
style='font-size:12.0pt;font-style:italic'>Secondary Level Computer Literacy
Teaching Objectives as Stated inPeriodical Literature: 1980 - 2004</span><o:p></o:p></font></i></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:
12.0pt'>Major Adviser: Dr. William Ogden<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: Dr. Mary Beth Sampson<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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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'>June 22 - 2:00 pm</span>, EDN 113-E, Paul Tapper, Proposal
Defense<o:p></o:p></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><i><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span
style='font-size:12.0pt;font-style:italic'>Character Education Programs in <st1:place
w:st="on"><st1:PlaceName w:st="on">Texas</st1:PlaceName> <st1:PlaceName w:st="on">Character</st1:PlaceName>
<st1:PlaceName w:st="on">Plus</st1:PlaceName> <st1:PlaceType w:st="on">Middle
Schools</st1:PlaceType></st1:place> and the Role of the Principal</span><o:p></o:p></font></i></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:
12.0pt'>Major Adviser: Dr. Wayne Bingham<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: Dr. <st1:PersonName w:st="on">Sue
Espinoza</st1:PersonName><o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:
12.0pt'>June 23 - 10:00 am</span>, HEND 202, Beth Palmer, Final Defense<o:p></o:p></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><i><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span
style='font-size:12.0pt;font-style:italic'>The Relationship Between Levels of
Development and the Elaboration of Possible Selves</span><o:p></o:p></font></i></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:
12.0pt'>Major Adviser: Dr. Paul Zelhart<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: Dr. <st1:PersonName w:st="on">Hugh
Clark</st1:PersonName><o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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<p><font size=2 face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:10.0pt'>Natalie
Henderson<br>
Sponsored Programs Coordinator<br>
Texas A&M University-Commerce<br>
Graduate Studies & Research<br>
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<p><font size=2 face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:10.0pt'>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'>As a
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Texas</ns0: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><o:p></o:p></p>
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