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style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Courier New";color:blue;font-weight:bold'>Academic
community members:<o:p></o:p></span></font></b></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><b><font size=3 color=blue face="Courier New"><span
style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Courier New";color:blue;font-weight:bold'>The
Presidential Search Advisory Committee met Friday, January 25, 2008 with a
daunting job. From 35 qualified applicants from all over the nation the
committee selected 16 applications to gather more information. During the
next couple of weeks, the committee will be calling references that were
provided by these successful applicants.<o:p></o:p></span></font></b></p>
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style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Courier New";color:blue;font-weight:bold'>On
February 13, the committee will reconvene to share what we have learned of the
applicants and then select 6 to 8 applicants for off-campus interviews.<o:p></o:p></span></font></b></p>
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style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Courier New";color:blue;font-weight:bold'>The
committee is very pleased with the quality of applicants and is very confident
that we will be able to identify worthy candidates to recommend to the
Chancellor and the Board of Regents.<o:p></o:p></span></font></b></p>
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style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Courier New";color:blue;font-weight:bold'>I
will continue to try to keep you informed as to our progress.<o:p></o:p></span></font></b></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><strong><b><font size=2 color=blue face=Arial><span
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:blue'>David B. Crenshaw, Ph.D.</span></font></b></strong><strong><b><font
size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'><o:p></o:p></span></font></b></strong></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><strong><b><font size=2 color=blue face=Arial><span
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:blue'>President of Faculty
Senate and Chair of the Presidential Search Advisory Committee</span></font></b></strong><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><strong><b><font size=2 color=blue face=Arial><span
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:blue'>Interim Department Head</span></font></b></strong><font
color=blue><span style='color:blue'><o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><strong><b><font size=2 color=blue face=Arial><span
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:blue'>Professor of Animal
Science</span></font></b></strong><font color=blue><span style='color:blue'><o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:blue'>Department of
Agricultural Sciences</span></font></b></strong><font color=blue><span
style='color:blue'><o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:blue'>Texas A&M
University-Commerce</span></font></b></strong><font color=blue><span
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<p class=MsoNormal><strong><b><font size=2 color=blue face=Arial><span
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:blue'>903-886-5351</span></font></b></strong><font
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style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:blue'>903-886-5990 FAX</span></font></b></strong><font
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<p class=MsoNormal><strong><b><font size=2 color=blue face=Arial><span
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:blue'>Pre-Veterinary Advisor</span></font></b></strong><font
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<p class=MsoNormal><strong><b><font size=2 color=blue face=Arial><span
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:blue'>Co-Director of Wildlife
and Conservation Science Program</span></font></b></strong><o:p></o:p></p>
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