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<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 color=navy face=Arial><span style='font-size:
10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:navy'>Just sharing information regarding
proposed action items for the next Coordinating Board meeting&#8230;All action
items are now considered by committee before being presented to the full board.<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>

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<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 color=navy face=Arial><span style='font-size:
10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:navy'>Thanks, Mary<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>

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<p class=MsoNormal><font size=1 color=navy face=Arial><span style='font-size:
7.5pt;font-family:Arial;color:navy'>Mary W. Hendrix, Ph.D.</span></font><font
color=navy><span style='color:navy'><o:p></o:p></span></font></p>

<p class=MsoNormal><font size=1 color=navy face=Arial><span style='font-size:
7.5pt;font-family:Arial;color:navy'>Interim Provost and Vice-President for Academic
&amp; Student Affairs</span></font><font color=navy><span style='color:navy'><o:p></o:p></span></font></p>

<p class=MsoNormal><font size=1 color=navy face=Arial><span style='font-size:
7.5pt;font-family:Arial;color:navy'>Texas A&amp;M University-Commerce</span></font><font
color=navy><span style='color:navy'><o:p></o:p></span></font></p>

<p class=MsoNormal><st1:address w:st="on"><st1:Street w:st="on"><font size=1
  color=navy face=Arial><span style='font-size:7.5pt;font-family:Arial;
  color:navy'>P.O. Box</span></font></st1:Street><font size=1 color=navy
 face=Arial><span style='font-size:7.5pt;font-family:Arial;color:navy'> 3011</span></font></st1:address><font
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  color=navy face=Arial><span style='font-size:7.5pt;font-family:Arial;
  color:navy'>Commerce</span></font></st1:City><font size=1 color=navy
 face=Arial><span style='font-size:7.5pt;font-family:Arial;color:navy'>, <st1:State
 w:st="on">TX</st1:State> <st1:PostalCode w:st="on">75429</st1:PostalCode></span></font></st1:place><font
color=navy><span style='color:navy'><o:p></o:p></span></font></p>

<p class=MsoNormal><font size=1 color=navy face=Arial><span style='font-size:
7.5pt;font-family:Arial;color:navy'>903.886.5018</span></font><font color=navy><span
style='color:navy'><o:p></o:p></span></font></p>

<p class=MsoNormal><i><font size=1 color=navy face=Arial><span
style='font-size:7.5pt;font-family:Arial;color:navy;font-style:italic'>We make
a living by what we get</span></font></i><i><font size=1 color=navy
face="@Arial Unicode MS"><span style='font-size:7.5pt;font-family:"\@Arial Unicode MS";
color:navy;font-style:italic'>; we make a life by what we give others. </span></font></i><o:p></o:p></p>

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<p class=MsoNormal><i><font size=2 color="#1f497d" face=Calibri><span
style='font-size:11.0pt;color:#1F497D;font-style:italic'>Sent on behalf of Joe
Stafford, Assistant Commissioner, Academic Affairs and Research Division, Texas
Higher Education Coordinating Board<o:p></o:p></span></font></i></p>

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style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:Arial'>&nbsp;<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>

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style='font-size:11.0pt;color:#1F497D'><o:p>&nbsp;</o:p></span></font></p>

<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:11.0pt;
font-family:Arial'>The agenda and materials for the upcoming Academic
Excellence and Research Committee meeting may be found on the Coordinating
Board&#8217;s web site by following the link below.&nbsp; <o:p></o:p></span></font></p>

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face=Arial><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:black'>&nbsp;</span></font><font
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11.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:black'>&nbsp;<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>

<p class=MsoNormal><u><font size=2 color=black face=Arial><span
style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:black'>June 11, 1:00 P.M.</span></font></u><font
color=black face=Arial><span style='font-family:Arial;color:black'>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;
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<p class=MsoNormal><b><font size=2 color=black face=Arial><span
style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:black;font-weight:bold'>Academic
Excellence and Research</span></font></b><font color=black face=Arial><span
style='font-family:Arial;color:black'>&nbsp;&nbsp;
-&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp; &nbsp;<u><a
href="http://www.thecb.state.tx.us/events/committeemeetings/AER/2008_06/Agenda.pdf">http://www.thecb.state.tx.us/events/committeemeetings/AER/2008_06/Agenda.pdf</a><o:p></o:p></u></span></font></p>

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