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</o:shapelayout></xml><![endif]--></head><body lang=EN-US link=blue vlink=purple><div class=WordSection1><p class=MsoNormal><b><i>Please be sure to join us for the Academic Convocation scheduled for Tuesday, April 26, at 11:00 a.m. in the University Auditorium to honor Dr. Edgar J. Manton, Professor of Business Administration and Management Information Systems. Dr. Manton became the University’s most recent recipient of the highest academic distinction bestowed upon faculty by The Texas A&M University System Board of Regents when named “Regents Professor” during the December, 2010, A&M Board Meeting. <o:p></o:p></i></b></p><p class=MsoNormal><b><i><span style='color:black'><o:p> </o:p></span></i></b></p><p class=MsoNormal><b><i><span style='color:black'>In order for students, faculty, and staff to attend the Convocation, all classes and campus offices will be <u>canceled/</u> <u>closed from 11:00 a.m. to Noon</u></span></i></b><span style='color:black'>, <b><i>Tuesday, April 26. </i></b> <b><i> <o:p></o:p></i></b></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><b><i><span style='color:black'><o:p> </o:p></span></i></b></p><p class=MsoNormal><b><i><span style='color:black'>Faculty will participate in full academic regalia and gather for the processional at approximately 10:45 a.m. in the first floor hallway of the Ferguson Social Sciences Building. Those unable to attend are to consult the relevant dean in advance. Please mark this special event in both Dr. Manton’s career and the history of our university on your calendar and plan to join us in the University Auditorium <u>at 11:00 a.m. on April 26.</u> <o:p></o:p></span></i></b></p><p class=MsoNormal><b><i><span style='color:black'><o:p> </o:p></span></i></b></p><p class=MsoNormal><b><i><span style='color:black'>Larry F. Lemanski, Ph. D.<o:p></o:p></span></i></b></p><p class=MsoNormal><b><i><span style='color:black'>Provost and Vice President Academic Affairs</span></i></b><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'><o:p> </o:p></span></p></div></body></html>