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</o:shapelayout></xml><![endif]--></head><body lang=EN-US link=blue vlink=purple><div class=WordSection1><p class=MsoNormal style='line-height:12.0pt'><b>TO: All Graduate Faculty<o:p></o:p></b></p><p class=MsoNormal style='line-height:12.0pt'><b><o:p> </o:p></b></p><p class=MsoNormal style='line-height:12.0pt'><b>FROM: Vicky Turner<o:p></o:p></b></p><p class=MsoNormal style='line-height:12.0pt'><b> Doctoral Degree Coordinator<o:p></o:p></b></p><p class=MsoNormal style='line-height:12.0pt'><b><o:p> </o:p></b></p><h2><span style='font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"'>DATE: July 31, 2012</span><span style='font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"'><o:p></o:p></span></h2><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='line-height:12.0pt'><b>RE: Schedule of Proposal Defenses & Final Defenses for August 2012<o:p></o:p></b></p><p class=MsoNormal style='line-height:12.0pt'>_______________________________________________________________________<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>Wed., Aug. 1, 9:00 am, EDN 113E, <b><u>David Rankin</u></b>, Proposal Defense<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><i>A Comparison of Texas’ Closing the Gaps by 2015 Undergraduate Retention and Graduation Policy to SREB Member States<o:p></o:p></i></p><p class=MsoNormal>Major Advisor: Dr. Joyce Scott<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>Fri., Aug. 3, 10:00 am, EDN 113E, <b><u>Steven Brownlee</u></b>, Proposal Defense<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><i>Identifying Scientifically Research Based Teaching Strategies in Reading to Close the Achievement Gap for Low Socio-Economic Children in Texas <o:p></o:p></i></p><p class=MsoNormal>Major Advisor: Dr. William Holt<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>Fri., Aug. 3, 1:00 pm, EDN 113, <b><u>Shawna DeLamar</u></b>, Final Defense<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><i>Supporting Transition of At-Risk Students Through a Freshman Orientation Model<o:p></o:p></i></p><p class=MsoNormal>Major Advisor: Dr. Casey Brown<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>Graduate Council Representative: Dr. Haydn Fox<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>Mon., Aug. 6, 9:00 am, EDN 113E, <b><u>James Niven</u></b>, Proposal Defense<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><i>A Correlation of the Texas School Foundation Program Target Revenue System to Student Performance and Socioeconomic Status<o:p></o:p></i></p><p class=MsoNormal>Major Advisor: Dr. Chuck Holt<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal> Mon., Aug. 6, 11:45 am, EDN 113E, <b><u>Jeffery Turner</u></b>, Proposal Defense<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><i>Charter School Education in Texas: Student Achievement on the Exit-Level Assessment in Math and Science<o:p></o:p></i></p><p class=MsoNormal>Major Advisor: Dr. Maria Hinojosa<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>Tue., Aug. 7, 10:00 am, EDN 113, <b><u>Charla Plyler</u></b>, Proposal Defense<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><i>The Impact of Superintendent Perceptions on the Use, Integration and Implementation of Technology in the K-12 School District<o:p></o:p></i></p><p class=MsoNormal>Major Advisor: Dr. Maria Hinojosa<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>Tue., Aug. 7, 1:30 pm, MPLX 214/ , <b><u>Heidi Burbano</u></b>, Proposal Defense<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><i>The Home-Based Literacy of a Bilingual Hispanic Family: Beliefs, Practices, and Perceptions<o:p></o:p></i></p><p class=MsoNormal>Major Advisor: Dr. Larkin Page<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>Wed., Aug. 8, 9:00 am, HEN 202, <b><u>Paweena Kosito</u></b>, Proposal Defense<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><i>The Roles of Bodily States on Spatial Perspective Taking<o:p></o:p></i></p><p class=MsoNormal>Major Advisor: Dr. Shulan Lu<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>Wed., Aug. 29, 2:00 pm, HoL 134, <b><u>Melissa Knous</u></b>, Final Defense<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><i>A Public Rhetoric of Death: Calvinism, Communal Anxiety, and Death Texts in Puritan New England<o:p></o:p></i></p><p class=MsoNormal>Major Advisor: Dr. Karen Roggenkamp<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>Graduate Council Representative: Dr. Maria Hinojosa<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"'><o:p> </o:p></span></p></div></body></html>