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</o:shapelayout></xml><![endif]--></head><body lang=EN-US link=blue vlink=purple><div class=WordSection1><p class=MsoNormal><em><span style='color:black;font-style:normal'>I wish to announce following a campus wide search this spring that Dr. Dan Edelman, currently Interim Associate Provost and Vice President for Academic Affairs, has been selected to fill the position on a permanent basis, effective with this announcement. A campus wide screening committee comprised of Mr. Rex Giddens, Dr. Sharon Johnson, Dr. Chuck Arize, Dr. Martha Foote, Dr. Mary Beth Sampson, Dr. Grady Blount and Dr. Melinda Schlager reviewed four completed applications for the position, interviewed applicant references, and conducted formal interviews with each applicant before arriving at their final ratings. Their input and assistance in this matter were extremely helpful and very much appreciated. </span></em><span style='color:black'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:black'> <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><em><span style='color:black;font-style:normal'>Dr. Edelman earned his bachelor's degree in Business Administration at Loyola University of Chicago; his master's degree in Accounting at Roosevelt University, and his Ph.D. in Mathematics Education at Illinois Institute of Technology. He came to Texas A&M University-Commerce in September 2007 as Assistant Professor of Accounting, and after serving as Associate Professor and Department Head of Accounting, was named interim associate provost/vpaa in June 2012. The associate provost/vpaa serves as the provost's primary budget officer and principal assistant on a wide variety of academic, curricular and personnel issues in the Division of Academic Affairs. I share the screening committee's assessment that Dan will serve the incumbent provost as ably as he has served the interim these past few months and invite you to join with me in congratulating him on his appointment.</span></em><span style='color:black'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:black'> <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><em><span style='color:black;font-style:normal'>Gary G. Peer, Ed.D.</span></em><span style='color:black'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><em><span style='color:black;font-style:normal'>Interim Provost/VPAA </span></em><em><span style='font-style:normal'><o:p></o:p></span></em></p><p class=MsoNormal><em><span style='color:black;font-style:normal'> </span></em><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:black'><o:p> </o:p></span></p></div></body></html>