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<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-autospace:none"><b><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">March 23, 2018<br>
Federation of North Texas Area Universities<br>
Texas Woman’s University</span></b><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif""><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-autospace:none"><b><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">Denton, Texas</span></b><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif""><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-autospace:none"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">Dear Faculty,
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-autospace:none"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif""><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-autospace:none"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">Texas A&M University-Commerce would like to invite interested faculty to attend the symposium and participate as a judge at the event.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-autospace:none"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif""><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-autospace:none"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">The Annual Federation Research Symposium will be held at Texas Woman’s University (TWU) and is to be held on
<b>Friday, March 23, 2018 in the Hubbard Hall Southwest Ballroom at Texas Woman’s University in Denton, Texas</b>. All information about the symposium can be found at
<a href="https://urldefense.proofpoint.com/v2/url?u=https-3A__www.twu.edu_federation_federation-2Devents_graduate-2Dstudent-2Dresearch-2Dsymposium_&d=DwMFAg&c=oqyuZuih6ykib6aKiBq22_bich4AVfYGoLertJN0bEc&r=ipRgm7MFqxEwm4jXxXA7TfceI2KGyDX4I4OYfUR5x68&m=Dl3ugdkw7Gh2xMxWmr5vu57Tov82IPdjTm0viK0BVuE&s=DiefEy1Ebq18xH4clvCXd1B3XAwvagcs1X3EaLuJBfU&e=">
https://www.twu.edu/federation/federation-events/graduate-student-research-symposium/</a>. The keynote speaker will be Dr. Alan Utter who is the Provost & Vice President of Academics at TWU.
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-autospace:none"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif""><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-autospace:none"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">The Symposium is open to all Texas A&M-Commerce graduate students for master and doctoral level research. The Federation Research Symposium provides
an opportunity for students to present research in a poster format while interacting and discussing the research with faculty, judges, and other participants. The symposium also provides the participants with a broad exposure to the Federation research community. <o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-autospace:none"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">Please encourage your students to participate. This year, the cost of printing of the posters for this event will be covered by the Provost’s office.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-autospace:none"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif""><a href="https://urldefense.proofpoint.com/v2/url?u=https-3A__www.twu.edu_media_documents_federation_2018-2DSymposium-2Dflyer.pdf&d=DwMFAg&c=oqyuZuih6ykib6aKiBq22_bich4AVfYGoLertJN0bEc&r=ipRgm7MFqxEwm4jXxXA7TfceI2KGyDX4I4OYfUR5x68&m=Dl3ugdkw7Gh2xMxWmr5vu57Tov82IPdjTm0viK0BVuE&s=cj1s2hThxqxKerSUpRx7F7rkoTHT4K9gPedgq2J93cw&e="><b>Federation Symposium Flyer for 2018</b></a><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-autospace:none"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif""><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-autospace:none"><b><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">We would especially appreciate advisors of students who are participating in the symposium to consider being a judge. If attending, you must
complete the <a href="https://urldefense.proofpoint.com/v2/url?u=http-3A__tsgs.unt.edu_federation_symposium_registration-2Dwebform&d=DwMFAg&c=oqyuZuih6ykib6aKiBq22_bich4AVfYGoLertJN0bEc&r=ipRgm7MFqxEwm4jXxXA7TfceI2KGyDX4I4OYfUR5x68&m=Dl3ugdkw7Gh2xMxWmr5vu57Tov82IPdjTm0viK0BVuE&s=KV1WQOw5wZsJfYxczsSJ4XW5pgri5OyeWkYW8MjYDsc&e=">
online registration form</a> by March 10, 2018.</span></b><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif""><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-autospace:none"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif""><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-autospace:none"><b><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">A&M-Commerce Support</span></b><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif""><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-autospace:none"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif""><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-autospace:none"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">Travel and the cost of the event luncheon for the Symposium will be provided by the OSP. Please email
<u><a href="mailto:orsp@tamuc.edu">orsp@tamuc.edu</a></u> to let us know if you will be riding on the bus or driving your own car (OSP will not cover mileage for the trip).<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-autospace:none"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif""><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-autospace:none"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">For additional information or questions, please contact OSP (<u><a href="mailto:orsp@tamuc.edu">orsp@tamuc.edu</a></u>) or 903-886-5964, or in person
on campus in LIB 225.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black">Regards,<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black">Donna Russell | Research and Sponsored Programs Coordinator II<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black">Office of Sponsored Programs<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><u><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:blue"><a href="mailto:Donna.Russell@tamuc.edu">Donna.Russell@tamuc.edu</a></span></u><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";color:black">P O Box 3011 | LIB 225 | Commerce, TX 75429-3011<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black">Tel. 903-886-5964 | Fax 903-468-8784 |
<a href="http://www.tamuc.edu/">www.tamuc.edu</a><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black">Texas A&M University-Commerce<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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