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<p class="xmsonormal" style="margin:0in"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:Times;color:black">Texas A&M University-Commerce strives to transform lives, advance knowledge, serve a global community and foster collaboration. Our mission is to educate,
discover and achieve. One of the ways these goals can be achieved is through engaging with the world. International students bring the world to our doorsteps, and study abroad programs help us step into the world from our doorsteps here in Commerce.</span><span style="color:black"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="xmsonormal" style="margin:0in"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:Times;color:black">The Office of International Programs (OIP) invites you to a lunch and learn session to discover the ways to engage with faculty & staff-led study abroad programs
at TAMUC. So far in 2023, our faculty and staff have led nine programs to eight countries. 84 students boarded planes to foreign lands, most for the first time.<span class="xapple-converted-space"> </span></span><span style="color:black"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="xmsonormal" style="margin:0in"><b><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:Times;color:black">During this lunch and learn you will:</span></b><span style="color:black"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:Times">Learn about OIP’s updated study abroad proposal and planning processes.<span class="xapple-converted-space"> </span></span><o:p></o:p></li><li class="xmsolistparagraph" style="color:black;margin-top:0in;margin-bottom:0in;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo3">
<span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:Times">Receive great advice from faculty and staff members who have led previous short-term study abroad programs.<span class="xapple-converted-space"> </span></span><o:p></o:p></li><li class="xmsolistparagraph" style="color:black;margin-top:0in;margin-bottom:0in;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo3">
<span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:Times">Enjoy a meal and talk with colleagues at your table about their study abroad experiences.<span class="xapple-converted-space"> </span></span><o:p></o:p></li></ul>
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<p class="xmsonormal" style="margin:0in"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:Times;color:black">Join us and find out how to make the <b>WORLD</b><span class="xapple-converted-space"> </span>your classroom!</span><span style="color:black"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="xmsonormal" style="margin:0in"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:Times;color:black">Wednesday, September 27, 2023</span><span style="color:black"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="paragraph" style="margin:0in;vertical-align:baseline"><span class="normaltextrun"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:Times">If you have any questions, please contact us at</span></span><span class="apple-converted-space"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:Times"> </span></span><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:Times"><a href="mailto:StudyAbroad@tamuc.edu" target="_blank"><span class="normaltextrun"><span style="color:blue">StudyAbroad@tamuc.edu</span></span></a><span class="normaltextrun">.
This Study Abroad Lunch & Learn has been listed as a course on</span><span class="apple-converted-space"> </span><span class="spellingerror">DevelopU</span><span class="normaltextrun">. Please RSVP: </span><a href="https://appsprod.tamuc.edu/td/coursecalendar.aspx" target="_blank"><span class="normaltextrun"><span style="color:blue">https://appsprod.tamuc.edu/td/coursecalendar.aspx</span></span></a><span class="eop"> .
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<p class="paragraph" style="margin:0in;vertical-align:baseline"><span class="normaltextrun"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:Times">We look forward to seeing you there!</span></span><span class="eop"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:Times"> <o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:black"><a href="https://www.linkedin.com/in/intl-tamuc-96546a214/"><span style="color:black;text-decoration:none"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:Times"><img border="0" width="20" height="20" style="width:.2083in;height:.2083in" id="Picture_x0020_69" src="cid:image002.png@01D9E658.466FE8B0" alt="signature_3082292354"></span></span></a></span><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:Times;color:black"><a href="https://www.linkedin.com/in/tamuc-oip-96546a214/">TAMUC
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