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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black">Dear Colleagues,</span><span style="font-size:12.0pt;color:black"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black">A&M-Commerce Administration has received the attached request for nominations for “Piper Professors of 2024.” The University can nominate only one faculty member each year for the
award. The Faculty Senate Awards committee will manage the collection and review of applications for faculty members who wish to apply.</span><span style="color:black"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black"> </span><span style="color:black"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black">The Faculty Senate awards committee will make a recommendation to the full Senate regarding which application should go forward from the University. The full Senate will then make
a recommendation to the Provost. Each application will be forwarded to the Provost’s office for consideration. The Provost will then make a recommendation to the President of the University, who will then make the University’s recommendation to the Minnie
Stevens Piper Foundation.</span><span style="color:black"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black">If you know of a faculty member who should apply, please encourage that individual to do so. Attached is the Minnie Stevens Piper Foundation letter addressed to President Rudin.
Nominees must complete the Piper Professor Nomination Form (see attachment). The electronic form is available online </span><a href="https://comptroller.texas.gov/programs/education/msp/funding/programs/ppnominationform.php"><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:blue">Piper
Professor Award Nomination Form (texas.gov)</span></a><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black">. </span><a href="http://www.comptroller.texas.gov/ppnomination"><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:blue">www.comptroller.texas.gov/ppnomination</span></a><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black"> In
addition to the two-part form, up to five letters of recommendation may also be submitted as part of the nomination package.</span><span style="color:black"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black"> </span><span style="color:black"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black">The deadline for submission to the Piper Foundation is November 17, 2023. The Provost Office has requested nomination material by November 13, 2023. Application material should be
submitted to the Faculty Senate awards committee by <b>Nov 1, 2023</b>. Submit your completed application to </span><a href="https://outlook.tamuc.edu/owa/Hongmei.Jia@tamuc.edu/redir.aspx?C=7x7i7CfCCedtJkbvK1N7XkHE9cwcHJ1BxCJntGu4jI8h8V6F95PZCA..&URL=mailto%3aFaculty.Awards%40tamuc.edu" target="_blank"><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:blue">Faculty.Awards@tamuc.edu</span></a><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black"> on
or before the Nov 1, 2023, deadline.</span><span style="color:black"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black"> </span><span style="color:black"> <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black">Dr. Hongmei Jia (Associate Professor of Accounting) is chair of the Faculty Senate awards committee. Please direct questions regarding the application process to Dr. Jia: </span><a href="https://outlook.tamuc.edu/owa/Hongmei.Jia@tamuc.edu/redir.aspx?C=VOVoxdrphLHVMTBE6f6Z82ulyFM_n8v12OC51aJ8CV0h8V6F95PZCA..&URL=mailto%3aHongmei.Jia%40tamuc.edu" target="_blank"><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:blue">Hongmei.Jia@tamuc.edu</span></a><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black">.</span><span style="color:black"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black">Sincerely,</span><span style="color:black"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black">Yasemin Atinc, Ph.D., President of Faculty Senate</span><span style="color:black"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:14.0pt;color:#1F497D">Hongmei Jia, PhD<br>
Associate Professor of Accounting</span><span style="font-size:14.0pt;color:black"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:14.0pt;color:#1F497D">Texas A&M University – Commerce</span><span style="font-size:14.0pt;color:black"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:14.0pt;color:#1F497D">2600 Neal Street</span><span style="font-size:14.0pt;color:black"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:14.0pt;color:#1F497D">P.O. Box 3011</span><span style="font-size:14.0pt;color:black"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:14.0pt;color:#1F497D">Commerce, TX 75429</span><span style="font-size:14.0pt;color:black"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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