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</o:shapelayout></xml><![endif]--></head><body lang=EN-US link=blue vlink=purple><div class=WordSection1><p class=MsoNormal><b><u><span style='font-family:"Times New Roman","serif";color:#1F497D'>On Behalf of Dr. Ramin Yadegari and the PLS Graduate Student Committee:</span></u></b><b><u><o:p></o:p></u></b></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>Dear Colleagues,<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>The Graduate Student Program Committee has evaluated the applicants for the Spring semester 2011 and identified two candidates who are acceptable. Both are interested in areas of applied plant sciences including breeding and controlled environment agriculture. Due the budgetary shortfalls, the School is not able to offer any support to these incoming students. As it stands, any faculty who is interested in training either of the two students would have to commit to support them for the entirety of their graduate training before the candidates are offered admission to the program.<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>Please see the applications online here:<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><a href="https://www.plshr.arizona.edu/applications/">https://www.plshr.arizona.edu/applications/</a><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>username: applicant<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>password: graduate$<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>(Please NOTE: You agree to abide by FERPA rules if you access on any of the applications.)<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>The two applicants deemed acceptable by the committee are <u>Dabbert</u> and <u>Weaver</u>. The other two have either been declined or will be declined shortly.<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>If interested, please contact me as soon as possible in order to expedite these applications.<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>Regards,<o:p></o:p></p><div><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>Ramin<o:p></o:p></p></div></div></body></html>