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</o:shapelayout></xml><![endif]--></head><body lang=EN-US link=blue vlink=purple><div class=WordSection1><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Times New Roman","serif";color:#1F497D'>ON Behalf of Dr. Ramin Yadegari:</span><o:p></o:p></p><div style='mso-element:para-border-div;border:none;border-bottom:solid windowtext 1.0pt;padding:0in 0in 1.0pt 0in'><p class=MsoNormal style='border:none;padding:0in'><o:p> </o:p></p></div><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 (GSPC) of the School of Plant Sciences (SPS) has evaluated the applicants to the PLS and PLP graduate programs for admission for fall 2011. The GSPC has identified a short list of both domestic and international applicants to be further evaluated through interviews either in person (domestic) or via phone/Skype (international). <o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>The domestic prospective students have been invited to visit the School during Feb 3-5 and Feb 10-12. You may find the specifics about each applicant by accessing the secure website below. Please feel free to contact the prospective students and indicate your interest if appropriate. <o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>Once again, due to the budgetary shortfalls, SPS is not able to offer any support to either domestic or international students. As it stands, any faculty who is interested in training any of the prospective students would have to commit to supporting them for the entirety of their graduate training before the candidates are offered admission to the program. However, if you contact any of the applicants, please <b>refrain from indicating or suggesting that the students are admitted or will be admitted based on your interest. <o:p></o:p></b></p><p class=MsoNormal><b><o:p> </o:p></b></p><p class=MsoNormal>Please contact me and indicate your interest. The GSPC aims to include all interested faculty members in the interview process in order to facilitate interaction with the candidates and recruit the most qualified among them.<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>For the prospective international students, the committee has proposed to pair any interested faculty member with a member of the GSPC in order to conduct phone/Skype interviews of the applicants. Please contact me in order to participate in any interviews.<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>The Graduate Student Program Committee appreciates your help and input in this important process.<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>Regards,<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><div><p class=MsoNormal>Ramin<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>Head, GSPC<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><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>(all case sensitive)<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>Note: The online list of domestic applicants will likely be amended with the name of one or more applicants shortly. Therefore, please check again in a few days.<o:p></o:p></p></div><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p></div></body></html>