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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:#1F3864">Dear SPLS Faculty and Students,<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:#1F3864">The first ABBS recruitment weekend is next week! We invite you to join the prospective students for dinner on
<b>Friday, January 14<sup>th</sup> from 6:15 – 8:00 pm </b>at the<b> </b>Café Commons in the ENR2 building (1064 E Lowell St). The next recruitment dinner will be on
<b>Friday, February 18<sup>th</sup></b>, same time and place.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="text-align:center"><b><span style="color:red">Please RSVP for dinner by Monday, Jan 10<sup>th</sup>!</span></b><span style="color:#1F3864"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="text-align:center"><b><span style="color:#1F3864">RSVP here:
</span></b><b><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Helvetica",sans-serif;color:#32363A;background:white"><a href="https://uarizona.co1.qualtrics.com/jfe/form/SV_0HUPVrfibyWX0we">https://uarizona.co1.qualtrics.com/jfe/form/SV_0HUPVrfibyWX0we</a></span></b><b><span style="color:#1F3864"><o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:#1F3864">ABBS is also looking for presenters for the poster sessions and faculty to help conduct interviews. Please sign up below if you are able to participate. Thank you!<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><u><span style="font-size:12.0pt;color:#1F3864">ABBS Poster Sessions
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="color:#1F3864">Jan 13 & Feb 17 – 6:00-8:00 PM – BSRL Lobby<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:#1F3864">ABBS will be hosting two evening recruitment poster sessions in early 2022: January 13 and February 17. The receptions will have food and drink and be a great opportunity to welcome and recruit prospective students
into your programs. Please use the link below to indicate if you will present at either of these poster sessions. Use the tabs at the bottom to choose which dates you will be attending.
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:#1F3864"><a href="https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1YwN4EZV2Stfny37eiyj0UN-YgMzNwQAHaBRsHdOxsoE/edit?usp=sharing">https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1YwN4EZV2Stfny37eiyj0UN-YgMzNwQAHaBRsHdOxsoE/edit?usp=sharing</a><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><u><span style="font-size:12.0pt;color:#1F3864">ABBS Interviews</span></u></b><b><u><span style="font-size:12.0pt">-
<span style="color:#1F3864">For</span> <span style="color:#1F3864">SPLS faculty only<o:p></o:p></span></span></u></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="color:#1F3864">Jan 14 & Feb 18 – 9:30 AM–12:30 PM – Locations TBA<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:#1F3864">Faculty: Please sign up below by this</span><b><span style="color:red"> Wednesday, Jan 5<sup>th</sup></span></b><span style="color:red">
</span><span style="color:#1F3864">if you are able to help interview the prospective students. Thanks!<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;color:black"><a href="https://uarizona.co1.qualtrics.com/jfe/form/SV_1LIiLPHQwBx9abs">https://uarizona.co1.qualtrics.com/jfe/form/SV_1LIiLPHQwBx9abs</a></span><span style="color:#1F3864"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">Amanda Armendariz, MSW<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">Student Support/Graduate Coordinator<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><a href="https://cals.arizona.edu/spls/graduate"><span style="color:#0563C1">School of Plant Sciences</span></a><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">College of Agriculture & Life Sciences<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">University of Arizona<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">Forbes Bldg Room 319<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">520-621-1219<o:p></o:p></p>
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