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<b>Subject:</b> Jose Dias - Resignation Letter<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="PT-BR" style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">Dear colleagues,<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="PT-BR" style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">I would like to share that I have officially submitted my resignation letter today.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">My last day as the Assistant Professor & Extension Weed Scientist with the School of Plant Sciences will be on 09/15/2023.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="PT-BR" style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">I will be starting a new industry position with the Sumitomo Chemical at the Latin America Research Center in Mogi Mirim, SP, Brazil.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="PT-BR" style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">I am truly grateful and extremely honored to have had the opportunity to know and work with many of you. Thank you so much for everything. I will never forget
the experiences and time I had here. <o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="PT-BR" style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">I wish you all the best and success.
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="PT-BR" style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">Cheers<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span lang="PT-BR" style="font-size:14.0pt;color:#C00000">______________________________________________________</span></b><span lang="PT-BR" style="color:#C00000"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span lang="PT-BR" style="font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:#002060">José Luiz Carvalho de Souza Dias</span></b><span lang="PT-BR" style="color:#002060"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Bahnschrift SemiLight",sans-serif;color:black;background:white">“Whatever the mind can conceive and believe, it can achieve. —Napoleon Hill</span>”<o:p></o:p></p>
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