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</o:shapelayout></xml><![endif]--></head><body lang=EN-US link=blue vlink=purple><div class=WordSection1><p class=MsoNormal>Dear PLS/PLP Grad Students,<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>I am teaching a ‘Research Readiness’ course (SCI 295B) to a group of freshman/sophomore <a href="http://www.assurance.arizona.edu/Home">Arizona Assurance</a> Scholars who are interested in the STEM (science, technology, engineering & math) fields. As part of their activities in this course, the students are required to ‘shadow’ a graduate student for at least two hours a week for the next 9 weeks, attend your lab meetings, and write short synopses about the experience.<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>If you are interested in participating as a graduate-student mentor, please contact me as soon as possible. It is also important that you obtain your advisor’s permission for this. I will be happy to take care of the needed paperwork to allow the students access to the labs.<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>I appreciate your participation in this important program.<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>Ramin<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>Ramin Yadegari<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>School of Plant Sciences<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>University of Arizona<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p></div></body></html>