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<p><span style="color:#1F497D">Completed applications may be submitted to your advisors who can submit them to CALS for pre-screening. Please direct any inquiries to Georgina Lambert (<a href="mailto:glambert@email.arizona.edu">glambert@email.arizona.edu</a>)
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<p><span style="font-size:16.0pt;color:#1F497D">On Behalf of Joy Winzerling<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">Please see the attached announcement concerning the <span style="color:black">
<a href="http://www.usda.gov/oce/forum/diversity/diversity_program.htm">2014 USDA Agricultural Outlook Forum Student Diversity Program</a>.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="default"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:windowtext">In summary, USDA’s Agricultural Outlook Forum provides producers, policymakers, business, government, and industry leaders with a unique opportunity to meet,
exchange ideas, and discuss timely issues at the forefront of America’s agriculture. In an effort to increase the present and future diversity of participation in the Forum, USDA created this program that provides sponsorship opportunities for students to
attend this annual event.</span><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="color:black;background:yellow">The attached program announcement includes full details, including submission instructions. The deadline for submissions is November 8<sup>th</sup>. Please note that there are separate selection
criteria for undergraduate and graduate students.</span></b><span style="color:black">
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<p class="MsoNormal">All applicants are required to complete and submit the attached “2014 Diversity Program Application”, which can be completed on the computer and saved prior to electronic submission. This application should be submitted along with each
student’s essay submission. <o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">Both attachments are also available on the<span style="color:black">
<a href="http://www.usda.gov/oce/forum/diversity/diversity_program.htm">Agricultural Outlook Forum Student Diversity Program website</a>.
</span>Furthermore, the website features additional information (including examples of winning essays).
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<p class="MsoNormal">Thanks for your support!<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">Best regards,<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">Antonio A. McLaren<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">USDA/1890 Program Liaison <o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">Virginia State University<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><a href="mailto:antonio.mclaren@osec.usda.gov">antonio.mclaren@osec.usda.gov</a>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:#1F497D"><a href="mailto:amclaren@vsu.edu">amclaren@vsu.edu</a></span><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt">Ms. Georgina Lambert<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt">Program Coordinator, Sr.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt">School of Plant Sciences<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt">University of Arizona<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt">Tucson, AZ 85721<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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