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</o:shapelayout></xml><![endif]--></head><body lang=EN-US link=blue vlink=purple style='word-wrap:break-word'><div class=WordSection1><div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Arial",sans-serif'>October 27, 2023</span><o:p></o:p></p></div><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Arial",sans-serif'>Dear Undergraduate Biology Major,</span><o:p></o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span class=apple-tab-span><span style='font-family:"Arial",sans-serif'> </span></span><span style='font-family:"Arial",sans-serif'>We hope you are having an excellent quarter! The Department of Biology is interested in hearing about what works and isn’t working for our majors, and we value your opinion! To that end, we are creating a <b>new undergraduate Biology advisory group</b>. </span><o:p></o:p></p></div><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Arial",sans-serif'>The group will consist of 10 to 12 students who will meet with representative faculty to discuss their experiences in our department. The sessions will be an hour and a half and we will provide <b>pizza and cookies!</b> For fall quarter, the meetings will take place on November 16th and 30th from 11AM-12:30PM in LSB.</span><o:p></o:p></p></div><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Arial",sans-serif'>If you are interested in joining the undergraduate Biology advisory group, please fill out </span><a href="https://urldefense.com/v3/__https:/forms.gle/1xnfNMTNzcXWwXXx9__;!!K-Hz7m0Vt54!gM6-9aCggQC5ebcP2gEP3e5F-g9grNvQ4O3wY8f-4k3gL-Dx7D4_tOephPjTpedL-Jp6Zoakug$"><span style='font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#1155CC'>this 5 question application</span></a><span style='font-family:"Arial",sans-serif'>. The deadline to submit your application is <b>Friday Nov. 3 at midnight</b>. <span class=apple-tab-span> </span></span><o:p></o:p></p></div><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Arial",sans-serif'>Thank you, </span><o:p></o:p></p></div><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Arial",sans-serif'>Dr. Mandy Schivell,</span><o:p></o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Arial",sans-serif'>Chair of the Undergraduate Program Committee</span><o:p></o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Arial",sans-serif'><br><br></span><o:p></o:p></p></div></div></div></body></html>