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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:#1F497D">Hi Sushma,<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:#1F497D">Thanks for the suggestion! Ramu and I attended Mary’s CSGS session on holding virtual 3MTs. It was very informative – perhaps a short discussion on that could
be helpful for our members. So, thus far, what I have is as follows:<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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</span></span></span><![endif]><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:#1F497D">Intro and member updates<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoListParagraph" style="margin-left:1.0in"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:#1F497D">We have quite a few new members – so, it would we be good to put a face to a name so to speak. It would also be helpful if we
share how our respective campuses are dealing with the COVID situation, especially as it relates to graduate issues. For example, how is everyone handling thesis defense?<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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</span></span></span><![endif]><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:#1F497D">State-level 3 MT competition<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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</span></span></span><![endif]><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:#1F497D">Should we have it at our meeting in April?<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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</span></span></span><![endif]><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:#1F497D"> Virtual 3MT best practices<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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</span></span></span><![endif]><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:#1F497D">Preliminary plan for April meeting at Northwestern<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<![if !supportLists]><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:#1F497D"><span style="mso-list:Ignore">a.<span style="font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"">
</span></span></span><![endif]><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:#1F497D">Format, preliminary agenda<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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</span></span></span><![endif]><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:#1F497D">Staff participation<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:#1F497D">I suppose the above would fit well into a 60-90 minute session, but we could add or subtract as needed.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:#1F497D">Everyone: Please chime in with your opinions and suggestions. We would also need volunteers to be discussion leaders for the individual segments.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:#1F497D">Thanks!<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:#1F497D">Sanjay<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#461D7C">Office: (318) 797-5247 Fax: (318) 798-4120<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif">From:</span></b><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif"> Sushma Krishnamurthy <krishnamurthy@ulm.edu>
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<b>Sent:</b> Wednesday, October 7, 2020 8:53 AM<br>
<b>To:</b> Menon, Sanjay <Sanjay.Menon@lsus.edu>; la-cgs@lists.latech.edu<br>
<b>Subject:</b> Re: LA Council of Graduate Schools 2020-21 Meeting Plan<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black">If I remember right, we were to bring our staff members to this meeting. Perhaps we could discuss specific ways in which we can involve them in future meetings. <o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black">Sushma<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p style="background:white"><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black">Sushma Krishnamurthy, Ph.D. </span><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:black"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p style="background:white"><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black">Professor of Biology</span><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:black"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<b>Sent:</b> Tuesday, October 6, 2020 3:38 PM<br>
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<b>Subject:</b> [La-cgs] LA Council of Graduate Schools 2020-21 Meeting Plan</span>
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<p class="xmsonormal"><span style="color:#1F497D">Hi all,</span><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="xmsonormal"><span style="color:#1F497D">Based on your responses, it appears that many will be unable to travel at this time for our Fall meeting. The executive committee (Mary, Ramu, Greg*, Sanjay) discussed the situation and concluded that it is
best to postpone the regular meeting to April 2021. Hopefully, the travel situation will have improved by then.
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<p class="xmsonormal"><span style="color:#1F497D">In the interim, we are proposing a virtual discussion session (60 to 90 minutes) on Friday, October 30<sup>th</sup>. Please feel free to make suggestion for the format and content of this virtual session either
to this list or to one of the committee members.</span><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="xmsonormal"><span style="color:#1F497D">Regards,</span><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="xmsonormal"><span style="color:#1F497D">Sanjay</span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="xmsonormal"><span style="color:#1F497D">*Greg is learning along with the rest of you that he has been drafted as an honorary member of the executive committee.
</span><span style="font-family:Wingdings;color:#1F497D">J</span><span style="color:#1F497D"> Thanks, Greg!
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<p class="xmsonormal"><span style="color:#7030A0">Sanjay T. Menon, Ph. D.</span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="xmsonormal"><span style="color:#7030A0">Dean of Graduate Studies</span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="xmsonormal"><span style="color:#7030A0">Director of India Studies</span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="xmsonormal"><i><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#461D7C">Louisiana State University Shreveport</span></i><o:p></o:p></p>
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