<div id="__MailbirdStyleContent" style="font-size: 10pt;font-family: Arial;color: #000000;text-align: left" dir="ltr">Dear LA Council of Graduate Schools members:<div><br></div><div>With Sanjay's help, I updated our mailing list. This is mainly a test to see if Dr. Yigletu at Southern receives this email. The draft agenda for our meeting on Thursday & Friday is attached.</div><div><br></div><div><div>Mary found out that the Hilton Garden Inn, which is closest to the LITE Center, is not available because of a convention going on in the Cajundome. I believe some of us are staying at this hotel where rooms were available (as of last week) at the State employee rate:</div><div><br></div><div><span style="font-size: 10pt">Hampton Hampton Inn Lafayette<br>2144 West Willow Street Scott LA 70583, USA<br>contact us +1 3372366161</span><br></div><div><span style="font-size: 10pt"><br></span></div><div><span style="font-size: 10pt">The Spring Hill Suites has also been recommended:</span></div><div><span style="font-size: 10pt">Address: 321 Settlers Trace Blvd, Lafayette, LA 70508<br>Phone: (337) 981-5512</span><span style="font-size: 10pt"><br></span></div><div><span style="font-size: 10pt"><br></span></div><div><span style="font-size: 10pt">Safe travels to Lafayette. Looking forward to seeing everyone who can make it -- after a couple of years of Zoom meetings.</span></div><div><span style="font-size: 10pt"><br></span></div><div><span style="font-size: 10pt">Best regards,</span></div><div><span style="font-size: 10pt">Ramu</span></div><div class="mb_sig"><pre class="moz-signature" cols="72">---------
B. Ramu Ramachandran
Associate Vice President for Research & Dean of Graduate School
T. L. James Eminent Scholar Chair Professor
P. O. Box 7923
Louisiana Tech University
Ruston, LA 71272, USA
318-257-4304</pre></div></div></div>