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What a week this has been. We moved into high gear last week and benefited greatly from having had a grad program leadership meetings already on the books and as a result we managed to complete hundreds of new offers and rehiring of continuing students
by EOD on April 10. It was a huge lift in our office and campus wide. While we are still navigating some issues, we're far better off than I thought we would be. </div>
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With regard to GRA offers/appointments that are fully externally funded no cost share at all we are exploring with legal and HR whether they can continue to move forward. Hopeful on that front.</div>
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