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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt">Please welcome to Jessica Zagorski, Assistant Dean at the Pinky Gordon Lane Graduate School of LSU to the group. Updated membership list attached.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt">Best regards,<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt">B. Ramu Ramachandran<br>
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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"> Bodily, Jason <jason.bodily@lsuhs.edu>
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<b>Sent:</b> Tuesday, May 13, 2025 12:54 PM<br>
<b>To:</b> Jessica Zagorski <jessicazagorski@lsu.edu>; Menon, Sanjay <SMENON@lsus.edu><br>
<b>Cc:</b> ramu@coes.latech.edu<br>
<b>Subject:</b> [EXT] Re: Louisiana Council of Graduate Schools/ Greetings from LSU Shreveport!<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;color:black">We will definitely add you to the listserv. Looking forward to working with you. <o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<b>Sent:</b> Tuesday, May 13, 2025 11:26 AM<br>
<b>To:</b> Bodily, Jason <<a href="mailto:jason.bodily@lsuhs.edu">jason.bodily@lsuhs.edu</a>>; Menon, Sanjay <<a href="mailto:SMENON@lsus.edu">SMENON@lsus.edu</a>><br>
<b>Subject:</b> RE: Louisiana Council of Graduate Schools/ Greetings from LSU Shreveport!</span>
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<p class="xmsonormal">Hi Dr. Menon and Jason,<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="xmsonormal">So nice to hear from you. I am glad you reached out. I confirmed that our Dean and Associate Dean both received the invite to the previous meeting, but they had schedule conflicts. I would love to be added to a listserv about meetings
and happenings. <o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="xmsonormal">I hope I can attend the next meeting.<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="xmsonormal">Sincerely,<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="xmsonormal">Jessica<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="xmsonormal"><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"> Bodily, Jason <<a href="mailto:jason.bodily@lsuhs.edu">jason.bodily@lsuhs.edu</a>>
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<b>Sent:</b> Monday, May 12, 2025 2:52 PM<br>
<b>To:</b> Menon, Sanjay <<a href="mailto:SMENON@lsus.edu">SMENON@lsus.edu</a>>; Jessica Zagorski <<a href="mailto:jessicazagorski@lsu.edu">jessicazagorski@lsu.edu</a>><br>
<b>Subject:</b> Re: Louisiana Council of Graduate Schools/ Greetings from LSU Shreveport!</span><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="xmsonormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;color:black">Nice to meet you virtually. LCGS is a very useful forum for leaders to get together and discuss pertinent issues, especially with the current instability on so many issues that affect us. I hope
we can work together, either under the umbrella of LCGS or otherwise. </span><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="xmsonormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;color:black">Best, </span><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="xmsonormal"><b><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:black">From:</span></b><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:black"> Menon, Sanjay <<a href="mailto:Sanjay.Menon@lsus.edu">Sanjay.Menon@lsus.edu</a>><br>
<b>Sent:</b> Monday, May 12, 2025 12:27 PM<br>
<b>To:</b> <a href="mailto:jessicazagorski@lsu.edu">jessicazagorski@lsu.edu</a> <<a href="mailto:jessicazagorski@lsu.edu">jessicazagorski@lsu.edu</a>><br>
<b>Cc:</b> Bodily, Jason <<a href="mailto:jason.bodily@lsuhs.edu">jason.bodily@lsuhs.edu</a>><br>
<b>Subject:</b> Louisiana Council of Graduate Schools/ Greetings from LSU Shreveport!</span>
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<p class="xxmsonormal">Hi Jessica,<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="xxmsonormal">You might remember we met at the CSGS conference in Dallas. Jason Bodily from LSUHS in Shreveport (copied above) was also there.
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<p class="xxmsonormal">I wanted to let you know about the Louisiana Council of Graduate Schools (LCGS), a group of graduate school administrators who are broadly interested in advancing graduate education in the state. The group meets once a year in person
and keeps in touch throughout the year via a listserv. The latter is a useful resource for information, ideas, and solutions to common problems facing graduate schools.<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="xxmsonormal">Please let me know if you would like to know more about LCGS.<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="xxmsonormal">Regards,<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="xxmsonormal">Sanjay<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="xxmsonormal"><span style="color:#7030A0">Sanjay T. Menon, Ph. D.</span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="xxmsonormal"><span style="color:#7030A0">Dean of Graduate Studies</span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="xxmsonormal"><span style="color:#7030A0">and International Students</span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="xxmsonormal"><span style="color:#7030A0">Professor of Management </span>
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<p class="xxmsonormal"><span style="color:#7030A0">Director of India Studies</span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="xxmsonormal"><i><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#461D7C">Louisiana State University Shreveport</span></i><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="xxmsonormal"><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#461D7C">Office: (318) 797-5247 Fax: (318) 798-4120</span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="xxmsonormal"><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#461D7C"><a href="http://www.linkedin.com/in/sanjaytmenon"><span style="color:#0563C1">www.linkedin.com/in/sanjaytmenon</span></a>
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<p class="xxmsonormal"><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#461D7C">One University Place</span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="xxmsonormal"><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#461D7C">Shreveport, Louisiana 71115</span><o:p></o:p></p>
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