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<span style="font-size:9.5pt; font-family:'Times New Roman',serif">To the Instructors in Engineering,</span>
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<p class="x_MsoNormal" style="font-size:12.8px"><span style="font-size:9.5pt; font-family:'Times New Roman',serif">There is an Engineering Career Fair coming up <span class="x_gmail-aBn" tabindex="0"><span class="x_gmail-aQJ">10AM to 4PM</span></span> on <span class="x_gmail-aBn" tabindex="0"><span class="x_gmail-aQJ">Thursday,
February 1st</span></span>. <u></u><u></u></span></p>
<p class="x_MsoNormal" style="font-size:12.8px"><span style="font-size:9.5pt; font-family:'Times New Roman',serif"> I am making a request on behalf of our students (in particular our students in 2xxx, 3xxx, and 4xxx engineering courses). Many
of the students use the Career Fair as a step towards getting a job, on which they appropriately place a high priority. Some may even choose to miss a class, despite the clear risk this involves. I cannot directly condone that value judgment. However, I
can ask that you consider whether you might be willing to change the date of a quiz or other similar assessments to another day other than <span class="x_gmail-aBn" tabindex="0"><span class="x_gmail-aQJ">February 1st</span></span>, if that does not significantly
affect your course and its effectiveness.<u></u><u></u></span></p>
<p class="x_MsoNormal" style="font-size:12.8px"><span style="font-size:9.5pt; font-family:'Times New Roman',serif"> If you read my careful wording here, it should be clear that all the choices are up to you. All such choices are, indeed, entirely
up to you. For myself, on the days of career fairs, I have postponed a quiz in my own course, but lectured during the full period. You should do what you think is appropriate for your course. The web page for the Engineering Career Center is:<u></u><u></u></span></p>
<p class="x_MsoNormal" style="font-size:12.8px"><span style="font-size:9.5pt; font-family:'Times New Roman',serif"><a previewremoved="true" id="LPlnk974393" href="http://www.egr.uh.edu/career/" target="_blank"><span style="color:blue">http://www.egr.uh.edu/career/</span></a><u></u><u></u></span></p>
<p class="x_MsoNormal" style="font-size:12.8px"><span style="font-size:9.5pt; font-family:'Times New Roman',serif">Thanks,<u></u><u></u></span></p>
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<div><font color="#ff0000" face="comic sans ms, sans-serif">"It is nice to be important. It is more important to be nice."</font></div>
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<div dir="ltr">Fritz Claydon Ph.D.<br>
Professor of Electrical and Computer Engineering <span style="font-weight:normal">
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Director of the Division of Undergraduate Programs and Student Success<span><br>
Director, Honors </span>Engineering Program</font></span><br>
University of Houston<br>
Cullen College of Engineering<br>
N310, Engineering Building 1<br>
Houston, Texas 77204-4005<br>
713.743.4204<br>
<a href="mailto:fclaydon@uh.edu" target="_blank">fclaydon@uh.edu</a><br>
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