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<span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif">To the Instructors in Engineering,</span></p>
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</span><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif; background:white">The Virtual Engineering Career Fair is taking place on Thursday, September 9<sup>th</sup> from 10AM to 3PM.</span><span style="font-size:9.5pt; font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif; background:white"><br>
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</span><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif; background:white">I am making a request on behalf of our students. 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
September 9<sup>th</sup>, if that does not significantly affect your course and its effectiveness.</span><span style="font-size:9.5pt; font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif; background:white"><br>
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</span><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif; background:white">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:</span><span style="font-size:9.5pt; font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif; background:white"><br>
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</span></span><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif; background:white"><a href="http://www.egr.uh.edu/career/" target="_blank">http://www.egr.uh.edu/career/</a></span></p>
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<em><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif; background:white; font-style:normal">Thank you,</span></em></p>
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<span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif; color:#201F1E; background:white">Dr. JR Rao</span>
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<span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif; color:#201F1E">Associate Dean for Undergraduate Programs and Distance Learning</span></p>
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<span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif; color:#201F1E">Associate Chair, Department of Mechanical Engineering</span></p>
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<span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif; color:#201F1E">Cullen College of Engineering</span><span style="font-size:11.5pt; color:#201F1E"><br>
</span><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif; color:red">University of Houston</span><span style="font-size:11.5pt; color:#201F1E"><br>
<a href="tel:713-743-4535" target="_blank"><span style="font-size:12.0pt; font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif">713-743-4535</span></a></span></p>
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<em><span style="font-size:8.5pt; font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">This is an official message sent by the University of Houston Engineering Career Center.</span></em></p>
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