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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:#212121;mso-ligatures:none">Colleagues,<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:#212121;mso-ligatures:none">A notice was sent to thesis, research and dissertation classes by mistake regarding the need to use Simple Syllabus.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<span style="color:black;mso-ligatures:none">At this time, Simple Syllabus emails are sent to all summer faculty. They are working on methods to filter out courses that would not need a syllabus such as&nbsp;</span><span style="color:#212121;mso-ligatures:none">thesis,
 research and dissertation classes</span><span style="color:black;mso-ligatures:none">.&nbsp; Sorry for any confusion; if your course is exempt, you may ignore future Simple Syllabus emails.</span><span style="color:#212121;mso-ligatures:none"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<span style="color:black;mso-ligatures:none">Best Regards,</span><span style="color:#212121;mso-ligatures:none"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="xmsonormal" style="margin:0in"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:&quot;Trebuchet MS&quot;,sans-serif;color:#111111">Dr. JR Rao<br>
Senior Associate Dean for Undergraduate Programs and Distance Learning<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="xmsonormal" style="margin:0in"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:&quot;Trebuchet MS&quot;,sans-serif;color:#111111">Associate Chair, Department of Mechanical Engineering&nbsp;<br>
Cullen College of Engineering<br>
</span><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:&quot;Trebuchet MS&quot;,sans-serif;color:#C8102E">University of Houston</span><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:&quot;Trebuchet MS&quot;,sans-serif;color:#212121"><br>
</span><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:&quot;Trebuchet MS&quot;,sans-serif;color:#111111">(713) 743-4535<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="xmsonormal" style="margin:0in"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:&quot;Trebuchet MS&quot;,sans-serif;color:#212121"><a href="mailto:rao@uh.edu">rao@uh.edu</a><br>
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