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</o:shapelayout></xml><![endif]--></head><body bgcolor=white lang=EN-US link=blue vlink=purple><div class=WordSection1><p class=MsoNormal style='background:white'><span style='color:black'>Subject: <strong>Call to Participate</strong>! Counselor Education Doctoral Students.<o:p></o:p></span></p><div><p class=MsoNormal style='background:white'><span style='color:black'> <o:p></o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal style='background:white'><span style='color:black'>Dear Doctoral Students,<o:p></o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal style='background:white'><span style='color:black'> <o:p></o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal style='background:white'><span style='color:black'>My name is Chris Pisarik, and I am an Associate Professor at the University of Georgia. I am requesting your participation in a research study that I am conducting with Laura Thompson (doctoral candidate) from Syracuse University. If you agree to be part of the research study, you will be asked to complete an online survey that will require some written responses to questions about choice of doctoral program. We expect this survey to take approximately 30 minutes to complete. While we know that you are extremely busy with your doctoral program, we believe that the information you may provide us will be very important to strengthening our profession. All information will be kept anonymous, and your specific answers will not be linked to your name in any way.<o:p></o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal style='background:white'><span style='color:black'> <o:p></o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal style='background:white'><span style='color:black'>If you have any questions, concerns, or complaints about the research, you may contact me at: me at <a href="mailto:cpisarik@uga.edu" target="_blank">cpisarik@uga.edu</a> or Laura Thompson at <a href="mailto:lkthomps@syr.edu" target="_blank">lkthomps@syr.edu</a>. If you have questions about your rights as a research participant, concerns or complaints that you wish to address with someone other than the investigators, you may contact the University of Georgia Institutional Review Board at 706 542-3199.<o:p></o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal style='background:white'><span style='color:black'> <o:p></o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal style='background:white'><span style='color:black'>Your involvement in this study is voluntary. Should you choose to participate, you have the option to withdraw at any point. The consent form is located on the first page of the study and provides additional details. Thank you in advance for your willingness to participate in our research. We hope that it will contribute to knowledge relevant to Counselor Education.<o:p></o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal style='background:white'><span style='color:black'> <o:p></o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal style='background:white'><span style='color:black'>Should you agree to participate, you may begin by clicking on the link below:<o:p></o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal style='background:white'><span style='color:black'> <o:p></o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal style='background:white'><span style='color:black'><a href="https://syracuseuniversity.qualtrics.com/SE/?SID=SV_8CXpPvNnMgEKCgJ" target="_blank">https://syracuseuniversity.qualtrics.com/SE/?SID=SV_8CXpPvNnMgEKCgJ</a><o:p></o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal style='background:white'><span style='color:black'> <o:p></o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal style='background:white'><span style='color:black'>Sincerely,<o:p></o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal style='background:white'><span style='color:black'> <o:p></o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal style='background:white'><span style='color:black'>Chris Pisarik, PhD, University of Georgia<o:p></o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal style='background:white'><span style='color:black'>Laura Thompson, Doctoral Candidate, Syracuse University<o:p></o:p></span></p></div><p><span style='color:black'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><div id=Signature><div name=divtagdefaultwrapper><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif";color:black'> <o:p></o:p></span></p><p><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif";color:black'> <o:p></o:p></span></p></div></div></div></div></body></html>