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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt">Dear Graduating Students,<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt">Congratulations to each one of you as you celebrate the milestone of your graduation from the master’s program or the doctoral program. We celebrate with you and look forward to all the wonderful ways in which
you will contribute to the world through your work.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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Please stay in touch and keep us informed about your jobs!<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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Kind regards!<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Segoe UI",sans-serif">~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~<br>
Christine Suniti Bhat (she/her), PhD, LPC, LSC (OH)</span><span style="font-size:11.0pt;mso-ligatures:none"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Segoe UI",sans-serif">Professor, Department of Counseling & Higher Education</span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Segoe UI",sans-serif">The Patton College of Education</span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Segoe UI",sans-serif">OHIO University, Athens, OH 45701</span><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><i><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Segoe UI",sans-serif">Past-President, American Counseling Association, 2025-2026</span></i><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><i><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Segoe UI",sans-serif">Fellow, American Counseling Association<o:p></o:p></span></i></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><i><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Segoe UI",sans-serif">Fellow, Association for Specialists in Group Work<o:p></o:p></span></i></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Segoe UI",sans-serif">Office: Patton Hall, 432F</span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Segoe UI",sans-serif">Phone: 740-593-4425; Email:
<a href="mailto:bhatc@ohio.edu"><span style="color:blue">bhatc@ohio.edu</span></a><br>
Website: <a href="https://www.ohio.edu/education/bhatc"><span style="color:blue">https://www.ohio.edu/education/bhatc</span></a><br>
Media: <a href="https://www.ohio.edu/experts/expert/christine-suniti-bhat"><span style="color:blue">https://www.ohio.edu/experts/expert/christine-suniti-bhat</span></a></span><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Segoe UI",sans-serif;color:black;background:white">Note:<i> I may send emails outside typical working hours. Please respond during your workday or when it is most convenient for you to do so.</i></span><span style="font-size:10.0pt"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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