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<h1 style="margin-left:1.5in;text-indent:-1.5in"><span class="Heading1Char"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;font-weight:normal">See attached flyer for more info. </span></span><span style="font-size:12.0pt"><o:p></o:p></span></h1>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b>From:</b> Mullins, Jyl <br>
<b>Sent:</b> Thursday, December 12, 2019 11:04 AM<br>
<b>To:</b> Chen, Jixin <chenj@ohio.edu>; Shen, Annie <shenx@ohio.edu><br>
<b>Cc:</b> Bunescu, Razvan <bunescu@ohio.edu>; Drews, Frank <drews@ohio.edu>; Liu, Chang <liuc@ohio.edu>; Liu, Jundong <liuj1@ohio.edu>; Jadwisienczak, Wojciech <jadwisie@ohio.edu>; Cribben, Denise <cribben@ohio.edu>; Chen, Charles <lc971015@ohio.edu><br>
<b>Subject:</b> Charles Chen Dissertation Defense - December 18, 2019<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">Drs. Shen and Chen,<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">Thank you for agreeing to serve as the College Representatives and your support for graduate student Charles Chen. The dissertation defense will be held on Wednesday, December 18<sup>th</sup> at 9:30am in Stocker 326. Attached you will
find the defense posting, schedule letter, and the pre-defense plagiarism report.
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<p class="MsoNormal">Please let me know if you have any questions or concerns. <o:p>
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