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    <p><a href="http://dissertationhouse.wordpress.com/coaching-and-mentoring/dr-wendy-carter/" rel="nofollow external" class="bo">Dr. Wendy Carter-Veale</a> and <a href="http://dissertationhouse.wordpress.com/coaching-and-mentoring/dr-renetta-tull/" rel="nofollow external" class="bo">Dr. Renetta G. Tull</a> of the <a href="http://www.thedissertationhouse.com" rel="nofollow external" class="bo">PROMISE Dissertation House</a> have been invited by the <a href="http://www.empoweringleadership.org/" rel="nofollow external" class="bo">Empowering Leadership Alliance</a> (ELA) Mentoring Program of Rice University to lead two webinars next week on preparing the proposal and the final defense.</p>
    <p>*<strong>Proposal Writing</strong>: Monday, July 16, 10AM Pacific, 12PM Central, 1PM Eastern. Sign up for this session <a href="https://docs.google.com/spreadsheet/viewform?formkey=dDNheWZYUTBDcWNOTEFleVlmVVhhYkE6MA#gid=0" rel="nofollow external" class="bo">here</a> by Sunday, July 15.</p>
    <p>*<strong>The Final Defense</strong>: Tuesday, July 17, 10AM Pacific, 12PM Central, 1PM Eastern.  Sign up for this session <a href="https://docs.google.com/spreadsheet/viewform?formkey=dGt5dmNXOU1oRE5iUFlCSUZhVjdpWkE6MA#gid=0" rel="nofollow external" class="bo">here</a> by Sunday, July 15.</p>
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    <p>There will be a 5 minute overview of the topic at hand, and then the rest of the time will be devoted to responding to students’ questions.  Don’t miss out on this opportunity!  <strong>Graduate students from all schools are invited.</strong></p>
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    <address><em><strong>About ELA: </strong></em>The Empowering Leadership Alliance (ELA) is a program that was launched in 2007 and is funded by NSF. The program’s director and PI is <a href="http://www.caam.rice.edu/~rat/" rel="nofollow external" class="bo">Professor Richard Tapia</a> at Rice University, and engages underrepresented minority students in computing disciplines at research institutions in a nationwide network composed of dozens of leading universities, professional societies, laboratories, research centers, and corporations.  <a title="Read the original press release here" href="http://empoweringleadership.rice.edu/Content.aspx?id=192" rel="nofollow external" class="bo">Read the original press release here</a>.   </address>
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    <address><a href="http://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2011-09/ru-rrt092711.php" rel="nofollow external" class="bo">Dr. Tapia won the national medal of science. </a> Dr. Tapia is a renowned mathematician and a national champion of diversity. More about Dr. Tapia: <a href="http://www.maa.org/summa/archive/tapia.htm" rel="nofollow external" class="bo">http://www.maa.org/summa/archive/tapia.htm</a></address>
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    <p>*<strong>Proposal Writing</strong>: Monday, July 16, 10AM Pacific, 12PM Central, 1PM Eastern. Sign up for this session <a href="https://docs.google.com/spreadsheet/viewform?formkey=dDNheWZYUTBDcWNOTEFleVlmVVhhYkE6MA#gid=0" rel="nofollow external" class="bo">here</a> by Sunday, July 15.</p>
    <p>*<strong>The Final Defense</strong>: Tuesday, July 17, 10AM Pacific, 12PM Central, 1PM Eastern.  Sign up for this session <a href="https://docs.google.com/spreadsheet/viewform?formkey=dGt5dmNXOU1oRE5iUFlCSUZhVjdpWkE6MA#gid=0" rel="nofollow external" class="bo">here</a> by Sunday, July 15.</p>
    <p>__________________________________________________________</p>
    <p>There will be a 5 minute overview of the topic at hand, and then the rest of the time will be devoted to responding to students’ questions.  Don’t miss out on this opportunity!  <strong>Graduate students from all schools are invited.</strong></p>
    <p>__________________________________________________________</p>
    <address><em><strong>About ELA: </strong></em>The Empowering Leadership Alliance (ELA) is a program that was launched in 2007 and is funded by NSF. The program’s director and PI is <a href="http://www.caam.rice.edu/~rat/" rel="nofollow external" class="bo">Professor Richard Tapia</a> at Rice University, and engages underrepresented minority students in computing disciplines at research institutions in a nationwide network composed of dozens of leading universities, professional societies, laboratories, research centers, and corporations.  <a title="Read the original press release here" href="http://empoweringleadership.rice.edu/Content.aspx?id=192" rel="nofollow external" class="bo">Read the original press release here</a>.   </address>
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