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<p class="MsoNormal">Good morning and I hope that each of you had a restful Easter celebrating our Risen Savior!<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">We have been notified that the Brock School of Business has been granted a five year extension of our AACSB accreditation. This places our business school in the top 10% of business schools worldwide.<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">We are proud of this external review that has confirmed the quality of programs, students, faculty, and staff within the Brock School and wanted to share that good news with you this morning.<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">Best wishes for a great week and successful completion of the semester.<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN" style="font-family:"Helvetica",sans-serif;color:#002649">Dean Carson<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span lang="EN" style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Helvetica",sans-serif;color:#002649">Charles M. (Chad) Carson, Ph.D.<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:120%;background:white"><b><span lang="EN" style="font-size:8.5pt;line-height:120%;font-family:"Helvetica",sans-serif;color:#002649">Interim Dean
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:120%;background:white"><b><span style="font-size:8.5pt;line-height:120%;font-family:"Helvetica",sans-serif;color:#002649">Brock Family Endowed Chair in Entrepreneurship
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:120%;background:white"><span lang="EN" style="font-size:8.5pt;line-height:120%;font-family:"Helvetica",sans-serif;color:#002649"> <a href="tel:205-726-2547"><span style="color:#002649">205-726-2364</span></a> | office<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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