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<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"'>On Monday,
March 23<sup>rd</sup>, most Sponsored Programs Administration staff will be out
of the office to attend an all day training session for the Certified Research
Administrators exam.&nbsp; A very limited number of staff will be available to
submit proposals and respond to urgent matters that may arise.</span><span
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>&nbsp;</span><span
style='font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"'>&nbsp; </span><span
style='font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"'>If you have an urgent matter, please
contact&nbsp;the Office of Research front office at X2-5535&nbsp;to arrange for
assistance.</span><o:p></o:p></p>

<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"'>&nbsp;&nbsp;<o:p></o:p></span></p>

<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"'>Please
broadly disseminate this message within your unit to Principal Investigators
and those individuals who may be impacted by limited availability of SPA staff
this coming Monday. <o:p></o:p></span></p>

<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"'><o:p>&nbsp;</o:p></span></p>

<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"'>Bruce
Morgan<o:p></o:p></span></p>

<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"'>Assistant
Vice Chancellor for Research<o:p></o:p></span></p>

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