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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt">Hello Whitaker Center Friends and Family,<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt">Below are some events and deadlines in the next few weeks:<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<li class="MsoListParagraph" style="margin-left:0in;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1"><b><span style="font-size:11.0pt">Friday, Feb. 19, 9:30am – 11:00am</span></b><span style="font-size:11.0pt">: Our first Cyber STEMPerks of the Spring! We’ll be using Gather.town,
and you can join at this link: <a href="https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://gather.town/app/ASw4gL3YvfWvLJXM/stem*20perks__;JQ!!IkmNjII!ShQv2woCKZP0v4SRpvuPUsY7TminVBQ-MrOu_wiM1dTlTGwOnJ5AH-s9WnSu7q78$">
https://gather.town/app/ASw4gL3YvfWvLJXM/stem%20perks</a> <o:p></o:p></span></li><li class="MsoListParagraph" style="margin-left:0in;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1"><b><span style="font-size:11.0pt">Monday, Feb. 22</span></b><span style="font-size:11.0pt">: Deadline for the Brodie and Blair Summer Research Scholarships. See more details here:</span>
<span style="font-size:11.0pt"><a href="https://www.fgcu.edu/cas/centers/whitaker/studentresources#STEMSummerResearchScholarships">https://www.fgcu.edu/cas/centers/whitaker/studentresources#STEMSummerResearchScholarships</a>
<o:p></o:p></span></li><li class="MsoListParagraph" style="margin-left:0in;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1"><b><span style="font-size:11.0pt">Thursday, Feb. 25, 3pm-4pm (not the usual day/time!)</span></b><span style="font-size:11.0pt">: Next STEMinar: The Whitaker Center is pleased to welcome <b>Dr.
Rachel Rotz</b>, Assistant Professor of Geology in the Department of Marine and Earth Sciences at FGCU, speaking about
<i>Interdisciplinary Approaches to Investigating Water</i>. Register directly at:
<a href="https://urldefense.com/v3/__http://bit.ly/RotzSTEMinar__;!!IkmNjII!ShQv2woCKZP0v4SRpvuPUsY7TminVBQ-MrOu_wiM1dTlTGwOnJ5AH-s9WuIZy4qq$">http://bit.ly/RotzSTEMinar</a><o:p></o:p></span></li></ul>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt">I hope to see you at one or both of the events, and that you encourage your students to apply for our summer scholarships!<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt">Sincerely,<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt">Brian<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
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<b><span style="font-size:10.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black">Brian Johnson, Ph.D.
</span></b><b><span style="font-size:10.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#BFBFBF">|</span></b><b><span style="font-size:10.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black">
</span></b><i><span style="font-size:10.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black">Interim Director and Associate Professor<o:p></o:p></span></i></p>
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<span style="font-size:10.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#17365D">(he / him / his)</span><i><span style="font-size:10.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black"><o:p></o:p></span></i></p>
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<b><span style="font-size:10.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black">Whitaker Center for STEM Education and Department of Mathematics
</span></b><b><span style="font-size:10.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#BFBFBF">|</span></b><b><span style="font-size:10.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black"> College of Arts & Sciences</span></b><span style="font-size:10.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<span style="font-size:10.0pt;line-height:175%;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#2F5496"><a href="http://fgcu.edu/whitakercenter"><span style="color:#0563C1">http://fgcu.edu/whitakercenter</span></a>
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<span style="font-size:11.0pt;line-height:175%;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black"><img border="0" width="171" height="59" style="width:1.7812in;height:.6145in" id="Picture_x0020_4" src="cid:image001.png@01D70548.08133660" alt="signature_865501555"></span><span style="font-size:14.0pt;line-height:175%;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<span style="font-size:10.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black">10501 FGCU Boulevard South, Fort Myers, FL 33965
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<span style="font-size:10.0pt;line-height:150%;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black">P:
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</span><span style="font-size:10.0pt;line-height:150%;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#2F5496">bpjohnson@fgcu.edu</span><span style="font-size:11.0pt;line-height:150%;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black">
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