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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><i><span style="font-family:"Open Sans",sans-serif;color:black">Please share on behalf of Dr. Lewis Ntaimo<o:p></o:p></span></i></b></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Open Sans",sans-serif">I hope you can all join us at our reception at the IISE National Conference in New Orleans. The Copper Vine Restaurant is located just a block away from the conference hotel.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<h1 align="center" style="margin:0in;text-align:center;vertical-align:baseline"><span style="font-size:36.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#333333">You're invited!</span><span style="font-size:19.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#333333;font-weight:normal"><o:p></o:p></span></h1>
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<span class="e2ma-style"><span style="font-size:18.0pt;font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif;color:#550000">Join us for a reception during the Institute of Industrial and Systems Engineers (IISE) Annual Conference 2023. </span></span><span style="font-size:19.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#333333;font-weight:normal"><o:p></o:p></span></h1>
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<span class="e2ma-style"><span style="font-size:15.0pt;font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif;color:#333333">Monday, May 22 from 5-7 PM CDT</span></span><span style="font-size:8.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#333333;font-weight:normal"><o:p></o:p></span></h4>
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<span class="e2ma-style"><span style="font-size:15.0pt;font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif;color:#333333"> Copper Vine Restaurant</span></span><span style="font-size:8.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#333333;font-weight:normal"><o:p></o:p></span></h4>
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<span class="e2ma-style"><span style="font-size:15.0pt;font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif;color:#333333">1001 Poydras Street</span></span><span style="font-size:15.0pt;font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif;color:#333333"><br>
<span class="e2ma-style">New Orleans, LA 70112</span></span><span style="font-size:8.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#333333;font-weight:normal"><o:p></o:p></span></h4>
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<span class="e2ma-style"><span style="font-size:13.5pt;font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif;color:#333333;font-weight:normal">Mingle with department faculty and students and find out what new developments are coming out of industrial and systems engineering at
Texas A&M University. Complimentary hors d’oeuvres and bar service will be available.</span></span><span style="font-size:19.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#333333;font-weight:normal"><o:p></o:p></span></h1>
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<p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="text-align:center"><span class="e2ma-style"><span style="font-size:13.5pt;font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif;color:#333333">Please send questions to Cheryl Kocman at
<a href="mailto:ckocman@tamu.edu"><span style="color:#333333">ckocman@tamu.edu</span></a>.</span></span><span style="font-size:13.5pt;font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">Best regards,<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">Lewis <o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="color:#1F497D">Lewis Ntaimo </span></b><span style="color:black">| Professor and Head<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:black">Sugar & Mike Barnes ISEN Dept Head Chair
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:black">Wm. Michael Barnes Department of Industrial and Systems Engineering<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:black">Texas A&M University | 3131 TAMU |College Station, TX 77843<br>
O: (979) 845-5535 | E: </span><span style="color:#1F497D"><a href="mailto:ntaimo@tamu.edu">ntaimo@tamu.edu</a></span><span style="color:gray"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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