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<p class="paragraph" style="margin:0in;vertical-align:baseline"><span class="normaltextrun"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">Greetings and Happy New Year!
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<span class="normaltextrun"><b><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">Registration for the 2023 Master’s in Four Competition is now OPEN! </span></b></span><span class="eop"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif"> </span></span><o:p></o:p></p>
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<span class="normaltextrun"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:black">The Master’s in Four
</span></span><span class="normaltextrun"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">C<span style="color:black">ompetition provides an opportunity for</span> FSU<span style="color:black">
</span>G<span style="color:black">raduate </span>S<span style="color:black">tudents currently enrolled in a Master’s</span> degree<span style="color:black"> program to showcase their research and practice valuable communication skills.</span>
<b><span style="color:black">Eligibility:</span></b><span style="color:black"> FSU Graduate Students currently enrolled in a Master’s degree program who have earned 18 hours of graduate coursework toward the degree are eligible to compete in the Master's in
Four Competition. Doctoral students are not eligible to participate.</span></span></span><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="paragraph" style="margin:0in;vertical-align:baseline"><span class="normaltextrun"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">Eligible participants<span style="color:black">
</span>will have <span style="color:black">four minutes and </span>up to <span style="color:black">
four slides to explain their research to a general audience. </span> </span></span><span class="eop"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif"> </span></span><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="paragraph" style="margin:0in;vertical-align:baseline"><span class="normaltextrun"><b><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:black">Registration Info:</span></b></span><o:p></o:p></p>
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<span class="normaltextrun"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:windowtext">Registration is open and closes Friday, February 10, 2023</span></span><o:p></o:p></li><li class="paragraph" style="margin-top:0in;margin-bottom:0in;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo3;vertical-align:baseline">
<span class="normaltextrun"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">Video submissions for the preliminary round of the competition are also due Friday, February 10, 2023 </span></span><span class="eop"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif"> </span></span><o:p></o:p></li><li class="paragraph" style="color:black;margin-top:0in;margin-bottom:0in;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo3;vertical-align:baseline">
<span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:windowtext">Students interested in participating in the competition can
<span class="normaltextrun">register here: </span></span><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:blue"><a href="https://fsu.qualtrics.com/jfe/form/SV_cO7Z8KRrqr1ggMm" target="_blank"><span class="normaltextrun"><span style="color:blue">Master's
in Four Competition Registration Link</span></span></a></span><span class="eop"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:#0563C1"> </span></span><o:p></o:p></li></ul>
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<span class="normaltextrun"><b><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">Competition Prizes<span style="color:black">:</span></span></b></span><span class="normaltextrun"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:black"> <b>1<sup>st</sup>
place - $1,000</b>, <b>2<sup>nd</sup> place - $750</b>, <b>3<sup>rd</sup> place - $500</b>,
<b>People’s Choice (selected by the audience) - $250</b> </span></span><span class="scxw39727953"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:black"> </span></span><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:black"><br>
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<p class="paragraph" style="margin:0in;vertical-align:baseline"><span class="normaltextrun"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">More information about the Master’s in Four Competition can be found on The Graduate School’s website:</span></span><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">
<a href="https://gradschool.fsu.edu/min4">https://gradschool.fsu.edu/min4</a><span class="normaltextrun">. </span><span class="eop"> </span></span><o:p></o:p></p>
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<span class="normaltextrun"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:black">Sincerely,</span></span><span class="eop"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:black"> </span></span><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:black">Adrienne P. Stephenson, PhD</span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:black">Florida State University</span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:black">Assistant Dean, The Graduate School</span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:black">Director, Office of Graduate Fellowships and Awards</span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:black">McKnight Fellowship Program Liaison</span><o:p></o:p></p>
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