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		<title>Passing of a Colleague and Friend &#8211; Susan E. Noffke &#8211; June 2013</title>
		<link>http://blogs.education.illinois.edu/dean/2013/06/03/passing-of-a-colleague-and-friend-susan-e-noffke-june-2013/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 03 Jun 2013 17:38:15 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Dear Colleagues, It is with a heavy heart that we write with the sad news of the passing of our dear colleague and friend Professor Susan E. Noffke. Sue passed away on Saturday morning, June 1, at Carle Foundation Hospital &#8230; <a href="http://blogs.education.illinois.edu/dean/2013/06/03/passing-of-a-colleague-and-friend-susan-e-noffke-june-2013/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>Congratulations and Thank You &#8211; May 2013</title>
		<link>http://blogs.education.illinois.edu/dean/2013/05/09/383/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 09 May 2013 15:23:07 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Dear all, It is hard to imagine that any academic year could be better than the one before but certainly this one has been extraordinary. Undergraduate and graduate student participation in research initiatives and conferences has been outstanding. Awards and &#8230; <a href="http://blogs.education.illinois.edu/dean/2013/05/09/383/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>Happy Holidays &#8211; December 2012</title>
		<link>http://blogs.education.illinois.edu/dean/2012/12/14/happy-holidays-december-2012/</link>
		<comments>http://blogs.education.illinois.edu/dean/2012/12/14/happy-holidays-december-2012/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sat, 15 Dec 2012 00:18:05 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Dear all, As the calendar year ends and we anticipate the holidays, I want to express again my gratitude for your steady and creative contributions to our core mission and to our ambitious goals. There have been so many large &#8230; <a href="http://blogs.education.illinois.edu/dean/2012/12/14/happy-holidays-december-2012/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>Dean&#8217;s Welcome &#8211; August 2012</title>
		<link>http://blogs.education.illinois.edu/dean/2012/08/27/deans-welcome-august-2012/</link>
		<comments>http://blogs.education.illinois.edu/dean/2012/08/27/deans-welcome-august-2012/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 27 Aug 2012 13:58:30 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Dear all, I am so pleased to have returned to work this new academic year after a period of medical leave and to have the opportunity to offer a warm welcome to all our new and returning students.  Each and &#8230; <a href="http://blogs.education.illinois.edu/dean/2012/08/27/deans-welcome-august-2012/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>Greetings &#8211; Dean&#8217;s Message  &#8211;  February/March 2012</title>
		<link>http://blogs.education.illinois.edu/dean/2012/03/26/279/</link>
		<comments>http://blogs.education.illinois.edu/dean/2012/03/26/279/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 26 Mar 2012 22:33:22 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>kalantzi</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Dear all, The classic four-season cycle that we experience in this part of the world is certainly wondrous in all its parts. The first budding of Spring however is especially uplifting, even if too early this year. I hope you &#8230; <a href="http://blogs.education.illinois.edu/dean/2012/03/26/279/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>Dean&#8217;s message &#8211; January 2012</title>
		<link>http://blogs.education.illinois.edu/dean/2012/01/16/deans-message-january-2012/</link>
		<comments>http://blogs.education.illinois.edu/dean/2012/01/16/deans-message-january-2012/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 16 Jan 2012 21:28:05 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>kalantzi</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[New Year 2012 I hope all of you were rejuvenated by the winter holidays and the meanings they held for you. For those of us who stayed in Champaign, the weather was unseasonably warm (as it was elsewhere, with butterflies &#8230; <a href="http://blogs.education.illinois.edu/dean/2012/01/16/deans-message-january-2012/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>Greetings &#8211; May/June Dean&#8217;s Message</title>
		<link>http://blogs.education.illinois.edu/dean/2011/06/17/greetings-mayjune-deans-message/</link>
		<comments>http://blogs.education.illinois.edu/dean/2011/06/17/greetings-mayjune-deans-message/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 17 Jun 2011 19:32:18 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>kalantzi</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Dear all, This is the last of my periodic messages for this academic year. I want to thank you all sincerely for your contributions to what can only be regarded as another remarkable period of achievement. Of course, our College &#8230; <a href="http://blogs.education.illinois.edu/dean/2011/06/17/greetings-mayjune-deans-message/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>Greetings &#8211; Dean&#8217;s message April/May</title>
		<link>http://blogs.education.illinois.edu/dean/2011/05/04/aprilmay-greetings-deans-message/</link>
		<comments>http://blogs.education.illinois.edu/dean/2011/05/04/aprilmay-greetings-deans-message/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 04 May 2011 14:45:50 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>kalantzi</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Dear all, These longer Spring daylight hours certainly are a delight – particularly as we observe new leaves bursting forth almost by the hour – it never ceases to fill me with awe. Not a month goes by without new &#8230; <a href="http://blogs.education.illinois.edu/dean/2011/05/04/aprilmay-greetings-deans-message/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>Dean&#8217;s Message &#8211; March/April 2011</title>
		<link>http://blogs.education.illinois.edu/dean/2011/04/04/deans-message-marchapril-2011/</link>
		<comments>http://blogs.education.illinois.edu/dean/2011/04/04/deans-message-marchapril-2011/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 04 Apr 2011 21:02:12 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>kalantzi</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Dear all, The Friday before the Spring break I managed to get a terrible cold, which I have not yet been able to throw off. I do hope you escaped such a fate. Of course, my travel commitments only exacerbated &#8230; <a href="http://blogs.education.illinois.edu/dean/2011/04/04/deans-message-marchapril-2011/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>Greetings &#8211; February/March 2011</title>
		<link>http://blogs.education.illinois.edu/dean/2011/03/14/greetings-februarymarch-2011/</link>
		<comments>http://blogs.education.illinois.edu/dean/2011/03/14/greetings-februarymarch-2011/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 15 Mar 2011 00:08:07 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>kalantzi</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Dear all, Not a month goes by that the earth does not remind us of is inexorable power in dramatic and tragic ways – first it was the earthquake in New Zealand, and now the devastation in Japan. Please do &#8230; <a href="http://blogs.education.illinois.edu/dean/2011/03/14/greetings-februarymarch-2011/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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