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>From Assoc. Dean Ben Eggleston....</div>
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<p style="margin:0in; margin-bottom:.0001pt"><span style="font-size:12.0pt; font-family:"Cambria",serif">I appreciated the chance to visit your department meeting on Tuesday. The selection of a new chair is a pivotal event for a department, and I am looking
forward to working with you on this process.</span></p>
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<p style="margin:0in; margin-bottom:.0001pt"><span style="font-size:12.0pt; font-family:"Cambria",serif">I am writing to solicit any opinions you may wish to share regarding the qualities that you believe the Dean’s Office should look for in the next department
chair, or regarding any other aspect of the chair-selection process. If you now, or at any time in this process, have thoughts on these topics, please don’t hesitate to email me directly.</span></p>
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<span style="font-size:10.0pt; font-family:"Cambria",serif">Ben Eggleston<br>
Associate Dean for Administrative Affairs,</span></p>
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<span style="font-size:10.0pt; font-family:"Cambria",serif"> College of Liberal Arts & Sciences, University of Kansas</span></p>
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<span style="font-size:10.0pt; font-family:"Cambria",serif">Professor, KU Department of Philosophy</span></p>
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