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</o:shapelayout></xml><![endif]--></head><body lang=EN-US link="#0563C1" vlink="#954F72"><div class=WordSection1><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:12.0pt'>New MS Environmental Sciences Degree Program!<o:p></o:p></span></p><pre><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:black'><o:p> </o:p></span></pre><pre><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:black'>Tennessee State University is now accepting students into its new Master of Environmental Sciences degree program, beginning Fall 2020!<o:p></o:p></span></pre><p class=Default><span style='font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=Default><span style='font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif'>Graduate students can pursue a concentration in natural resources, geospatial sciences, or plant sciences. <span class=A2><span style='font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif'>This is the only degree program in Tennessee with these specializations and currently, TSU faculty are conducting research in bioenergy, forestry, geospatial sciences, climate change, wildlife biology, soil chemistry, plant sciences, natural resources, and environmental remediation. </span></span> <o:p></o:p></span></p><pre><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif'><a href="http://www.tnstate.edu/agriculturalprograms/degrees/environmental_sciences.aspx">http://www.tnstate.edu/agriculturalprograms/degrees/environmental_sciences.aspx</a><o:p></o:p></span></pre><p class=Default><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=Pa1><span class=A3><span style='font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif'>Graduate research assistantships are available to qualified students pursuing this program. Apply now! <o:p></o:p></span></span></p><p class=Pa1><span class=A3><span style='font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif'>To apply to the M.S. program in Environmental Science, contact Graduate Coordinator Dr. Bharat Pokharel at (615) 963-6054 or</span></span><o:p></o:p></p><pre><span class=A3><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif'><a href="mailto:bpokhare@tnstate.edu">bpokhare@tnstate.edu</a>.</span></span><span class=A3><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif'><o:p></o:p></span></span></pre><pre><span class=A3><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif'><o:p> </o:p></span></span></pre><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;color:black'>Reginald S. Archer, Ph.D. <br>Assistant Professor of Applied GIS<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;color:black'>Department of Agricultural and Environmental Sciences<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;color:black'>Tennessee State University|Nashville, TN 37209<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;color:black'><a href="mailto:rarcher@TnState.edu"><span style='color:purple'>rarcher@TnState.edu</span></a> | 615-963-1495<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;color:black'>Check us out on Socail Media @tsuappliedgis</span><o:p></o:p></p><pre><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif'><o:p> </o:p></span></pre></div></body></html>