<div dir="ltr"><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-size:12.800000190734863px"><span style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif"><span style="font-size:11pt">Hi all!</span></span></p><span style="font-size:12.800000190734863px;font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif"></span><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-size:12.800000190734863px"><span style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif"><span style="font-size:11pt"> </span></span></p><span style="font-size:12.800000190734863px;font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif"></span><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-size:12.800000190734863px"><span style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif"><span style="font-size:11pt">Several Psychology students are competing in the Three Minute Thesis (<span class="gmail-il">3MT</span>) competition this year! </span></span></p><span style="font-size:12.800000190734863px;font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif"></span><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-size:12.800000190734863px"><span style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif"><span style="font-size:11pt"> </span></span></p><span style="font-size:12.800000190734863px;font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif"></span><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-size:12.800000190734863px"><span style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif"><span style="font-size:11pt">The preliminary rounds for <span class="gmail-il">3MT</span> in Huntsville are <b>Monday, February 26th and Tuesday, March 6th from 6pm-8pm</b>.</span></span></p><span style="font-size:12.800000190734863px;font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif"></span><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-size:12.800000190734863px"><span style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif"><span style="font-size:9.5pt"> </span></span></p><span style="font-size:12.800000190734863px;font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif"></span><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-size:12.800000190734863px"><span style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif"><span style="font-size:11pt;color:black">What is <span class="gmail-il">3MT</span>? </span><span style="font-size:9.5pt"></span></span></p><span style="font-size:12.800000190734863px;font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif"></span><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-size:12.800000190734863px"><span style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif"><span style="font-size:11pt;color:black"><span class="gmail-il">3MT</span> is a competition that allows graduates to share their thesis with a panel of judges in layman terms. But you only have 3 minutes.</span><span style="font-size:9.5pt"></span></span></p><span style="font-size:12.800000190734863px;font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif"></span><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-size:12.800000190734863px"><span style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif"><span style="font-size:9.5pt"> </span></span></p><span style="font-size:12.800000190734863px;font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif"></span><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-size:12.800000190734863px"><span style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif"><span style="font-size:11pt;color:black">Why should you care? </span><span style="font-size:9.5pt"></span></span></p><span style="font-size:12.800000190734863px;font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif"></span><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-size:12.800000190734863px"><span style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif"><span style="font-size:11pt;color:black">Twelve people (out of 56) move on. Of those 12, three people advance based on the audience&#39;s choice. The university is trying to promote <span class="gmail-il">3MT</span> since this is only the second year, thus, the more people you bring, the better chance you have to win (grand prize is $1000). </span><span style="font-size:9.5pt"></span></span></p><span style="font-size:12.800000190734863px;font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif"></span><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-size:12.800000190734863px"><span style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif"><span style="font-size:9.5pt"> </span></span></p><span style="font-size:12.800000190734863px;font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif"></span><p class="MsoNormal"><font color="#000000" face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif"><span style="font-size:11pt">As of right now there are <u>THREE</u> students representing the </span><span style="font-size:14.666666984558105px">psychology program:</span><span style="font-size:11pt"> </span></font><b style="color:black;font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:11pt">Cassie Bailey, Mia Ricardo, </b><span style="color:black;font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:11pt">and <b>Tessa Long</b></span><font color="#000000" face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif"><span style="font-size:11pt">. Cassie presents on Monday (2/26) and Mia and Tessa present on Tuesday (3/6) </span><span style="font-size:11pt">in CHSS C070. Doors lock while people are presenting, so please make sure you show up a little early! If anyone else from a psychology graduate program is presenting, please let us know ASAP so we can get a group together to cheer for you! </span><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