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The virus changed how we do business at 51ÁÔÆæ.\u00a0 Most of our classes are taught on-line although a few are hybrid or in-person.\u00a0 How we hold a dissertation defense has also changed with all of our 2020 defenses done in Teams or Zoom.<\/p>\n

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Here is screen shot of Prince Osei-Sarfo<\/strong><\/a> and his committee during his defense on October 26th. Three committee members in Wisconsin, one in Minnesota and Prince in Texas where he works for Citi in Risk Analytics.\u00a0 Congratulations to Prince and all our 2020 Zoom graduates!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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