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<p class="MsoNormal">Hello Everyone,<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">I am looking forward to meeting you at the CEGE Welcome Event on Wednesday (9/1) afternoon.
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<p class="MsoNormal">It is exciting to have students back on campus again this year and to be able to share the new spaces on Bolz 4<sup>th</sup> floor. It was a disruptive process to start renovation of an entire building floor in Jan. 2020. At the time,
our biggest concern was whether the project would be completed in time for Fall semester. Little did we know that coronavirus would be even more disruptive, and that we would have larger concerns - our safety and well-being. I am happy that we can now gather
safely in our CEGE community spaces and have our first official event!<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">I hope you will be able to stop by,<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">Allison<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">CEGE Welcome Event, Wed. Sept. 1, 2021, 4 -7 pm, 4<sup>th</sup> Floor Bolz<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Calibri Light",sans-serif">RSVP here:
<a href="https://engineering.osu.edu/events/2021/08/welcome-back-block-party">https://engineering.osu.edu/events/2021/08/welcome-back-block-party</a>.</span><o:p></o:p></p>
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<span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#333333"><img border="0" width="224" height="45" style="width:2.3333in;height:.4687in" id="Picture_x0020_1" src="cid:image001.png@01D79DC0.882E5B20" alt="The Ohio State University"><br>
</span><b><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#BB0000;background:white">Allison MacKay, PhD</span></b><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#333333"><br>
Professor and Chair<br>
</span><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#BB0000;background:white">College of Engineering</span><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#333333"> Department of Civil, Environmental & Geodetic Engineering<br>
470 Hitchcock Hall, 2070 Neil Avenue, Columbus, OH 43210<br>
614-247-7652 Office<br>
<a href="mailto:mackay.49@osu.edu"><span style="color:blue;background:white">mackay.49@osu.edu</span></a>
<a href="http://osu.edu/"><span style="color:blue;background:white">ceg.osu.edu</span></a><br>
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<i>Buckeyes consider the environment before printing.</i> <o:p></o:p></span></p>
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