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</o:shapelayout></xml><![endif]--></head><body lang=EN-US link="#467886" vlink="#96607D" style='word-wrap:break-word'><div class=WordSection1><div align=center><table class=MsoNormalTable border=0 cellspacing=0 cellpadding=0 width=713 style='width:534.75pt'><tr><td valign=top style='padding:11.25pt 7.5pt 11.25pt 7.5pt'><div align=center><table class=MsoNormalTable border=0 cellspacing=0 cellpadding=0 width="100%" style='width:100.0%'><tr><td valign=top style='border:solid #461F7C 2.25pt;background:white;padding:0in 0in 0in 0in'><div align=center><table class=MsoNormalTable border=0 cellspacing=0 cellpadding=0 width="100%" style='width:100.0%'><tr><td width="100%" valign=top style='width:100.0%;padding:0in 0in 0in 0in'><div align=center><table class=MsoNormalTable border=0 cellspacing=0 cellpadding=0 width="100%" style='width:100.0%'><tr><td valign=top style='padding:0in 0in 0in 0in'><div align=center><table class=MsoNormalTable border=0 cellspacing=0 cellpadding=0><tr><td style='padding:0in 0in 0in 0in'><p class=MsoNormal align=center style='text-align:center'><span style='font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#555555'><a href="https://w7lrdvwab.cc.rs6.net/tn.jsp?f=001EAkad9YuFmwNnagVUwWNI1AXcf3KF7PuaqC2hDcpM4_RDJaNRmDB__g8YnGpgpV-Kbctp-8nq6rbWBK5hbnOBGcx7dnQkFqyYjXB_et4Bf1EwuQ584PqpNllB_fHJeCkRsnkC7aQw0Hzm3A_HWSWHi59PARfO77fLrnUgC6iHUQ=&c=xd4TUCvftk3K3YVZjB8fn5DYf6yqDg7FKWt1x03ZTtCClsiEckAMug==&ch=dE7PZh4muQ-mt5B01hS0vvJ_Beot1tEzHs31OqUp9gBAs80m3XgNRw=="><b><span style='color:#395485;text-decoration:none'><img border=0 width=690 style='width:7.1875in' id="_x0000_i1025" src="https://files.constantcontact.com/69fa83aa501/d618935b-16b8-4fce-ad5f-ee476f3524b7.png?rdr=true"></span></b></a><o:p></o:p></span></p></td></tr></table></div></td></tr></table></div></td></tr></table></div><p class=MsoNormal align=center style='text-align:center'><o:p> </o:p></p><div align=center><table class=MsoNormalTable border=0 cellspacing=0 cellpadding=0 width="100%" style='width:100.0%'><tr><td valign=top style='padding:0in 15.0pt 0in 15.0pt'><div align=center><table class=MsoNormalTable border=0 cellspacing=0 cellpadding=0 width="100%" style='width:100.0%'><tr><td width="100%" valign=top style='width:100.0%;padding:0in 0in 0in 0in'><div align=center><table class=MsoNormalTable border=0 cellspacing=0 cellpadding=0 width="100%" style='width:100.0%'><tr><td valign=top style='padding:7.5pt 15.0pt 7.5pt 15.0pt'><p align=center style='text-align:center'><b><span style='font-size:15.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#555555'>Patrick Cavanagh will Present the </span></b><span style='font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#555555'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p align=center style='text-align:center'><span class=ql-cursor><b><span style='font-size:15.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma",sans-serif;color:#555555'></span></b></span><b><span style='font-size:15.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#555555'>2025 Public Lecture at the Dali Museum</span></b><span style='font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#555555'><o:p></o:p></span></p></td></tr></table></div><p class=MsoNormal align=center style='text-align:center'><o:p> </o:p></p><div align=center><table class=MsoNormalTable border=0 cellspacing=0 cellpadding=0 width="100%" style='width:100.0%;float:right'><tr><td valign=top style='padding:7.5pt 15.0pt 7.5pt 15.0pt'><table class=MsoNormalTable border=0 cellspacing=0 cellpadding=0 align=right style='margin-left:3.5pt'><tr style='height:.75pt'><td width=15 valign=top style='width:11.25pt;padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;height:.75pt'><p class=MsoNormal align=center style='text-align:center;mso-line-height-alt:.75pt'><img border=0 width=15 height=1 style='width:.1562in;height:.0104in' id="_x0000_i1026" src="https://imgssl.constantcontact.com/letters/images/sys/S.gif"><o:p></o:p></p></td><td style='padding:0in 0in 7.5pt 0in;height:.75pt'><div align=right><table class=MsoNormalTable border=0 cellspacing=0 cellpadding=0><tr><td style='padding:0in 0in 0in 0in'><p class=MsoNormal align=center style='text-align:center'><span style='font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#555555'><img border=0 width=200 style='width:2.0833in' id="_x0000_i1027" src="https://files.constantcontact.com/69fa83aa501/2d7ee188-8a86-4c86-a5ec-3f0c3210bc20.png?rdr=true"><o:p></o:p></span></p></td></tr></table></div></td></tr></table><p><span style='font-size:11.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#555555'>The </span><span style='font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#555555'><a href="https://w7lrdvwab.cc.rs6.net/tn.jsp?f=001EAkad9YuFmwNnagVUwWNI1AXcf3KF7PuaqC2hDcpM4_RDJaNRmDB_6v4Vn0wUtBzDBkzS6gEeLivoURUFLLaKwk9KbCj8QqLXiDM7m8HX00avkyZeib84HktJXQwblWgw_iWpXG_4VmfdnigklfLDmTLUYwgkijUmDAISXCIaU--bVZo8Q3U0BVn8kzYsyn6&c=xd4TUCvftk3K3YVZjB8fn5DYf6yqDg7FKWt1x03ZTtCClsiEckAMug==&ch=dE7PZh4muQ-mt5B01hS0vvJ_Beot1tEzHs31OqUp9gBAs80m3XgNRw==" target="_blank"><b><span style='font-size:11.5pt;color:#395485;text-decoration:none'>VSS 2025 Public Lecture</span></b></a></span><span style='font-size:11.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#555555'> will be delivered by Patrick Cavanagh, a Senior Research Fellow at Glendon College of York University in Toronto. He received a B. Eng. from McGill University and a PhD from Carnegie-Mellon University. He has been a professor at the Université de Montréal, Harvard University, the Université Paris Cité and Dartmouth College. He is a leading scholar on vision research where he has pioneered new directions in the study of attention and the position sense – how we know where things are. He has also explored how artists’ techniques offer insight into how the brain works. He has published over 300 articles and book chapters and a book on shadows. He holds an honorary doctorate from the Université de Montréal and is a Fellow of the Royal Society of Canada.</span><span style='font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#555555'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p><span style='font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#555555'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p><span style='font-size:11.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#555555'>The lecture is free and open to the public, though </span><span style='font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#555555'><a href="https://w7lrdvwab.cc.rs6.net/tn.jsp?f=001EAkad9YuFmwNnagVUwWNI1AXcf3KF7PuaqC2hDcpM4_RDJaNRmDB_6v4Vn0wUtBz4Dq1p0VWPvNnHLbCxymUyfwHCsTxIDoJiLmzoMliYyoCaOsvqbXpnF_TX_w-sb6zAcTnfsyGp569hUmqVkah5DkaYaaA8Tiq1GKmCa7RXep5E0s4Zr7WU_gV0KRS_oFmjrysUh3cQBpDfYkpzR_5kQ==&c=xd4TUCvftk3K3YVZjB8fn5DYf6yqDg7FKWt1x03ZTtCClsiEckAMug==&ch=dE7PZh4muQ-mt5B01hS0vvJ_Beot1tEzHs31OqUp9gBAs80m3XgNRw==" target="_blank"><b><span style='font-size:11.5pt;color:#395485;text-decoration:none'>registration is required</span></b></a></span><span style='font-size:11.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#555555'>. Although the talk is intended for a general audience, VSS attendees are welcome to attend.</span><span style='font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#555555'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p><span style='font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#555555'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><h2 style='margin:0in'><span style='font-size:14.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#555555'>Using Illusions and Art to Understand the Visual Brain</span><span style='font-family:Merriweather;color:#1C6442;font-weight:normal'><o:p></o:p></span></h2><p><b><span style='font-size:11.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#555555'>Monday, May 19, 2025, 3:00 – 4:00 pm</span></b><span style='font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#555555'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p><b><span style='font-size:11.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#555555'>The Dalí Museum, One Dalí Blvd., St. Petersburg, 33701</span></b><span style='font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#555555'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p><span style='font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#555555'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p><span style='font-size:11.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#555555'>Everybody loves illusions. At times, the content on the internet seems to be mostly about illusions – shoes, dresses, straight lines looking bent. This attraction has a long history but illusions are not just for fun, they can also reveal how our vision works. I will present several examples that show how the brain constructs what we see, sometimes in unexpected ways. I will also cover the most compelling of visual illusions: art, where impressions of depth and light arise from nothing more than pigments on a flat surface. Interestingly, painters have discovered many shortcuts that break the rules of physics but go unnoticed. These errors, like impossible shadows, work because our brains take shortcuts too. The errors that painters can get away with reveal which rules do and don’t count for visual perception. We will show how to use art and illusions to do “science by looking” to unlock many of the basic processes of the visual brain.</span><span style='font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#555555'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p><span style='font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#555555'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p><b><span style='font-size:11.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#555555'>About the VSS Public Lecture</span></b><span style='font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#555555'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p><span style='font-size:11.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#555555'>The annual public lecture represents the mission and commitment of the Vision Sciences Society to promote progress in understanding vision and its relation to cognition, action and the brain. As scientists we are obliged to communicate the results of our work, not only to our professional colleagues, but also to the broader public. This lecture is part of our effort to give back to the community that supports us.</span><span style='font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#555555'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p><span style='font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#555555'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p><b><span style='font-size:11.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#555555'>Attending the VSS Public Lecture</span></b><span style='font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#555555'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p><span style='font-size:11.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#555555'>Admission to the Public Lecture is free. </span><span style='font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#555555'><a href="https://w7lrdvwab.cc.rs6.net/tn.jsp?f=001EAkad9YuFmwNnagVUwWNI1AXcf3KF7PuaqC2hDcpM4_RDJaNRmDB_6v4Vn0wUtBz4Dq1p0VWPvNnHLbCxymUyfwHCsTxIDoJiLmzoMliYyoCaOsvqbXpnF_TX_w-sb6zAcTnfsyGp569hUmqVkah5DkaYaaA8Tiq1GKmCa7RXep5E0s4Zr7WU_gV0KRS_oFm5qwKYttOCDF1-xvQOAaiDw==&c=xd4TUCvftk3K3YVZjB8fn5DYf6yqDg7FKWt1x03ZTtCClsiEckAMug==&ch=dE7PZh4muQ-mt5B01hS0vvJ_Beot1tEzHs31OqUp9gBAs80m3XgNRw==" target="_blank"><b><span style='font-size:11.5pt;color:#395485;text-decoration:none'>Registration is required</span></b></a></span><span style='font-size:11.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#555555'>. The lecture will be held on Monday, May 19 at 3:00 pm at the Dalí Museum. Located at One Dalí Blvd., St. Petersburg, 33701.</span><span style='font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#555555'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p><span style='font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#555555'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p><span style='font-size:11.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#555555'>The Dalí Museum is an approximately ten-mile drive from the TradeWinds Island Grand Resort. On-site parking is available for $10 on a first-come, first-served basis. There are also various surface lots, city parking garages and street parking as well as public transportation. Visit the </span><span style='font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#555555'><a href="https://w7lrdvwab.cc.rs6.net/tn.jsp?f=001EAkad9YuFmwNnagVUwWNI1AXcf3KF7PuaqC2hDcpM4_RDJaNRmDB_6v4Vn0wUtBznYLijDdHDO9XEOibp1UJ4Rs_Ap3caZ_UZ4VgdjxfFLRQm4XroAQBTxLKy-Qcj2--f4kxGK7A247iD3zP2TsnT-Fs48dxvYnmTBcIU_4eSX-C5IlrofQz2Ml00HNrTlez&c=xd4TUCvftk3K3YVZjB8fn5DYf6yqDg7FKWt1x03ZTtCClsiEckAMug==&ch=dE7PZh4muQ-mt5B01hS0vvJ_Beot1tEzHs31OqUp9gBAs80m3XgNRw==" target="_blank"><b><span style='font-size:11.5pt;color:#395485;text-decoration:none'>museum website</span></b></a></span><span style='font-size:11.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#555555'> for more information.</span><span style='font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#555555'><o:p></o:p></span></p></td></tr></table></div></td></tr></table></div></td></tr></table></div><p class=MsoNormal align=center style='text-align:center'><o:p> </o:p></p><div align=center><table class=MsoNormalTable border=0 cellspacing=0 cellpadding=0 width="100%" style='width:100.0%'><tr><td width="100%" valign=top style='width:100.0%;padding:0in 0in 0in 0in'><div align=center><table class=MsoNormalTable border=0 cellspacing=0 cellpadding=0 width="100%" style='width:100.0%'><tr><td width="100%" valign=top style='width:100.0%;padding:7.5pt 15.0pt 7.5pt 15.0pt'><div align=center><table class=MsoNormalTable border=0 cellspacing=0 cellpadding=0 width="100%" style='width:100.0%'><tr style='height:.75pt'><td style='background:#C3319A;padding:0in 0in .75pt 0in;height:.75pt'><p class=MsoNormal align=center style='text-align:center;mso-line-height-alt:.75pt'><span style='color:black'><img border=0 width=5 height=1 style='width:.052in;height:.0104in' id="_x0000_i1028" src="https://imgssl.constantcontact.com/letters/images/1101116784221/S.gif"></span><o:p></o:p></p></td></tr></table></div></td></tr></table></div></td></tr></table></div><p class=MsoNormal align=center style='text-align:center'><o:p> </o:p></p><div align=center><table class=MsoNormalTable border=0 cellspacing=0 cellpadding=0 width="100%" style='width:100.0%;background:#CED8EE'><tr><td width="100%" valign=top style='width:100.0%;padding:0in 0in 0in 0in'><div align=center><table class=MsoNormalTable border=0 cellspacing=0 cellpadding=0 width="100%" style='width:100.0%'><tr><td valign=top style='padding:7.5pt 15.0pt 7.5pt 15.0pt'><p align=center style='text-align:center'><b><span style='font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#555555'>3MT® Competition for Students and Postdocs</span></b><span style='font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#555555'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p><span style='font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#555555'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p><span style='font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#555555'>In the style of the Three Minute Thesis (3MT®) competitions held at universities worldwide, VSS announces a great opportunity for grad students and postdocs to present to an audience of high school students at St. Petersburg High School on Monday, May 19, 2:00 - 3:00 pm.</span><span style='font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#555555'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p><span style='font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#555555'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p><span style='font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#555555'>The audience of high school students will vote to choose their favorite, and <b>the winning presenter will receive $200!</b></span><span style='font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#555555'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p><span style='font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#555555'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p><span style='font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#555555'>We are looking for ten graduate students or postdocs to participate. VSS will provide transportation to and from the high school for the ten participants.</span><span style='font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#555555'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p><span style='font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#555555'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p><span style='font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#555555'>See </span><span style='font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#555555'><a href="https://w7lrdvwab.cc.rs6.net/tn.jsp?f=001EAkad9YuFmwNnagVUwWNI1AXcf3KF7PuaqC2hDcpM4_RDJaNRmDB_wY_NoQOukLwTUiWY3fIP5RrwxPuDw6Jb_FqW_O4F5pynUUoAGhbfsSXxVv9Sf5AoyC5hoeJ8hrsydWcMA2LYGH78AHd-RPyzua5OYBMrsAyLpqyCbYWLwfQ_CvoZoiwkQ==&c=xd4TUCvftk3K3YVZjB8fn5DYf6yqDg7FKWt1x03ZTtCClsiEckAMug==&ch=dE7PZh4muQ-mt5B01hS0vvJ_Beot1tEzHs31OqUp9gBAs80m3XgNRw==" target="_blank"><b><span style='font-size:10.5pt;color:#395485;text-decoration:none'>3MT® Competition for Students and Postdocs</span></b></a></span><span style='font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#555555'> to learn more about the competition and how to apply. <b>Deadline is May 1.</b></span><span style='font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#555555'><o:p></o:p></span></p></td></tr></table></div></td></tr></table></div><p class=MsoNormal align=center style='text-align:center'><o:p> </o:p></p><div align=center><table class=MsoNormalTable border=0 cellspacing=0 cellpadding=0 width="100%" style='width:100.0%'><tr><td width="100%" valign=top style='width:100.0%;padding:0in 0in 0in 0in'><div align=center><table class=MsoNormalTable border=0 cellspacing=0 cellpadding=0 width="100%" style='width:100.0%'><tr><td width="100%" valign=top style='width:100.0%;padding:7.5pt 15.0pt 7.5pt 15.0pt'><div align=center><table class=MsoNormalTable border=0 cellspacing=0 cellpadding=0 width="100%" style='width:100.0%'><tr style='height:.75pt'><td style='background:#C3319A;padding:0in 0in .75pt 0in;height:.75pt'><p class=MsoNormal align=center style='text-align:center;mso-line-height-alt:.75pt'><span style='color:black'><img border=0 width=5 height=1 style='width:.052in;height:.0104in' id="_x0000_i1029" src="https://imgssl.constantcontact.com/letters/images/1101116784221/S.gif"></span><o:p></o:p></p></td></tr></table></div></td></tr></table></div></td></tr></table></div><p class=MsoNormal align=center style='text-align:center'><o:p> </o:p></p><div align=center><table class=MsoNormalTable border=0 cellspacing=0 cellpadding=0 width="100%" style='width:100.0%;background:#FAD8D4'><tr><td width="100%" valign=top style='width:100.0%;padding:0in 0in 0in 0in'><div align=center><table class=MsoNormalTable border=0 cellspacing=0 cellpadding=0 width="100%" style='width:100.0%'><tr><td valign=top style='padding:7.5pt 15.0pt 7.5pt 15.0pt'><p align=center style='text-align:center'><b><span style='font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#555555'>Today is the Last Chance to Vote in the VSS Board of Directors Election</span></b><span style='font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#555555'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p><span style='font-size:11.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#555555'> </span><span style='font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#555555'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p><span style='font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#555555'>The election for two new members of the VSS Board of Directors will be closing today. To view the candidates and cast your vote for two 4-year positions on the VSS Board, go to </span><span style='font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#555555'><a href="https://w7lrdvwab.cc.rs6.net/tn.jsp?f=001oPlrZfP7u-ZPGcR1TJdrkqzVNxgu7QIVlUdb_M66gkCc0u2GKOx1yK5sYEJ6Qwq4HTHk_N_Ownm6GpQwd06KcwOjxXnrLDPKhy5BP9l69_SkylqQkdAdmw5VzEa4HbX1S1mDsTR8dHfkCmt7gqY49KAinqGX_kFhDcmha6zfif1lgdx9VnY61w==&c=ArU_mBNVUtQ5sENZO11UCd4Om5EnLAf1pZRgc-xmlbAaMwAHpsPj9w==&ch=QYe-EXpubj1glVOKvjWbN7Icq-3MfwQAvmPItgckM88PPK_-bgTcnA==" target="_blank"><b><span style='font-size:10.5pt;color:#395485;text-decoration:none'>Election</span></b></a></span><span style='font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#555555'>.</span><span style='font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#555555'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p><span style='font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#555555'> </span><span style='font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#555555'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p><b><span style='font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#555555'>You must be a Regular or Postdoc VSS 2025</span></b><span style='font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#555555'> <b>Member to be eligible to vote.</b></span><span style='font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#555555'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p><span style='font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#555555'> </span><span style='font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#555555'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p><span style='font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#555555'>The Election closes <b>April 24, 2025 </b>at 11:59 pm (last time zone on earth). Please vote now!</span><span style='font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#555555'><o:p></o:p></span></p></td></tr></table></div></td></tr></table></div><p class=MsoNormal align=center style='text-align:center'><o:p> </o:p></p><div align=center><table class=MsoNormalTable border=0 cellspacing=0 cellpadding=0 width="100%" style='width:100.0%'><tr><td width="100%" valign=top style='width:100.0%;padding:0in 0in 0in 0in'><div align=center><table class=MsoNormalTable border=0 cellspacing=0 cellpadding=0 width="100%" style='width:100.0%'><tr><td width="100%" valign=top style='width:100.0%;padding:7.5pt 15.0pt 7.5pt 15.0pt'><div align=center><table class=MsoNormalTable border=0 cellspacing=0 cellpadding=0 width="100%" style='width:100.0%'><tr style='height:.75pt'><td style='background:#C3319A;padding:0in 0in .75pt 0in;height:.75pt'><p class=MsoNormal align=center style='text-align:center;mso-line-height-alt:.75pt'><span style='color:black'><img border=0 width=5 height=1 style='width:.052in;height:.0104in' id="_x0000_i1030" src="https://imgssl.constantcontact.com/letters/images/1101116784221/S.gif"></span><o:p></o:p></p></td></tr></table></div></td></tr></table></div></td></tr></table></div><p class=MsoNormal align=center style='text-align:center'><o:p> </o:p></p><div align=center><table class=MsoNormalTable border=0 cellspacing=0 cellpadding=0 width="100%" style='width:100.0%;background:#DD9ECB;float:right'><tr><td width="100%" valign=top style='width:100.0%;padding:0in 0in 0in 0in'><div align=center><table class=MsoNormalTable border=0 cellspacing=0 cellpadding=0 width="100%" style='width:100.0%'><tr><td valign=top style='padding:7.5pt 15.0pt 7.5pt 15.0pt'><table class=MsoNormalTable border=0 cellspacing=0 cellpadding=0 align=right style='margin-left:3.5pt'><tr style='height:.75pt'><td width=15 valign=top style='width:11.25pt;padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;height:.75pt'><p class=MsoNormal align=center style='text-align:center;mso-line-height-alt:.75pt'><img border=0 width=15 height=1 style='width:.1562in;height:.0104in' id="_x0000_i1031" src="https://imgssl.constantcontact.com/letters/images/sys/S.gif"><o:p></o:p></p></td><td style='padding:0in 0in 7.5pt 0in;height:.75pt'><div align=right><table class=MsoNormalTable border=0 cellspacing=0 cellpadding=0><tr><td style='padding:0in 0in 0in 0in'><p class=MsoNormal align=center style='text-align:center'><span style='font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#555555'><img border=0 width=188 style='width:1.9583in' id="_x0000_i1032" src="https://files.constantcontact.com/69fa83aa501/0df83294-654f-44cd-9bf3-e6d38e4cc43e.jpg?rdr=true"><o:p></o:p></span></p></td></tr></table></div></td></tr></table><h3 align=center style='margin:0in;text-align:center'><span style='font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#555555'>Important Dates</span><span style='font-size:16.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#555555'><o:p></o:p></span></h3><p align=center style='text-align:center'><span style='font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Tahoma",sans-serif;color:#555555'></span><b><span style='font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#555555'>April 24</span></b><span style='font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#555555'> - Board of Directors Election Closes</span><span style='font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#555555'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p align=center style='text-align:center'><b><span style='font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#555555'>April 24</span></b><span style='font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#555555'> - Standard Registration Deadline</span><span style='font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#555555'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p align=center style='text-align:center'><b><span style='font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#555555'>May 1</span></b><span style='font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#555555'> - 3MT® Competition Deadline</span><span style='font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#555555'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p align=center style='text-align:center'><b><span style='font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#555555'>May 16-20, 2025</span></b><span style='font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#555555'> - VSS 2025</span><span style='font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#555555'><o:p></o:p></span></p></td></tr></table></div></td></tr></table></div><p class=MsoNormal align=center style='text-align:center'><o:p> </o:p></p><div align=center><table class=MsoNormalTable border=0 cellspacing=0 cellpadding=0 width="100%" style='width:100.0%'><tr><td width="100%" valign=top style='width:100.0%;padding:0in 0in 0in 0in'><div align=center><table class=MsoNormalTable border=0 cellspacing=0 cellpadding=0 width="100%" style='width:100.0%'><tr><td valign=top style='padding:0in 0in 0in 0in'><div align=center><table class=MsoNormalTable border=0 cellspacing=0 cellpadding=0><tr><td style='padding:0in 0in 0in 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