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>From Dr. Reppert:</div>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: left; text-indent: 0px; margin: 0in;"><span style="font-family: Aptos, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt; color: rgb(33, 33, 33);">Phi Zeta Members-</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: left; text-indent: 0px; margin: 0in;"><span style="font-family: Aptos, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt; color: rgb(33, 33, 33);">On Sunday July 27, when I went to craft congratulatory emails to the winners of the manuscript
competition I realized a grave error. Both manuscripts had originally been submitted in the Basic Science category and were evaluated in the Basic Science category. When I receive the rubrics from reviewing institutions, I create an Excel sheet with the authors
name and score. In doing this, I inadvertently placed Dr. Feijo’s manuscript in the Clinical Track category. When Dr. Feijo’s manuscript is placed into the proper category of Basic Science two things change:</span></p>
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<span style="font-size: 11pt;">The score is higher than Dr. Kulpa (the presented winner of the Basic Science category).</span></li><li style="font-family: Aptos, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; color: rgb(33, 33, 33); margin: 0in;">
<span style="font-size: 11pt;">Dr. Black’s manuscript entitled “Case report: Localized coloproctitis caused by novel <i>Basidiobolus arizonensis</i> in a dog” is the highest scoring manuscript in the Clinical track category.</span></li></ol>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: left; text-indent: 0px; margin: 0in;"><span style="font-family: Aptos, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt; color: rgb(33, 33, 33);">Therefore, the winners of the 2025 Phi Zeta Manuscript competition should be as follows:</span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: left; text-indent: 0px; margin: 0in;"><span style="font-family: Aptos, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt; color: rgb(33, 33, 33);">Unfortunately, Dr. Kulpa’s manuscript is not an award winner. I am terribly sorry for the mix
up and my deepest apologies. Congratulations to Dr.’s Feijo and Black.</span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: left; text-indent: 0px; margin: 0in;"><span style="font-family: Aptos, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt; color: rgb(33, 33, 33);">I thank you all for your participation and understanding,</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: left; text-indent: 0px; margin: 0in;"><span style="font-family: Aptos, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt; color: rgb(33, 33, 33);">Emily Reppert</span></p>
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<div dir="ltr">Dr. Missy Josephson </div>
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