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<p class="MsoNormal"><b>Date</b>: Thursday July 25, 2024<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b>Location</b>: <a href="https://maps.app.goo.gl/F6ktH2m1b8uCzuCf9" target="_blank">Bourns Technology Center</a> - 1190 Columbia Ave, Riverside, CA 92507 Please note that you will enter via the Cornerstone Church Entrance.<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">Please reply to this email if you are interested in participating.<o:p></o:p></p>
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<b>Sent:</b> Wednesday, July 17, 2024 12:20 PM<br>
<b>To:</b> Estella Acuna <estella.acuna@ucr.edu><br>
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<b>Subject:</b> Re: STEM Solutions Summer Program Inquiry<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Tahoma",sans-serif">We're super excited to have you and our UCR undergrads participate in the STEM Solutions Learning Lab next week! We have about 50 students registered from 20 different high schools in the region. <o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-family:"Tahoma",sans-serif">Date</span></b><span style="font-family:"Tahoma",sans-serif">: Thursday July 25, 2024</span><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-family:"Tahoma",sans-serif">Location</span></b><span style="font-family:"Tahoma",sans-serif">: <a href="https://maps.app.goo.gl/F6ktH2m1b8uCzuCf9" target="_blank">Bourns Technology Center</a> - 1190 Columbia Ave, Riverside,
CA 92507 Please note that you will enter via the Cornerstone Church Entrance.</span><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p style="margin:0in"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">Last summer you generously helped organize a group of UCR undergraduates to participate in a college round table discussion as part of the STEM Solutions Summer Learning Lab.
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</span><span style="font-family:"Tahoma",sans-serif"><a href="https://www.stepconference.org/AboutUs.cfm" target="_blank"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">STEP
</span></a></span><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">to put together one week of their STEM summer learning labs. The overall theme of the week will be focused on the use of biotechnology to address emergent problems around human
health, environmental challenges and food security. I was wondering whether Chicano Student Programs was available again to partner on this event. </span><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p style="margin:0in"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black">Just as a reminder of last year’s event, we set up about 5-6 tables where UCR students could answer questions about a variety of different college life topics: </span><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p style="margin:0in"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">The dates of the program are July 22 - July 26, 2024, and we have tentatively scheduled a time slot for this discussion on
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<p style="margin:0in"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">Thank you in advance for your time and I look forward to hearing from you</span><o:p></o:p></p>
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