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<p style="margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;background:white"><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#222222">Hello there!</span><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p style="margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;background:white"><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#222222">My name is Michael Tin, and I am a current UCR Science Ambassador as well as Director of Change in Scientific Importance for Youth (Delta
SIFY) at UC Riverside, a student organization at UCR that promotes education and engagement by providing immersive STEM opportunities for students in underserved communities.</span><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p style="margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;background:white"><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#222222">On February 17, 2024, we are hosting an in-person Science Olympiad tournament at UC Riverside called "</span><a href="http://scioly.ucr.edu/"><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#1155CC">Highlander
Invitational</span></a><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#222222">."
</span><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black">Highlander Invitational is the Inland Empire's premier STEM competition, where middle and high school students from all over California will compete in a thrilling, full-day science tournament.</span><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p style="margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;background:white"><b><u><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black">This is UC Riverside's FIRST EVER Science Olympiad Invitational...and we need your help!!</span></u></b><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p style="margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;background:white"><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black">As this is an entirely student-run project, we are currently looking for volunteers to help out at the competition. We are looking for any
undergraduate students, graduate students, or professors/faculty that are willing to help out on the day of the competition. Volunteers would be responsible for grading tests on the day of the competition along with a designated Event Supervisor (ES) for the
event. We will be providing lunch as well as verified volunteer hours to all Highlander Invitational volunteers. No experience is required.</span><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p style="margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;background:white"><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black">If you are interested in volunteering, please visit
</span><a href="http://scioly.ucr.edu/science-olympiad/volunteer"><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#1155CC">scioly.ucr.edu/science-olympiad/volunteer</span></a><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p style="margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;background:white"><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black">We sincerely appreciate every volunteer's contribution to making this event a possibility and promoting STEM education in the Inland Empire!</span><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">Best,<br>
Michael Tin (He/Him)<br>
UCR ‘25 | Science Ambassador<br>
Delta SIFY Co-President<br>
University of California, Riverside<o:p></o:p></p>
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