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<b>Sent on behalf of Dr. Laura McGeehan:</b></div>
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<span style="color: rgb(33, 33, 33);">We will be celebrating the 10<sup>th</sup> anniversary of
</span><span style="color: rgb(0, 120, 215);"><a href="https://gsrc.ucr.edu/grad-slam-2024" id="OWA724a4d27-5b3e-db3a-0efd-3a64d3da1f5d" class="OWAAutoLink" title="https://gsrc.ucr.edu/grad-slam-2024" data-auth="NotApplicable" data-loopstyle="linkonly" style="color: rgb(0, 120, 215); margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px;">Grad
Slam</a></span><span style="color: rgb(33, 33, 33);"> at UCR on April 8<sup>th</sup> at the
<a href="https://ucrarts.ucr.edu/" id="OWA664c4dbc-4a90-5592-d242-f6eaf12dfb61" class="OWAAutoLink" data-auth="NotApplicable" data-loopstyle="linkonly" style="margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px;">
Barbara and Arts Culver Center for the Arts</a> on April 8<sup>th</sup> from 5-7 pm. Grad Slam is a UC systemwide speaking competition for graduate students to present their research to a non-expert audience in 3 minutes, with a single visual aid. Provost
and EVC Watkins is scheduled to give opening remarks and to hand out the cash awards.</span><span style="color: black;"> </span><span style="color: rgb(33, 33, 33);">Our UCR champion will travel to San Francisco on May 3<sup>rd
</sup>to compete against their fellow winners from across the UC system.</span></p>
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<p style="margin: 0in; font-family: Aptos, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt;"><span style="color: rgb(33, 33, 33);">As you can see from the flyer, two CNAS graduate students, S Gangothri (EEOB) and Alyssa Valdez (ENSC) will be competing. The audience will be able
to vote for an audience choice favorite.</span></p>
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<p style="margin: 0in; font-family: Aptos, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt;"><span style="color: rgb(33, 33, 33);">Thank you very much for your support of our graduate student participants in Grad Slam, and we hope to see you at the competition on April 8. Please
let me know if you have any questions.</span></p>
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<span style="color: rgb(33, 33, 33);">Regards,</span></p>
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<span style="color: rgb(33, 33, 33);">Laura</span></p>
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<p style="margin: 0in; font-family: Aptos, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt;"><span style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; color: black;"><b>Laura McGeehan,
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<p style="margin: 0in; font-family: Aptos, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt;"><span style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; color: black;"><b>Director, Academic Preparation, Recruitment & Outreach (</b></span><span style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; color: rgb(5, 99, 193);"><b><a href="https://apro.ucr.edu/" id="OWA6c9596b8-6b96-1073-d6e7-da1d841d6bf1" class="OWAAutoLink" data-auth="NotApplicable" data-loopstyle="linkonly" style="color: rgb(5, 99, 193); margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px;">APRO.ucr.edu</a></b></span><span style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; color: black;"><b>)</b></span></p>
<p style="margin: 0in; font-family: Aptos, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt;"><span style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; color: black;"><b>UCR Graduate Division</b></span><span style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; color: black;"> </span></p>
<p style="margin: 0in; font-family: Aptos, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt;"><span style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; color: black;">951 827 6124 |</span><span style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; color: rgb(5, 99, 193);"><a href="mailto:laura.mcgeehan@ucr.edu" id="OWA3d747b5f-b881-dd6f-ef3f-d424f4ab66d6" class="OWAAutoLink" data-loopstyle="linkonly" style="color: rgb(5, 99, 193); margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px;">laura.mcgeehan@ucr.edu</a></span><span style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; color: black;"> </span></p>
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<span style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt; color: rgb(35, 70, 116); background-color: rgb(255, 192, 128);"><b>I am working a hybrid schedule and will respond to e-mails as quickly as possible.</b></span></p>
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