<div dir="ltr"><div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:arial,sans-serif"><span style="font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif">Dear CNAS Graduate Students,</span></div><p style="margin-left:0px"><strong>Dr. Beronda Montgomery, an award-winning leader in mentoring, academic leadership, equity, diversity and inclusion, and a prominent biochemist, will visit UCR on May 21-22 2025.</strong></p><p style="margin-left:0px">The ARA Faculty Mentoring Program is sponsoring her visit and there are two opportunities for graduate students to interact with Dr. Montgomery.</p><p style="margin-left:0px"><strong>Twelve</strong> <strong>CNAS graduate students are invited to lunch with Dr. Montgomery.</strong> This will be held on Thursday May 22 (location TBA). Lunch is likely to start<span class="gmail_default" style="font-family:arial,sans-serif"></span> at 11:45 AM. A schedule will be sent to each student participating in the lunch.</p><p style="margin-left:0px"> We have capacity for 10-12 CNAS graduate students to attend the lunch.</p><p style="margin-left:40px">Please use the <a aria-label="Link google form" id="m_-4293684731789278326gmail-menur4bn" href="https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSdKrWLRQJVzdyNKI8VrOyGe1SXBG4i-_bEGorva6kGmh1Rn-A/viewform?usp=sharing" rel="noreferrer noopener" title="https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1faipqlsdkrwlrqjvzdynki8vroyge1sxbg4i-_begorva6kgmh1rn-a/viewform?usp=sharing" target="_blank"><span style="color:rgb(205,89,55)">google form</span></a><span style="color:rgb(205,89,55)"> </span>to register for lunch. The first 12 students will be chosen. Three sandwich options will be provided. </p><p style="margin-left:0px"><strong>All interested graduate students are invited to attend</strong> <strong>Dr. Montogomery’s seminar and the light reception that follows. Information about Dr. Montgomery is at the end of this email. Please register at this </strong><a aria-label="Link LINK." id="m_-4293684731789278326gmail-menur4bq" href="https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSfIcZN-EUw7BJJ6XjWGnTc3DQMgNshYJh9y6t0duI9nKk2KEw/viewform?usp=sharing" rel="noreferrer noopener" title="https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1faipqlsficzn-euw7bjj6xjwgntc3dqmgnshyjh9y6t0dui9nkk2kew/viewform?usp=sharing" target="_blank"><span style="color:rgb(205,89,55)"><strong>LINK.</strong></span></a></p><p style="margin-left:0px">Dr. Beronda Montgomery</p><p><a aria-label="Link https://www.berondamontgomery.com/" id="m_-4293684731789278326gmail-menur4bt" href="https://www.berondamontgomery.com/" rel="noreferrer noopener" title="https://www.berondamontgomery.com/" target="_blank">https://www.berondamontgomery.com/</a></p><p style="margin-left:0px"><i>Envisioning our future: How to enhance a culture of mentoring and equity. How universities acknowledge faculty mentoring faculty efforts.</i></p><p><span style="font-size:inherit">Wednesday May 21, 2025</span></p><p><span style="font-size:inherit">3:30-4:30 PM</span></p><p><span style="font-size:inherit">School of Medicine 104</span></p><p><span style="font-size:inherit">Light reception will follow the seminar (SOM Lobby and courtyard)</span></p><p>Sincerely,</p><p>Linda Walling</p><p style="margin-left:0px">Professor of Genetics, Botany & Plant Sciences Department</p><p>Director, ARA Faculty Mentoring Program</p><p><strong>A brief introduction to Beronda Montgomery.</strong></p><p>Dr. Beronda Montgomery is a leader in mentoring, academic leadership, and equity, diversity and inclusion, as well as being a prominent plant biochemist. She is currently the Vice <i>President</i> for Academic Affairs and <i>the </i>Dean of Grinnell College. Dr. Montgomery’s perspectives on mentoring and leadership have helped form the foundations of the ARA Faculty Mentoring Program within CNAS. Dr. Montgomery is a plant biochemist, writer, and scholar who focuses on how individuals perceive, respond to, and are impacted by the environments in which they exist; this theme unites her research with her efforts for systemic change in mentoring and leadership. Her 2021 book <i>Lessons from Plants</i> creatively joins the principles of plant responses and adaptations to their environments with best practices for mentoring and creating an equitable, diverse and inclusive university environment.</p><p style="margin-left:0px">Dr. Montgomery sports a wide variety of awards. Three of her most recent awards are:</p><ul><li style="margin-left:15px"><span style="font-size:inherit">2025 recipient of a Presidential Award for Excellence in Science, Mathematics and Engineering Mentoring (PAESMEM) (Jan 13, 2025).</span></li><li style="margin-left:15px"><span style="font-size:inherit">2024 recipient of the Excellence in Diversity and Inclusion Award from the American Society of Plant Biologists.</span></li><li style="margin-left:15px"><span style="font-size:inherit">2022 recipient of the Adolph E. Gude Award from the American Society of Plant Biologists in recognition of outstanding service to the science of plant biology.</span></li></ul></div><div><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_signature" data-smartmail="gmail_signature"><div dir="ltr"><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:arial,sans-serif">Sincerely, </span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><a name="SignatureSanitizer__MailAutoSig"><b><span style="font-size:12.0pt"><br></span></b></a></p><p class="MsoNormal"><a name="SignatureSanitizer__MailAutoSig"><b><font face="arial, sans-serif">Fidel Rivas</font></b></a></p>
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