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Interim Departments of English | Philosophy </span><span style="mso-ligatures:standardcontextual"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">Dear CHASS FAOs and Managers, <o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">The mandatory search committee training for academic recruitments has been put on temporary hold. Please see the attached notification from APO and share this with your faculty. <o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">The activities currently on hold for academic appointees are:<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">1. “Equal Employment, Affirmative Action and the Academic Hiring Process”<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">a. online, through the Learning Management System (LMS)<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">b. applies to searches for all Academic Employees<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">2. “Promoting Faculty Diversity”<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">a. in-person workshop<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">b. applies to searches for Senate Faculty<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">The following UCOP training remains available for academic and staff.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">1. Search Advisory and Hiring Committee Best Practices<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">a. online, through LMS<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">Please share this information with your faculty members. Should you have any questions or require further<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">clarification, please do not hesitate to contact <a href="mailto:academicpersonnel@ucr.edu">
academicpersonnel@ucr.edu</a>. We will provide updates on the<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">revised training as soon as they are available.<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">Thank you, <o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">Susan<o:p></o:p></p>
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Academic Personnel, Director<br>
College of Humanities, Arts and Social Sciences<br>
Ph: (951) 827-3596<br>
FAX: (951) 827-4537<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif">From:</span></b><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif"> Sara Umali <<a href="mailto:sara.umali@ucr.edu">sara.umali@ucr.edu</a>>
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<b>Sent:</b> Monday, May 5, 2025 1:23 PM<br>
<b>To:</b> <a href="mailto:BCOEDEAN@engr.ucr.edu">BCOEDEAN@engr.ucr.edu</a>; Daryle Williams <<a href="mailto:daryle.williams@ucr.edu">daryle.williams@ucr.edu</a>>; CNAS Dean . <<a href="mailto:CNAS_DEAN@ucr.edu">CNAS_DEAN@ucr.edu</a>>; Joi A Spencer <<a href="mailto:jois@ucr.edu">jois@ucr.edu</a>>;
Yunzeng Wang <<a href="mailto:yunzeng.wang@ucr.edu">yunzeng.wang@ucr.edu</a>>; Deborah Deas <<a href="mailto:debdeas@ucr.edu">debdeas@ucr.edu</a>>; Mark Long <<a href="mailto:mark.long@ucr.edu">mark.long@ucr.edu</a>>; Louie F Rodriguez <<a href="mailto:louie.rodriguez@ucr.edu">louie.rodriguez@ucr.edu</a>>;
Kevin Vaughn <<a href="mailto:kevinv@ucr.edu">kevinv@ucr.edu</a>>; Xiaoping Hu <<a href="mailto:xiaophu@ucr.edu">xiaophu@ucr.edu</a>>; David Cocker <<a href="mailto:davidco@ucr.edu">davidco@ucr.edu</a>>; Ian R Wheeldon <<a href="mailto:ian.wheeldon@ucr.edu">ian.wheeldon@ucr.edu</a>>;
<a href="mailto:christian.shelton@ucr.edu">christian.shelton@ucr.edu</a>; Stefano Lonardi <<a href="mailto:stelo@ucr.edu">stelo@ucr.edu</a>>; Srikanth Krishnamurthy <<a href="mailto:krish@ucr.edu">krish@ucr.edu</a>>;
<a href="mailto:marek.chrobak@ucr.edu">marek.chrobak@ucr.edu</a>; Ertem Tuncel <<a href="mailto:ertem@ucr.edu">ertem@ucr.edu</a>>;
<a href="mailto:nanpeng.yu@ucr.edu">nanpeng.yu@ucr.edu</a>; Roger Lake <<a href="mailto:rlake@ucr.edu">rlake@ucr.edu</a>>;
<a href="mailto:guanshui.xu@ucr.edu">guanshui.xu@ucr.edu</a>; <a href="mailto:juchen.guo@ucr.edu">
juchen.guo@ucr.edu</a>; <a href="mailto:daniel.wong@ucr.edu">daniel.wong@ucr.edu</a>; Hyoseung Kim <<a href="mailto:hyoseung@ucr.edu">hyoseung@ucr.edu</a>>;
<a href="mailto:vtsotras@ucr.edu">vtsotras@ucr.edu</a>; <a href="mailto:amit.roychowdhury@ucr.edu">
amit.roychowdhury@ucr.edu</a>; Jennifer Syvertsen <<a href="mailto:jsyverts@ucr.edu">jsyverts@ucr.edu</a>>; Lynne-Marie Marsh <<a href="mailto:lmarsh@ucr.edu">lmarsh@ucr.edu</a>>; Sage Whitson <<a href="mailto:sage.whitson@ucr.edu">sage.whitson@ucr.edu</a>>;
Jeffrey Sacks <<a href="mailto:jeffsack@ucr.edu">jeffsack@ucr.edu</a>>; Anne McKnight <<a href="mailto:amcknigh@ucr.edu">amcknigh@ucr.edu</a>>; Stephen Erickson <<a href="mailto:stephene@ucr.edu">stephene@ucr.edu</a>>; taisha paggett <<a href="mailto:tpaggett@ucr.edu">tpaggett@ucr.edu</a>>;
Imani Johnson <<a href="mailto:imanij@ucr.edu">imanij@ucr.edu</a>>; Marcelle Chauvet <<a href="mailto:Marcelle.chauvet@ucr.edu">Marcelle.chauvet@ucr.edu</a>>; James Tobias <<a href="mailto:jtobias@ucr.edu">jtobias@ucr.edu</a>>; R P <<a href="mailto:robert.perez@ucr.edu">robert.perez@ucr.edu</a>>;
Brandon Robinson <<a href="mailto:brandonr@ucr.edu">brandonr@ucr.edu</a>>; Alessandro Fornazzari <<a href="mailto:alessandro.fornazzari@ucr.edu">alessandro.fornazzari@ucr.edu</a>>; Steven W Hackel <<a href="mailto:steven.hackel@ucr.edu">steven.hackel@ucr.edu</a>>;
Susan Laxton <<a href="mailto:slaxton@ucr.edu">slaxton@ucr.edu</a>>; Setsu Shigematsu <<a href="mailto:setsus@ucr.edu">setsus@ucr.edu</a>>; Jonathan Ritter <<a href="mailto:jritter@ucr.edu">jritter@ucr.edu</a>>; Michael Nelson <<a href="mailto:mnelson@ucr.edu">mnelson@ucr.edu</a>>;
Peter J Graham <<a href="mailto:peter.graham@ucr.edu">peter.graham@ucr.edu</a>>; Nicholas Weller <<a href="mailto:nweller@ucr.edu">nweller@ucr.edu</a>>; Kevin M Esterling <<a href="mailto:kevin.esterling@ucr.edu">kevin.esterling@ucr.edu</a>>; Tuppett M Yates
<<a href="mailto:tuppett@ucr.edu">tuppett@ucr.edu</a>>; Misaki Natsuaki <<a href="mailto:misaki.natsuaki@ucr.edu">misaki.natsuaki@ucr.edu</a>>; Dana Simmons <<a href="mailto:danasim@ucr.edu">danasim@ucr.edu</a>>; Robert Clark <<a href="mailto:roclark@ucr.edu">roclark@ucr.edu</a>>;
Melissa Wilcox <<a href="mailto:mwilcox@ucr.edu">mwilcox@ucr.edu</a>>; Keunpyo Park <<a href="mailto:rootpark@ucr.edu">rootpark@ucr.edu</a>>; Xuan Liu <<a href="mailto:xuan@ucr.edu">xuan@ucr.edu</a>>; Jikui Song <<a href="mailto:jikuis@ucr.edu">jikuis@ucr.edu</a>>;
Thomas Eulgem <<a href="mailto:teulgem@ucr.edu">teulgem@ucr.edu</a>>; <a href="mailto:lmueller@ucr.edu">
lmueller@ucr.edu</a>; Amy Litt <<a href="mailto:amylitt@ucr.edu">amylitt@ucr.edu</a>>; Donald Merhaut <<a href="mailto:donm@ucr.edu">donm@ucr.edu</a>>; Sandra Kirtland Turner <<a href="mailto:sandrakt@ucr.edu">sandrakt@ucr.edu</a>>;
<a href="mailto:robert.allen@ucr.edu">robert.allen@ucr.edu</a>; Christiane Weirauch <<a href="mailto:christiw@ucr.edu">christiw@ucr.edu</a>>; Richard Redak <<a href="mailto:redak@ucr.edu">redak@ucr.edu</a>>; Daniel Schlenk <<a href="mailto:dschlenk@ucr.edu">dschlenk@ucr.edu</a>>;
Ying-Hsuan Lin <<a href="mailto:yhslin@ucr.edu">yhslin@ucr.edu</a>>; Joel Sachs <<a href="mailto:joels@ucr.edu">joels@ucr.edu</a>>; Kurt Anderson <<a href="mailto:kurta@ucr.edu">kurta@ucr.edu</a>>; Amir Moradifam <<a href="mailto:amirm@ucr.edu">amirm@ucr.edu</a>>;
James Kelliher <<a href="mailto:jamesk@ucr.edu">jamesk@ucr.edu</a>>; Katherine A Borkovich <<a href="mailto:katherine.borkovich@ucr.edu">katherine.borkovich@ucr.edu</a>>; Caroline Roper <<a href="mailto:mcroper@ucr.edu">mcroper@ucr.edu</a>>; Vijayalakshmi
Santhakumar <<a href="mailto:vijayas@ucr.edu">vijayas@ucr.edu</a>>; Michael Adams <<a href="mailto:adams@ucr.edu">adams@ucr.edu</a>>;
<a href="mailto:adlerd@ucr.edu">adlerd@ucr.edu</a>; Shan-Wen Tsai <<a href="mailto:shanwent@ucr.edu">shanwent@ucr.edu</a>>; Richard Seto <<a href="mailto:seto@ucr.edu">seto@ucr.edu</a>>; Yehua Li <<a href="mailto:yehuali@ucr.edu">yehuali@ucr.edu</a>>; Wenxiu
Ma <<a href="mailto:wenxiu@ucr.edu">wenxiu@ucr.edu</a>><br>
<b>Cc:</b> VPAP VPAP <<a href="mailto:vpap@ucr.edu">vpap@ucr.edu</a>>; Elizabeth Watkins <<a href="mailto:elizabeth.watkins@ucr.edu">elizabeth.watkins@ucr.edu</a>>; AcademicPersonnel AcademicPersonnel <<a href="mailto:academicpersonnel@ucr.edu">academicpersonnel@ucr.edu</a>>;
Kiersten Boyce <<a href="mailto:kiersten.boyce@ucr.edu">kiersten.boyce@ucr.edu</a>>; Mariam B Lam <<a href="mailto:mariam.lam@ucr.edu">mariam.lam@ucr.edu</a>>; Senate <<a href="mailto:senate@ucr.edu">senate@ucr.edu</a>>; Cecilia Gonzalez <<a href="mailto:ceciliag@engr.ucr.edu">ceciliag@engr.ucr.edu</a>>;
Susan L Brown <<a href="mailto:susan.brown@ucr.edu">susan.brown@ucr.edu</a>>; Joyleen Salas <<a href="mailto:joyleen.salas@ucr.edu">joyleen.salas@ucr.edu</a>>; Jasmine Salas <<a href="mailto:jasmine.salas@ucr.edu">jasmine.salas@ucr.edu</a>>; Ana E Kafie <<a href="mailto:ana.kafie@ucr.edu">ana.kafie@ucr.edu</a>>;
Margi Burnett <<a href="mailto:Margi.Burnett@medsch.ucr.edu">Margi.Burnett@medsch.ucr.edu</a>>; Jill Cantonwine <<a href="mailto:jill.cantonwine@ucr.edu">jill.cantonwine@ucr.edu</a>>; Sandra Navarro <<a href="mailto:snavarro@ucx.ucr.edu">snavarro@ucx.ucr.edu</a>><br>
<b>Subject:</b> VPAP Memo: Temporary Suspension of Search Committee Training for Academic Recruitments<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif">Please find attached a <a href="https://academicpersonnel.ucr.edu/sites/default/files/2025-05/vpap_memo_search_committee_training_final_5.5.25.pdf" target="_blank">correspondence
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif">Kindly share this information with your faculty members. <o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif">Should you have any questions or require further clarification, please do not hesitate to contact
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif">Sara<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto"><b><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:#003DA5">SARA UMALI</span></b><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif"> <b><span style="color:#444444">l </span></b> <span style="color:#003DA5"><a href="https://academicpersonnel.ucr.edu/" target="_blank"><span style="color:#003DA5">Academic
Personnel Office</span></a> </span></span><span class="gmaildefault"><span style="font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif;color:#003DA5">(sent on behalf of Vice Provost Jeske)</span></span><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif"><br>
<span style="color:#444444;background:white">Director of Academic Personnel Data & Technology</span><br>
<span style="color:#003DA5"><a href="mailto:sarau@ucr.edu" target="_blank"><span style="color:#003DA5">sarau@ucr.edu</span></a></span> <b><span style="color:#444444">l</span> </b><span style="color:#444444">951.827.5810</span> <b><span style="color:#444444">l</span></b> <span style="color:#444444">2121
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