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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Helvetica Neue"">Attached is the agenda for today’s general meeting.  Below are the updates from the Black Alumni Chapter that I will discuss during the meeting.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<span style="font-size:7.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif"> <span class="apple-converted-space"> </span></span><span style="font-family:"Trebuchet MS",sans-serif">The<b> 2nd UC Riverside Black Alumni Chapter</b> <b>Preserving Black Brilliance Scholarship
 Gala</b> will be held on <b>February 24th, 2024 </b>at the Alumni Visitor Center at 6pm. (Tickets are on sale. Sponsorship/ Ad space is available (please email <a href="mailto:ucraaba@gmail.com" target="_blank" title="mailto:ucraaba@gmail.com"><span style="color:#0078D7">ucraaba@gmail.com</span></a> for
 questions and inquiries). You are welcome to send the names and contact info (email/phone) of Black Faculty or Staff members who are also UCR Black Alumni to be considered to be honored. Please email <a href="mailto:ucraaba@gmail.com" target="_blank" title="mailto:ucraaba@gmail.com"><span style="color:#0078D7">ucraaba@gmail.com</span></a></span><o:p></o:p></p>
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<span style="font-family:Symbol">·</span><span style="font-size:7.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif"> <span class="apple-converted-space"> </span></span><span style="font-family:"Trebuchet MS",sans-serif"><a href="https://myadv.ucr.edu/forms/bac_gala2024" target="_blank" title="https://myadv.ucr.edu/forms/bac_gala2024"><span style="color:#0078D7">https://myadv.ucr.edu/forms/bac_gala2024</span></a>  </span><o:p></o:p></p>
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<span style="font-family:Symbol">·</span><span style="font-size:7.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif"> <span class="apple-converted-space"> </span></span><b><u><span style="font-family:"Trebuchet MS",sans-serif">New update:</span></u></b><b><span style="font-family:"Trebuchet MS",sans-serif"> </span></b><span style="font-family:"Trebuchet MS",sans-serif">Gala early
 bird price ends after Jan 31st. Our Chapter encourages you to secure your ticket prior to the early bird deadline</span><o:p></o:p></p>
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<span style="font-family:Symbol">·</span><span style="font-size:7.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif"> <span class="apple-converted-space"> </span></span><span style="font-family:"Trebuchet MS",sans-serif">Our Chapter will be participating in<span class="apple-converted-space"> </span><b>Highlander
 Day of Service for March 16,2024:</b><span class="apple-converted-space"> </span>We invite you to submit ideas for a volunteer project that we can collaborate on: <a href="https://dayofservice.ucr.edu/" target="_blank" title="https://dayofservice.ucr.edu/"><span style="color:#0078D7">https://dayofservice.ucr.edu/</span></a> </span><o:p></o:p></p>
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</span></b><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Aptos",sans-serif;color:black">BFASA <bfasa-bounces@lists.ucr.edu> on behalf of Paige M Mejia <paige.mejia@ucr.edu><br>
<b>Date: </b>Monday, December 11, 2023 at 3:53 PM<br>
<b>To: </b>Bfasa@lists.ucr.edu <Bfasa@lists.ucr.edu><br>
<b>Subject: </b>[BFASA] BFASA General Meeting 12/13/2023 at 11:00-12:00p<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt">We will be having our December general meeting on Wednesday, 12/13/2023 from 11:00 - 12:00 pm. For those who have not registered, I placed the link below. Thank you! <o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p style="margin:0in"><span style="color:#212121">Registration Link:<span class="apple-converted-space"> </span><a href="https://ucr.zoom.us/meeting/register/tJUkf-GupjsrHtHCWTywGNgZsLqK2Pp_hDHN"><span style="color:#3A6FE8">https://ucr.zoom.us/meeting/register/tJUkf-GupjsrHtHCWTywGNgZsLqK2Pp_hDHN</span></a></span><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="background:white"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;color:#242424">Sincerely,</span><span style="font-size:11.0pt"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background:white"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;color:#242424">Paige</span><span style="font-size:11.0pt"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="background:white"><b><span style="font-size:11.0pt;color:#242424">Paige Mejia |Financial Operations Manager</span></b><span style="font-size:11.0pt"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background:white"><b><span style="font-size:11.0pt;color:#242424">EMN Administration</span></b><span style="font-size:11.0pt"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<u>E</u>volution, Ecology, and Organismal Biology,</span><span style="font-size:11.0pt"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<u>M</u>olecular, Cell and Systems Biology,</span><span style="font-size:11.0pt"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="background:white"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;color:#242424">Secretary, Black Faculty and Staff Association</span><span style="font-size:11.0pt"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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