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<p class="MsoNormal">Dear Grad Students,<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">Consider participating in the annual Grad Slam! Gain valuable presentation experience and compete for great prizes. See details and deadlines below.<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="mso-ligatures:standardcontextual">Sincerely, </span>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="color:#1F497D;mso-ligatures:standardcontextual"><o:p> </o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="color:#1F497D;mso-ligatures:standardcontextual">Hermila Torres<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="mso-ligatures:standardcontextual">Student Services Advisor<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="mso-ligatures:standardcontextual">Graduate Program in Biomedical Sciences | UCR School of Medicine<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:#1F497D;mso-ligatures:standardcontextual"><a href="mailto:hermila.torres@medsch.ucr.edu"><span style="color:#0563C1">hermila.torres@medsch.ucr.edu</span></a><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="mso-ligatures:standardcontextual">951.827.4540<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="mso-ligatures:standardcontextual">To schedule a virtual advising appointment, click
<a href="https://scheduler.zoom.us/bmsc-mtg-ssa"><span style="color:#0563C1">HERE</span></a>.<span style="color:#1F497D"><o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><i><span style="color:#0D0D0D;border:none windowtext 1.0pt;padding:0in;mso-ligatures:standardcontextual">Hybrid work schedule<o:p></o:p></span></i></b></p>
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<i>onsite | 8:00am-5:00pm </i>Tue, Wed - <i>remote</i></span></b><span style="mso-ligatures:standardcontextual"><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"> Seema K. Tiwari-Woodruff <Seema.Tiwari-Woodruff@medsch.ucr.edu>
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<b>Sent:</b> Wednesday, January 15, 2025 11:40 PM<br>
<b>To:</b> Hermila Torres <Hermila.Torres@medsch.ucr.edu><br>
<b>Cc:</b> Martin Garcia-Castro <martin.garcia-castro@ucr.edu>; sika.zheng@ucr.edu<br>
<b>Subject:</b> URGENT: Grad Slam Nominations<br>
<b>Importance:</b> High<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><i><span style="font-size:11.0pt">Dear Biomed Graduate Students,<o:p></o:p></span></i></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><i><span style="font-size:11.0pt">Please self-nominate and compete in the 2025 Grad Slam. Each college is asked to submit nominations by February 3, 2025. Biomed will be nominating as well. We are planning to have the students give the
pitch to select committee members. The committee would select the top student for Grad Slam. (we will send you the date for the elevator pitch to the committee after we receive the self-nominations).
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><i>Self-nomination, by responding to this email by January 20, 2025.
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<p class="MsoNormal"><i><span style="font-size:11.0pt">Please join the zoom to get an idea of the “Elevator Pitch”<o:p></o:p></span></i></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><i><span style="font-size:11.0pt">Grad division is hosting a “Elevator Pitch” professional development planned on Jan 16 from 1-2pm over Zoom:</span></i></b><i><span style="font-size:11.0pt"> Here is the registration link for students:
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<p class="MsoNormal"><i><span style="font-size:11.0pt"><a href="https://ucr.mywconline.com/">https://ucr.mywconline.com/</a><o:p></o:p></span></i></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><i><span style="font-size:11.0pt">2025 Grad Slam website with information about this year’s competition is here:
</span></i></b><i><span style="font-size:11.0pt"><a href="https://gsrc.ucr.edu/grad-slam-2025">https://gsrc.ucr.edu/grad-slam-2025</a><o:p></o:p></span></i></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><i><span style="font-size:11.0pt">Best regards<o:p></o:p></span></i></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><i><span style="font-size:11.0pt">Seema, Sika, and Martin<o:p></o:p></span></i></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#212121">Seema Kaushalya Tiwari-Woodruff, PhD</span></b><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#212121"><br>
Professor, Division of Biomedical Sciences</span><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Helvetica",sans-serif;color:#26282A"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#26282A">Director, Graduate Program in Biomedical Sciences</span><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Helvetica",sans-serif;color:#26282A"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#212121">School of Medicine, University of California Riverside<br>
Rm 3140, Multidisciplinary Research Building<br>
900 University Ave, Riverside, CA 92521<br>
Office #: (951) 827-7819<br>
Email: <a href="mailto:seema.tiwari-woodruff@medsch.ucr.edu" target="_blank">seema.tiwari-woodruff@medsch.ucr.edu</a><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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