<div dir="ltr"><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in 0in 8pt;line-height:107%;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif">Greetings all, I hope the start of the Fall Quarter is treating you as well as possible.</p>

<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in 0in 8pt;line-height:107%;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif">We are kicking off the UCR Ecology group again this quarter with
a focus on mentoring and DEI. We will meet <span style="font-family:Arial,sans-serif;color:black">Tuesdays 4-5pm every
other week.</span></p>

<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:12pt 0in;line-height:normal;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><span style="font-family:Arial,sans-serif;color:black">We have a schedule coming
together. <a href="https://docs.google.com/document/d/18-Lm8aOg4kyYZNw_9QNlcJG5Mc2JuAGuUeK3WojgN7U/edit" style="color:blue">https://docs.google.com/document/d/18-Lm8aOg4kyYZNw_9QNlcJG5Mc2JuAGuUeK3WojgN7U/edit</a></span></p>

<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:12pt 0in;line-height:normal;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><span style="font-family:Arial,sans-serif;color:black">Please sign up to lead! I
think this will be more informative if each week we have a faculty and a
trainee together leading individual meetings. Feel free to pair up outside your
immediate lab / focal area.</span></p>

<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in 0in 8pt;line-height:107%;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><span style="font-family:Arial,sans-serif;color:black">We will use the HHMI Entering Mentoring seminar</span><span style="font-size:12pt;line-height:107%;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif"><a href="https://www.hhmi.org/sites/default/files/Educational%20Materials/Lab%20Management/entering_mentoring.pdf" style="color:blue"><span style="font-size:11pt;line-height:107%;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;color:black"> </span><span style="font-size:11pt;line-height:107%;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;color:rgb(17,85,204)">https://www.hhmi.org/sites/default/files/Educational%20Materials/Lab%20Management/entering_mentoring.pdf</span></a></span><span style="font-family:Arial,sans-serif;color:black"> as a framework for discussions. We will ensure each meeting addresses
DEI goals and how mentoring can improve DEI in ecology. One
meeting will focus entirely on DEI action items we can take individually and as a group of
UCR ecologists.</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in 0in 8pt;line-height:107%;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><span style="font-family:Arial,sans-serif;color:black"><br></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in 0in 8pt;line-height:107%;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><span style="font-family:Arial,sans-serif;color:black">Announcements will be sent primarily through the ecology group googlegroup. Please email Marko Spasojevic (</span><span style="font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:small"><a href="mailto:marko.spasojevic@ucr.edu">marko.spasojevic@ucr.edu</a>) </span><span style="color:black;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;font-size:11pt">to get enrolled.</span></p>

<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:12pt 0in;line-height:normal;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">Looking
forward to discussions and improving the learning environment at UCR!<br>
<br>
</span></p>

<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:12pt 0in;line-height:normal;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">Darrel</span></p><div><br></div>-- <br><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_signature" data-smartmail="gmail_signature"><div dir="ltr"><div><div dir="ltr"><div><div dir="ltr"><div><div dir="ltr"><div><div dir="ltr"><br><div><font size="1">G. Darrel Jenerette</font></div><div><font size="1">Director, Center for Conservation Biology</font></div><div><font size="1">Professor, Department of Botany and Plant Sciences</font></div><div><font size="1">University of California Riverside</font></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div>