<div dir="ltr"><div><span id="gmail-docs-internal-guid-4de2bd50-7fff-3c5f-47eb-1f2fbacea515"><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-variant-alternates:normal;vertical-align:baseline"><font face="arial, sans-serif" style="">Hi all,</font></span></p><font face="arial, sans-serif"><br></font><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><font face="arial, sans-serif"><span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-variant-alternates:normal;vertical-align:baseline">I hope your quarter has been off to a calm start! </span></font></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><font face="arial, sans-serif"><span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-variant-alternates:normal;vertical-align:baseline"><br></span></font></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><font face="arial, sans-serif"><span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-variant-alternates:normal;vertical-align:baseline">We are now recruiting mentors for the Winter 2026 cohort of the SEEDS-CCB Mentorship Program! Please </span><a href="https://forms.gle/cdAqZqF81wVR8A357" style="text-decoration-line:none"><span style="background-color:transparent;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-variant-alternates:normal;text-decoration-line:underline;vertical-align:baseline">sign up here</span></a><span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-variant-alternates:normal;vertical-align:baseline"> by January 16th if your research is in the fields of Ecology, Evolution, and/or Conservation Biology, and you have a desire to foster undergraduate interest in your field. No previous experience is required, and grad students of all stages are encouraged to apply!</span></font></p><font face="arial, sans-serif"><br></font><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><font face="arial, sans-serif"><span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-variant-alternates:normal;vertical-align:baseline">As a mentor, you will work one-on-one with an undergraduate in a structured yet flexible format to teach them the basics of your field and research (see </span><a href="https://docs.google.com/document/d/1BtLyBWSjcT62gpeGfFt1u-eXdto_8fANY_tHPuqNbIU/edit?usp=sharing" style="text-decoration-line:none"><span style="background-color:transparent;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-variant-alternates:normal;text-decoration-line:underline;vertical-align:baseline">Winter 2026 Program Description</span></a><span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-variant-alternates:normal;vertical-align:baseline">, also attached to this email). This is a great opportunity to connect casually with enthusiastic students that could end up being your vital research assistants. The mentor workload is extremely low, </span></font><span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:arial,sans-serif">and mentorship is a highly sought-after addition to your CV</span><font face="arial, sans-serif"><span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-variant-alternates:normal;vertical-align:baseline">. </span></font></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><font face="arial, sans-serif"><span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-variant-alternates:normal;vertical-align:baseline"><br></span></font></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><font face="arial, sans-serif"><span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-variant-alternates:normal;vertical-align:baseline">If you don't have the capacity to mentor this quarter but would still like to be involved, please feel free to advertise <a href="https://docs.google.com/presentation/d/1fTCBWTPXvvvOGymf7U6PIr-tzERKYwdR2ZfO_meOUJY/edit?usp=sharing">this slide</a> </span></font><span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:arial,sans-serif">(also attached to this email) </span><span style="background-color:transparent;color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:arial,sans-serif">to your students while you TA! We'd love this program to reach as many undergrads as possible.  </span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><font face="arial, sans-serif"><span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-variant-alternates:normal;vertical-align:baseline"><br></span></font></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><font face="arial, sans-serif"><span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-variant-alternates:normal;vertical-align:baseline">If you have any questions about the program, feel free to reach out to me (<a href="mailto:brittney.nguyen@email.ucr.edu">brittney.nguyen@email.ucr.edu</a>) or Audrey Burr (</span></font><span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:arial,sans-serif"><a href="mailto:audrey.burr@email.ucr.edu">audrey.burr@email.ucr.edu</a></span><font face="arial, sans-serif"><span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-variant-alternates:normal;vertical-align:baseline">)!</span></font></p><font face="arial, sans-serif"><br></font><p style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><font color="#000000" face="arial, sans-serif"><span style="white-space-collapse: preserve;">All the best,</span></font></p><p style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><font color="#000000" face="arial, sans-serif"><span style="white-space-collapse: preserve;">Brittney</span></font></p></span></div><span class="gmail_signature_prefix">-- </span><br><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_signature" data-smartmail="gmail_signature"><div dir="ltr"><font color="#000000" face="arial, sans-serif"><b>Brittney D. Nguyễn</b></font><div><font color="#000000" face="arial, sans-serif"><i>University of California, Riverside</i></font></div><div><font color="#000000" face="arial, sans-serif"><i>PhD Candidate | Evolution, Ecology, and Organismal Biology</i></font></div><div><font color="#000000" face="arial, sans-serif"><i>She/her/hers</i></font></div></div></div></div>