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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;color:#222A35">Hello Everyone, and Happy New Year!</span><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;color:#222A35">I am pleased to announce that Toni Van Buhler, was selected as the top candidate for our Travel Coordinator/Admin Asst and began her role yesterday with our department. Please feel free to stop
by to say, hello. </span><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;color:#181717">Toni comes to us with over 10 years of higher education experience working in a department setting. She brings strong administrative support, analytical skills and exceptional customer service
experience in working with faculty, staff and students. We are quite excited to have her join our team.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;color:#181717">At this time, Toni will be in training with Jackie to get familiar with all our policies and procedures for campus. Once training has been completed, Jackie will then be fully transitioning
over to her new appointment as a research administrator. Many of you have already been working with her on your grant funds. She is quite excited to take on this position and we feel she will excel in her new role.
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;color:#181717">While we are in the process of recruiting for a new procurement analyst, Stephen Prendergast will be assigned to this role in the interim. He has graciously accepted this assignment to assist
us, while we complete the recruitment process. We hope to have this role filled by the start of February.
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;color:#181717">I would like to thank our whole team of staff in the department for lending a helping hand to each other with training and taking on extra duties, while we get the department fully staffed and
trained. I understand this is a challenging time, and truly appreciate everyone’s effort in assisting to keep the department running efficiently.
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;color:#181717">Should you have any questions or concerns, please feel free to email me. Thank you.
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<p class="MsoNormal">April Meinzer<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">Botany and Plant Sciences, #2106<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">Phone: 951-827-3839<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">Fax: 951-827-4437<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><a href="mailto:april.meinzer@ucr.edu"><span style="color:#0563C1">april.meinzer@ucr.edu</span></a><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="color:#4472C4;background:silver;mso-highlight:silver">In-person office hours: Tuesday, Wednesday & Friday from 8:30 am – 5:00 pm</span></b><span style="font-size:10.0pt;color:#4472C4;background:silver;mso-highlight:silver"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="color:#4472C4;background:silver;mso-highlight:silver">Virtual office hours: Monday & Thursday from 8:30 am – 5:00 pm</span></b><span style="font-size:10.0pt;color:#4472C4"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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