<html aria-label="message body"><head><meta http-equiv="content-type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8"></head><body style="overflow-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; line-break: after-white-space;">Hello English Majors,<div><br></div><div>I hope you have had a good end to spring quarter.</div><div><br></div><div>For if you're going to be a sophomore or junior next year, and would like to take on research projects outside of classes, with a faculty mentor, consider applying to the campus’ Chancellor’s Research Fellowship program.</div><div><br></div><div>There is a program that provides peer mentors to get you started.</div><div><br></div><div>The deadline is 7/31. The information is below.</div><div><br></div><div>Let me know if you have questions,</div><div><br></div><div>And take care!</div><div><br></div><div>jt</div><div><br id="lineBreakAtBeginningOfMessage"><div>
<meta charset="UTF-8"><div dir="auto" style="caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); color: rgb(0, 0, 0); letter-spacing: normal; orphans: 2; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; text-decoration-line: none; text-decoration-thickness: auto; text-decoration-style: solid; overflow-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; line-break: after-white-space;"><div dir="auto" style="caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); color: rgb(0, 0, 0); letter-spacing: normal; orphans: 2; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; text-decoration-line: none; text-decoration-thickness: auto; text-decoration-style: solid; overflow-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; line-break: after-white-space;"><div>—<br>James Tobias, Ph.D.<br>Professor,<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span>Chair</div><div>Department of English<br>University of California<br>Riverside CA 92521<br>jtobias@ucr.edu<br><br><font size="1">https://ucr.zoom.us/j/95465985946?pwd=Z1A4Yk1UZDhBTjY5UkJ5R1VQTWUvQT09<br><br>"We at UCR would like to respectfully acknowledge and recognize our responsibility to the original and current caretakers of this land, water, and air: the Cahuilla, Tongva, Luiseño, and Serrano peoples and all of their ancestors and descendants, past, present, and future. Today this meeting place is home to many Indigenous peoples from all over the world, including UCR faculty, students, and staff, and we are grateful to have the opportunity to live and work on these homelands."</font><br><br></div></div></div>
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<div><br><blockquote type="cite"><div>Begin forwarded message:</div><br class="Apple-interchange-newline"><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px;"><span style="font-family: -webkit-system-font, Helvetica Neue, Helvetica, sans-serif; color:rgba(0, 0, 0, 1.0);"><b>From: </b></span><span style="font-family: -webkit-system-font, Helvetica Neue, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Gladis Herrera-Berkowitz <gladis.herrera-berkowitz@ucr.edu><br></span></div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px;"><span style="font-family: -webkit-system-font, Helvetica Neue, Helvetica, sans-serif; color:rgba(0, 0, 0, 1.0);"><b>Subject: </b></span><span style="font-family: -webkit-system-font, Helvetica Neue, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><b>CRF Peer Mentorship Program</b><br></span></div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px;"><span style="font-family: -webkit-system-font, Helvetica Neue, Helvetica, sans-serif; color:rgba(0, 0, 0, 1.0);"><b>Date: </b></span><span style="font-family: -webkit-system-font, Helvetica Neue, Helvetica, sans-serif;">June 25, 2026 at 10:01:25 AM PDT<br></span></div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px;"><span style="font-family: -webkit-system-font, Helvetica Neue, Helvetica, sans-serif; color:rgba(0, 0, 0, 1.0);"><b>To: </b></span><span style="font-family: -webkit-system-font, Helvetica Neue, Helvetica, sans-serif;">undisclosed-recipients:;<br></span></div><br><div><div dir="ltr"><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:georgia,serif;font-size:large">Dear Campus Partners,</div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:georgia,serif;font-size:large"><span style="background-color:transparent"><br></span></div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:georgia,serif;font-size:large"><span style="background-color:transparent">Please encourage promising sophomores/juniors who are interested in pursuing undergraduate research to appglly to the Chancellor’s Research Fellowship Peer Mentor Program. Selected mentees will be paired with a Chancellor’s Research Fellow (CRF) for individualized mentorship and guidance. Through one-on-one engagement, CRFs will support students’ professional development, provide insight into the expectations and culture of undergraduate research, and help them identify and connect with research and experiential learning opportunities.</span></div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:georgia,serif;font-size:large"><p>Chancellor’s Research Fellows are accomplished undergraduate researchers who have demonstrated excellence in research, leadership, and mentorship and are committed to supporting the next generation of scholars as they begin their research journey.</p></div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:georgia,serif;font-size:large"><b>APPLICATION DEADLINE IS JULY 31, 2026</b></div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:georgia,serif;font-size:large"><img alt="(edited) (3).png" height="562" src="cid:ii_mqtqqkjl0"><br></div></div>
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