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<p><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:black">Dear CNAS Graduate Students,</span><span style="color:black"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:black">We are offering a summer stipend of $4000 for those students who participate in
<a href="https://cnasgrad.ucr.edu/cusp" target="_blank">CUSP</a>: Career Mentoring of Underrepresented STEM Students for the Professoriate.
<a href="https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSeFSbfKB-v5Al0FVz87Ze2u1LtOWUmx1Uy9PH9fpgzyPSj8Bg/viewform" target="_blank" title="https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSeFSbfKB-v5Al0FVz87Ze2u1LtOWUmx1Uy9PH9fpgzyPSj8Bg/viewform">
The CUSP Scholar application</a> is open until November 15, 2020. This project will recruit three CNAS doctoral candidates in 2020 to participate in the following: </span><span style="color:black"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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</span><o:p></o:p></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="color:black;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">$4000 stipend to support summer research </span><o:p></o:p></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="color:black;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">Fully paid membership in
<a href="https://www.sacnas.org/" target="_blank">SACNAS</a> and fully funded travel to the National Diversity in STEM Conference </span><o:p></o:p></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="color:black;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">Participation in CUSP professional development workshops </span><o:p></o:p></li></ul>
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<p><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:black">Please visit the
<a href="https://cnasgrad.ucr.edu/cusp" target="_blank">CUSP</a> website or contact
<a href="mailto:Laura.McGeehan@ucr.edu" target="_blank">Laura.McGeehan@ucr.edu</a> for more information about the program. </span><span style="color:black"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:black">Click on
<a href="https://forms.gle/qiP7QSpH3fnQtf7d8" target="_blank">this link </a>to apply! </span><span style="color:black"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:black">Regards, </span><span style="color:black"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:black">Laura McGeehan </span><span style="color:black"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p style="orphans:auto;text-align:start;widows:auto"><b><span style="font-size:12.0pt;color:black">Laura McGeehan, Ph.D.</span></b><span style="color:black"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p style="text-align:start"><b><span style="font-size:12.0pt;color:black">Graduate Student Services Advisor for Plant Biology, Plant Pathology, and Microbiology</span></b><span style="color:black"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p style="orphans:auto;text-align:start;widows:auto"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;color:black">1140 Batchelor Hall, University of California, Riverside, CA 92521</span><span style="color:black"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p style="orphans:auto;text-align:start;widows:auto"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;color:black"><a href="mailto:laura.mcgeehan@ucr.edu"><span style="color:#954F72">laura.mcgeehan@ucr.edu</span></a></span><span style="font-size:12.0pt;color:blue;background:white"> </span><span style="font-size:12.0pt;color:black">Phone: 951-827-5688,
Toll Free: 800-735-0717, FAX: 951-827-5517</span><span style="color:black"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p><i><span style="font-size:10.0pt;color:black">For more information on our graduate programs, please fill out an interest form:</span></i><span style="color:black"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p style="orphans:auto;text-align:start;widows:auto"><b><span style="font-size:10.0pt;color:black">Microbiology</span></b><span style="font-size:10.0pt;color:black">: <a href="https://connect.ucr.edu/register/MCBL"><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Helvetica",sans-serif">https://connect.ucr.edu/register/MCBL</span></a></span><span style="color:black"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p style="orphans:auto;text-align:start;widows:auto"><b><span style="font-size:10.0pt;color:black">Plant Biology</span></b><span style="font-size:10.0pt;color:black">: <a href="https://connect.ucr.edu/register/PLBL"><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Helvetica",sans-serif">https://connect.ucr.edu/register/PLBL</span></a></span><span style="color:black"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p style="orphans:auto;text-align:start;widows:auto"><b><span style="font-size:10.0pt;color:black">Plant Pathology</span></b><span style="font-size:10.0pt;color:black">: <a href="https://connect.ucr.edu/register/PLPA"><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Helvetica",sans-serif">https://connect.ucr.edu/register/PLPA</span></a></span><span style="color:black"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p style="orphans:auto;text-align:start;widows:auto"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;color:blue"><a href="https://cnasgrad.ucr.edu/" title="https://cnasgrad.ucr.edu/">CNAS Graduate Student Affairs Center (GSAC)</a></span><span style="color:black"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p style="orphans:auto;text-align:start;widows:auto"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;color:black"><a href="https://registrar.ucr.edu/calendar">Schedule of Classes, Academic Calendar</a></span><span style="color:black"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p style="orphans:auto;text-align:start;widows:auto"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;color:black"><a href="https://graduate.ucr.edu/regulations-and-procedures">UCR Graduate Division</a></span><span style="color:black"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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