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--></style></head><body lang="EN-US" link="#467886" vlink="#96607D" style="word-wrap:break-word"><div class="WordSection1"><p class="MsoNormal">All – Please read the email below from ITS. If there is a room area you do not or can not have them enter, please follow the instructions below.</p><p class="MsoNormal"> </p><p class="MsoNormal">Thank you</p><p class="MsoNormal"> </p><p class="MsoNormal">Bill</p><p class="MsoNormal"> </p><p class="MsoNormal"> </p><p class="MsoNormal"> </p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="mso-ligatures:none">Hello Bill,</span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="mso-ligatures:none"> </span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="mso-ligatures:none">We want to provide advance notice to you, as the building's point of contact listed in FMS, regarding an upcoming ITS initiative that will take place in your buildings.</span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="mso-ligatures:none"><br>As you may be aware, in early January 2026, UCR Information Technology Solutions (ITS) began a multi-month Campus WiFi Assessment Initiative. The <b>Entomology Building & Chapman Hall </b>will be visited during this discovery phase, and are currently scheduled for a walkthrough between <b>February 2-4.</b></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="mso-ligatures:none"><br><b>What to Expect</b><br>To ensure we have the most accurate data on network performance, you will see ITS team members walking through hallways, common areas, and specific rooms to map signal strength. <a href="https://its.ucr.edu/blog/2025/12/17/getting-our-steps-campus-wifi-assessment-initiative" target="_blank"><span style="color:blue">Please read this blog article to learn more</span></a>.</span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="mso-ligatures:none"> <br><b>No Action Required</b><br>No specific action is required from you at this moment. We simply want to ensure that you and your occupants are aware of our presence to avoid any concern when ITS staff are seen walking through the building. <i>Please share these details with the building occupants as you see fit.</i> Note our staff will be wearing ITS lanyards for identification.</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:12.0pt"><span style="mso-ligatures:none"> <br>Additionally, all UCR faculty have also directly received information regarding this effort, and have been provided <a href="https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSf8NKi1DRtxx2aNzVhG4Dg0yXIHeH8fDe_PXurmdYLzSx3YBA/viewform?usp=publish-editor"><span style="color:blue">this form</span></a> to let us know if their lab or other unique spaces have special access or personal protective equipment requirements that ITS needs to consider. Please feel free to add information for any spaces you are aware of or re-share with your academic partners.</span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="mso-ligatures:none">Thank you for your partnership as we work to build a better connected UCR.</span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="mso-ligatures:none"> </span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto"><a name="SignatureSanitizer__MailAutoSig"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;color:black">Thank you,</span></a><span style="mso-bookmark:SignatureSanitizer__MailAutoSig"></span><span style="mso-ligatures:none"></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto"><b><span style="font-size:10.0pt;color:black">Azra Ayers</span></b><span style="mso-ligatures:none"></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto"><i><span style="font-size:10.0pt;color:black">Technical Program Manager</span></i><span style="mso-ligatures:none"></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;color:black">Information Technology Solutions</span><span style="mso-ligatures:none"></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;color:black">University of California, Riverside</span><span style="mso-ligatures:none"></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"> </p></div></body></html>