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<p style="margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif">Dear GSOE Graduate Students,<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p style="margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p style="margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif">Please find the message below from your colleagues</span><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif">
</span><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif">Alondra M. Carter, Ariana Romero, and the GSOE Mini-GSA.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p style="margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p style="margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif">-Heather<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p style="margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black">Hello GSOE PhD Students,</span><span style="font-family:"Georgia",serif"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p style="margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt"><span style="font-family:"Georgia",serif"> <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p style="margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black">The GSOE Mini-GSA is interested in supporting the needs and concerns of PhD students in the GSOE. Recent events have brought issues to our
attention, many of which have been exacerbated by the ongoing pandemic and distance learning format. In order to address these issues, we have created a survey to identify the attitudes of PhD students within the GSOE.</span><span style="font-family:"Georgia",serif"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p style="margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt"><span style="font-family:"Georgia",serif"> <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p style="margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black">The goal of this survey is to determine how supported doctoral students feel in regard to matters such as community relations and program milestone
progress, and how we might work in conjunction with UCR faculty and staff to better support the needs of our students in these areas.</span><span style="font-family:"Georgia",serif"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p style="margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt"><span style="font-family:"Georgia",serif"> <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p style="margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black">Your feedback in this survey is very important to us, and your responses are anonymous. This survey will help us identify your needs in order
to better represent them within the GSA and GSOE. The goal is to help you succeed through the enhancement and support of your UCR graduate student experience. </span><span style="font-family:"Georgia",serif"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p style="margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black"> </span><span style="font-family:"Georgia",serif"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p style="margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black">The link to the survey and password can be found here:
</span><span style="font-family:"Georgia",serif"><a href="https://qfreeaccountssjc1.az1.qualtrics.com/jfe/form/SV_37yobR0jjCSJplk"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#007AC0">https://qfreeaccountssjc1.az1.qualtrics.com/jfe/form/SV_37yobR0jjCSJplk</span></a><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p style="margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt"><span style="font-family:"Georgia",serif"> </span><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black">The password is case sensitive and is as follows: gsoeSUPPORTinquiry</span><span style="font-family:"Georgia",serif"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p style="margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt"><span style="font-family:"Georgia",serif"> <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p style="margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black">The survey is active and will remain open until
<b>11:59 pm on May 19th, 2021</b>. We look forward to reviewing your responses. Thank you. </span><span style="font-family:"Georgia",serif"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p style="margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black">In community,</span><span style="font-family:"Georgia",serif"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p style="margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt"><span style="font-family:"Georgia",serif"> <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p style="margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black">Alondra M. Carter, Ariana Romero, and the GSOE Mini-GSA</span><span style="font-family:"Georgia",serif"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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