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<p style="margin:0in">Dear SOE Graduate Students,<br>
<br>
We are writing to invite you to participate in an important graduate student survey on<span style="color:black;background:white"> diversity and climate issues within SOE</span>.<br>
<br>
<b>Survey Purpose</b>. To promote a more equity-centered, culturally responsive, and inclusive environment, you are being asked to participate in this survey to help us learn about your
<span style="color:black;background:white">views of and experiences with diversity and climate issues within SOE.
</span>We need to have good, current data to respond to graduate student needs and experiences.<br>
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<b>Your Participation</b>. If you agree to participate, it will take about 10 minutes of your time and must be
<b>completed by 11:59pm on Friday, June 7th</b>. We recommend that you complete the survey in one sitting - depending on your browser settings, you may not be able to return and pick up where you left off if you exit. Your participation in this survey is completely
voluntary, and your responses will be kept anonymous. <o:p></o:p></p>
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<p style="margin:0in"><b>Incentive</b>: <span style="color:black">At the conclusion of the survey, you will receive a confirmation message thanking you for your submission. If you wish to be included in a drawing for a $25 gift card, take a screenshot of your
confirmation submission and email it to Heather (<a href="mailto:heather.killeen@ucr.edu">heather.killeen@ucr.edu</a>) to enter your name. The confirmation submission will not include details of your survey response and your name will not be tied to your responses
to ensure anonymity. Ten (10) gift cards at $25 for Amazon will be given out by random draw.<span style="background:white"> </span></span><br>
<br>
<b>If you are willing to participate in this survey, please follow this link to the survey:
</b><a href="https://ucriverside.az1.qualtrics.com/jfe/form/SV_0vTUozw1ncEtGmi">https://ucriverside.az1.qualtrics.com/jfe/form/SV_0vTUozw1ncEtGmi</a><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p style="margin:0in">On behalf of SOE leadership, we want to thank you in advance for your time and contributions to this inquiry.
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black">---------------------------------------------------------------------------------<br>
Eddie Comeaux, Ph.D.<br>
Professor of Higher Education Policy</span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black">Founder and Executive Director,
<a href="https://athletescare.ucr.edu/" title="https://athletescare.ucr.edu/">Center for Athletes' Rights and Equity (CARE)</a><br>
School of Education<br>
University of California, Riverside<br>
2102 Sproul Hall <br>
Riverside, CA 92521<br>
Office: 951.827.3934 | Email: <a href="mailto:eddie.comeaux@ucr.edu">eddie.comeaux@ucr.edu</a></span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">Twitter:
<a href="https://twitter.com/DoctorRaq" target="_blank">@Eddie</a>Comeaux</span><o:p></o:p></p>
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</span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black">My new textbook, High Achieving African American Students and the College Choice Process</span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black"><a href="https://www.amazon.com/Achieving-African-American-Students-College/dp/0367352680">https://www.amazon.com/Achieving-African-American-Students-College/dp/0367352680
</a></span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><u><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black"><a href="https://www.amazon.com/Achieving-African-American-Students-College/dp/0367352680"><span style="color:#0563C1"><br>
</span></a></span></u><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span class="MsoHyperlink"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black"><a href="https://www.amazon.com/Achieving-African-American-Students-College/dp/0367352680"><span style="color:black">My textbook, College
Athletes' Rights and Well-Being</span><span style="color:black"><br>
</span></a></span></span><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black"><a href="https://www.amazon.com/College-Athletes-Rights-Well-Being-Perspectives/dp/1421423855">https://www.amazon.com/College-Athletes-Rights-Well-Being-Perspectives/dp/1421423855</a></span><o:p></o:p></p>
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