<html><head><meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8"></head><body style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; line-break: after-white-space;" class=""><div><blockquote type="cite" class=""></blockquote>Dear Everyone, </div><div><br class=""></div><div><br class=""></div><div>Loralee Larios in Botany and Plant Sciences has shared a new Diversity, Equity and Inclusion Newsletter. There is information on mentoring, jobs, workshops and other opportunities that are valuable to students, postdocs and faculty across our campus. </div><div><br class=""></div><div>Julia Bailey-Serres</div><div><font color="#5856d6" face="tahoma, sans-serif" class=""><span style="caret-color: rgb(88, 86, 214);" class=""><br class=""></span></font><table align="center" border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" height="100%" width="100%" id="m_704854175149686575bodyTable" class="" style="border-collapse: collapse; height: 100%; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; width: 100%; background-color: rgb(0, 61, 165);"><tbody class=""><tr class=""><td align="center" valign="top" id="m_704854175149686575bodyCell" style="height:100%;margin:0;padding:10px;width:100%;border-top:0" class=""><table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" width="100%" class="m_704854175149686575templateContainer" style="border-collapse:collapse;border:0;max-width:600px!important"><tbody class=""><tr class=""><td valign="top" id="m_704854175149686575templatePreheader" style="background:#transparent none no-repeat center/cover;background-color:#transparent;background-image:none;background-repeat:no-repeat;background-position:center;background-size:cover;border-top:0;border-bottom:0;padding-top:0px;padding-bottom:0px" class=""></td></tr><tr class=""><td valign="top" id="m_704854175149686575templateHeader" style="background:#transparent none no-repeat center/auto;background-color:#transparent;background-image:none;background-repeat:no-repeat;background-position:center;background-size:auto;border-top:0;border-bottom:0;padding-top:5px;padding-bottom:5px" class=""></td></tr><tr class=""><td valign="top" id="m_704854175149686575templateBody" style="background:#ffffff none no-repeat center/cover;background-color:#ffffff;background-image:none;background-repeat:no-repeat;background-position:center;background-size:cover;border-top:0;border-bottom:2px solid #eaeaea;padding-top:10px;padding-bottom:10px" class=""><table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" width="100%" style="min-width:100%;border-collapse:collapse" class=""><tbody class=""><tr class=""><td valign="top" style="padding:0px" class=""><table align="left" width="100%" border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" style="min-width:100%;border-collapse:collapse" class=""><tbody class=""><tr class=""><td valign="top" style="padding-right:0px;padding-left:0px;padding-top:0;padding-bottom:0;text-align:center" class=""><img align="center" alt="" src="https://mcusercontent.com/16b960a15758a2e9f6cc8140d/images/1edfe70a-4012-4a24-a371-b614f1037230.png" width="600" style="max-width: 1200px; padding-bottom: 0px; vertical-align: bottom; border-top-left-radius: 0%; border-top-right-radius: 0%; border-bottom-right-radius: 0%; border-bottom-left-radius: 0%; border: 0px; height: auto; outline: none; display: inline !important;" class="m_704854175149686575mcnImage">
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</td></tr></tbody></table></td></tr></tbody></table><table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" width="100%" style="min-width:100%;border-collapse:collapse" class=""><tbody class=""><tr class=""><td valign="top" style="padding-top:9px" class=""><table align="left" border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" style="max-width:100%;min-width:100%;border-collapse:collapse" width="100%" class="m_704854175149686575mcnTextContentContainer"><tbody class=""><tr class=""><td valign="top" class="m_704854175149686575mcnTextContent" style="padding: 0px 18px 9px; word-break: break-word; color: rgb(32, 32, 32); font-size: 16px; line-height: 150%;"><h1 style="text-align: center; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; font-size: 26px; line-height: 125%;" class="">DEI DISPATCH</h1><div style="text-align:center" class="">Happy Fall Everyone!</div></td></tr></tbody></table></td></tr></tbody></table><table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" width="100%" class="m_704854175149686575mcnDividerBlock" style="min-width:100%;border-collapse:collapse;table-layout:fixed!important"><tbody class=""><tr class=""><td style="min-width:100%;padding:12px 18px" class=""><table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" width="100%" style="min-width:100%;border-top:2px solid #ffd249;border-collapse:collapse" class=""><tbody class=""><tr class=""><td class=""><span class=""></span>
</td></tr></tbody></table></td></tr></tbody></table><table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" width="100%" style="min-width:100%;border-collapse:collapse" class=""><tbody class=""><tr class=""><td valign="top" style="padding-top:9px" class=""><table align="left" border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" style="max-width:100%;min-width:100%;border-collapse:collapse" width="100%" class="m_704854175149686575mcnTextContentContainer"><tbody class=""><tr class=""><td valign="top" class="m_704854175149686575mcnTextContent" style="padding: 0px 18px 9px; word-break: break-word; color: rgb(32, 32, 32); font-size: 16px; line-height: 150%;"><h1 style="text-align: center; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; font-size: 26px; line-height: 125%;" class="">DEI Outreach Survey</h1><div style="text-align:justify" class="">BPS is doing a wide variety of outreach efforts and the BPS DEI committee is hoping to compile these efforts to connect individuals with similar outreach interests. If you are currently involved in DEI efforts, would be interested in joining existing efforts, or are interested in starting something new, please fill out this <a href="https://forms.gle/Q9q4JyG6PqbRjn8S6" style="color: rgb(13, 108, 192);" target="_blank" class="">quick survey</a>.</div></td></tr></tbody></table></td></tr></tbody></table><table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" width="100%" class="m_704854175149686575mcnDividerBlock" style="min-width:100%;border-collapse:collapse;table-layout:fixed!important"><tbody class=""><tr class=""><td style="min-width:100%;padding:12px 18px" class=""><table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" width="100%" style="min-width:100%;border-top:2px solid #ffd249;border-collapse:collapse" class=""><tbody class=""><tr class=""><td class=""><span class=""></span>
</td></tr></tbody></table></td></tr></tbody></table><table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" width="100%" style="min-width:100%;border-collapse:collapse" class=""><tbody class=""><tr class=""><td valign="top" style="padding-top:9px" class=""><table align="left" border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" style="max-width:100%;min-width:100%;border-collapse:collapse" width="100%" class="m_704854175149686575mcnTextContentContainer"><tbody class=""><tr class=""><td valign="top" class="m_704854175149686575mcnTextContent" style="padding: 0px 18px 9px; word-break: break-word; color: rgb(32, 32, 32); font-size: 16px; line-height: 150%;"><div style="text-align:center" class=""><span style="font-size:24px" class=""><strong id="m_704854175149686575docs-internal-guid-254d00c8-7fff-8e10-5b54-ba0c105e5709" class="">Scientist Highlight- Professor Paul Nabity</strong></span></div></td></tr></tbody></table></td></tr></tbody></table><table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" width="100%" style="min-width:100%;border-collapse:collapse" class=""><tbody class=""><tr class=""><td valign="top" style="padding:9px" class=""><table align="left" width="100%" border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" style="min-width:100%;border-collapse:collapse" class=""><tbody class=""><tr class=""><td valign="top" style="padding-right:9px;padding-left:9px;padding-top:0;padding-bottom:0;text-align:center" class=""><img align="center" alt="" src="https://mcusercontent.com/16b960a15758a2e9f6cc8140d/images/707a6bd7-6add-edd7-fb60-bc88e003cf7c.jpg" width="406.08" style="max-width: 1006px; padding-bottom: 0px; vertical-align: bottom; border: 0px; height: auto; outline: none; display: inline !important;" class="m_704854175149686575mcnImage">
</td></tr></tbody></table></td></tr></tbody></table><table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" width="100%" style="min-width:100%;border-collapse:collapse" class=""><tbody class=""><tr class=""><td valign="top" style="padding-top:9px" class=""><table align="left" border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" style="max-width:100%;min-width:100%;border-collapse:collapse" width="100%" class="m_704854175149686575mcnTextContentContainer"><tbody class=""><tr class=""><td valign="top" class="m_704854175149686575mcnTextContent" style="padding: 0px 18px 9px; word-break: break-word; color: rgb(32, 32, 32); font-size: 16px; line-height: 150%;"><p dir="ltr" style="text-align: justify; margin: 10px 0px; padding: 0px; line-height: 150%;" class=""><span style="font-size:18px" class="">Dr. Paul Nabity, an assistant professor, in Botany and Plant Sciences in collaboration with Dr. Sarah Melissa Witiak, an associate professor at Virginia State University (VSU) received a grant from the University of California-Historically Black Colleges and Universities, or UC-HBCU, Initiative to provide undergraduate students with an enriching research experience and lay the foundation for a pipeline from HBCUs to graduate studies at UC Riverside. The new <a href="http://www.nabitylab.org/summer-grapes.html" style="color: rgb(13, 108, 192);" target="_blank" class="">GRaPEs (Graduate Research and Preparation Experiences</a>) initiative will cleverly leverage the existing research of Drs. Nabity and Witiak in native grapes. Read more about it <a href="https://plantbiology.ucr.edu/dispatch-spotlight-nabity" style="color: rgb(13, 108, 192);" target="_blank" class="">here</a>!</span></p></td></tr></tbody></table></td></tr></tbody></table><table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" width="100%" class="m_704854175149686575mcnDividerBlock" style="min-width:100%;border-collapse:collapse;table-layout:fixed!important"><tbody class=""><tr class=""><td style="min-width:100%;padding:12px 18px" class=""><table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" width="100%" style="min-width:100%;border-top:2px solid #ffd249;border-collapse:collapse" class=""><tbody class=""><tr class=""><td class=""><span class=""></span>
</td></tr></tbody></table></td></tr></tbody></table><table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" width="100%" style="min-width:100%;border-collapse:collapse" class=""><tbody class=""><tr class=""><td valign="top" style="padding-top:9px" class=""><table align="left" border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" style="max-width:100%;min-width:100%;border-collapse:collapse" width="100%" class="m_704854175149686575mcnTextContentContainer"><tbody class=""><tr class=""><td valign="top" class="m_704854175149686575mcnTextContent" style="padding: 0px 18px 9px; word-break: break-word; color: rgb(32, 32, 32); font-size: 16px; line-height: 150%;"><div style="text-align:center" class=""><span style="font-size:22px" class=""><strong class="">DEI Publications Highlight</strong></span></div><div style="text-align:justify" class=""><span style="font-size:18px" class="">In honor of <strong class="">Native American Indian Heritage</strong> month, we would like to highlight strategies for weaving Indigenous knowledge into classrooms. <a href="https://www.robinwallkimmerer.com/" style="color: rgb(13, 108, 192);" target="_blank" class="">Dr. Robin Wall Kimmerer</a>, Director of the Center for Native Peoples at SUNY-Syracuse, has been a long standing advocate for the use of Indigenous knowledge in ecological restoration and land management. In her 2002 publication, she calls for the weaving of Traditional Ecological Knowledge into biology eduction. Read her call to action <a href="https://drive.google.com/file/d/1FoUsvzEKPqxDdMIer_xovpMgOHf23wdR/view?usp=sharing" style="color: rgb(13, 108, 192);" target="_blank" class="">here</a>. PBS has a great video series <a href="https://www.pbs.org/show/tending-wild/" style="color: rgb(13, 108, 192);" target="_blank" class="">Tending the Wild</a> that can be used to create classroom activities. Lastly, we want to highlight <strong class="">Rupert Costo</strong> - a Cahuilla Native American scholar- who played a pivotal role in lobbying for UC Riverside. Read about his legacy <a href="https://chass.ucr.edu/press/2020/08/26/rupert-costo-legacy-uc-riverside" style="color: rgb(13, 108, 192);" target="_blank" class="">here</a>.</span></div></td></tr></tbody></table></td></tr></tbody></table><table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" width="100%" class="m_704854175149686575mcnDividerBlock" style="min-width:100%;border-collapse:collapse;table-layout:fixed!important"><tbody class=""><tr class=""><td style="min-width:100%;padding:12px 18px" class=""><table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" width="100%" style="min-width:100%;border-top:2px solid #ffd249;border-collapse:collapse" class=""><tbody class=""><tr class=""><td class=""><span class=""></span>
</td></tr></tbody></table></td></tr></tbody></table><table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" width="100%" style="min-width:100%;border-collapse:collapse" class=""><tbody class=""><tr class=""><td valign="top" style="padding-top:9px" class=""><table align="left" border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" style="max-width:100%;min-width:100%;border-collapse:collapse" width="100%" class="m_704854175149686575mcnTextContentContainer"><tbody class=""><tr class=""><td valign="top" class="m_704854175149686575mcnTextContent" style="padding: 0px 18px 9px; word-break: break-word; color: rgb(32, 32, 32); font-size: 16px; line-height: 150%;"><div style="text-align:center" class=""><span style="font-size:22px" class=""><strong class="">Departmental DEI Highlights</strong></span></div><div class=""> </div><div style="text-align:justify" class=""><span style="font-size:18px" class="">We have stellar individuals who work hard to find ways to diversify STEM. Here are some recent highlights:<br class=""><br class="">
Patrick Thomas (PhD Candidate, Walling Lab) leads the American Society of Plant Biology <a href="https://earlycareer.aspb.org/edi-subcommittee/" style="color: rgb(13, 108, 192);" target="_blank" class="">Equity, Diversity and Inclusion Committee</a>. The committee has been organizing grant writing workshops and has a new Plantae blog series that highlights URM Plant Scientists - Check out the recent post and meet <a href="https://plantae.org/urm-plant-scientist-highlights-manuel-mora/" style="color: rgb(13, 108, 192);" target="_blank" class="">Manuel Mora</a>.<br class=""><br class="">
Claire Mauss (Graduate Student, Jinkerson Lab) recently contributed to Botany One a piece with <a href="https://www.botany.one/2021/09/navigating-your-way-to-a-graduate-program-in-the-u-s-as-a-student-from-an-underrepresented-minority/" style="color: rgb(13, 108, 192);" target="_blank" class="">tips to help URM students navigate graduate programs</a>. In a cool collaboration with past alum, Dr. Lorena Villanueva Almanza, the article is also available in Spanish.</span></div></td></tr></tbody></table></td></tr></tbody></table><table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" width="100%" class="m_704854175149686575mcnDividerBlock" style="min-width:100%;border-collapse:collapse;table-layout:fixed!important"><tbody class=""><tr class=""><td style="min-width:100%;padding:12px 18px" class=""><table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" width="100%" style="min-width:100%;border-top:2px solid #ffd249;border-collapse:collapse" class=""><tbody class=""><tr class=""><td class=""><span class=""></span>
</td></tr></tbody></table></td></tr></tbody></table><table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" width="100%" style="min-width:100%;border-collapse:collapse" class=""><tbody class=""><tr class=""><td valign="top" style="padding-top:9px" class=""><table align="left" border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" style="max-width:100%;min-width:100%;border-collapse:collapse" width="100%" class="m_704854175149686575mcnTextContentContainer"><tbody class=""><tr class=""><td valign="top" class="m_704854175149686575mcnTextContent" style="padding: 0px 18px 9px; word-break: break-word; color: rgb(32, 32, 32); font-size: 16px; line-height: 150%;"><div style="text-align:center" class=""><span style="font-size:22px" class=""><strong class="">DEI TIP<br class=""><img height="159" src="https://mcusercontent.com/16b960a15758a2e9f6cc8140d/images/086242ce-e801-bfc2-ca49-1c410f96f6d6.png" style="border: 0px; width: 500px; height: 159px; margin: 0px; outline: none;" width="500" class=""></strong></span></div><div style="text-align:justify" class=""><span style="font-size:18px" class="">Supporting inclusive teaching practices is a key way that we can enhance the classroom experience for students from diverse backgrounds. The CAST organization is developing <a href="https://udlguidelines.cast.org/" style="color: rgb(13, 108, 192);" target="_blank" class="">Universal Design for Learning (UDL) Guidelines</a> to promote inclusivity in the classroom. As part of these efforts they have a set of guiding questions that you can use when developing a lesson plan-<span class="gmail_default" style="font-family:tahoma,sans-serif">c</span>heck them out <a href="https://udlguidelines.cast.org/binaries/content/assets/common/publications/articles/cast-udl-planningq-a11y.pdf" style="color: rgb(13, 108, 192);" target="_blank" class="">here</a>.</span></div></td></tr></tbody></table></td></tr></tbody></table><table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" width="100%" class="m_704854175149686575mcnDividerBlock" style="min-width:100%;border-collapse:collapse;table-layout:fixed!important"><tbody class=""><tr class=""><td style="min-width:100%;padding:12px 18px" class=""><table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" width="100%" style="min-width:100%;border-top:2px solid #ffd249;border-collapse:collapse" class=""><tbody class=""><tr class=""><td class=""><span class=""></span>
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If you have any exciting news you would be open to sharing to the department or if you would like to share some DEI related activities please <a href="mailto:loralee@ucr.edu?subject=DEI-DISPATCH%20Some%20Good%20News" style="color: rgb(13, 108, 192);" target="_blank" class="">email us</a>.</span></div></td></tr></tbody></table></td></tr></tbody></table><table class="m_704854175149686575mcnDividerBlock" style="min-width:100%;border-collapse:collapse;table-layout:fixed!important" width="100%" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" border="0"><tbody class=""><tr class=""><td style="min-width:100%;padding:12px 18px" class=""><table style="min-width:100%;border-top:2px solid #ffd249;border-collapse:collapse" width="100%" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" border="0" class=""><tbody class=""><tr class=""><td class=""><span class=""></span>
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The initiative to begin a Department of Black Study will be brought to the Academic Senate. Please check out their <a href="https://drive.google.com/file/d/1Vo8-9URag09Hp3xAbDGB2mYoD8AwCqLO/view?usp=sharing" style="color: rgb(13, 108, 192);" target="_blank" class="">Frequently Asked Questions</a> to learn more about this initiative.<br class=""><br class="">
Chicano Student Programs will be sponsoring the annual Día De Los Muertos or Day of the Dead Celebration Wednesday <abbr title="2021-11-03T11:30:00-07:00" class="">Nov 3 from 11:30am </abbr>to <abbr title="2021-11-03T13:00:00-07:00" class="">1:00pm at the Bell Tower.</abbr></span></div></td></tr></tbody></table></td></tr></tbody></table><table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" width="100%" class="m_704854175149686575mcnDividerBlock" style="min-width:100%;border-collapse:collapse;table-layout:fixed!important"><tbody class=""><tr class=""><td style="min-width:100%;padding:12px 18px" class=""><table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" width="100%" style="min-width:100%;border-top:2px solid #ffd249;border-collapse:collapse" class=""><tbody class=""><tr class=""><td class=""><span class=""></span>
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