<div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-size:small">To all graduate students,</div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-size:small"><br></div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-size:small">Please carefully read Chris's message and take notes of points that are applicable to you.</div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-size:small"><br></div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-size:small">Best,</div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-size:small">Vivian</div><br clear="all"></div><div><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_signature" data-smartmail="gmail_signature"><div dir="ltr"><div style="margin:0px;padding:0px;border:0px;font-stretch:inherit;line-height:inherit;font-family:Calibri,Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;vertical-align:baseline;color:black"><span style="color:rgb(0,36,81);font-family:inherit;font-style:inherit;font-weight:inherit">-------------------------------</span></div><div style="margin:0px;padding:0px;border:0px;font-stretch:inherit;line-height:inherit;font-family:Calibri,Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;vertical-align:baseline;color:black"><span style="color:rgb(0,36,81);font-family:inherit;font-style:inherit;font-weight:inherit">Wei Vivian Li</span><br></div><div style="margin:0px;padding:0px;border:0px;font-stretch:inherit;line-height:inherit;font-family:Calibri,Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;vertical-align:baseline;color:black"><span style="margin:0px;padding:0px;border:0px;font-style:inherit;font-variant:inherit;font-weight:inherit;font-stretch:inherit;line-height:inherit;font-family:inherit;vertical-align:baseline;color:rgb(0,36,81)"><br></span></div><div style="margin:0px;padding:0px;border:0px;font-stretch:inherit;line-height:inherit;font-family:Calibri,Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;vertical-align:baseline;color:black"><span style="margin:0px;padding:0px;border:0px;font-style:inherit;font-variant:inherit;font-weight:inherit;font-stretch:inherit;line-height:inherit;font-family:inherit;vertical-align:baseline;color:rgb(0,36,81)">Associate Professor</span></div><div style="margin:0px;padding:0px;border:0px;font-stretch:inherit;line-height:inherit;font-family:Calibri,Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;vertical-align:baseline;color:black"><span style="margin:0px;padding:0px;border:0px;font-style:inherit;font-variant:inherit;font-weight:inherit;font-stretch:inherit;line-height:inherit;font-family:inherit;vertical-align:baseline;color:rgb(0,36,81)">Department of Statistics</span></div><div style="margin:0px;padding:0px;border:0px;font-stretch:inherit;line-height:inherit;font-family:Calibri,Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;vertical-align:baseline;color:black"><span style="margin:0px;padding:0px;border:0px;font-style:inherit;font-variant:inherit;font-weight:inherit;font-stretch:inherit;line-height:inherit;font-family:inherit;vertical-align:baseline;color:rgb(0,36,81)">University of California, Riverside</span></div><div style="margin:0px;padding:0px;border:0px;font-stretch:inherit;font-size:15px;line-height:inherit;font-family:"Segoe UI","Segoe UI Web (West European)","Segoe UI",-apple-system,"system-ui",Roboto,"Helvetica Neue",sans-serif;vertical-align:baseline;color:rgb(32,31,30)"><font color="#0C64C0" face="Calibri,Helvetica,sans-serif"><span style="margin:0px;padding:0px;border:0px;font-style:inherit;font-variant:inherit;font-weight:inherit;font-stretch:inherit;font-size:13.32px;line-height:inherit;font-family:inherit;vertical-align:baseline;color:inherit"><a href="http://vivianli.org/" rel="noopener noreferrer" title="vivianli.org" style="margin:0px;padding:0px;border:0px;font:inherit;vertical-align:baseline" target="_blank"><span style="margin:0px;padding:0px;border:0px;font:inherit;vertical-align:baseline;color:rgb(12,100,192)">vivianli.org</span></a></span></font></div><div style="margin:0px;padding:0px;border:0px;font-stretch:inherit;font-size:12pt;line-height:inherit;font-family:Calibri,Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;vertical-align:baseline;color:black"><br></div><div style="margin:0px;padding:0px;border:0px;font-stretch:inherit;font-size:12pt;line-height:inherit;font-family:Calibri,Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;vertical-align:baseline;color:black"></div></div></div></div><br><br><div class="gmail_quote"><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_attr">---------- Forwarded message ---------<br>From: <strong class="gmail_sendername" dir="auto">Christopher Brown via Statfaculty</strong> <span dir="auto"><<a href="mailto:statfaculty@lists.ucr.edu" target="_blank">statfaculty@lists.ucr.edu</a>></span><br>Date: Fri, Oct 17, 2025 at 1:38 PM<br>Subject: [Statfaculty] PLEASE READ! Important Advancement Information<br>To: <a href="mailto:Statfaculty@lists.ucr.edu" target="_blank">Statfaculty@lists.ucr.edu</a> <<a href="mailto:statfaculty@lists.ucr.edu" target="_blank">statfaculty@lists.ucr.edu</a>>, graduate students <<a href="mailto:statstudent@lists.ucr.edu" target="_blank">statstudent@lists.ucr.edu</a>><br></div><br><br><div dir="ltr"><div style="margin:0px;font-family:Aptos,Aptos_EmbeddedFont,Aptos_M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edFont,Aptos_MSFontService,Calibri,Helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:12pt;color:rgb(0,0,0)">Let me know if you have any questions!  </div></div><div style="margin:0px;font-family:Aptos,Aptos_EmbeddedFont,Aptos_MSFontService,Calibri,Helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:12pt;color:rgb(0,0,0)">Please make sure you follow these instructions as the Grad Division is getting increasingly stricter with following their guidelines, and it will result in a hold on your accounts or repeating your examinations.</div><div style="margin:0px;font-family:Aptos,Aptos_EmbeddedFont,Aptos_MSFontService,Calibri,Helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:12pt;color:rgb(0,0,0)"><br></div><div style="margin:0px;font-family:Aptos,Aptos_EmbeddedFont,Aptos_MSFontService,Calibri,Helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:12pt;color:rgb(0,0,0)">Sincerely,</div><div style="margin:0px;font-family:Aptos,Aptos_EmbeddedFont,Aptos_MSFontService,Calibri,Helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:12pt;color:rgb(0,0,0)"><br></div><div style="margin:0px;font-family:Aptos,Aptos_EmbeddedFont,Aptos_MSFontService,Calibri,Helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:12pt;color:rgb(0,0,0)">Chris</div><div><br clear="all"></div><div><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_signature" data-smartmail="gmail_signature"><div dir="ltr"><div style="border:0px;font-stretch:inherit;line-height:inherit;font-size-adjust:inherit;margin:0px;padding:0px;vertical-align:baseline"><p style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:"Segoe UI Web (West European)","Segoe UI",-apple-system,BlinkMacSystemFont,Roboto,"Helvetica Neue",sans-serif;font-size:medium;margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt"><span style="border:0px;font-style:inherit;font-variant:inherit;font-weight:inherit;font-stretch:inherit;font-size:16px;line-height:inherit;font-family:Aptos,Aptos_EmbeddedFont,Aptos_MSFontService,Calibri,Helvetica,sans-serif;font-size-adjust:inherit;margin:0px;padding:0px;vertical-align:baseline">M.Ed. Higher Education Administration and Policy</span></p><p style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:"Segoe UI Web (West European)","Segoe UI",-apple-system,BlinkMacSystemFont,Roboto,"Helvetica Neue",sans-serif;font-size:medium;margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt"><span style="border:0px;font-style:inherit;font-variant:inherit;font-weight:inherit;font-stretch:inherit;font-size:16px;line-height:inherit;font-family:Aptos,Aptos_EmbeddedFont,Aptos_MSFontService,Calibri,Helvetica,sans-serif;font-size-adjust:inherit;margin:0px;padding:0px;vertical-align:baseline">Graduate Student Services Advisor</span></p><p style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:"Segoe UI Web (West European)","Segoe UI",-apple-system,BlinkMacSystemFont,Roboto,"Helvetica Neue",sans-serif;font-size:medium;margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt"><span style="border:0px;font-style:inherit;font-variant:inherit;font-weight:inherit;font-stretch:inherit;font-size:12pt;line-height:inherit;font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;font-size-adjust:inherit;margin:0px;padding:0px;vertical-align:baseline;color:rgb(36,36,36)">1140 Batchelor Hall | CNAS Graduate Student Affairs Center</span></p><p style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:"Segoe UI Web (West European)","Segoe UI",-apple-system,BlinkMacSystemFont,Roboto,"Helvetica Neue",sans-serif;font-size:medium;margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt"><span style="border:0px;font-style:inherit;font-variant:inherit;font-weight:inherit;font-stretch:inherit;font-size:16px;line-height:inherit;font-family:Aptos,Aptos_EmbeddedFont,Aptos_MSFontService,Calibri,Helvetica,sans-serif;font-size-adjust:inherit;margin:0px;padding:0px;vertical-align:baseline">Programs Advised:</span></p><p style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:"Segoe UI Web (West European)","Segoe UI",-apple-system,BlinkMacSystemFont,Roboto,"Helvetica Neue",sans-serif;font-size:medium;margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt"><span style="border:0px;font-style:inherit;font-variant:inherit;font-weight:inherit;font-stretch:inherit;font-size:16px;line-height:inherit;font-family:Aptos,Aptos_EmbeddedFont,Aptos_MSFontService,Calibri,Helvetica,sans-serif;font-size-adjust:inherit;margin:0px;padding:0px;vertical-align:baseline">Biophysics/Statistics/CMDB</span></p><p style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:"Segoe UI Web (West European)","Segoe UI",-apple-system,BlinkMacSystemFont,Roboto,"Helvetica Neue",sans-serif;font-size:medium;margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt"><span style="border:0px;font-style:inherit;font-variant:inherit;font-weight:inherit;font-stretch:inherit;font-size:16px;line-height:inherit;font-family:Aptos,Aptos_EmbeddedFont,Aptos_MSFontService,Calibri,Helvetica,sans-serif;font-size-adjust:inherit;margin:0px;padding:0px;vertical-align:baseline"><br></span></p><p style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:"Segoe UI Web (West European)","Segoe UI",-apple-system,BlinkMacSystemFont,Roboto,"Helvetica Neue",sans-serif;font-size:medium;margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt"><span style="border:0px;font-style:inherit;font-variant:inherit;font-weight:inherit;font-stretch:inherit;font-size:16px;line-height:inherit;font-family:Aptos,Aptos_EmbeddedFont,Aptos_MSFontService,Calibri,Helvetica,sans-serif;font-size-adjust:inherit;margin:0px;padding:0px;vertical-align:baseline">Office Hours</span></p><p style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:"Segoe UI Web (West European)","Segoe UI",-apple-system,BlinkMacSystemFont,Roboto,"Helvetica Neue",sans-serif;font-size:medium;margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt"><span style="border:0px;font-style:inherit;font-variant:inherit;font-weight:inherit;font-stretch:inherit;font-size:16px;line-height:inherit;font-family:Aptos,Aptos_EmbeddedFont,Aptos_MSFontService,Calibri,Helvetica,sans-serif;font-size-adjust:inherit;margin:0px;padding:0px;vertical-align:baseline">Wednesday 2pm-3pm</span></p><p style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:"Segoe UI Web (West European)","Segoe UI",-apple-system,BlinkMacSystemFont,Roboto,"Helvetica Neue",sans-serif;font-size:medium;margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt"><span style="border:0px;font-style:inherit;font-variant:inherit;font-weight:inherit;font-stretch:inherit;font-size:16px;line-height:inherit;font-family:Aptos,Aptos_EmbeddedFont,Aptos_MSFontService,Calibri,Helvetica,sans-serif;font-size-adjust:inherit;margin:0px;padding:0px;vertical-align:baseline"><br></span></p><p style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:"Segoe UI Web (West European)","Segoe UI",-apple-system,BlinkMacSystemFont,Roboto,"Helvetica Neue",sans-serif;font-size:medium;margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt"><span style="border:0px;font-style:inherit;font-variant:inherit;font-weight:inherit;font-stretch:inherit;font-size:16px;line-height:inherit;font-family:Aptos,Aptos_EmbeddedFont,Aptos_MSFontService,Calibri,Helvetica,sans-serif;font-size-adjust:inherit;margin:0px;padding:0px;vertical-align:baseline">In Office Days</span></p><p style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:"Segoe UI Web (West European)","Segoe UI",-apple-system,BlinkMacSystemFont,Roboto,"Helvetica Neue",sans-serif;font-size:medium;margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt"><span style="border:0px;font-style:inherit;font-variant:inherit;font-weight:inherit;font-stretch:inherit;font-size:16px;line-height:inherit;font-family:Aptos,Aptos_EmbeddedFont,Aptos_MSFontService,Calibri,Helvetica,sans-serif;font-size-adjust:inherit;margin:0px;padding:0px;vertical-align:baseline">Monday and Wednesday</span></p><p style="color:rgb(0,0,0);margin:0px"><span style="border:0px;font-style:inherit;font-variant:inherit;font-weight:inherit;font-stretch:inherit;line-height:inherit;font-size-adjust:inherit;margin:0px;padding:0px;vertical-align:baseline;color:rgb(0,0,255);font-size:13.3333px"><font face="Arial, sans-serif"><u><a href="mailto:christopher.brown@ucr.edu" target="_blank">christopher.brown@ucr.edu</a></u></font></span><span style="font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:12pt;border:0px;font-style:inherit;font-variant:inherit;font-weight:inherit;font-stretch:inherit;line-height:inherit;font-size-adjust:inherit;margin:0px;padding:0px;vertical-align:baseline;color:rgb(0,0,255)"> </span><span style="font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:12pt;border:0px;font-style:inherit;font-variant:inherit;font-weight:inherit;font-stretch:inherit;line-height:inherit;font-size-adjust:inherit;margin:0px;padding:0px;vertical-align:baseline;color:rgb(34,34,34)">| Tel: </span><span style="font-family:Aptos,Aptos_EmbeddedFont,Aptos_MSFontService,Calibri,Helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:16px;border:0px;font-style:inherit;font-variant:inherit;font-weight:inherit;font-stretch:inherit;line-height:inherit;font-size-adjust:inherit;margin:0px;padding:0px;vertical-align:baseline"><b>951-827-0174</b></span></p><div style="border:0px;font-stretch:inherit;line-height:inherit;font-size-adjust:inherit;margin:0px;padding:0px;vertical-align:baseline"><font color="#000000" face="Arial, sans-serif"><span style="font-size:13.3333px"><a href="https://scheduler.zoom.us/christopher-brown-at4vo9" target="_blank">https://scheduler.zoom.us/christopher-brown-at4vo9</a></span></font></div><div style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:Arial,sans-serif;font-size:13.3333px;border:0px;font-style:inherit;font-variant:inherit;font-weight:inherit;font-stretch:inherit;line-height:inherit;font-size-adjust:inherit;margin:0px;padding:0px;vertical-align:baseline"><img style="border:0px;font-stretch:inherit;font-size:16px;line-height:inherit;font-family:Calibri,Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;font-size-adjust:inherit;margin:0px;padding:0px;vertical-align:baseline;height:auto;max-width:781px;min-width:auto;min-height:auto"></div></div><div style="border:0px;font-stretch:inherit;font-size:12pt;line-height:inherit;font-family:Calibri,Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;font-size-adjust:inherit;margin:0px;padding:0px;vertical-align:baseline;color:rgb(0,0,0)"><span style="border:0px;font:inherit;margin:0px;padding:0px;vertical-align:baseline;color:inherit"><img style="border:0px;font:inherit;margin:0px;padding:0px;vertical-align:baseline;color:inherit;height:auto;max-width:781px;min-width:auto;min-height:auto"></span></div></div></div></div></div>
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