<div dir="ltr"><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:verdana,sans-serif;font-size:small"> </div><div class="gmail_quote gmail_quote_container"><div dir="ltr"><div><div class="gmail_quote"><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_attr"><span style="background-color:transparent">Dear Colleagues,</span></div><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div><div><br></div><div>I write that our inaugural Pre-Law Advisor, <a href="https://profiles.ucr.edu/app/home/profile/lawrance" target="_blank">Lawrance 'LA' Edwards</a>, has shared that he'll be leaving his role and the university effective Friday, August 14th.</div><div><br></div><div>LA arrived to the Pre-Professional Advising Center (PPAC) in May 2025 and quickly worked to learn all things UCR, the newly rebranded HPAC to PPAC, meeting with CHASS faculty and advisors, academic advisors across campus, campus constituents, student clubs/orgs and community members - all to help connect and grow a pre-law advising program and ecosystem at UCR. During LA's tenure, he created a Pre-Law Cohort - with over 230 undergraduate advisees. </div><div><br></div><div>Over the past 14 months, LA has been the lead for pre-law advising at the PPAC, around campus, and in the community. Additionally, LA has been a significant presence of the Pacific Coast Association of Pre-Law Advisors and recently presented at the regional conference at the University of Washington.  </div><div><br></div><div>We will certainly miss LA's fun personality, cuisine, and significant professional legal career experience and wisdom. </div><div><br></div><div>Please save the date for <b>Thursday, August 13th</b> from <b>2-3:30pm</b> as we'll celebrate LA at the Pre-Professional Advising Center (Rivera B03) for his accomplishments to UCR and the pre-law community.  </div><div><br></div><div>A search committee is currently being assembled and the search for our next pre-law advisor will kick off later this summer. </div><div><br></div><div>Thank you, <br>Charlie </div></div><div><br></div><span class="gmail_signature_prefix">-- </span><br><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_signature" data-smartmail="gmail_signature"><div dir="ltr"><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 0px 0.0001pt"><b style="font-family:Arial,sans-serif;font-size:12pt;font-style:inherit">Charles P. Scruggs, M.A.</b></p><span style="font-style:inherit;font-variant:inherit;font-weight:inherit;border:0px;font-stretch:inherit;font-size:11pt;line-height:inherit;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;font-size-adjust:inherit;margin:0px;padding:0px;vertical-align:baseline;color:blue"><u></u></span><div><span style="font-style:inherit;font-variant:inherit;font-weight:inherit;border:0px;font-stretch:inherit;font-size:11pt;line-height:inherit;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;font-size-adjust:inherit;margin:0px;padding:0px;vertical-align:baseline;color:blue"><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 0px 0.0001pt"><span style="border:0px;font-style:inherit;font-variant:inherit;font-weight:inherit;font-stretch:inherit;font-size:11pt;line-height:inherit;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;font-size-adjust:inherit;margin:0px;padding:0px;vertical-align:baseline;color:rgb(31,73,125)"><i>Director, Pre-Professional Advising Center</i></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 0px 0.0001pt"><span style="border:0px;font-style:inherit;font-variant:inherit;font-weight:inherit;font-stretch:inherit;font-size:11pt;line-height:inherit;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;font-size-adjust:inherit;margin:0px;padding:0px;vertical-align:baseline;color:rgb(31,73,125)"><i>Past-President, Western Association of Advisors for the Health Professions (WAAHP)</i></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 0px 0.0001pt"><span style="border:0px;font-style:inherit;font-variant:inherit;font-weight:inherit;font-stretch:inherit;font-size:11pt;line-height:inherit;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;font-size-adjust:inherit;margin:0px;padding:0px;vertical-align:baseline;color:rgb(31,73,125)">Rivera Library B03</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 0px 0.0001pt"><span style="border:0px;font-style:inherit;font-variant:inherit;font-weight:inherit;font-stretch:inherit;font-size:11pt;line-height:inherit;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;font-size-adjust:inherit;margin:0px;padding:0px;vertical-align:baseline;color:rgb(31,73,125)">University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