[Poscgrad] [Poscfaculty] department information meeting for international grad students

[Kim Yi Dionne]

Hello everyone,

Here are the slides from today's town hall. A video and notes will be
shared after review.

https://docs.google.com/presentation/d/13g0p9NVxqIElDS9-sGXM2k-tTRqLLqzCX7pKzMoP4kA/edit?usp=sharing

If anyone would like to meet with me for any reason, I have bookable
<https://calendar.google.com/calendar/u/0/appointments/schedules/AcZssZ3J91Czr-jy9ucQWemy9FZ_hvEtUpVjR259Hf1Ao3TQxsTq22QESrO3q4O7al9N4iho3x6CSW3I>
appointments every Tuesday afternoon. We can also coordinate in person
about a time to meet (I'm in the office every day, usually 8am-5pm).

Best,
Kim Yi Dionne, Ph.D.
Associate Professor of Political Science, UC Riverside
Editor-in-Chief, Good Authority <https://goodauthority.org/> | Host, Ufahamu
Africa <https://ufahamuafrica.com/>
kdionne at ucr.edu | @dadakim <https://twitter.com/dadakim>
https://sites.google.com/ucr.edu/kyd


On Fri, Apr 18, 2025 at 8:52 AM Kim Yi Dionne <kdionne at ucr.edu> wrote:

> If any one wishes to attend the town hall remotely, please join at 10am
> today using this Zoom link:
>
> *https://ucr.zoom.us/my/dadakim <https://ucr.zoom.us/my/dadakim>*
>
> Kim Yi Dionne, Ph.D.
> Associate Professor of Political Science, UC Riverside
> Editor-in-Chief, Good Authority <https://goodauthority.org/> | Host, Ufahamu
> Africa <https://ufahamuafrica.com/>
> kdionne at ucr.edu | @dadakim <https://twitter.com/dadakim>
> https://sites.google.com/ucr.edu/kyd
>
>
> On Thu, Apr 17, 2025 at 12:26 PM Kevin M Esterling via poscfaculty <
> poscfaculty at lists.ucr.edu> wrote:
>
>>
>> Dear colleagues,
>>
>> The department plans to host two upcoming meetings to provide information
>> and updates for international graduate students.
>>
>> The first meeting will be on *Friday, April 18 (i.e., tomorrow) at 10 AM
>> in Jenkins*. This meeting will be led by DEI Chair Kim Yi Dionne. Kim
>> will make a presentation that will include tips for international students
>> to maintain their status in light of recent events. This part of the town
>> hall will be recorded. Once her presentation ends, the video recording will
>> end but Kevin or Marissa will take detailed notes of the question and
>> answer period that follows. The video and notes will be shared with anyone
>> who cannot attend the town hall. To be clear, the Q&A notes will not
>> include identifying information of students present or asking questions. We
>> are mindful that many students are out of town this Friday at WPSA and so
>> cannot make it to the meeting. This is why we are making the recording and
>> notes available afterwards.
>>
>> The second meeting is still in the works and we have not set a date yet.
>> For the second meeting, the department has asked the VPIA office to send a
>> representative to meet with us. They have not yet agreed to do this but we
>> have made the request. If for some reason the VPIA office is unable to
>> participate, the department will find a time in early May to host a second,
>> department-led meeting. As soon as we have more information about the
>> second meeting we will send updates then. I thought it was worth mentioning
>> now that this second meeting is in the works.
>>
>> Thanks and hope to see many of you at the upcoming meetings.
>>
>> Best,
>> Kevin
>>
>>
>>
>>
>> Kevin M. Esterling (he/him)
>> Chair of Political Science and Professor of Public Policy
>> Director, Laboratory for Technology, Communication and Democracy  (
>> TeCD-Lab <https://tecd-lab.ucr.edu/>)
>> University of California Riverside
>> Riverside, CA 92521 USA
>> +1-951-827-5591
>> https://profiles.ucr.edu/kevin.esterling
>>
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