<div dir="ltr"><div id="m_-4334396382796307289gmail-:8o" aria-label="Message Body" role="textbox" aria-multiline="true" aria-controls=":bh" style="direction:ltr;min-height:85px"><p style="background:transparent;color:rgb(14,16,26);margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="background:transparent;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt">Greetings graduate students,</span></p><p style="background:transparent;color:rgb(14,16,26);margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><br></p><p style="background:transparent;color:rgb(14,16,26);margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="background:transparent;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt">This email aims to ask for your help in <b>the </b></span><strong style="background:transparent;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="background:transparent;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt">selection of a paper from the Winter 2023 course that you or fellow TAs think deserves recognition</span></strong><span style="background:transparent;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt">.</span></p><p style="background:transparent;color:rgb(14,16,26);margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><br></p><p style="background:transparent;color:rgb(14,16,26);margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="background:transparent;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt">Nominations are accepted now for each term <b>until </b></span><span style="background:transparent;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="background:transparent;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><b>April 10th, 2023, </b>and our</span></span><span style="background:transparent;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"> board will review each nomination based on a </span><strong style="background:transparent;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="background:transparent;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt">rubric </span></strong><span style="background:transparent;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt">(we will provide a copy for you as finals week approaches). Your Winter course papers are eligible before the deadline. We will contact you to inform you of our selection.</span></p><p style="background:transparent;color:rgb(14,16,26);margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><br></p><p style="background:transparent;color:rgb(14,16,26);margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="background:transparent;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt">Here are the broad parameters for nominations:</span></p><ul style="background:transparent;color:rgb(14,16,26);margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><li style="margin-left:15px;background:transparent;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;list-style-type:disc"><span style="background:transparent;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt">Presents original ideas</span></li><li style="margin-left:15px;background:transparent;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;list-style-type:disc"><span style="background:transparent;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt">Draws on recognized literature</span></li><li style="margin-left:15px;background:transparent;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;list-style-type:disc"><span style="background:transparent;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt">Includes citations and other scholarly sources</span></li><li style="margin-left:15px;background:transparent;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;list-style-type:disc"><span style="background:transparent;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt">Contributes to one political science's subfields</span></li></ul><p style="background:transparent;color:rgb(14,16,26);margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><strong style="background:transparent;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="background:transparent;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt">Here is what we need from you </span></strong><span style="background:transparent;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt">(whichever applies to you)</span></p><ul style="background:transparent;color:rgb(14,16,26);margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><li style="margin-left:15px;background:transparent;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;list-style-type:disc"><span style="background:transparent;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt">If you are not instructing or TAing this term, please forward this email to anyone you think may find this information useful</span></li><li style="margin-left:15px;background:transparent;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;list-style-type:disc"><span style="background:transparent;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt">If you are instructing any </span><em style="background:transparent;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="background:transparent;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt">undergraduate </span></em><span style="background:transparent;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt">courses, nominate </span><strong style="background:transparent;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="background:transparent;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt">one </span></strong><span style="background:transparent;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt">paper </span></li><li style="margin-left:15px;background:transparent;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;list-style-type:disc"><span style="background:transparent;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt">If you are TAing any </span><em style="background:transparent;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="background:transparent;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt">undergraduate </span></em><span style="background:transparent;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt">courses, speak to your primary instructor about any papers you think are worthy of recognition</span></li></ul><p style="background:transparent;color:rgb(14,16,26);margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><br></p><p style="background:transparent;color:rgb(14,16,26);margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="background:transparent;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt">Our officers are happy to discuss more details with you.</span></p><p style="background:transparent;color:rgb(14,16,26);margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="background:transparent;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><br></span></p><p style="background:transparent;color:rgb(14,16,26);margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="background:transparent;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt">Again, please don't hesitate to reach out if you have any questions, comments, or concerns. I have cc'd our President, Donald Zarate, and Outreach Coordinator, </span><span style="background-color:transparent">Arlette Gutierrez, to help with any questions or concerns you might have.</span></p></div><div><br></div><span>-- </span><br><div dir="ltr" data-smartmail="gmail_signature"><div dir="ltr"><div>Best Regards,</div><div>PSA Administration<br><div>Pi Sigma Alpha at UCR</div><div><i>National Honors Society in Political Science</i></div><div><a href="https://pisigmaalpha.org/" target="_blank">Pi Sigma Alpha Website</a></div></div><div><img width="77" height="96" src="https://ci3.googleusercontent.com/mail-sig/AIorK4w_mAqeehpvDqpLZ1uYHmQtY6CoxAPoQ_m3yZ-GlqBaC8Zg2TbfVK_fUfBxpuh3bxJ7AQffCUo"><br></div></div></div></div>