<div dir="ltr"><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 is to remind you that <b>today is the last day to submit papers for our board's review! </b>Please help us get as many submissions as possible by <b>submitting at least one undergraduate paper today.</b> This can be an amazing opportunity to refine students' interests and overall improve the department. The authors of nominated papers can expect the following opportunities:</span></p><p style="background:transparent;color:rgb(14,16,26);margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"></p><ol><li><span style="background-color:transparent">Special workshops to refine their paper</span></li><li><span style="background-color:transparent">Get personalized feedback on how to improve their writing ability</span></li><li><span style="background-color:transparent">One-on-one support in submitting their paper for publication through UCR's </span><i style="background-color:transparent">The Journal</i></li><li><span style="background-color:transparent">The potential to present their research at our <b>Research Symposium </b></span></li></ol><p></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 subfield</span></li></ul><p style="background:transparent;color:rgb(14,16,26);margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><font color="#0e101a"><br></font></p><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 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, <b>nominate </b></span><span style="font-weight:bold;background:transparent;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="background:transparent;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt">one </span></span><span style="background:transparent;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span class="gmail-il" style="font-weight:bold">paper</span><b> </b>(feel free to have your TAs nominate a paper in your name)</span><br></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 <i>under</i></span><em style="background:transparent;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="background:transparent;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt">graduate </span></em><span style="background:transparent;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt">courses, <b>speak to your primary instructor about any papers you think are worthy of recognition</b></span></li></ul><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, submissions are due <b>TODAY </b>so please don't hesitate to reach out if you have any questions, comments, or concerns. I have cc'd our Programs Coordinator, Juan Carlos Anderson, and our Secretary, </span><span style="background-color:transparent">Manuel Alvarez, to help with any questions or concerns you might have.</span></p><br clear="all"><div><br></div><span class="gmail_signature_prefix">-- </span><br><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_signature" data-smartmail="gmail_signature"><div dir="ltr"><font face="tahoma, sans-serif">Best Regards,</font><div><font face="tahoma, sans-serif">Donald Zarate</font></div><div><font face="tahoma, sans-serif"><br></font></div><div><font face="tahoma, sans-serif">UC Riverside Undergraduate<br>Pi Sigma Alpha President<br></font></div><div><font face="tahoma, sans-serif">Political Science & Psychology<br><a href="mailto:dzara016@ucr.edu" target="_blank">dzara016@ucr.edu</a> | (626)629-9891</font></div></div></div></div>