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--></style></head><body lang="EN-US" link="#0563C1" vlink="#954F72" style="word-wrap:break-word"><div class="WordSection1"><p class="MsoNormal" style="background:white"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#222222">Dear Faculty and TAs,</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background:white"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#222222"> </span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background:white"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#222222">The Undergraduate Committee has begun soliciting applications for the <b>Monica Florian Award</b>. </span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background:white"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#222222"> </span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background:white"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#222222">The scholarships, supported by the California Homebuilding Foundation, are awarded to undergraduate students in Political Science “who are in a building or construction related field or considering one as a career.” Qualifying career paths could include: construction and development (architects, designers, builders, developers); real estate (residential, commercial, or mixed-use development); city planning; city, state or county housing, community development and land use agencies; as well as certain careers related to energy development and regulation. To be eligible, students should also: be continuing at UC Riverside, have an overall GPA of 3.0 or higher, and demonstrate a need for financial assistance.</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background:white"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#222222"> </span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background:white"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#222222">Students have received an email with instructions on how to apply. (The word has also gone out on department social media accounts.) </span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background:white"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#222222"> </span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background:white"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#222222">Applications are due October 20.</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background:white"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#222222"> </span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background:white"><b><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#222222">Please let your students know about this and other department awards. You may want to show students the <a href="https://politicalscience.ucr.edu/scholarships-and-fellowships">updated department awards webpage</a>. </span></b></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background:white"><b><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#222222"> </span></b></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background:white"><b><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#222222">You may be hearing from a member of the Undergraduate Committee about visiting your class to make an announcement about the Florian award -- and the upcoming career workshop.</span></b></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background:white"><b><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#222222"> </span></b></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background:white"><b><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#222222">And please also remember, as you interact with students or discuss undergraduates with TAs, to think about ones you could refer to us, or encourage to apply to awards. Of course this includes possible candidates for the essay and “outstanding student” award, but it also includes students who are good candidates for awards that are needs-based and targeted to first-generation students.</span></b></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background:white"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#222222"> </span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background:white"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#222222">Yours,</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background:white"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#222222">John</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background:white"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#222222"> </span></p><p class="MsoNormal"> </p><p class="MsoNormal"> </p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="mso-ligatures:none">John Medearis</span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="mso-ligatures:none">Professor</span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="mso-ligatures:none">Department of Political Science</span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="mso-ligatures:none">University of California, Riverside</span></p><p class="MsoNormal"> </p></div></body></html>