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--></style></head><body lang="EN-US" link="#467886" vlink="#96607D" style="word-wrap:break-word"><div class="WordSection1"><p class="MsoNormal">Dear All,</p><p class="MsoNormal"> </p><p class="MsoNormal">Following up on my email Friday… Here’s a Powerpoint slide you can use if (when!?) you announce these workshops in your classes this week.</p><p class="MsoNormal"> </p><p class="MsoNormal">See below for more complete details.</p><p class="MsoNormal"> </p><p class="MsoNormal">Thanks!</p><p class="MsoNormal"> </p><p class="MsoNormal">Yours,</p><p class="MsoNormal">John</p><p class="MsoNormal"> </p><div><div style="border:none;border-top:solid #e1e1e1 1.0pt;padding:3.0pt 0in 0in 0in"><p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif">From:</span></b><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif"> John Medearis <<a href="mailto:medearis@ucr.edu">medearis@ucr.edu</a>> <br><b>Sent:</b> Friday, April 12, 2024 9:07 AM<br><b>To:</b> '<a href="mailto:poscfaculty@lists.ucr.edu">poscfaculty@lists.ucr.edu</a>' <<a href="mailto:poscfaculty@lists.ucr.edu">poscfaculty@lists.ucr.edu</a>>; '<a href="mailto:poscgrad@lists.ucr.edu">poscgrad@lists.ucr.edu</a>' <<a href="mailto:poscgrad@lists.ucr.edu">poscgrad@lists.ucr.edu</a>><br><b>Cc:</b> 'Bryan Barker' <<a href="mailto:bryan.barker@ucr.edu">bryan.barker@ucr.edu</a>>; 'Donna Perez' <<a href="mailto:donna.perez@ucr.edu">donna.perez@ucr.edu</a>>; 'Kristy L Salazar Nugent' <<a href="mailto:kristy.salazar@ucr.edu">kristy.salazar@ucr.edu</a>><br><b>Subject:</b> Two Upcoming Workshops for Undergraduates, about Graduate School</span></p></div></div><p class="MsoNormal"> </p><p style="margin:0in"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black">Dear All,</span></p><p style="margin:0in"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black"> </span></p><p style="margin:0in"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black">We are pleased to announce two great upcoming workshops for Political Science majors considering graduate study. The first is for undergraduate political science students who are considering a PhD in political science. The second is for students considering any of a number of different graduate degrees, academic and professional.</span></p><p style="margin:0in"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black"> </span></p><p style="margin:0in"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black">Please help us publicize these to the students in your classes and sections by making announcements, posting the flyers on Canvas, and so on.</span></p><p class="MsoNormal"> </p><p style="margin:0in"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black">(1)</span></p><p class="MsoNormal"> </p><p style="margin:0in"><b><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black">MSIRA How to Apply to a Political Science PhD Program</span></b></p><p style="margin:0in"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black"> </span></p><p style="margin:0in"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black">Friday, April 19, 2024</span></p><p style="margin:0in"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black">11:30 AM – 1:00 PM</span></p><p style="margin:0in"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black">SSC 125</span></p><p class="MsoNormal"> </p><p style="margin:0in"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black">Link to register: </span><a href="https://forms.gle/d3verGa7x88rMr7m8"><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#1155cc">https://forms.gle/d3verGa7x88rMr7m8</span></a><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black"> </span></p><p class="MsoNormal"> </p><p style="margin:0in"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black">The Minority Serving Institution Research Academy (MSIRA) will be hosting an event for undergraduate political science students who are considering a PhD in political science. Aimed at demystifying the application process, the event will be helpful to those students who still have many questions about what applying looks like, as well as life as a PhD student.</span></p><p class="MsoNormal"> </p><p style="margin:0in"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black">Panelists are former/current UCR students who have either been admitted, attended, or are attending a PhD program in political science.</span></p><p class="MsoNormal"> </p><p style="margin:0in"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black">(2)</span></p><p style="margin-right:0in;margin-bottom:0in;margin-left:0in"><b><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black">Career Workshop: Graduate School Options for Political Science Majors</span></b></p><p style="margin-right:0in;margin-bottom:0in;margin-left:0in"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black">Monday, April 22, 2024 </span></p><p style="margin-right:0in;margin-bottom:0in;margin-left:0in"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black">12:00 pm – 1:15 pm </span></p><p style="margin-right:0in;margin-bottom:0in;margin-left:0in"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black">Hybrid: HMNSS 1500 and on Zoom </span></p><p style="margin-right:0in;margin-bottom:12.0pt;margin-left:0in"><a href="https://ucr.zoom.us/j/92620064943"><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#1155cc">https://ucr.zoom.us/j/92620064943</span></a></p><p style="margin-right:0in;margin-bottom:12.0pt;margin-left:0in"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black"> </span></p><p style="margin:0in"><b><i><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black">See the attached flyers for more detailed information about both workshops.</span></i></b></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>