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Hi Grad Students,</div>
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Please see the announcement below for the Grad Slam Event. We are fortunate to have TWO Poli Sci students competing in the Semi- Finals, Woohoo! </div>
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Come out and support<u> Donald Zarate and Karina Alpayeva!</u></div>
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<b>Sent:</b> Tuesday, March 4, 2025 2:52 PM<br>
<b>To:</b> Gary J Kuzas <gary.kuzas@ucr.edu><br>
<b>Subject:</b> Grad Slam Semi-Finals: March 13</span>
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<span style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; color: rgb(33, 33, 33);">Dear Gary,</span></p>
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<span style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; color: rgb(33, 33, 33);">We are excitedly preparing for our Semi-Final competition for
</span><span style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; color: rgb(150, 96, 125);"><u><a href="https://gsrc.ucr.edu/grad-slam-2025" id="OWAdeb9c548-e53d-0a63-cc82-8752018eef4c" class="OWAAutoLink" title="https://gsrc.ucr.edu/grad-slam-2025" data-auth="NotApplicable" style="color: rgb(150, 96, 125); margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px;">Grad
Slam</a></u></span><span style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; color: rgb(33, 33, 33);"> on March 13<sup>th</sup> where your graduate students, Vaishali Jain, Donald Zarate and Karina Alpayeva, will present their research. The audience will be able to vote
for their audience choice favorite and each competition will be followed by a reception:</span></p>
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<span style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; color: rgb(33, 33, 33);"><b>We are hoping that you can help us market this event to your college leadership, faculty, staff and students. I’ve attached a flyer to this email.</b></span></p>
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<span style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; color: rgb(33, 33, 33);">The competitions are on the events calendar and we have created a shared folder with marketing resources (IG, flyers, carousels banners) and RSVP forms here:
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<span style="color: rgb(33, 33, 33);">Please let me know if you have any questions or if I can be of further assistance.</span></p>
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<span style="color: rgb(33, 33, 33);">Regards,</span></p>
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<span style="color: rgb(33, 33, 33);">Laura</span></p>
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<span style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; color: black;"><b>Laura McGeehan, </b>
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