<div dir="ltr"><div><p class="gmail-isSelectedEnd">Dear all,</p><p class="gmail-isSelectedEnd">Could you please encourage your students to apply for our departmental Spring awards? The details can be found below. If you could announce these in your sections and post the information on your Canvas pages, that would be greatly appreciated. We do not have as many applications as we would like, so we have extended the deadline to <b>Thursday, May 21 at 4 pm</b>. Students should have also received this information by email from Kristy Salazar Nugent.</p><p class="gmail-isSelectedEnd">One important note: These awards are not for graduating seniors. More information can be found below (they are primarily intended for juniors - Pay it Forward is open to those who will be junior next year as well).</p><p class="gmail-isSelectedEnd">Also, if you would like to personally encourage excellent students you know to apply, that would be greatly appreciated as well.</p><p class="gmail-isSelectedEnd">Thank you, and please let me know if you have any questions.</p><p>Best,</p><p><br>Yasemin</p></div><div>--</div><div><b><font size="4" color="#ff0000"><br></font></b></div><div><p class="MsoNormal" style="background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial"><b><font size="4" color="#ff0000">The Political Science <span class="gmail-il">Undergraduate</span> Committee is now accepting applications for the <span class="gmail-il">Spring</span> 2026 <span class="gmail-il">awards</span>.</font></b><span style="font-family:Arial,sans-serif"></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial"><br></p><p><font color="#0000ff" size="4">The application deadline is <b>May 21, 2026, Thursday at 4 pm.</b> </font></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial"><span style="font-family:Arial,sans-serif"><br></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial"><span style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;background-color:transparent;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-variant-alternates:normal;color:rgb(0,0,0);vertical-align:baseline">The </span><span style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;background-color:transparent;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-variant-alternates:normal;color:rgb(0,0,0);font-weight:700;vertical-align:baseline">Political Science Outstanding Student <span class="gmail-il">Award</span> </span><span style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;background-color:transparent;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-variant-alternates:normal;color:rgb(0,0,0);vertical-align:baseline">will be given to a student who will be a </span><span style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;background-color:transparent;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-variant-alternates:normal;color:rgb(0,0,0);text-decoration-line:underline;vertical-align:baseline">Senior</span><span style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;background-color:transparent;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-variant-alternates:normal;color:rgb(0,0,0);vertical-align:baseline"> in the academic year 2026-27; who has a strong scholastic record, including a cumulative UCR GPA of 3.5 or higher; and who has made outstanding contributions in community service and/or in department and campus organizations</span><span style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;background-color:transparent;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-variant-alternates:normal;color:rgb(244,244,0);vertical-align:baseline">. </span><span style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;background-color:transparent;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-variant-alternates:normal;color:rgb(0,0,0);vertical-align:baseline">A monetary <span class="gmail-il">award</span> up to $1,000 is given to </span><span style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;color:rgb(0,0,0)">one or more students.</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38"><span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-weight:700;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-variant-alternates:normal;vertical-align:baseline">Judge Ernest M. Lopez Memorial Grants </span><span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-variant-alternates:normal;vertical-align:baseline">are awarded to students who will be </span><span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-variant-alternates:normal;text-decoration-line:underline;vertical-align:baseline">Seniors</span><span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-variant-alternates:normal;vertical-align:baseline"> in the academic year 2026-27; who are disadvantaged by social or economic hardship; and who will be applying to law school. Monetary grants of $500 or more are awarded to help cover the costs of preparing for and applying to law school. </span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38"><span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-weight:700;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-variant-alternates:normal;vertical-align:baseline">Pay It Forward First Generation University Student <span class="gmail-il">Awards</span> </span><span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-variant-alternates:normal;vertical-align:baseline">are awarded based on merit to students who will be </span><span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-variant-alternates:normal;text-decoration-line:underline;vertical-align:baseline">Juniors</span><span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-variant-alternates:normal;vertical-align:baseline"> or </span><span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-variant-alternates:normal;text-decoration-line:underline;vertical-align:baseline">Seniors</span><span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-variant-alternates:normal;vertical-align:baseline"> in the academic year 2026-2027; who are studying political science; and who are in the first generation of their family to pursue a university-level education. A monetary <span class="gmail-il">award</span> of $1,000 or more is given to one or more students. </span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38"><span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-variant-alternates:normal;vertical-align:baseline">If students meet the criteria listed above and would like to apply for one or more of these <span class="gmail-il">awards</span>, they should </span><a href="https://forms.gle/UYGbLYffTYzvYy599" target="_blank" style="text-decoration-line:none"><span style="background-color:transparent;font-weight:700;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-variant-alternates:normal;text-decoration-line:underline;vertical-align:baseline">fill out the linked Google Form HERE</span></a><span style="color:rgb(81,81,0);background-color:transparent;font-weight:700;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-variant-alternates:normal;vertical-align:baseline"> </span><span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-variant-alternates:normal;vertical-align:baseline">and submit the required documents through the Google Form. </span><span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-variant-alternates:normal;vertical-align:baseline">Must be logged into the Google account to access the Google Form.  </span><span style="color:rgb(0,0,0)">The Political Science <span class="gmail-il">Undergraduate</span> Committee will review the applications and select recipients. Winners will be notified by email. Students can apply for multiple <span class="gmail-il">awards</span>.</span></p><br class="gmail-Apple-interchange-newline"></div><div>--</div><div><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_signature" data-smartmail="gmail_signature"><div dir="ltr"><font color="#000000" size="2">Yasemin Irepoglu Carreras, Ph.D.</font><div><div style="color:rgb(34,34,34);font-family:Tahoma"><font face="Helvetica" color="#000000">Associate Professor of Teaching</font></div><div style="color:rgb(34,34,34);font-family:Tahoma"><span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:Helvetica">Department of Political Science</span></div><div style="color:rgb(34,34,34);font-family:Tahoma"><span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:Helvetica">University of California, Riverside</span></div><div><font color="#222222"><i>Author of: <a href="https://link.springer.com/book/10.1007/978-3-031-95983-7" target="_blank">Decentralization, Interactive Governance and Income Inequality in Europe</a></i></font></div></div><div><br></div><div><a href="https://profiles.ucr.edu/app/home/profile/ycarre" style="color:rgb(17,85,204)" target="_blank"><font face="arial, sans-serif">https://profiles.ucr.edu/app/home/profile/ycarre</font></a></div></div></div></div></div>