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<span style="font-size:11pt; font-family:Arial; color:#000000; font-weight:400">In my role as Staff Assembly president, I'm privileged to serve as the staff representative on UC Riverside’s</span><a href="https://provost.ucr.edu/campus-finance-committee"><span style="font-size:11pt; font-family:Arial; color:#000000; font-weight:400"> </span><span style="font-size:11pt; font-family:Arial; color:#6888c9; font-weight:400; text-decoration:underline">Campus
Finance Committee</span></a><span style="font-size:11pt; font-family:Arial; color:#000000; font-weight:400">, chaired by Provost Elizabeth Watkins, with input from college deans, vice chancellors, the Academic Senate chair, and other members of campus leadership.</span></p>
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<span style="font-size:11pt; font-family:Arial; color:#000000; font-weight:400">Over the last two months, the committee met frequently to finalize a plan to allocate millions of dollars in one-time Federal Higher Education Emergency Relief Funds (HEERF) intended
to help offset some of the loss directly related to COVID-19. The</span><a href="https://insideucr.ucr.edu/announcements/2021/07/13/use-federal-higher-education-emergency-relief-funds-heerf-ucr"><span style="font-size:11pt; font-family:Arial; color:#000000; font-weight:400"> </span><span style="font-size:11pt; font-family:Arial; color:#6888c9; font-weight:400; text-decoration:underline">final
recommendations</span></a><span style="font-size:11pt; font-family:Arial; color:#000000; font-weight:400"> include more than $1.7 million for UCR staff that include work-from-home equipment, expanded mental health services, additional professional development
opportunities, and expanded staff access to the R’Pantry — making it only the third emergency staff pantry in the UC system.</span></p>
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<span style="font-size:11pt; font-family:Arial; color:#000000; font-weight:400">Staff Assembly will continue to work closely with campus stakeholders to ensure this important funding is utilized in the best interest of UCR staff. We will also share additional
information about when and how to access these resources, as programs and services are clarified and implemented.</span></p>
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<span style="font-size:11pt; font-family:Arial; color:#000000; font-weight:400">There is still much left to do, but it's also important to celebrate the victories.</span></p>
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<span style="font-size:11pt; font-family:Arial; color:#000000; font-weight:400">Today is one of those days.</span></p>
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<span style="font-size:11pt; font-family:Arial; color:#000000; font-weight:400">Jeff Girod</span></p>
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<span style="font-size:11pt; font-family:Arial; color:#000000; font-weight:400">President, UCR Staff Assembly</span></p>
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<span style="font-size:16pt; font-family:Arial; color:#003da5; background-color:#ffffff; font-weight:700">Support Staff Assembly this month</span></p>
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<span style="font-size:11pt; font-family:Arial; color:#000000; font-weight:700">Apply for a Staff Assembly Summer Scholarship by Tuesday, Aug. 31</span></p>
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<span style="font-size:11pt; font-family:Arial; color:#000000; font-weight:400">Staff Assembly offers scholarships to career staff employees who have completed their probation period. These scholarships can be used to help offset the costs of professional development
programs or higher education degrees. </span><a href="https://staffassembly.ucr.edu/scholarships"><span style="font-size:11pt; font-family:Arial; color:#1155cc; font-weight:700; text-decoration:underline">Apply today</span></a><span style="font-size:11pt; font-family:Arial; color:#000000; font-weight:400">!</span></p>
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<span style="font-size:11pt; font-family:Arial; color:#000000; font-weight:700">Limits:
</span><span style="font-size:11pt; font-family:Arial; color:#000000; font-weight:400">Employees are limited to one application per person, per scholarship type, and a maximum award of $250 in scholarship funds each academic year (from Sept. 1 to Aug. 31).</span></p>
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<span style="font-size:11pt; font-family:Arial; color:#201f1e; font-weight:400">For questions about the scholarship program, contact
</span><span style="font-size:11pt; font-family:Arial; color:#0563c1; font-weight:700">Loretta Vandivier</span><span style="font-size:11pt; font-family:Arial; color:#201f1e; font-weight:400">, Director of Professional Development. Learn more:
</span><a href="https://staffassembly.ucr.edu/scholarships"><span style="font-size:11pt; font-family:Arial; color:#0563c1; font-weight:700; text-decoration:underline">staffassembly.ucr.edu/scholarships</span></a></p>
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<span style="font-size:11pt; font-family:Arial; color:#000000; font-weight:700">Save the date: 2022 UCR Staff Conference</span></p>
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<a href="https://staffassembly.ucr.edu/"><span style="font-size:11pt; font-family:Arial; color:#1155cc; font-weight:400; text-decoration:underline">Staff Assembly</span></a><span style="font-size:11pt; font-family:Arial; color:#000000; font-weight:400">,
</span><a href="https://lead.ucr.edu/"><span style="font-size:11pt; font-family:Arial; color:#1155cc; font-weight:400; text-decoration:underline">LEAD
</span></a><span style="font-size:11pt; font-family:Arial; color:#000000; font-weight:400">and UCR's
</span><a href="https://hr.ucr.edu/employee-and-organizational-development"><span style="font-size:11pt; font-family:Arial; color:#1155cc; font-weight:400; text-decoration:underline">HR Employee and Organizational Development office</span></a><span style="font-size:11pt; font-family:Arial; color:#000000; font-weight:400"> would
like your input regarding the topics for our </span><span style="font-size:11pt; font-family:Arial; color:#000000; font-weight:700">2022 UCR Staff Conference</span><span style="font-size:11pt; font-family:Arial; color:#000000; font-weight:400">. Please share
your thoughts with us on </span><a href="https://bit.ly/22-staff-conf"><span style="font-size:11pt; font-family:Arial; color:#1155cc; font-weight:700; text-decoration:underline">this survey</span></a><span style="font-size:11pt; font-family:Arial; color:#000000; font-weight:700">.
The deadline to participate is Wednesday, Aug. 25.</span></p>
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<span style="font-size:11pt; font-family:Arial; color:#000000; font-weight:400">Save these dates for next year’s UCR Staff Conference:
</span><span style="font-size:11pt; font-family:Arial; color:#000000; font-weight:700">March 22-23, 2022</span><span style="font-size:11pt; font-family:Arial; color:#000000; font-weight:400">.</span></p>
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<span style="font-size:11pt; font-family:Arial; color:#000000; font-weight:400">We had more than 500 attendees at the 2021 conference. We hope you’ll join us in spring!</span></p>
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<span style="font-size:11pt; font-family:Arial; color:#000000; font-weight:700">Pick up or ship your Virtual 5K swag</span></p>
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<span style="font-size:11pt; font-family:Arial; color:#262626; background-color:#ffffff; font-weight:400">Show us your Virtual 5K swag! Post a picture in your Virtual 5K t-shirt and medal on social media and tag Staff Assembly so we can share it, too:</span></p>
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<span style="color:#262626; background-color:#ffffff">Instagram: </span><a href="https://www.instagram.com/UCRStaffAssembly/"><span style="color:#1155cc; background-color:#ffffff">@UCRStaffAssembly</span></a></p>
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<span style="color:#262626; background-color:#ffffff">Twitter: </span><a href="https://twitter.com/ucrsa"><span style="color:#1155cc; background-color:#ffffff">@ucrsa</span></a></p>
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<span style="color:#262626; background-color:#ffffff">Facebook: </span><a href="http://facebook.com/ucrsa"><span style="color:#1155cc; background-color:#ffffff">@ucrsa</span></a></p>
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<span style="color:#262626; background-color:#ffffff">LinkedIn: </span><a href="https://www.linkedin.com/showcase/ucr-staff-assembly"><span style="color:#1155cc; background-color:#ffffff">@ucr-staff-assembly</span></a></p>
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<span style="font-size:11pt; font-family:Arial; color:#262626; background-color:#ffffff; font-weight:700">Wednesday, Aug. 18 from 11 a.m. - 1:30 p.m.</span><span style="font-size:11pt; font-family:Arial; color:#262626; background-color:#ffffff; font-weight:400"> at
Bannockburn J100, off of Canyon Crest Drive.</span></p>
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<span style="font-size:11pt; font-family:Arial; color:#262626; background-color:#ffffff; font-weight:700">Can't get to campus?</span><span style="font-size:11pt; font-family:Arial; color:#262626; background-color:#ffffff; font-weight:400"> </span><a href="https://bit.ly/3hM7UMy"><span style="font-size:11pt; font-family:Arial; color:#1155cc; background-color:#ffffff; font-weight:700; text-decoration:underline">Get
it shipped for $10!</span></a><span style="font-size:11pt; font-family:Arial; color:#262626; background-color:#ffffff; font-weight:400"> Please include your original order number, name, and shirt size.</span></p>
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<span style="font-size:11pt; font-family:Arial; color:#000000; font-weight:700">Fridays, August 13, 20, 27 | 12 – 1 p.m.</span></p>
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<span style="font-size:11pt; font-family:Arial; color:#000000; font-weight:400">Come join the next installment of the Staff Assembly Book Club as we read "Transgender History: The Roots of Today's Revolution" by Susan Stryker. Get to know more about this underrepresented
community and what struggles they face. Please note the change in meeting time: We are now meeting on FRIDAYS from 12-1 p.m. Whether or not you have ever attended Book Club, we are always happy to see new faces!
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<span style="font-size:11pt; font-family:Arial; color:#000000; font-weight:700">Wednesday, Aug. 18 | 12 - 1 p.m.</span></p>
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<span style="font-size:11pt; font-family:Arial; color:#000000; font-weight:400">The Staff Assembly Lunch and Learn series is back! Our first session with Academic Resource Manager, Tanya Wine, will teach tips and tricks on SuperDOPE including: How to get access;
what types of information it contains; the difference between UCRFSTotals & SuperDope; how it can help you in your job; saving and sharing queries; how to find information from before UCR converted to UCPath, and more.</span><span style="font-size:11pt; font-family:Calibri,sans-serif; color:#201f1e; font-weight:400"> </span><a href="https://ucr.zoom.us/meeting/register/tJUvfu6grDkjHdGwKRbtBzMkN7dxrTI1hnDl"><span style="font-size:11pt; font-family:Arial; color:#1155cc; font-weight:700; text-decoration:underline">Save
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<span style="font-size:11pt; font-family:Arial; color:#000000; font-weight:700">UCR Staff Assembly Virtual Bingo</span></p>
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<span style="font-size:11pt; font-family:Arial; color:#000000; font-weight:700">Friday, Aug. 20 | 12 p.m. & 6 p.m.</span></p>
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<span style="font-size:11pt; font-family:Arial; color:#000000; font-weight:400">Join Staff Assembly’s Director of Finance Penni Ebina and Past President Dennis McIver for monthly Virtual Bingo! The event will also include participants from UCDC/UCPath/UCLA/UCRRA/UCOP/UCSB/UCSF.</span></p>
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<span style="font-size:11pt; font-family:Arial; color:#000000; font-weight:400">There will be two virtual sessions: A matinee session from 12 - 1 p.m. and the evening session from 6 - 7:30 p.m.</span></p>
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<span style="font-size:11pt; font-family:Arial; color:#000000; font-weight:700">Tuesday, Aug. 24 | 8:30 a.m. - 4:00 p.m.</span></p>
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<span style="font-size:11pt; font-family:Arial; color:#000000; font-weight:400">We hope you'll join us for a day devoted to helping you with different areas of finance. Choose from a number of presentations on topics including: buying a home; saving for an
emergency; planning for retirement; what savings account to use; and more. Event will include virtual tabling for a range of different services and a chance to win prizes. Free to attend, but limited to the first 300 registrants.
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<span style="font-size:11pt; font-family:Arial; color:#000000; font-weight:700">Pictionary with Jeff Girod</span></p>
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<span style="font-size:11pt; font-family:Arial; color:#000000; font-weight:700">Wednesday, Aug. 25 | 12:00 p.m.</span></p>
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<span style="font-size:11pt; font-family:Arial; color:#000000; font-weight:400">Please join Staff Assembly President Jeff Girod for an hour of fun, prizes and crudely drawn random objects. Contestants will win up to $100 in prizes. You don’t want to miss this!</span></p>
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