<div dir="ltr"><div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:georgia,serif">Dear All, </div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:georgia,serif">The Provost Office has informed me that the ten tickets have been claimed. Thank you for your interest. </div><br clear="all"></div><div><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_signature" data-smartmail="gmail_signature"><div dir="ltr"><div style="font-family:"Google Sans",Roboto,RobotoDraft,Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif;font-size:14px"><table cellpadding="0" style="width:482px"><tbody><tr><td style="width:478px"><div style="width:442px;direction:ltr"><p class="MsoNormal" style="background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-repeat:initial"><font face="georgia, serif">Thank you, </font></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-repeat:initial"><font face="georgia, serif">Paige</font></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-repeat:initial"><font face="georgia, serif"><span style="color:rgb(36,36,36)"> </span></font></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-repeat:initial"><i><font face="georgia, serif" size="2" color="#ff0000">**Managing an expanded workload. I appreciate your patience if responses are delayed.**</font></i></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-repeat:initial"><img src="https://ci3.googleusercontent.com/mail-sig/AIorK4xIBfPG2OPJiT0dXsX6PMK0B_wv9S706MVM3mU0ft03kchvx8s5_DINowhvgUUwX6chsple0xW_61Fm"><br></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-repeat:initial"><font face="georgia, serif"><b><span style="color:rgb(36,36,36)">Paige Mejia, MBA </span></b></font></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-repeat:initial"><b style="font-family:georgia,serif"><span style="color:rgb(36,36,36)">Financial and Administrative Officer (Interim)</span></b></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-repeat:initial"><font face="georgia, serif"><span style="color:rgb(36,36,36)">Department of <b><u>E</u></b>volution, Ecology, and Organismal Biology,</span></font></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-repeat:initial"><font face="georgia, serif"><span style="color:rgb(36,36,36)">Department of <b><u>M</u></b>olecular, Cell and Systems Biology,</span></font></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-repeat:initial"><font face="georgia, serif"><span style="color:rgb(36,36,36)">Department of <u style="font-weight:bold">N</u></span><span style="color:rgb(36,36,36)">atural Reserve System,</span></font></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-repeat:initial"><font face="georgia, serif"><span style="color:rgb(36,36,36)">Stem Cell Center and Imaging Core</span></font></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-repeat:initial"><font face="georgia, serif"><span style="color:black">Executive Board</span><span style="color:rgb(36,36,36)">, Black Faculty and Staff Association</span></font></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-repeat:initial"><font face="georgia, serif"><span style="color:rgb(36,36,36)">President, Staff Assembly 2025-2026</span></font></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-repeat:initial"><font face="georgia, serif"><span style="color:rgb(36,36,36)">CACSW, Committee Member</span></font></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-repeat:initial"><font face="georgia, serif"><span style="color:rgb(36,36,36)"><br></span></font></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-repeat:initial"><font face="georgia, serif"><span style="color:rgb(36,36,36)">900 University Ave, Life Sciences Bldg. RM 2730, Riverside CA 92521</span></font></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-repeat:initial"><font face="georgia, serif"><span style="color:rgb(36,36,36)">951-827-5935 | </span><span lang="ES" style="color:black"><a href="mailto:emnfin@ucr.edu" target="_blank"><span lang="EN-US">emnfin@ucr.edu </span></a></span><span style="color:black">|</span><span lang="ES" style="color:black"><a href="https://emn.ucr.edu/" target="_blank"><span lang="EN-US">EMN Admin Website</span></a></span><span style="color:black"> |</span></font></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-repeat:initial"><font face="georgia, serif">Working hours: 7:30-4:30pm PST (Lunch 12:00-1:00pm)</font></p><p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.1px"><font size="2" face="arial, sans-serif" color="#444444">"Leading on Our Own Terms"</font></h3><p style="box-sizing:border-box;padding:0px 0px 12px;margin:12px 0px 0px;letter-spacing:0.1px"><font face="arial, sans-serif" color="#444444">This year’s spring ACE Women’s Network of SoCal Lunch and Learn will celebrate <span style="letter-spacing:0.1px">women who are reshaping the meaning of leadership and crafting pathways that reflect </span><span style="letter-spacing:0.1px">their values, voices, and visions. Our panel brings together leaders from the University </span><span style="letter-spacing:0.1px">of California, the California State University, and the California Community Colleges - </span><span style="letter-spacing:0.1px">each offering insight into what it means to lead authentically and on one’s own terms. </span></font></p><p style="box-sizing:border-box;padding:0px 0px 12px;margin:12px 0px 0px;color:rgb(88,81,99);letter-spacing:0.1px"><img alt="" src="https://www.eventbrite.com/e/_next/image?url=https%3A%2F%2Fimg.evbuc.com%2Fhttps%253A%252F%252Fcdn.evbuc.com%252Fimages%252F1175501450%252F315974834702%252F1%252Foriginal.20260121-230322%3Fh%3D740%26w%3D1200%26auto%3Dformat%252Ccompress%26q%3D75%26sharp%3D10%26s%3Db082f2bf5179ff176d8b5d03ee072ee8&w=940&q=75" width="390" height="119" style="outline: 0px; font-family: "Neue Plak", -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, Roboto, "Helvetica Neue", Helvetica, Tahoma, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: medium; letter-spacing: normal; box-sizing: border-box; padding: 0px 0px 12px; margin: 0px; display: block; object-fit: contain; color: transparent;"></p></div><div style="font-family:arial,sans-serif"><div style="box-sizing:border-box;padding:0px;margin:12px 0px 0px;width:700px;color:rgb(38,27,54);font-family:"Neue Plak",-apple-system,BlinkMacSystemFont,Roboto,"Helvetica Neue",Helvetica,Tahoma,Arial,sans-serif;font-size:medium"><div style="box-sizing:border-box;padding:0px;margin:0px"><div style="box-sizing:border-box;padding:0px;margin:0px auto 0px 0px;width:700px;height:auto"><img alt="" src="https://www.eventbrite.com/e/_next/image?url=https%3A%2F%2Fimg.evbuc.com%2Fhttps%253A%252F%252Fcdn.evbuc.com%252Fimages%252F1175501164%252F315974834702%252F1%252Foriginal.20260121-230039%3Fh%3D740%26w%3D1200%26auto%3Dformat%252Ccompress%26q%3D75%26sharp%3D10%26s%3D51a59a0a255c6f6f58647c17e38830d4&w=940&q=75" width="458" height="260" style="outline: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; padding: 0px 0px 12px; margin: 0px; display: block; object-fit: contain; color: transparent;"></div></div></div></div><div style="font-family:arial,sans-serif"><br></div><div style="font-family:arial,sans-serif">This is a wonderful opportunity for career development and community partnerships. To receive a ticket, please send an email expressing your interest to <a href="mailto:provost@ucr.edu" target="_blank">provost@ucr.edu</a>. Please note that all interested attendees should seek supervisor approval before claiming tickets and taking time off from your normally scheduled work hours. Also, given the limited seating capacity, the tickets will be distributed on a first come first serve basis based on the timing of responses received. Thank you!</div><div style="font-family:arial,sans-serif"><br></div><div style="font-family:arial,sans-serif">Sincerely, <br><br></div><div style="font-family:arial,sans-serif">Liz</div></div></div><div><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_signature"><div dir="ltr"><p class="MsoNormal" style="color:rgb(34,34,34)"><span style="font-family:Arial,sans-serif;font-size:11pt"> </span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="color:rgb(34,34,34)"><b><span style="font-family:Arial,sans-serif">Elizabeth Watkins, PhD</span></b><span style="font-family:Arial,sans-serif"><u></u><u></u></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="color:rgb(34,34,34)"><i><span style="font-family:Arial,sans-serif">Provost and Executive Vice Chancellor</span></i><span style="font-family:Arial,sans-serif"><u></u><u></u></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="color:rgb(34,34,34)"><i><span style="font-family:Arial,sans-serif">Professor of History</span></i><span style="font-family:Arial,sans-serif"><u></u><u></u></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="color:rgb(34,34,34)"><span style="font-family:Arial,sans-serif">University of California, Riverside<u></u><u></u></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="color:rgb(34,34,34)"><span style="font-family:Arial,sans-serif">951.827.1129 | <a href="mailto:Elizabeth.Watkins@UCR.edu" style="color:rgb(17,85,204)" target="_blank">Elizabeth.Watkins@UCR.edu</a><u></u><u></u></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:12pt;color:rgb(34,34,34)"><span style="font-family:Arial,sans-serif"><u></u> <u></u></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="color:rgb(34,34,34)"><span style="font-family:Arial,sans-serif;color:rgb(31,73,125)"><img border="0" width="198" height="61" src="cid:ii_19c2990c7114cff311" style="width: 2.0625in; height: 0.6354in;"></span></p></div></div></div></div>
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