<div dir="ltr"><div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-size:small">Hey Highlanders,</div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-size:small"><br></div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-size:small">Here are some final reminders for events and the last chance to nominate an employee for their outstanding work this week.</div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-size:small"><br></div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-size:small"><span id="gmail-docs-internal-guid-cd76eedc-7fff-ce35-764e-f8c588564562"><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;font-weight:700;font-variant:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">Lunch and Learn: Utilizing Your UCR Staff Benefit Towards a Graduate Business Degree (5/27)</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;font-variant:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">Associate Director of Graduate Admissions Keith Flowers (UCR PMBA’19) will lead </span><a href="https://events.ucr.edu/event/lunch-and-learn-utilizing-your-ucr-staff-benefit-towards-a-graduate-business-degree?utm_campaign=widget&utm_medium=widget&utm_source=UC+Riverside&_gl=1*1a4v50n*_ga*MTAyNDUwNDk2Mi4xNzcwMjM4Mjk4*_ga_S8BZQKWST2*czE3Nzc5MzI1NTUkbzEyNSRnMSR0MTc3NzkzNDY0OSRqNjAkbDAkaDA.*_gcl_aw*R0NMLjE3NzQ0NjY0NzYuQ2owS0NRandqNDdPQmhDbUFSSXNBRjV3VUVHZFd2Wk13LWU1RG41blZfMmNRMGhaaTJMYkVZdm8xREV0R0JWN21TZnNkSUx0ZEl0WXdhOGFBckFLRUFMd193Y0I.*_gcl_au*OTc0NjkxMDUzLjE3NzAzMjE3ODA.*_ga_Z1RGSBHBF7*czE3Nzc5MzI1NTUkbzEyNCRnMSR0MTc3NzkzNDY1MCRqNjAkbDAkaDA." style="text-decoration:none"><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:underline;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">a session</span></a><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;font-variant:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap"> to discuss our graduate business programs, admission requirements, and funding opportunities specifically for UCR staff. </span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><br></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;font-variant:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">Also joining the conversation will be a panel of UCR colleagues who successfully navigated their graduate programs while working full-time; they will be on hand to share their firsthand experiences and tips for balancing professional and academic life.</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><br></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;font-weight:700;font-variant:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">111 Years of Entomology Research, Education and Discovery (5/29)</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;font-variant:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">We are throwing a "something to buzz about" event and you are invited to join the swarm at the UCR University Theatre from 4:00 PM – 6:00 PM, the Bug Fest: Featuring our popular Touch-a-Bug station, and from 6:00 PM – 7:00 PM, Something to Buzz About: A special presentation on 111 years of insect discovery at UC Riverside. RSVP Today: </span><a href="https://entomology.ucr.edu/entomologys-111th-celebration" style="text-decoration:none"><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:underline;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">https://entomology.ucr.edu/entomologys-111th-celebration</span></a><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;font-variant:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap"> </span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><br></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><br></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;background-color:transparent;font-weight:700;font-variant:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">Get Recognized Nominations (Due by 5/31)</span></p><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;background-color:transparent;font-variant:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">The Get Recognized Program is a peer recognition award designed to honor individuals or small work groups (up to three people) who contribute to making UC Riverside a better workplace. Do you work with someone great? Do you have a superlative supervisor? A fantastic employee? Want them to get the recognition that they deserve? Then </span><a href="https://events.ucr.edu/event/staff-assembly-get-recognized-peer-recognition?utm_campaign=widget&utm_medium=widget&utm_source=UC+Riverside&_gl=1*rs7abj*_ga*MTYxMzI0MDk5LjE3NDY1NTIxNDA.*_ga_S8BZQKWST2*czE3Njg1OTQ4MTMkbzQ0JGcxJHQxNzY4NTk2MzE1JGozOSRsMCRoMA..*_ga_Z1RGSBHBF7*czE3Njg1OTQ4MTMkbzQ0JGcxJHQxNzY4NTk2MzE1JGozNyRsMCRoMA.." style="text-decoration:none"><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;background-color:transparent;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:underline;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">nominate</span></a><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;background-color:transparent;font-variant:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap"> them for the Get Recognized peer recognition program.</span></span></div></div><div><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_signature" data-smartmail="gmail_signature"><div dir="ltr"><p style="color:rgb(34,34,34);margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px"><br></p></div></div></div></div>