<div dir="ltr"><div><div class="gmail_default" style=""><font face="arial, sans-serif" style="">Hey Highlanders,</font></div><div class="gmail_default" style=""><font face="arial, sans-serif"><br></font></div><div class="gmail_default" style=""><font face="arial, sans-serif">As we dive into June, we wanted to share some exciting reminders that you won’t want to miss. We’d love for you to join the virtual town hall at the end of this month and help spread the word on how we can support our amazing <span aria-invalid="spelling" class="LI ng" style="border-style:none;background:none">R'Staff</span>.</font></div><div class="gmail_default" style=""><br></div><div class="gmail_default" style=""><span id="gmail-docs-internal-guid-e5d17bf7-7fff-e360-753a-bd08fc95aacc" style=""><font face="arial, sans-serif" style=""><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="background-color:transparent;font-weight:700;font-variant:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">Associate Vice Chancellor Staff Scholarship (6/15)</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="background-color:transparent;font-variant:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">Are you a UCR staff member pursuing a degree? Boost your studies with a $1,000 scholarship! Applicants in any discipline are welcome, with preference for graduate students. Secure a mentor's commitment and </span><a href="https://staffassembly.ucr.edu/scholarships-0" style="text-decoration:none"><span style="background-color:transparent;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:underline;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">apply by</span></a><span style="background-color:transparent;font-variant:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap"> June 15, 2026, by 4:59 p.m. to advance your academic journey. </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="background-color:transparent;font-weight:700;font-variant:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">Town Hall: Strategic Plan Updates (6/30)</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="background-color:transparent;font-variant:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">UC Riverside's Provost and Executive Vice Chancellor Liz Watkins, along with Chief Financial Officer & Vice Chancellor for Finance and Administration Sandra Kim & Staff Assembly 2025-26 President Paige Mejia, for an update about our campus Strategic Plan: UCR 2030.</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"><a href="https://ucr.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_SCBq_bCbQ2qKhXtpKnNRJg#/registration" style="text-decoration:none"><span style="background-color:transparent;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:underline;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">Register to attend virtually </span></a></p></font></span><br class="gmail-Apple-interchange-newline"></div><div class="gmail_default" style=""><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="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 6/30)</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="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.." target="_blank" style="text-decoration:none"><span style="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-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></p></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><p style="color:rgb(34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