<div dir="ltr"><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-variant-alternates:normal;vertical-align:baseline">Dear SFCS friends,</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;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-variant-alternates:normal;vertical-align:baseline">On February 27 (1-3pm via zoom), the Academic Senate will vote on SEHE’s proposals for a <a href="https://docs.google.com/document/d/1qLl7VCGID6Bx-kDMn_ujI32DmOVVjyEiaP6lRYr_5Ug/edit?usp=sharing" target="_blank">BA in Environmental Studies</a> and a<a href="https://docs.google.com/document/d/1YMaXogQCJ2rFSLjPNmFjNRxYicdVc98OXtnXLloZK5w/edit?usp=sharing" target="_blank"> BA Global and Community Health</a> (as well as minors in each). These proposals offer CHASS students a meaningful program of study in the arts, humanities, and social sciences that is relevant to their careers, Inland Empire communities, and the future health of our planet. With the Environmental Studies degree program, UCR will join five other UCs that already offer interdisciplinary environmental studies undergraduate majors. The Global and Community Health major will offer students critical arts, humanities and social science perspectives on health inequities, health justice and the social determinants of health. SEHE graduates from these two degree programs will be ready to enter a growing workforce in environment and health, and graduate training in public policy, business, city planning, public health and related fields.</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;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-variant-alternates:normal;vertical-align:baseline">SEHE would like to invite SFCS faculty to join us at our social hour for UCR faculty at The Stable on </span><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;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">February 22 from 4:30-6pm</span><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-variant-alternates:normal;vertical-align:baseline">, to talk about our proposals and enjoy the company.</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;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-variant-alternates:normal;vertical-align:baseline"><span id="m_6383442453713855612m_-5331947661775228916gmail-docs-internal-guid-7dba24cd-7fff-a5aa-15b0-7af014a3a188"><br></span></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;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-variant-alternates:normal;vertical-align:baseline">Come and get your new SEHE sticker!</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;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-variant-alternates:normal;vertical-align:baseline"><span style="border:none;display:inline-block;overflow:hidden;width:624px;height:351px"><img src="https://lh7-us.googleusercontent.com/XPZ1VmLm0YRoru9J2uG88Es76C8ZBewbwbPsFvziwHVlY-j_Fm9_dH8CNzc8iq57g9PpEoaZUas7Ie_ZaIcP9p04MF2hpBLMmZyiWoIBDN2ZT-SLVJ6AC4VO2bV_b61HmiMXH-94iL9b6EMu56w9pPA" width="624" height="351" class="gmail-CToWUd gmail-a6T" tabindex="0" style="cursor: pointer; outline: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"></span></span></p><div><br></div><span class="gmail_signature_prefix">-- </span><br><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_signature" data-smartmail="gmail_signature"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><span style="font-size:12.8px">Dana Simmons</span><br style="font-size:12.8px"><span style="font-size:12.8px">Acting Chair and Associate Professor, Department of Society, Environment and Health Equity</span></div><div><div><span style="font-size:12.8px">Cooperating Faculty, Department of History</span></div></div><div dir="ltr"><span style="font-size:12.8px">University of California, Riverside</span></div></div></div></div></div>