<div dir="ltr">Dear colleagues,<div><br></div><div>See this message about a valuable program run by the Grad Division next Friday. I hope they offer useful resources.<br><br><div class="gmail_quote gmail_quote_container"><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_attr">---------- Forwarded message ---------<br>From: <strong class="gmail_sendername" dir="auto">Rachel Falkenstern</strong> <span dir="auto"><<a href="mailto:rachel.falkenstern@ucr.edu">rachel.falkenstern@ucr.edu</a>></span><br>Date: Fri, Oct 3, 2025 at 1:39 PM<br>Subject: Join us for Teaching & Learning Grad Support Open House: Rivera Library 10/14 1:00-4:00<br>To: <br></div><br><br><div dir="ltr"><div>Hello Grad Advisors and Happy Friday!</div><div><br></div><b>Attached is a flyer for our Grad Support Research, Teaching, & Learning Open House Event in Rivera Library on 10/14 from 1:00-4:00.</b><div><br></div><div><font color="#0000ff"><b>Please join us to celebrate the new GradVantage Suite in Rivera, </b>where TADP and UCR's Graduate Student Support </font><span style="color:rgb(0,0,255)">Librarians are all now located!</span></div><div><font color="#0000ff"><br></font></div><div><font color="#000000">You can check out the new digs, tour XCITE's amazing facilities and resources, meet some new Grad Student Support Staff (including new hires in the Library and GradSuccess Writing Center), and have some craft coffee drinks from Marigold Collective parked outside as you learn about the ways we support Grad Students' professional development!</font></div><div><br></div><div>Grad Students and Faculty / Staff who check in early can win a free drink from Marigold!</div><div><br></div><div>🌼Please spread the word, and looking forward to meeting you!😊</div><div><span class="gmail_signature_prefix">--</span><br><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_signature"><div dir="ltr"><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in;color:rgb(33,33,33)"><font face="arial, sans-serif"><span style="font-size:14px">Best,<br>Rachel</span></font></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in;font-size:10pt;font-family:Aptos,sans-serif;color:rgb(33,33,33)"><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:Garamond,serif"><br></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in;font-size:10pt;font-family:Aptos,sans-serif;color:rgb(33,33,33)"><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:Garamond,serif">Dr. Rachel Falkenstern</span><span style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in;font-size:10pt;font-family:Aptos,sans-serif;color:rgb(33,33,33)"><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:Garamond,serif">(she/her/hers)</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in;font-size:10pt;font-family:Aptos,sans-serif;color:rgb(33,33,33)"><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:Garamond,serif">Teaching Assistant Development Program (TADP) </span><span style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"></span><span style="font-family:Garamond,serif;font-size:14px">Specialist</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in;font-size:10pt;font-family:Aptos,sans-serif;color:rgb(33,33,33)"><span style="font-family:Garamond,serif;font-size:14px">GradSuccess</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in;font-size:10pt;font-family:Aptos,sans-serif;color:rgb(33,33,33)"><u style="font-size:10pt"><img src="https://ci3.googleusercontent.com/mail-sig/AIorK4xIeWpcLza-EhUFoFXWlMst4eHQP1qXkv9FLI8Z2mJOqjemVPeiVvlgdUVnxf4jUCAuMdn4JyQsMcW_"></u></p></div></div></div></div>
</div><div><br clear="all"></div><div><br></div><span class="gmail_signature_prefix">-- </span><br><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_signature" data-smartmail="gmail_signature"><div dir="ltr"><div>andré m. carrington <br></div><div><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div><br></div><div>Associate Professor of English</div><div>University of California, Riverside</div><div><span style="color:rgb(34,34,34)">Director, </span><a href="https://sfts.ucr.edu/directors-report" style="color:rgb(17,85,204)" target="_blank">Designated Emphasis in Speculative Fictions & Cultures of Science</a><br></div><div>--</div><div>Editor, <a href="https://www.loa.org/books/the-black-fantastic-20-afrofuturist-stories-paperback/" style="color:rgb(17,85,204)" target="_blank">The Black Fantastic</a>, Library of America, 2025</div><div><a href="https://www.upress.umn.edu/book-division/books/speculative-blackness" style="color:rgb(17,85,204)" target="_blank">Speculative Blackness: The Future of Race in Science Fiction</a></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div>