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<p style="margin:0in"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black">The Highlander Family Network (in collaboration with the UCR Alumni Association) sponsors the Parent of the Year Award annually so that students can recognize and
celebrate their loved ones. Students can nominate their family members by applying using the following link:
</span><a href="https://myadv.ucr.edu/forms/ParentOfTheYear2024"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#1155CC">https://myadv.ucr.edu/forms/ParentOfTheYear2024</span></a><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black"> </span><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p style="margin:0in"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black">Once the committee has selected their award recipient, they will be asked to come to campus for a photoshoot and award presentation to celebrate their family. </span><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p style="margin:0in"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black">Sincerely, </span><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="background:white"><b><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Aptos Black",sans-serif;color:#44546A;border:none windowtext 1.0pt;padding:0in;mso-ligatures:none">CHELSEA USHER
</span></b><span style="color:black;mso-ligatures:none"> ´</span><b><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Aptos Black",sans-serif;color:#44546A;border:none windowtext 1.0pt;padding:0in;mso-ligatures:none">12</span></b><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Aptos Black",sans-serif;color:#242424;mso-ligatures:none"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background:white"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#44546A;mso-ligatures:none"><a href="https://pronouns.org/what-and-why"><span style="color:#44546A">Pronouns:</span></a></span><span style="color:#44546A;mso-ligatures:none"> <span style="border:none windowtext 1.0pt;padding:0in">She/Her/Hers</span></span><span style="font-size:10.0pt;color:#242424;mso-ligatures:none"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background:white"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#44546A;border:none windowtext 1.0pt;padding:0in;mso-ligatures:none">Director of Parent & Student Engagement</span><span style="font-size:10.0pt;color:#242424;mso-ligatures:none"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background:white"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#44546A;mso-ligatures:none">951-827-0254<span style="border:none windowtext 1.0pt;padding:0in">| <a href="http://families.ucr.edu/"><span style="color:#44546A">http://families.ucr.edu</span></a> </span></span><span style="font-size:10.0pt;color:#242424;mso-ligatures:none"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background:white"><u><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#44546A;background:white;mso-ligatures:none"><a href="https://nasp.ucr.edu/" title="https://nasp.ucr.edu/"><span style="color:blue">Native Land</span></a></span></u><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#44546A;background:white;mso-ligatures:none"> to
the Cahuilla, Tongva, Luiseņo, and Serrano peoples<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background:white"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#44546A;background:white;mso-ligatures:none">Find us on
<a href="linktr.ee/ucrhighlanderfamilynetwork"><span style="color:blue">Social Media</span></a></span><span style="font-size:10.0pt;color:#242424;mso-ligatures:none"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="background:white"><i><span style="font-size:8.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black;mso-ligatures:none">Please know I do not expect replies on evenings and weekends.</span></i><span style="font-size:10.0pt;color:#242424;mso-ligatures:none"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background:white"><i><span style="font-size:8.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black">I honor and uphold boundaries around personal time, well-being, caretaking, and rest.
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Should you receive correspondence from me while you are engaging in any of the above,
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please protect your time and wait to respond until the next time you’re working. <br>
Prioritize your joy and rest.</span></i><o:p></o:p></p>
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