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<span style="mso-bookmark:_Hlk161058449"><span style="mso-bookmark:_Hlk161057670"><b><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Aptos",sans-serif">To:<o:p></o:p></span></b></span></span></p>
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<span style="mso-bookmark:_Hlk161058449"><span style="mso-bookmark:_Hlk161057670"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Aptos",sans-serif">Department Benefits Representatives (DBRs)<o:p></o:p></span></span></span></p>
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<span style="mso-bookmark:_Hlk161058449"><span style="mso-bookmark:_Hlk161057670"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Aptos",sans-serif">Central HR Benefits Office on behalf of UCR’s Staff Assembly<o:p></o:p></span></span></span></p>
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<span style="mso-bookmark:_Hlk161058449"><span style="mso-bookmark:_Hlk161057670"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Aptos",sans-serif">Upcoming May Staff Events – Staff Assembly<o:p></o:p></span></span></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Aptos",sans-serif">DBRs, please share this information via your internal listserv.
<b><u>Do not reply to this mail.</u></b> Please send a separate email with questions to
<a href="mailto:benefits@ucr.edu"><span style="color:#467886">benefits@ucr.edu</span></a>.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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May is bursting with valuable information and engaging events! We encourage you to mark your calendars for these significant gatherings.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background:white"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Aptos",sans-serif;color:#242424;background:yellow">Next week, on
<b>Wednesday, May 7 at 9 AM</b>, please join <b>Provost Watkins</b> for an <b>in-person</b> town hall meeting at the University Theatre on
</span><b><i><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Aptos",sans-serif;color:#467886;background:yellow"><a href="https://events.ucr.edu/event/townhall-with-provost-watkins-responding-collectively-to-unprecedented-challenges" target="_blank" title="https://events.ucr.edu/event/townhall-with-provost-watkins-responding-collectively-to-unprecedented-challenges"><span style="color:#467886">Responding
Collectively to Unprecedented Challenges</span></a></span></i></b><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Aptos",sans-serif;color:#242424;background:yellow">. </span><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Aptos",sans-serif"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="background:white"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Aptos",sans-serif;color:#242424">Later in the month, on
<b>Tuesday, May 27 at 10 AM</b>, we invite you to participate in a <b>virtual</b>
</span><b><i><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Aptos",sans-serif;color:#467886"><a href="https://events.ucr.edu/event/staff-strategic-plan-update-with-provost-watkins" target="_blank" title="https://events.ucr.edu/event/staff-strategic-plan-update-with-provost-watkins"><span style="color:#467886">Staff
Strategic Plan Update</span></a> </span></i></b><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Aptos",sans-serif;color:black">also with Provost Watkins.</span><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Aptos",sans-serif"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<b><u><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Aptos",sans-serif;color:#242424">Here are additional details about other exciting events happening this month</span></u></b><b><u><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Aptos",sans-serif;color:black">!</span></u></b><b><u><span style="font-family:"Aptos",sans-serif"><o:p></o:p></span></u></b></p>
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<span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Aptos",sans-serif;color:#242424">May 8 @ 3 PM at the Rivera Lawn,
<b>Chancellor Wilcox Retirement </b></span><b><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Aptos",sans-serif;color:#467886"><a href="https://events.ucr.edu/event/chancellor-wilcox-retirement-celebration" target="_blank" title="https://events.ucr.edu/event/chancellor-wilcox-retirement-celebration"><span style="color:#467886">Celebration</span></a></span></b><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Aptos",sans-serif;color:#242424">
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<span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Aptos",sans-serif;color:#242424">May 9 @ 11:59 PMpm,
<b>Outstanding Staff Awards</b> Nominations Due (</span><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Aptos",sans-serif;color:#467886"><a href="https://staffassembly.ucr.edu/outstanding-staff-awards" target="_blank" title="https://staffassembly.ucr.edu/outstanding-staff-awards"><span style="color:#467886">nomination
info</span></a></span><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Aptos",sans-serif;color:#242424">)</span><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Aptos",sans-serif"><o:p></o:p></span></li><li class="MsoListParagraph" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;margin-left:0in;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1;background:white">
<span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Aptos",sans-serif;color:#242424">May 13 @ 1 PM,
<b>Lunch n Learn featuring Jay Melashenko</b> (</span><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Aptos",sans-serif;color:#467886"><a href="https://events.ucr.edu/event/lunch-n-learn-with-jay-melashenko?utm_campaign=widget&utm_medium=widget&utm_source=UC+Riverside&_gl=1*1s205s3*_ga*MjA5NzY1NDkyNi4xNzQ2MDQ2NTcw*_ga_Z1RGSBHBF7*MTc0NjE1Nzk0My40LjEuMTc0NjE1ODE0My4wLjAuMA..*_ga_S8BZQKWST2*MTc0NjE1Nzk0My40LjEuMTc0NjE1ODE0My4wLjAuMA.." target="_blank" title="https://events.ucr.edu/event/lunch-n-learn-with-jay-melashenko?utm_campaign=widget&utm_medium=widget&utm_source=UC+Riverside&_gl=1*1s205s3*_ga*MjA5NzY1NDkyNi4xNzQ2MDQ2NTcw*_ga_Z1RGSBHBF7*MTc0NjE1Nzk0My40LjEuMTc0NjE1ODE0My4wLjAuMA..*_ga_S8BZQKWST2*MTc0NjE1"><span style="color:#467886">event
details</span></a></span><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Aptos",sans-serif;color:#242424">)</span><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Aptos",sans-serif"><o:p></o:p></span></li><li class="MsoListParagraph" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;margin-left:0in;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1;background:white">
<span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Aptos",sans-serif;color:#242424">May 14 @ 12 PM at the HUB 302,
<b>Spring Quarter General Meeting</b> (</span><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Aptos",sans-serif;color:#467886"><a href="https://events.ucr.edu/event/spring-quarter-general-meeting?utm_campaign=widget&utm_medium=widget&utm_source=UC+Riverside&_gl=1*14os0e3*_ga*MjA5NzY1NDkyNi4xNzQ2MDQ2NTcw*_ga_Z1RGSBHBF7*MTc0NjE1Nzk0My40LjEuMTc0NjE1ODEyOS4wLjAuMA..*_ga_S8BZQKWST2*MTc0NjE1Nzk0My40LjEuMTc0NjE1ODEyOS4wLjAuMA.." target="_blank" title="https://events.ucr.edu/event/spring-quarter-general-meeting?utm_campaign=widget&utm_medium=widget&utm_source=UC+Riverside&_gl=1*14os0e3*_ga*MjA5NzY1NDkyNi4xNzQ2MDQ2NTcw*_ga_Z1RGSBHBF7*MTc0NjE1Nzk0My40LjEuMTc0NjE1ODEyOS4wLjAuMA..*_ga_S8BZQKWST2*MTc0NjE1Nzk"><span style="color:#467886">event
info</span></a></span><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Aptos",sans-serif;color:black">)</span><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Aptos",sans-serif"><o:p></o:p></span></li><li class="MsoListParagraph" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;margin-left:0in;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1;background:white">
<span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Aptos",sans-serif;color:#242424">May 15 @ 10 AM at the UCR Track,
<b>UCR Walks</b> (</span><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Aptos",sans-serif;color:#467886"><a href="https://events.ucr.edu/event/ucr-walks?utm_campaign=widget&utm_medium=widget&utm_source=UC+Riverside&_gl=1*1ah9p21*_ga*MjA5NzY1NDkyNi4xNzQ2MDQ2NTcw*_ga_Z1RGSBHBF7*MTc0NjE1Nzk0My40LjEuMTc0NjE1ODExNy4wLjAuMA..*_ga_S8BZQKWST2*MTc0NjE1Nzk0My40LjEuMTc0NjE1ODExNy4wLjAuMA.." target="_blank" title="https://events.ucr.edu/event/ucr-walks?utm_campaign=widget&utm_medium=widget&utm_source=UC+Riverside&_gl=1*1ah9p21*_ga*MjA5NzY1NDkyNi4xNzQ2MDQ2NTcw*_ga_Z1RGSBHBF7*MTc0NjE1Nzk0My40LjEuMTc0NjE1ODExNy4wLjAuMA..*_ga_S8BZQKWST2*MTc0NjE1Nzk0My40LjEuMTc0NjE1ODEx"><span style="color:#467886">more
info</span></a></span><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Aptos",sans-serif;color:#242424">)</span><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Aptos",sans-serif"><o:p></o:p></span></li><li class="MsoListParagraph" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;margin-left:0in;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1;background:white">
<span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Aptos",sans-serif;color:#242424">May 16 @ 12 PM,
<b>Staff Virtual Bingo</b> (</span><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Aptos",sans-serif;color:#467886"><a href="https://events.ucr.edu/event/ucr-staff-assembly-virtual-bingo?utm_campaign=widget&utm_medium=widget&utm_source=UC+Riverside&_gl=1*yt42eo*_ga*MjA5NzY1NDkyNi4xNzQ2MDQ2NTcw*_ga_Z1RGSBHBF7*MTc0NjE1Nzk0My40LjEuMTc0NjE1ODA5OC4wLjAuMA..*_ga_S8BZQKWST2*MTc0NjE1Nzk0My40LjEuMTc0NjE1ODA5OC4wLjAuMA.." target="_blank" title="https://events.ucr.edu/event/ucr-staff-assembly-virtual-bingo?utm_campaign=widget&utm_medium=widget&utm_source=UC+Riverside&_gl=1*yt42eo*_ga*MjA5NzY1NDkyNi4xNzQ2MDQ2NTcw*_ga_Z1RGSBHBF7*MTc0NjE1Nzk0My40LjEuMTc0NjE1ODA5OC4wLjAuMA..*_ga_S8BZQKWST2*MTc0NjE1Nz"><span style="color:#467886">register
here</span></a></span><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Aptos",sans-serif;color:black">)</span><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Aptos",sans-serif"><o:p></o:p></span></li><li class="MsoListParagraph" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;margin-left:0in;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1;background:white">
<span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Aptos",sans-serif;color:#242424">May 30 @ 12:30 PM at Pentland Hills Roundabout,
<b>Staff Pantry</b>, please <b>bring a reusable bag</b> (</span><b><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Aptos",sans-serif;color:#467886"><a href="https://events.ucr.edu/event/staff-pantry-2024-2025?utm_campaign=widget&utm_medium=widget&utm_source=UC+Riverside&_gl=1*1bb6t5d*_ga*MjA5NzY1NDkyNi4xNzQ2MDQ2NTcw*_ga_Z1RGSBHBF7*MTc0NjE1Nzk0My40LjEuMTc0NjE1Nzk5Mi4wLjAuMA..*_ga_S8BZQKWST2*MTc0NjE1Nzk0My40LjEuMTc0NjE1Nzk5Mi4wLjAuMA.." target="_blank" title="https://events.ucr.edu/event/staff-pantry-2024-2025?utm_campaign=widget&utm_medium=widget&utm_source=UC+Riverside&_gl=1*1bb6t5d*_ga*MjA5NzY1NDkyNi4xNzQ2MDQ2NTcw*_ga_Z1RGSBHBF7*MTc0NjE1Nzk0My40LjEuMTc0NjE1Nzk5Mi4wLjAuMA..*_ga_S8BZQKWST2*MTc0NjE1Nzk0My40LjE"><span style="color:#467886">volunteer
here</span></a></span></b><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Aptos",sans-serif;color:#242424">)</span><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Aptos",sans-serif"><o:p></o:p></span></li></ul>
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