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<p class="xmsonormal" style="margin:0in"><span style="color:black">Dear UCR SOE Incoming Juniors in the Education Undergraduate Major,<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<span style="color:black"> <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="xmsonormal" style="margin:0in"><span style="color:black">The deadline for the FIERCE Scholars Program has been extended to</span><span class="apple-converted-space"><span style="color:black"> </span></span><b><u><span style="font-size:14.0pt;color:black">Oct.
18<sup>th</sup>, 2021 at 11:59pm</span></u></b><span style="color:black">. If you have any questions about the program, please email</span><span class="apple-converted-space"><span style="color:black"> </span></span><span style="color:black"><a href="mailto:amosl@ucr.edu" title="mailto:amosl@ucr.edu"><span style="color:#0563C1">amosl@ucr.edu</span></a></span><span class="apple-converted-space"><span style="color:black"> </span></span><span style="color:black">with
questions or if you would like a link to the Zoom informational session held on Sept. 30<sup>th</sup>.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="xmsonormal" style="margin:0in"><span style="color:black"> <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="xmsonormal" style="margin:0in"><span style="color:black">We look forward to reviewing applications and welcoming the first inaugural group of FIERCE Scholars in the SOE.</span><span class="apple-converted-space"><span style="color:black"> <o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="xmsonormal" style="margin:0in"><span class="apple-converted-space"><span style="color:black"><o:p> </o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="xmsonormal" style="margin:0in"><span class="apple-converted-space"><span style="color:black">Thank you,<o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="xmsonormal" style="margin:0in"><span class="apple-converted-space"><span style="color:black">Louie Rodriguez<o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="xmsonormal" style="margin:0in"><span class="apple-converted-space"><span style="color:black">SOE Interim Dean<o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span class="apple-converted-space"><span style="color:black">UC Riverside</span></span><span style="font-size:11.0pt"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<span style="color:black"> <o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<span style="color:black"> <o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<span style="color:black">Dear UCR SOE Incoming Juniors in the Education Undergraduate Major,<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<span style="color:black"> <o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<span style="font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:black">The SOE is exciting to announce a new initiative called the</span><span class="apple-converted-space"><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:black"> </span></span><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:#070706;background:#FFEE94">FIERCE</span><span class="apple-converted-space"><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:black"> </span></span><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:#070706;background:#FFEE94">Scholars</span><span class="apple-converted-space"><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:black"> </span></span><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:black">Program.
This is a 3 year, grow-your-own initiative, focused on developing educators (teachers, school psychologists, or higher education professionals) who are dedicated to serving the communities of the Inland Empire. </span><span class="apple-converted-space"><span style="color:black"> </span></span><span style="color:black"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<span style="color:black"> <o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<span style="color:black">If you are interested in applying, you can find the details below. I am also excited to share that Dr. Amos Lee, who is an Assistant Professor of Teaching in the SOE, will serve as the Program Coordinator for 21-22. You are welcome
to send him any questions. </span><span class="apple-converted-space"><span style="color:black"> </span></span><span style="color:black"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<span style="color:black">I look forward to meeting you soon and I wish you a great start to the 21-22 academic year! </span><span class="apple-converted-space"><span style="color:black"> </span></span><span style="color:black"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<span style="color:black">Sincerely,<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<span style="color:black"> <o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<span style="color:black">Dr. Louie Rodriguez<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<span style="color:black">Interim Dean</span><span class="apple-converted-space"><span style="color:black"> </span></span><span style="color:black"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<span style="color:black">School of Education<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<span style="color:black">UC Riverside<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:black">F.I.E.R.C.E</span><span class="apple-converted-space"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:black"> </span></span><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:#070706;background:#FFEE94">Scholars</span><span class="apple-converted-space"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:black"> </span></span><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:black">Program</span><span style="font-size:10.5pt;color:black"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<b><u><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black">F</span></u></b><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black">ueling the</span><span class="apple-converted-space"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black"> </span></span><b><u><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black">I</span></u></b><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black">nland</span><span class="apple-converted-space"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black"> </span></span><b><u><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black">E</span></u></b><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black">mpire</span><span class="apple-converted-space"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black"> </span></span><b><u><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black">R</span></u></b><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black">egion
with</span><span class="apple-converted-space"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black"> </span></span><b><u><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black">C</span></u></b><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black">ommunity</span><span class="apple-converted-space"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black"> </span></span><b><u><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black">E</span></u></b><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black">ducators</span><span style="font-size:10.5pt;color:black"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black">The UC Riverside School of Education (SOE) is dedicated to building an education workforce to serve historically underrepresented communities in the Inland Empire (IE) area of Southern
California. The IE community is over 50% people of color, with a significant Latina/o/x, Black, Asian/Asian American, and Indigenous population groups. Our goal is to prepare and equip undergraduate students to be community-ready and equity centered after
graduation to contribute to the workforce needs of the IE.</span><span style="font-size:10.5pt;color:black"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:black">With this in mind, we are excited to announce the inaugural</span><span class="apple-converted-space"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:black"> </span></span><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:#070706;background:#FFEE94">FIERCE</span><span class="apple-converted-space"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:black"> </span></span><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:#070706;background:#FFEE94">Scholars</span><span class="apple-converted-space"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:black"> </span></span><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:black">Program.
The following are the advantages of becoming a</span><span class="apple-converted-space"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:black"> </span></span><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:#070706;background:#FFEE94">FIERCE</span><span class="apple-converted-space"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:black"> </span></span><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:black">scholar. </span><span style="font-size:10.5pt;color:black"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<span style="font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">$3,000<span class="apple-converted-space"> </span></span><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:#070706;background:#FFEE94">scholars</span><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">hip
total: $1,000 for junior and senior years and $1,000 for a Master’s program in the SOE</span><span style="font-size:11.0pt"><o:p></o:p></span></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="color:black;mso-list:l1 level1 lfo1;vertical-align:baseline;font-variant-ligatures: normal;font-variant-caps: normal;font-variant-east-asian: normal">
<span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">Possible job opportunities with partner districts</span><o:p></o:p></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="color:black;mso-list:l1 level1 lfo1;vertical-align:baseline;font-variant-ligatures: normal;font-variant-caps: normal;font-variant-east-asian: normal">
<span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">Ongoing mentorship</span><o:p></o:p></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="color:black;mso-list:l1 level1 lfo1;vertical-align:baseline;font-variant-ligatures: normal;font-variant-caps: normal;font-variant-east-asian: normal">
<span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">Invitations to SOE speaker series</span><o:p></o:p></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="color:black;mso-list:l1 level1 lfo1;vertical-align:baseline;font-variant-ligatures: normal;font-variant-caps: normal;font-variant-east-asian: normal">
<span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">Networking opportunities with faculty, staff, and students committed to educational improvement</span><o:p></o:p></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="color:black;mso-list:l1 level1 lfo1;vertical-align:baseline;font-variant-ligatures: normal;font-variant-caps: normal;font-variant-east-asian: normal">
<span style="font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">Name of cohort members to remain on SOE<span class="apple-converted-space"> </span></span><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:#070706;background:#FFEE94">Fierce</span><span class="apple-converted-space"><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman",serif"> </span></span><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:#070706;background:#FFEE94">Scholars</span><span class="apple-converted-space"><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman",serif"> </span></span><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">page</span><o:p></o:p></li></ul>
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<span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black">Eligibility and application requirements are listed below:</span><span style="font-size:10.5pt;color:black"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">Junior Year Standing (incoming UCR SOE junior or SOE transfer student with junior year status)</span><span style="font-size:11.0pt"><o:p></o:p></span></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="color:black;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo2;vertical-align:baseline;font-variant-ligatures: normal;font-variant-caps: normal;font-variant-east-asian: normal">
<span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">SOE major, double major between SOE undergraduate major and another UCR major (i.e., psychology, math, Ethnic Studies, etc.), no SOE minor-only allowed</span><o:p></o:p></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="color:black;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo2;vertical-align:baseline;font-variant-ligatures: normal;font-variant-caps: normal;font-variant-east-asian: normal">
<span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">2.5 GPA minimum with current unofficial transcripts</span><o:p></o:p></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="color:black;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo2;vertical-align:baseline;font-variant-ligatures: normal;font-variant-caps: normal;font-variant-east-asian: normal">
<span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">Two academic references or one academic reference and one non-academic reference (i.e., employer, volunteer organization).</span><o:p></o:p></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="color:black;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo2;vertical-align:baseline;font-variant-ligatures: normal;font-variant-caps: normal;font-variant-east-asian: normal">
<span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">Priority given to applicants who attended an Inland Empire high school with a student population that is at least 50% Low SES and/or Title I status</span><o:p></o:p></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="color:black;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo2;vertical-align:baseline;font-variant-ligatures: normal;font-variant-caps: normal;font-variant-east-asian: normal">
<span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">Priority given to first-generation college students and/or applicants who are bilingual or come from a home language in Spanish, Black or African American Language, Mandarin, etc.</span><o:p></o:p></li></ul>
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<span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black">If you have any questions regarding the application process, please contact Amos Lee, the program coordinator, at</span><span class="apple-converted-space"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black"> </span></span><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:black"><a href="mailto:amosl@ucr.edu" title="mailto:amosl@ucr.edu"><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#1155CC">amosl@ucr.edu</span></a></span><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black">.
Please also see the timeline for the application below.</span><span style="font-size:10.5pt;color:black"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">Application released September 22, 2021</span><o:p></o:p></li></ul>
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<span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">Find application here -<span class="apple-converted-space"> </span><a href="https://forms.gle/8zq5WBxjudp3FD9w7" title="https://forms.gle/8zq5WBxjudp3FD9w7"><span style="color:#1155CC">https://forms.gle/8zq5WBxjudp3FD9w7</span></a></span><o:p></o:p></li></ul>
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<span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">Application Due Date:<span class="apple-converted-space"> </span><s>October 8, 2021 (11:59pm)</s><span class="apple-converted-space"> </span> </span><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:red">New deadline:
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<span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">Announcement of<span class="apple-converted-space"> </span></span><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#070706;background:#FFEE94">FIERCE</span><span class="apple-converted-space"><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif"> </span></span><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#070706;background:#FFEE94">Scholars</span><span class="apple-converted-space"><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif"> </span></span><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">by<span class="apple-converted-space"> </span><s>October
15, 2021</s><span class="apple-converted-space"> </span></span><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:red">the week of October 25, 2021</span><o:p></o:p></li></ul>
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</span><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:#070706;background:#FFEE94">FIERCE</span><span class="apple-converted-space"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:black"> </span></span><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:#070706;background:#FFEE94">Scholars</span><span class="apple-converted-space"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:black"> </span></span><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:black">Webpage:</span><span class="apple-converted-space"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black"> </span></span><span style="font-size:12.0pt;color:black"><a href="https://education.ucr.edu/soe-fierce-scholars" title="https://education.ucr.edu/soe-fierce-scholars"><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:purple">https://education.ucr.edu/soe-</span><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:#070706;background:#FFEE94">fierce</span><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:purple">-</span><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:#070706;background:#FFEE94">scholars</span></a></span><span style="color:black"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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