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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt">Hi Directors, <o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt">Please consider nominating an alumni for UCR’s 40 Under 40 Program. Details and criteria for nominations are below.
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt">Best,<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<b><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black">GENESIS GONZALEZ </span></b><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black">(she/her/hers)<br>
<i><span style="background:white">Communications Manager</span></i></span><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Segoe UI",sans-serif;color:black"><br>
</span><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black;background:white">Vice Chancellor for Student Affairs
</span><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Segoe UI",sans-serif;color:black"><br>
</span><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black;background:white">University of California, Riverside</span><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Segoe UI",sans-serif;color:black"><br>
</span><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black;background:white">900 University Ave.</span><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Segoe UI",sans-serif;color:black"><br>
</span><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black;background:white">Hinderaker Hall</span><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Segoe UI",sans-serif;color:black"><br>
</span><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black;background:white">Riverside, CA 92521</span><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;background:white"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background:white"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black;background:white">Office: (951) 827-4635 | Mobile: (909) 217-6382 |</span><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#201F1E;background:white"> Email: <a href="mailto:genesis.gonzalez@ucr.edu"><span style="color:blue">genesis.gonzalez@ucr.edu</span></a>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black;background:white">Website:
<a href="vcsa.ucr.edu"><span style="color:blue">vcsa.ucr.edu</span></a><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt">Good afternoon, all.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt">As mentioned at our last Senior Communicators meeting, University Communications and Alumni Engagement have partnered to develop and launch a new alumni recognition program this year featuring 40 of our exceptional
alumni under the age of 40. The program goal is to identify, cultivate, engage, and celebrate accomplished, early-career UCR alumni in a variety of professional fields to help build overall institutional pride, to build a pipeline of alumni supporters, volunteers,
advocates, and influencers, and to enhance our Beyond Brilliant campaign storytelling content.
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt">Over the next few weeks, please help us identify and recognize UCR’s best and brightest graduates by promoting awareness of this program among your colleagues and key stakeholders, and by submitting one or
more nominations. When making submissions please consider our commitment to reflecting the diversity of UCR’s alumni within the final candidate pool (demographic, geographic, field/discipline, college affiliations, etc.).
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt">Additional nominees are in the process of being sourced from UCOMM, Development, and Alumni team members, past Alumni Awards of Distinction nominees and honorees, and recommendations from the UCR Constituent
Research and Development team. <o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt">Selection Criteria: <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt">• Must be under 40 as of July 1, 2022.
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt">• Demonstrated professional achievement. (Works in leadership role or has been recognized at a large, brand-name company (e.g. Google, NY Times, professional sports leagues, etc.)
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt">• Demonstrated community involvement and service with widespread impact.
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt">• Demonstrated leadership. (Founded, co-founded, or played a significant role in a new business and/or startup. Elevated to an executive-level position within a company within first 5 years.)<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt">• Published work or art that is recognized nationally or internationally.
<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt">• Conducted significant research within a given field, or have received national or international recognition for career achievements.
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt">• Achieved celebrity status or social influence through digital platforms (more than a hundred thousand followers).
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;background:yellow;mso-highlight:yellow">The nomination period is open from October 5, 2021, through January 14, 2022. Please
<a href="https://myadv.ucr.edu/forms/40_under_40">use this nomination form</a> to submit your confidential recommendations.</span><span style="font-size:11.0pt"> We ask that you embargo nominees’ names until the final list is published. The final list of nominees
will be determined in late January, and the results will be shared across all university and school-based communications platforms, including as a special feature in the spring 2022 issue of the magazine. Development relationship managers will also be notified
prior to any outreach to alumni finalists. <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt">For more information, and for additional promotional assets, feel free to contact me or
<a href="https://profiles.ucr.edu/app/home/profile/kendallb">Kendall Burks</a> at your convenience.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt">Let me know if you have any questions or feedback, and many thanks as always for your support. Best, Margene<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#595959">Margene Mastin Schepps<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><i><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#767171">Executive Director, Marketing & Creative Services<o:p></o:p></span></i></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#767171">University Communications I University of California, Riverside<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#767171">O: (951) 827-2494</span><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#FFC000"> I</span><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#767171">
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