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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">Dear Faculty,
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<p class="xmsonormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">We are preparing to launch an international search for the next Dean of UCR’s College of Humanities, Arts & Social Sciences (CHASS). As part of this process, I invite
you to participate in an open forum for faculty to provide input on the desired skills and attributes for the next CHASS Dean, and discuss the challenges and opportunities for this position.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="xmsonormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">The forums will be hosted by the Search Committee Chair,
</span><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">Vice Chancellor for Health Sciences & Dean of the School of Medicine, Deborah Deas, and</span><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif"> the executive search
firm<span style="color:#1F497D"> </span>Isaacson Miller. We will be hosting two faculty forums:
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<p class="xmsonormal"><b><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">Forum #1<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="xmsonormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">Monday, November 16<sup>th</sup>
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<p class="xmsonormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">10:00 AM – 11:00 AM<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="xmsonormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif"><a href="https://ucr.zoom.us/meeting/register/tJ0scOiqqDwqG9cVIdjEI-SkU_T5WOjGNddZ" target="_blank"><b>REGISTER HERE</b></a><b>
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<p class="xmsonormal"><b><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">Forum #2<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="xmsonormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">Friday, November 20<sup>th</sup>
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<p class="xmsonormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">11:00 AM – 12:00 PM<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="xmsonormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif"><a href="https://ucr.zoom.us/meeting/register/tJYvduChqjkpGNEZj4kKFXD_JHEJlxVZj3pA" target="_blank"><b>REGISTER HERE</b></a><b><o:p></o:p></b></span></p>
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<p class="xmsonormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">Additional forums will be held in early December for staff and students and will be announced in the coming days.
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">If you are not able to attend either of these sessions, please email your comments or questions to
<a href="mailto:UCRCHASS@imsearch.com">UCRCHASS@imsearch.com</a>. Your willingness to provide feedback, along with input from other campus constituents, the search committee, and multiple references, helps to shape the overall picture and ideal candidate characteristics
for this vital campus leadership position.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">Throughout the search, up-to-date information will be posted on the
<a href="https://provost.ucr.edu/chass-dean">Executive Searches website</a>. I anticipate a shortlist of candidates will be invited to campus in early spring.
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">I appreciate the commitment of the search committee members, and look forward to broad participation as we embark upon this important search.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><u><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">Search Advisory Committee Members</span></u></b><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">Deborah Deas, Vice Chancellor for Health Sciences and Dean of the School of Medicine (Chair)<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">Sheila Bergman, Executive Director, UCR ARTS<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">Heidi Brevik-Zender, Associate Professor of Comparative Literature & Languages<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">Susan Brown, Director of Academic Personnel, CHASS<span class="apple-converted-space"> </span><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">Rogério Budasz, Professor and Chair of Music<span class="apple-converted-space"> </span><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">Steven Helfand, Professor and Chair of Economics<span class="apple-converted-space"> </span><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">Jeanette Kohl, Associate Professor of Art History<span class="apple-converted-space"> </span><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">David Lloyd, Professor and Chair of English<span class="apple-converted-space"> </span><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">Yunhee Min, Professor and Chair of Art<span class="apple-converted-space"> </span><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">Alyssa Marchan, ASUCR CHASS Senator and Undergraduate Student<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">Jennifer Nájera, Associate Professor and Chair of Ethnic Studies<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">Cuauhtémoc Peranda, Graduate Student in Dance<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">David Schaberg, Dean of Humanities, UCLA<span class="apple-converted-space"> </span><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">Aaron Seitz, Professor of Psychology<span class="apple-converted-space"> </span><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">Rodolfo Torres, Vice Chancellor for Research & Economic Development<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">Melissa Wilcox, Professor and Chair of Religious Studies<span class="apple-converted-space"> </span></span><span class="apple-converted-space"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif"><o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">Best Regards,<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt">Thomas M. Smith, Ph.D.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt">Interim Provost and Executive Vice Chancellor<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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