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<p class="MsoNormal">Dear Faculty, <o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">Thank you to those of you who joined yesterday’s open forum to discuss UCR’s next Dean of College of Humanities, Arts & Social Sciences (CHASS).
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<p class="MsoNormal">This is a friendly reminder that we will be hosting one additional faculty forum this Friday, November 20<sup>th</sup> to allow you an opportunity 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></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">The forum will be hosted by the Search Committee Chair, Vice Chancellor for Health Sciences & Dean of the School of Medicine, Deborah Deas, and the executive search firm<span style="color:#1F497D">
</span>Isaacson Miller. <o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="xmsonormal"><b>Faculty Open Forum #2<o:p></o:p></b></p>
<p class="xmsonormal">Friday, November 20<sup>th</sup> <o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="xmsonormal">11:00 AM – 12:00 PM<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="xmsonormal"><a href="https://ucr.zoom.us/meeting/register/tJYvduChqjkpGNEZj4kKFXD_JHEJlxVZj3pA" target="_blank"><b>REGISTER HERE</b></a><b><o:p></o:p></b></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">If for any reason you are unable to attend this forum or prefer to provide your feedback confidentially in writing, you can do so via the following link:
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<p class="MsoNormal"><a href="https://www.research.net/r/JT9QKVG">UCR CHASS Dean Survey</a>
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<p class="MsoNormal">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></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">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 that a shortlist of candidates will be invited to campus in early spring.
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<p class="MsoNormal">I appreciate the commitment of the search committee members (listed below), and I look forward to broad participation as we embark upon this important search.<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><u>Search Advisory Committee Members</u></b><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">Deborah Deas, Vice Chancellor for Health Sciences and Dean of the School of Medicine (Chair)<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">Sheila Bergman, Executive Director, UCR ARTS<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">Heidi Brevik-Zender, Associate Professor of Comparative Literature & Languages<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">Susan Brown, Director of Academic Personnel, CHASS<span class="apple-converted-space"> </span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">Rogério Budasz, Professor and Chair of Music<span class="apple-converted-space"> </span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">Steven Helfand, Professor and Chair of Economics<span class="apple-converted-space"> </span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">Jeanette Kohl, Associate Professor of Art History<span class="apple-converted-space"> </span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">David Lloyd, Professor and Chair of English<span class="apple-converted-space"> </span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">Yunhee Min, Professor and Chair of Art<span class="apple-converted-space"> </span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">Alyssa Marchan, ASUCR CHASS Senator and Undergraduate Student<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">Jennifer Nájera, Associate Professor and Chair of Ethnic Studies<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">Cuauhtémoc Peranda, Graduate Student in Dance<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">David Schaberg, Dean of Humanities, UCLA<span class="apple-converted-space"> </span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">Aaron Seitz, Professor of Psychology<span class="apple-converted-space"> </span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">Rodolfo Torres, Vice Chancellor for Research & Economic Development<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">Melissa Wilcox, Professor and Chair of Religious Studies<span class="apple-converted-space"> <o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">Thank you in advance for your participation in this important search<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">Tom <o:p></o:p></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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