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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:106%;font-family:"Arial Narrow",sans-serif">Dear UCR Students,
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<p class="xmsonormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial Narrow",sans-serif">We are preparing to launch an international search for the next Dean of UCR’s College of Humanities, Arts & Social Sciences (CHASS). As a part of this process, I invite
you to participate </span><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial Narrow",sans-serif">in an open forum for UCR students to provide input on the desired skills and attributes for the next CHASS Dean and discuss 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:"Arial Narrow",sans-serif">The forum will be hosted by the Search Committee Chair,
</span><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial Narrow",sans-serif">Vice Chancellor for Health Sciences & Dean of the School of Medicine, Deborah Deas, and</span><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial Narrow",sans-serif"> the executive search
firm<span style="color:#1F497D"> </span>Isaacson Miller. <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p><strong><span style="font-family:"Arial Narrow",sans-serif">Student Forum </span>
</strong><span style="font-family:"Arial Narrow",sans-serif"><br>
Tuesday, December 1<sup>st</sup> <br>
1:00 PM – 1:45 PM<br>
</span><a href="https://ucr.zoom.us/meeting/register/tJEtd-2urTojHtL2Vq-FtjU0URcule89Jhm1" target="_blank"><span style="font-family:"Arial Narrow",sans-serif">REGISTER HERE</span></a><span style="font-family:"Arial Narrow",sans-serif"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:106%;font-family:"Arial Narrow",sans-serif">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"><span style="font-family:"Arial Narrow",sans-serif">UCR CHASS Dean Survey</span></a><span style="font-family:"Arial Narrow",sans-serif">
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Arial Narrow",sans-serif">Your willingness</span><span style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:106%;font-family:"Arial Narrow",sans-serif"> to provide feedback,
</span><span style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:106%;font-family:"Arial Narrow",sans-serif">along with input from other campus constituents, the search committee, and multiple references,</span><span style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:106%;font-family:"Arial Narrow",sans-serif">
helps to shape the overall picture and ideal candidate characteristics for this vital campus leadership position</span><span style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:106%;font-family:"Arial Narrow",sans-serif">.</span><span style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:106%;font-family:"Arial Narrow",sans-serif"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:106%;font-family:"Arial Narrow",sans-serif">Throughout the search, up-to-date information will be posted on the
</span><a href="https://provost.ucr.edu/chass-dean"><span style="font-family:"Arial Narrow",sans-serif">Executive Searches website</span></a><span style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:106%;font-family:"Arial Narrow",sans-serif">. I anticipate that a shortlist
of candidates will be invited to campus in early spring. </span><span style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:106%;font-family:"Arial Narrow",sans-serif"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:106%;font-family:"Arial Narrow",sans-serif">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.</span><span style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:106%;font-family:"Arial Narrow",sans-serif"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt"><b><u><span style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:106%;font-family:"Arial Narrow",sans-serif">Search Advisory Committee Members</span></u></b><span style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:106%;font-family:"Arial Narrow",sans-serif"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:106%;font-family:"Arial Narrow",sans-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" style="margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:106%;font-family:"Arial Narrow",sans-serif">Sheila Bergman, Executive Director, UCR ARTS<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:106%;font-family:"Arial Narrow",sans-serif">Heidi Brevik-Zender, Associate Professor of Comparative Literature & Languages<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:106%;font-family:"Arial Narrow",sans-serif">Susan Brown, Director of Academic Personnel, CHASS<span class="apple-converted-space"> </span><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:106%;font-family:"Arial Narrow",sans-serif">Rogério Budasz, Professor and Chair of Music<span class="apple-converted-space"> </span><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:106%;font-family:"Arial Narrow",sans-serif">Steven Helfand, Professor and Chair of Economics<span class="apple-converted-space"> </span><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:106%;font-family:"Arial Narrow",sans-serif">Jeanette Kohl, Associate Professor of Art History<span class="apple-converted-space"> </span><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:106%;font-family:"Arial Narrow",sans-serif">David Lloyd, Professor and Chair of English<span class="apple-converted-space"> </span><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:106%;font-family:"Arial Narrow",sans-serif">Yunhee Min, Professor and Chair of Art<span class="apple-converted-space"> </span><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:106%;font-family:"Arial Narrow",sans-serif">Alyssa Marchan, ASUCR CHASS Senator and Undergraduate Student<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:106%;font-family:"Arial Narrow",sans-serif">Jennifer Nájera, Associate Professor and Chair of Ethnic Studies<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:106%;font-family:"Arial Narrow",sans-serif">Cuauhtémoc Peranda, Graduate Student in Dance<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:106%;font-family:"Arial Narrow",sans-serif">David Schaberg, Dean of Humanities, UCLA<span class="apple-converted-space"> </span><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:106%;font-family:"Arial Narrow",sans-serif">Aaron Seitz, Professor of Psychology<span class="apple-converted-space"> </span><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:106%;font-family:"Arial Narrow",sans-serif">Rodolfo Torres, Vice Chancellor for Research & Economic Development<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:106%;font-family:"Arial Narrow",sans-serif">Melissa Wilcox, Professor and Chair of Religious Studies<span class="apple-converted-space"> </span></span><span class="apple-converted-space"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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