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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:black">Dear Faculty Colleagues,<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<span style="color:black">Happy New Year! The Education Abroad Office is seeking your help to increase access to study abroad at UCR. Education Abroad programs are<span class="apple-converted-space"> </span><a href="https://www.insidehighered.com/views/2018/05/01/kuh-and-kinzie-respond-essay-questioning-high-impact-practices-opinion" title="https://www.insidehighered.com/views/2018/05/01/kuh-and-kinzie-respond-essay-questioning-high-impact-practices-opinion"><span style="color:#954F72">high-impact
practice</span></a><span class="apple-converted-space"> </span>to our undergraduate students’ learning experience. We want to grow programs that uniquely benefit our students and help them reach their goals. Faculty-led education abroad programs can have immediate
and lasting positive impacts on both students and faculty.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<span style="color:black">Despite current travel bans and global pandemic concerns, our students still want to learn abroad (and they have been since the outbreak), and our faculty-led education abroad programs (FLEAP) may increase interest; such programs also
allow us to explore US-based options that improve access for students who cannot, or choose not to, travel abroad.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<span style="color:black">UCR’s Education Abroad office is therefore calling for interested UCR faculty to share preliminary ideas to run a FLEAP for<span class="apple-converted-space"> </span><b>summer 2023</b>. If you are interested, please complete our form
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:black"><a href="https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLScd7ATEELyKLHUUyBuEF7tPQhDCV9kyp0p-6zKkMiBVKuDenQ/viewform">https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLScd7ATEELyKLHUUyBuEF7tPQhDCV9kyp0p-6zKkMiBVKuDenQ/viewform</a>.
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:black">The deadline is<span class="apple-converted-space"> </span><b><span style="background:yellow">Monday, January 31, 2022,<span class="apple-converted-space"> </span></span></b><span style="background:yellow">by<span class="apple-converted-space"><b> </b></span><b>5:00
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<b><span style="color:black">Questions?</span></b><span class="apple-converted-space"><span style="color:black"> </span></span><span style="color:black">Please see our<span class="apple-converted-space"> </span><b><a href="https://docs.google.com/document/d/1wPAzp-cj-P-GDCIJ2QDflNPtvWjP7jsdHo3kzLE-A5M/edit?usp=sharing"><span style="color:#954F72">FAQ</span></a></b>.
Please contact<span class="apple-converted-space"> </span><a href="mailto:educationabroad@ucr.edu" title="mailto:educationabroad@ucr.edu"><span style="color:#954F72">educationabroad@ucr.edu</span></a><span class="apple-converted-space"> </span>with any additional
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<span style="color:black">Sincerely,<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<span style="color:black">Jun Wang<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<span style="color:black">Assistant Provost, Strategic Initiatives & International Recruitment<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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