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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:black">Dear Colleagues,<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<span style="color:black">From 2019-2022, UCR ran a pilot program whereby international scholars-at-risk or refugee scholars identified and vetted by the International Institute of Education-Scholar Rescue Fund (IIE-SRF) and Scholars at Risk (SAR), or otherwise
identified by UCR units, could be considered for support by and placement with UCR departments, Centers, and laboratories, for one-year visiting appointments.
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:black">That initial period is now over and UCR International Affairs seeks to form a campus-wide Scholars-At-Risk Coordinating Committee to undertake the following tasks:<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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Review the past program and its efforts to identify and place scholars-at risk;<o:p></o:p></li><li class="gmail-m-5674026051285440386normal1" style="color:black;margin-bottom:0in;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1">
Explore ways to promote and raise campus-wide awareness of the program;<o:p></o:p></li><li class="gmail-m-5674026051285440386normal1" style="color:black;margin-bottom:0in;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1">
Engage with faculty across the campus to identify potential hosts for scholars-at-risk;<o:p></o:p></li><li class="gmail-m-5674026051285440386normal1" style="color:black;margin-bottom:0in;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1">
Explore effective ways to cooperate with SAR and IIE-SRF in identifying and placing scholars;<o:p></o:p></li><li class="gmail-m-5674026051285440386normal1" style="color:black;margin-bottom:0in;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1">
Explore other ways, short of hosting scholars, that UCR faculty could contribute to assisting international scholars-at-risk;<o:p></o:p></li><li class="gmail-m-5674026051285440386normal1" style="color:black;margin-bottom:0in;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1">
Develop strategies for fundraising, including grant writing, in order to sustain the program. <o:p></o:p></li></ul>
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<span style="color:black">Active participation on the SAR Coordinating Committee will be recognized as a campus service contribution in faculty merit and promotion files.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<b><span style="color:black">Interested faculty should contact SAR representative, Professor David Lloyd:</span></b><span class="apple-converted-space"><span style="color:black"> </span></span><span style="color:black"><a href="mailto:dclloyd@ucr.edu" title="mailto:dclloyd@ucr.edu"><span style="color:#0563C1">dclloyd@ucr.edu</span></a>.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<span style="color:black">Thank you for considering to join this inaugural committee!<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<span style="color:black">Marko<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<span style="font-size:10.5pt;color:black">Professor of Mechanical Engineering</span><span style="color:black"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<span style="font-size:10.5pt;color:black">Vice Provost of International Affairs<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="background:white"><span style="font-size:10.5pt;color:black">Marko Princevac</span><span style="font-size:11.0pt;color:black"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background:white"><span style="font-size:10.5pt;color:black">Vice Provost of International Affairs</span><span style="font-size:11.0pt;color:black"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background:white"><span style="font-size:10.5pt;color:black">Professor of Mechanical Engineering</span><span style="font-size:11.0pt;color:black"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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