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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">The Education Abroad Office is seeking your help to increase access to study abroad at UCR. Education Abroad programs are <a href="https://www.insidehighered.com/views/2018/05/01/kuh-and-kinzie-respond-essay-questioning-high-impact-practices-opinion" target="_blank" title="https://www.insidehighered.com/views/2018/05/01/kuh-and-kinzie-respond-essay-questioning-high-impact-practices-opinion">high-impact
practice</a> 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; 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 <b>summer 2025</b>. If you are interested, please complete our form (Phase 1): <o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<span style="color:black"><a href="https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLScd7ATEELyKLHUUyBuEF7tPQhDCV9kyp0p-6zKkMiBVKuDenQ/viewform" target="_blank" title="https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLScd7ATEELyKLHUUyBuEF7tPQhDCV9kyp0p-6zKkMiBVKuDenQ/viewform">https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLScd7ATEELyKLHUUyBuEF7tPQhDCV9kyp0p-6zKkMiBVKuDenQ/viewform</a>.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<span style="color:black">The deadline is <b>Monday, February 27, 2023, </b>by<b> 5:00 pm (PST)</b>.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="color:black">Questions?</span></b><span style="color:black"> Please see our <b><a href="https://docs.google.com/document/d/1wPAzp-cj-P-GDCIJ2QDflNPtvWjP7jsdHo3kzLE-A5M/edit?usp=sharing" target="_blank" title="https://docs.google.com/document/d/1wPAzp-cj-P-GDCIJ2QDflNPtvWjP7jsdHo3kzLE-A5M/edit?usp=sharing">FAQ</a></b>.
Please contact <a href="mailto:educationabroad@ucr.edu" target="_blank" title="mailto:educationabroad@ucr.edu">educationabroad@ucr.edu</a> with any additional questions.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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