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<span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:#212121">I am happy to share the inaugural VPDUE<span class="apple-converted-space"> </span><a href="https://mailchi.mp/ucr.edu/ucr-vpdue-quarterly-newsletter?utm_source=UC+Riverside+Master+List&utm_campaign=45e2b75dd6-EMAIL_CAMPAIGN_2024_04_22_04_11&utm_medium=email&utm_term=0_-45e2b75dd6-%5BLIST_EMAIL_ID%5D" title="https://mailchi.mp/ucr.edu/ucr-vpdue-quarterly-newsletter?utm_source=UC+Riverside+Master+List&utm_campaign=45e2b75dd6-EMAIL_CAMPAIGN_2024_04_22_04_11&utm_medium=email&utm_term=0_-45e2b75dd6-%5BLIST_EMAIL_ID%5D"><span style="color:#0078D7">newsletter</span></a><span class="apple-converted-space"> </span>from
Division of Undergraduate Education. I appreciate your ongoing partnership. <o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:#212121;mso-ligatures:none">Louie F. Rodriguez </span></b><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:black;mso-ligatures:none"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:#212121;mso-ligatures:none">Vice Provost and Dean </span><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:black;mso-ligatures:none"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:#212121;mso-ligatures:none">Division of Undergraduate Education </span><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:black;mso-ligatures:none"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:#212121;mso-ligatures:none">Professor of Education</span><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:black;mso-ligatures:none"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:#212121;mso-ligatures:none">University of California, Riverside<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:#212121;mso-ligatures:none">Executive Assistant: Mona Nelson </span><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:black;mso-ligatures:none"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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827-7750 </span></i><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:black;mso-ligatures:none"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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