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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:#212121;mso-ligatures:none">Dear UCR Faculty Colleagues,<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:#212121;mso-ligatures:none"> <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:#212121;mso-ligatures:none">It is with great excitement that I write to share the appointment of the next Associate Dean/Honors Director, Dr. Begona Echeverria. Dr. Echeverria is a long time Professor in UCR’s School
of Education and has served in various leadership roles over the last 20+ years. Dr. Echeverria’s academic work addresses the sociology of language and education, language and gender, language and identity, historical sociolinguistics, Basque Country, endangered
and minority language, and ethnographic and historical methods. <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:#212121;mso-ligatures:none"> <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:#212121;mso-ligatures:none">The feedback from our campus community was enthusiastic about her candidacy and noted her commitment to building bridges across the disciplines, bringing innovative ideas to programmatic and
faculty engagement in University Honors, and strengthening community across the program, Division of Undergraduate Education, and campus. <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:#212121;mso-ligatures:none"> <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:#212121;mso-ligatures:none">As part of her role, Dr. Echeverria will also join the UE Senior Leadership and VPDUE Cabinet and will bring her experience and ideas to elevate UE’s campus wide efforts to meet our strategic
goals including boosting graduation rates and reducing equity gaps, among others. <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:#212121;mso-ligatures:none"> <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:#212121;mso-ligatures:none">I would like to thank the search committee for their service: <o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-indent:.5in"><span style="color:#212121;mso-ligatures:none">Raquel Rall, Associate Dean and Faculty in the School of Education (Chair)<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-indent:.5in"><span style="color:#212121;mso-ligatures:none">Jane Kim, Assistant Director, University Honors<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-indent:.5in"><span style="color:#212121;mso-ligatures:none">Richard Edwards, Executive Director, XCITE<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-indent:.5in"><span style="color:#212121;mso-ligatures:none">Nigel Hughes, Faculty, Earth and Planetary Sciences<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-indent:.5in"><span style="color:#212121;mso-ligatures:none">Annika Spear, Faculty, Theatre, Film, and Digital Production<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-indent:.5in"><span style="color:#212121;mso-ligatures:none">Rayyan Ayoub, Honors Student<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-indent:.5in"><span style="color:#212121;mso-ligatures:none">Jaelen Fields, Honors Student<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:#212121;mso-ligatures:none"> <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:#212121;mso-ligatures:none">Please join me in congratulating Dr. Echeverria in securing this important leadership role in the Division of Undergraduate Education. <o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:#212121;mso-ligatures:none">Sincerely,<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:#212121;mso-ligatures:none"> <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:#212121;mso-ligatures:none">Louie Rodriguez<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:#212121;mso-ligatures:none">Vice Provost and Dean, Division of Undergraduate Education<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:#212121;mso-ligatures:none">Professor of Education<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:#212121;mso-ligatures:none"> <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:#212121;mso-ligatures:none"> </span><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="color:#212121;mso-ligatures:none"><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">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>
<p class="MsoNormal"><a href="mailto:Louie.rodriguez@ucr.edu"><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:#0563C1;mso-ligatures:none">Louie.rodriguez@ucr.edu</span></a><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:black;mso-ligatures:none"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><a href="https://ue.ucr.edu/" title="https://ue.ucr.edu/"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:#0078D7;mso-ligatures:none">ue.ucr.edu</span></a><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:black;mso-ligatures:none"><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>
<p class="MsoNormal"><a href="mailto:mona.nelson@ucr.edu" title="mailto:mona.nelson@ucr.edu"><i><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Tw Cen MT",sans-serif;color:#0078D7;mso-ligatures:none">mona.nelson@ucr.edu</span></i></a><i><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Tw Cen MT",sans-serif;color:#212121;mso-ligatures:none"> (951)
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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