<div dir="ltr"><div class="gmail_quote gmail_quote_container"><div dir="ltr"><div><blockquote type="cite"><div style="font-family:Helvetica;font-size:12px"><div style="margin:0in;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><span style="font-size:12pt;color:rgb(33,33,33)">Dear UCR Faculty, <u></u><u></u></span></div><div style="margin:0in;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><span style="font-size:12pt;color:rgb(33,33,33)"> <u></u><u></u></span></div><div style="margin:0in;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><span style="font-size:12pt;color:rgb(33,33,33)">Attached are the nomination calls for the 2026 Academy of Distinguished Teaching awards: Junior Faculty Excellence in Teaching Award, Innovative Teaching Award, and Community Engaged Teaching Award. The ADT is especially pleased to announce <b>two BRAND NEW teaching awards for this year</b>: the <b>Grad Student/Postdoc Instructor of Record Award</b> and the <b>Lecturer Award.</b> The deadline for nominations is Friday, April 3, 2026.<u></u><u></u></span></div><div style="margin:0in;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><span style="font-size:12pt;color:rgb(33,33,33)"><u></u> <u></u></span></div><div style="margin:0in;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><span style="font-size:12pt;color:rgb(33,33,33)">For questions, please contact Kyle Ingram, Chair of the Academy of Distinguished Teaching Awards Committee (<a href="mailto:kyle.ingram@ucr.edu" title="mailto:kyle.ingram@ucr.edu" style="color:rgb(5,99,193)" target="_blank"><span style="color:rgb(0,120,215)">kyle.ingram@ucr.edu</span></a>) or visit <a href="https://academyteachers.ucr.edu/" title="https://academyteachers.ucr.edu/" style="color:rgb(5,99,193)" target="_blank"><span style="color:rgb(0,120,215)">https://academyteachers.ucr.edu/</span></a> for more details.<u></u><u></u></span></div><div style="margin:0in;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><span style="font-size:12pt;color:rgb(33,33,33)"><u></u> <u></u></span></div><div style="margin:0in;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><span style="font-size:12pt;color:rgb(33,33,33)">Best,<u></u><u></u></span></div><div style="margin:0in;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><span style="font-size:12pt;color:rgb(33,33,33)">Louie</span></div></div></blockquote></div><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_signature" data-smartmail="gmail_signature"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div><div style="font-size:12.8px"><font size="2"></font></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div>
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