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<i><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">Sent on behalf of Academic Senate Chair Ken Barish<o:p></o:p></span></i></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">September 12, 2024<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">I hope you've had an enjoyable and productive summer and are looking forward to the new academic year. I am honored to serve as the UCR Senate Division Chair and look forward
 to working with you and having vibrant, inclusive, respectful, and informed deliberations. Thank you in advance for your engagement with the Senate issues that come before us.
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">Don't hesitate to contact me at
<a href="mailto:barish@ucr.edu">barish@ucr.edu</a>. I am also available to join department faculty meetings if you wish to invite me. 
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">I look forward to seeing you at the Fall Divisional Meeting of the Academic Senate, which will be held in person on Tuesday, December 3, in the Genomics Auditorium (Room
 1102A).<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">Ken<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma",sans-serif;color:#F1AB00">__________________________</span></b><span style="font-size:13.5pt;font-family:"Segoe UI",sans-serif;mso-ligatures:none"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Tahoma",sans-serif;color:#4F81BD">Cherysa Cortez for Ken Barish</span><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma",sans-serif"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma",sans-serif;color:#4F81BD">Executive Director, Academic Senate</span><span style="font-size:13.5pt;font-family:"Tahoma",sans-serif"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma",sans-serif;color:#4F81BD">University Office Building 221</span><span style="font-size:13.5pt;font-family:"Tahoma",sans-serif"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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