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<p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="text-align:center"><i><span style="font-family:"Segoe UI",sans-serif">Sent on behalf of Academic Senate Chair Ken Barish<o:p></o:p></span></i></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><i><span style="font-family:"Segoe UI",sans-serif"><o:p> </o:p></span></i></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Segoe UI",sans-serif">Dear Colleagues,<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Segoe UI",sans-serif"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Segoe UI",sans-serif">As I mentioned earlier during the Division meeting, attached and linked
<a href="https://senate.universityofcalifornia.edu/_files/reports/future-of-doctoral-programs-report-2025.pdf">
here</a> is the report the<i> Future of Graduate Education at the University of California</i>.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Segoe UI",sans-serif"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Segoe UI",sans-serif">Senate committees will engage in discussions about this report, and the Graduate Council in consultation with other committees, is planning a related town hall to be convened in the Spring
quarter.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Segoe UI",sans-serif">Kind regards,<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Segoe UI",sans-serif">Ken Barish<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Segoe UI",sans-serif">Academic Senate Chair<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<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</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>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma",sans-serif;color:#4F81BD"><a href="mailto:cherysac@ucr.edu"><span style="color:blue">cherysac@ucr.edu</span></a> </span><span style="font-size:13.5pt;font-family:"Tahoma",sans-serif"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma",sans-serif;color:#4F81BD;letter-spacing:2.0pt">UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA RIVERSIDE</span></b><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma",sans-serif"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:8.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma",sans-serif;color:#7A6E67">CONFIDENTIALITY NOTICE: This e-mail communication and any attachments may contain confidential and privileged information for the use of the designated recipients
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