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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 Senate Chair Ken Barish</span></i><span style="font-family:"Segoe UI",sans-serif"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-family:"Segoe UI",sans-serif"><o:p> </o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-family:"Segoe UI",sans-serif">UC-Wide Common Academic Calendar - Future Town Hall, Survey, and Poll</span></b><span style="font-family:"Segoe UI",sans-serif"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Segoe UI",sans-serif">Dear Colleagues,<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="text-align:center"><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 via email on 2/27/24, the
<i>APC Systemwide Academic Calendar Workgroup </i><a href="https://www.ucop.edu/institutional-research-academic-planning/content-analysis/academic-planning/draft-apc-common-calendar-workgroup-report-for-community-input.pdf"><i>Draft Report</i></a>, is currently
under review by Academic Senate committees. As usual, divisional comments will be gathered, summarized, and transmitted to the systemwide Academic Senate.<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"><b><span style="font-family:"Segoe UI",sans-serif">On Tuesday, April 8, 2025 at 1:00pm via Zoom,
</span></b><span style="font-family:"Segoe UI",sans-serif">the Senate will host a division town hall for discussion on this important topic. I will soon follow up with a message containing a link to register for this town hall. Please plan to attend.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Segoe UI",sans-serif">Immediately after the town hall meeting you will have an opportunity to provide written comments by way of a survey. Additionally, there will be a poll about this matter. Links for both
the survey and poll will be shared with you after the April 8th town hall. <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">Finally, after reviewing the report, please remember to provide your individual comments directly to the Academic Calendar Workgroup via
<a href="mailto:calendar@ucop.edu">calendar@ucop.edu</a>. The systemwide calendar workgroup email will accept comments to May 30, 2025. <o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Segoe UI",sans-serif">Related links and information:<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Segoe UI",sans-serif"><a href="https://www.ucop.edu/institutional-research-academic-planning/content-analysis/academic-planning/draft-apc-common-calendar-workgroup-report-for-community-input.pdf">Draft report</a><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Segoe UI",sans-serif"><a href="https://www.ucop.edu/institutional-research-academic-planning/content-analysis/academic-planning/academic-planning-council-workgroup-on-systemwide-academic-calendar.html">Academic
Calendar Workgroup systemwide page</a><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Segoe UI",sans-serif">Thank you.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Segoe UI",sans-serif">Ken Barish, 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>
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