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<p class="MsoNormal">Dear Campus Community,<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">One year ago, I wrote to announce the official launch of our campus
<b>strategic plan, UCR 2030</b>. Today, I’m pleased to announce that we have completed the annual update to UCR 2030. I presented the update at the May 21<sup>st</sup> division meeting of the Academic Senate, and we have scheduled a Zoom town hall for a similar
presentation to staff (and faculty who may have missed the Senate meeting) on June 11<sup>th</sup> at 2:00 pm. I encourage you to visit the
<a href="https://strategicplan.ucr.edu/">UCR 2030 website</a> to read about the progress made on initiatives in the campus strategic plan and the strategic plans of our academic and administrative units.<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="Default"><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif">I’d also like to call your attention to some upcoming changes around campus.
<b>Several offices and units have moved or are moving their locations</b>. Thanks to the combined effects of the opening of the
</span><a href="https://app.truelook.cloud/dashboard/14662/16027/live?code=4wlqbwsyjox9jh4f194m820e4"><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif">new School of Business building</span></a><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif">, the purchase of an
office building at </span><a href="https://insideucr.ucr.edu/stories/2023/09/06/ucr-buys-office-building"><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif">1420 Iowa Avenue</span></a><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif">, and an increase in
</span><a href="https://hr.ucr.edu/employee-resources/remote-hybrid-work"><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif">remote/hybrid work</span></a><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif">, we have been able to reassign space to better suit the needs
of our campus community. The following moves will be completed or in progress when the academic year resumes in the fall:<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="Default"><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
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<li class="Default" style="mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1"><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif">Public Policy expands its footprint to include space on the third floor of Olmsted<o:p></o:p></span></li><li class="Default" style="mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1"><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif">CNAS consolidates its dean’s office (including Finance, HR, and Development) on the second floor of Olmsted, as Business vacates to move into the new building</span><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:red">
</span><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif"><o:p></o:p></span></li><li class="Default" style="color:#212121;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1"><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif">Library and Graduate Division collaborate on the provision of space for graduate student teaching assistants on the first floor of Rivera Library</span><span class="apple-converted-space"><o:p></o:p></span></li><li class="Default" style="mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1"><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif">Enrollment Services consolidates its units (Admissions, Registrar, Financial Aid) on the third floor of the Student Services Building</span><o:p></o:p></li><li class="Default" style="mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1"><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif">Undergraduate Education and International Affairs move to the second floor of the Student Services Building<o:p></o:p></span></li><li class="Default" style="mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1"><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif">University Advancement consolidates its University Relations, Development, and Administrative units at Iowa Avenue<o:p></o:p></span></li><li class="Default" style="mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1"><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif">Human Resources moves to the first floor of Hinderaker<o:p></o:p></span></li><li class="Default" style="mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1"><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif">Office of Civil Rights (Compliance, Title IX) moves to the first floor of Hinderaker</span><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:red">
</span><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif"><o:p></o:p></span></li><li class="Default" style="color:black;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1"><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:black">Vice Provost of Administrative Resolution (VPAR) moves to the second floor of
</span><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif">Hinderaker<o:p></o:p></span></li><li class="Default" style="color:black;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1"><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif">Audit Services moves to Iowa Avenue<o:p></o:p></span></li><li class="Default" style="color:black;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1"><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif">Space vacated by Audit, Civil Rights, and International Affairs in Skye Hall is populated by faculty and staff from Math, Engineering, and Education.
<o:p></o:p></span></li></ul>
<p class="Default"><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="Default"><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif">Lastly, the recommendations from the Final Report of the UC system-wide Mitigating COVID-19 Impacts on Faculty Working Group (MCIF-WG) can be found
</span><a href="https://academicpersonnel.ucr.edu/sites/default/files/2024-05/aro-wg-final-rpt-letter-3-28-24.pdf"><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif">here </span></a><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif">and
</span><a href="https://academicpersonnel.ucr.edu/sites/default/files/2024-05/final-report-of-the-aro-principles-working-group-nov-2023.pdf"><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif">here</span></a><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif">. Each
campus is asked </span><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:black">to</span><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif"> engage departments in considering how to apply and customize Achievement Relative to Opportunity (ARO) principles to
various circumstances during the academic personnel review process that extend beyond the impact of the pandemic.<span class="apple-converted-space"> </span></span><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:black">To this end, Vice Provost of Academic
Personnel Dan Jeske and I will be hosting a series of <b>faculty thinktank lunches</b> in the fall to address the report’s recommendations. Senate members: Please keep an eye out in September for your invitation to participate.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="Default"><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="Default"><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif">I wish you all the best for the summer, and I look forward to seeing you back on campus in a few months.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="Default"><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="Default"><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif">Sincerely,<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="Default"><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="Default"><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif">Liz<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="Default"><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">Elizabeth Watkins, PhD
</span></b><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">(she / her / hers)</span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><i><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">Provost and Executive Vice Chancellor</span></i><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><i><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">Professor of History</span></i><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">University of California, Riverside</span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">951.827.1129 |
</span><a href="mailto:Elizabeth.Watkins@UCR.edu"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">Elizabeth.Watkins@UCR.edu</span></a><o:p></o:p></p>
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