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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Tahoma",sans-serif;color:black">Dear Campus Community, </span><span style="font-family:"Tahoma",sans-serif"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Tahoma",sans-serif;color:black"> </span><span style="font-family:"Tahoma",sans-serif"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Tahoma",sans-serif;color:black">Earlier this month, Vice Chancellor and Chief Diversity Officer Mariam Lam began an academic administrative sabbatical. </span><span style="font-family:"Tahoma",sans-serif"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Tahoma",sans-serif;color:black"> </span><span style="font-family:"Tahoma",sans-serif"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Tahoma",sans-serif;color:black">During the time<span class="apple-converted-space"> </span><u>from July 1 to January 31</u>, Estela Gavosto</span><span style="font-family:"Tahoma",sans-serif">,<span style="color:black">
who is currently our Associate Vice Chancellor for Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion (DEI) and Professor of Teaching in the Department of Mathematics, will serve as Acting Vice Chancellor for DEI</span>,
<span style="color:black">pending approval by the UC Office of the President. She will continue leading the campus AAAS SEA CHANGE and HSI Committee efforts, while also representing UC Riverside on systemwide and national professional associations during this
time.</span><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Tahoma",sans-serif;color:black">Thank you for supporting our DEI leaders in this temporary time of transition.</span><span style="font-family:"Tahoma",sans-serif"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Tahoma",sans-serif;color:black"> </span><span style="font-family:"Tahoma",sans-serif"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Tahoma",sans-serif;color:black">Sincerely,</span><span style="font-family:"Tahoma",sans-serif"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:4.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma",sans-serif;color:black"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Tahoma",sans-serif;color:black">Kim A. Wilcox</span><span style="font-family:"Tahoma",sans-serif"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Tahoma",sans-serif;color:black">Chancellor<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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