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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:8.0pt;line-height:105%"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;line-height:105%;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">Dear Campus Community,</span><span style="font-size:11.0pt;line-height:105%"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:8.0pt;line-height:105%"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;line-height:105%;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">I write to announce the launch of a national search for the next
</span><a href="https://provost.ucr.edu/dean-college-natural-agricultural-sciences-cnas"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;line-height:105%;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">Dean of the College of Natural and Agricultural Sciences (CNAS)</span></a><span style="font-size:11.0pt;line-height:105%;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">.
Preliminary search activities began on May 28, and we are currently engaged in campus listening sessions which are being facilitated by our executive search partner, Isaacson Miller. We plan to make an official call for applications in early July, build a
diverse candidate pool during the summer, and bring finalist candidates for campus visits in the late Fall Quarter. Updates will be made available throughout the search process via email and on the
</span><a href="https://provost.ucr.edu/dean-college-natural-agricultural-sciences-cnas"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;line-height:105%;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">Executive Searches</span></a><span style="font-size:11.0pt;line-height:105%;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">
website. <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:8.0pt;line-height:105%"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;line-height:105%;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">Should you have questions or wish to provide input or submit candidate nominations, please do so via email at
</span><a href="mailto:UCRDeanCNAS@imsearch.com"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;line-height:105%;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">UCRDeanCNAS@imsearch.com</span></a><span style="font-size:11.0pt;line-height:105%;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">.</span><span style="font-size:11.0pt;line-height:105%"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:8.0pt;line-height:105%"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;line-height:105%;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">I am also pleased to announce the search advisory committee:</span><span style="font-size:11.0pt;line-height:105%"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<span style="font-size:11.0pt;line-height:105%;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">Christopher Lynch, BCOE Dean and Professor of Mechanical Engineering (Chair)<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<span style="font-size:11.0pt;line-height:105%;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">Hoori Ajami, Associate Professor, Environmental Sciences<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<span style="font-size:11.0pt;line-height:105%;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">Djurdjica Coss, Associate Vice Chancellor for Research and Economic Development & Professor of Biomedical Sciences<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<span style="font-size:11.0pt;line-height:105%;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">Elizabeth Davis, CHASS Equity Advisor and Associate Professor of Psychology (Affirmative Action Compliance Liaison) <o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<span style="font-size:11.0pt;line-height:105%;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">Jennifer Farias, CNAS Chief Financial and Administrative Officer<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<span style="font-size:11.0pt;line-height:105%;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">Chukwufunanya (Funanya) Ikechukwu, Undergraduate Student <o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<span style="font-size:11.0pt;line-height:105%;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">Karine Le Roch, Professor, Molecular, Cell and Systems Biology (MCSB)<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<span style="font-size:11.0pt;line-height:105%;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">Paige Mejia, CNAS Financial Operations Manager<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<span style="font-size:11.0pt;line-height:105%;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">Umar Mohideen, Professor, Physics, former Divisional Dean of Physical Sciences
<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<span style="font-size:11.0pt;line-height:105%;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">Richard Redak, Professor, Chair of Entomology <o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<span style="font-size:11.0pt;line-height:105%;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">Kathy Redd, CNAS Director for Graduate Student Advising <o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<span style="font-size:11.0pt;line-height:105%;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">Helen Regan, Professor, Evolution, Ecology and Organismal Biology (EEOB)<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<span style="font-size:11.0pt;line-height:105%;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">Yinsheng Wang, Distinguished Professor, Chemistry<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<span style="font-size:11.0pt;line-height:105%;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">Graduate Student (TBD) <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:8.0pt;line-height:105%"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;line-height:105%;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">I look forward to broad campus and community participation during this important search. Your engagement in the
search process and willingness to provide feedback are essential for identifying and selecting candidates with the characteristics needed to succeed in this vital campus leadership position.
<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:8.0pt;line-height:105%"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;line-height:105%;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">Sincerely,</span><span style="font-size:11.0pt;line-height:105%"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:8.0pt;line-height:105%"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;line-height:105%;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">Liz</span><span style="font-size:11.0pt;line-height:105%"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<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"><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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