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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif">Hello Health Scholars,
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif">We hope your week is going well! I wanted to provide some updates below regarding some important information as a Health Scholar Student at UC Merced-
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<li class="MsoListParagraph" style="margin-left:0in;mso-list:l1 level1 lfo3"><b><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif">Health Scholars Points of Contact Moving Forward-
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<li class="MsoListParagraph" style="margin-left:0in;mso-list:l1 level2 lfo3"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif">Maira Pulido, Department of Medical Education Manager,
<a href="mailto:mpulido2@ucmerced.edu">mpulido2@ucmerced.edu</a> <o:p></o:p></span></li><ul style="margin-top:0in" type="square">
<li class="MsoListParagraph" style="margin-left:0in;mso-list:l1 level3 lfo3"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif">If you have any questions related to Health Scholars that do not pertain to the LLC, please email me directly.
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<li class="MsoListParagraph" style="margin-left:0in;mso-list:l1 level2 lfo3"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif">Olivia Alvarez, Student Success Initiatives Coordinator,
<a href="mailto:oalvarez4@ucmerced.edu">oalvarez4@ucmerced.edu</a><o:p></o:p></span></li><ul style="margin-top:0in" type="square">
<li class="MsoListParagraph" style="margin-left:0in;mso-list:l1 level3 lfo3"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif">Please only contact Olivia if you have questions that are specific to the Next Gen Health Professions LLC (this is only
 if you are a 1<sup>st</sup> year Health Scholar) <o:p></o:p></span></li></ul>
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<li class="MsoListParagraph" style="margin-left:0in;mso-list:l1 level1 lfo3"><b><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif">Important Course Registration Information-
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<li class="MsoListParagraph" style="margin-left:0in;mso-list:l1 level2 lfo3"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif">All Health Scholars have priority course registration, priority course registration for Spring 2025 is this Friday,
 November 1<sup>st</sup>. <o:p></o:p></span></li><li class="MsoListParagraph" style="margin-left:0in;mso-list:l1 level2 lfo3"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif">For 1<sup>st</sup> year Health Scholar students, we also have a few courses that were hidden, please see the attached
 list with the course information, this also includes the CRN for these courses. <o:p>
</o:p></span></li><li class="MsoListParagraph" style="margin-left:0in;mso-list:l1 level2 lfo3"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif">All 1<sup>st</sup> year and 2<sup>nd</sup> year Health Scholars students have the opportunity to register for our USTU
 90 course (Introduction to Medical Learning Course this Spring 2025), please see the attached flyer and course information below-
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<u><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif">Introduction to Medical Learning- Spring 2025, USTU 90, Wednesdays 1:30PM-2:20PM, CRN 13023<o:p></o:p></span></u></li><ul style="margin-top:0in" type="disc">
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<span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif">Please note you can only add this course with the CRN number.
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<b><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif">Upcoming Important Events for Health Scholars- 
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<span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif">November 4<sup>th</sup> 2PM-3PM , Health Scholar Program Q & A w/Dr. Margo Vener, MD (UCM DOME Director & UCSF Assistant Dean of Undergraduate Education) and Maira Pulido (DOME Manager), Granite
 Pass (Room 103). <o:p></o:p></span></li><ul style="margin-top:0in" type="square">
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<span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif">We will be answering student questions regarding Health Scholars during this Q & A.
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<span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif">November 13<sup>th</sup> 3:30PM-4:30PM, Community Engagement and Experiential Learning Opportunities for Health Scholars, presentation lead by Dr. Manzo (DOME Teaching Faculty), Granite Pass (Room
 170) <o:p></o:p></span></li><li class="xmsonormal" style="color:#212121;margin-top:0in;margin-bottom:0in;mso-list:l1 level2 lfo3">
<span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif">November 6<sup>th</sup> 6PM-7PM, Talk by Dr. Alving UCSF-F (please see attached flyer for all details)<o:p></o:p></span></li></ul>
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<p class="xmsonormal" style="margin:0in"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:#212121">If you have any questions, please email me directly!
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#092F44;text-transform:uppercase;mso-ligatures:none">MAIRA G. PULIDO</span></b><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;mso-ligatures:none"><br>
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Medical Education Manager<br>
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<span style="color:#999999">5200 Lake Road </span><span style="color:#DAAC00">|</span><span style="color:#999999"> Merced, California 95343<br>
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