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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;color:#212121;mso-ligatures:none">We are supporting External Relations who wants to feature profiles of students whose hometowns are along the Hwy 99 from Turlock to Stockton (also called the “Upper 99”). They’re
wanting to collect stories that can convey what UC Merced has to offer for students from that part of The Valley. </span><span style="color:#212121;mso-ligatures:none"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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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">JOSE J. BAEZA MORENO</span></b><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;mso-ligatures:none"><br>
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</span><span style="font-size:7.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#092F44;text-transform:uppercase;mso-ligatures:none">SJV PRIME+ STUDENT SERVICES NAVIGATOR</span><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;mso-ligatures:none"><br>
</span><span style="font-size:7.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;text-transform:uppercase;mso-ligatures:none">Department OF MEDICAL EDUCATION</span><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;mso-ligatures:none"><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>
ucmerced.edu </span><span style="color:#DAAC00">|</span><span style="color:#999999"> 209-504-8985</span></span><span style="font-size:11.0pt;mso-ligatures:none"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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