<div dir="ltr"><br>FYI for all non-senate lecturers...<br><div class="gmail_quote"><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_attr">---------- Forwarded message ---------<br>From: <strong class="gmail_sendername" dir="auto">Academic Personnel Office</strong> <span dir="auto"><<a href="mailto:academicpersonnel@ucmerced.edu">academicpersonnel@ucmerced.edu</a>></span><br>Date: Tue, Oct 13, 2020 at 2:33 PM<br>Subject: Reminder: NSF Professional Development Fund: Fall 2020-- Now Accepting Applications (November 1st Deadline)<br>To: Academic Personnel Office <<a href="mailto:academicpersonnel@ucmerced.edu">academicpersonnel@ucmerced.edu</a>><br>Cc: Liz Soria <<a href="mailto:esoria3@ucmerced.edu">esoria3@ucmerced.edu</a>>, <a href="mailto:tbittner@ucaft.org">tbittner@ucaft.org</a> <<a href="mailto:tbittner@ucaft.org">tbittner@ucaft.org</a>>, Kimberly Yanogacio <<a href="mailto:kyanogacio@ucmerced.edu">kyanogacio@ucmerced.edu</a>>, Alexander Khislavsky <<a href="mailto:akhislavsky@ucmerced.edu">akhislavsky@ucmerced.edu</a>>, John Haner <<a href="mailto:jhaner@ucmerced.edu">jhaner@ucmerced.edu</a>><br></div><br><br>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt">***<i>Sent on behalf of the Non-Senate Faculty Committee on Professional Development (NSF PDF)***</i></span><u></u><u></u></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt">Dear UC Merced Lecturer,</span><u></u><u></u></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt">This email serves as an official announcement, opening the
<b>Fall 2020</b>, application process for professional development funds to support your teaching. As this benefit was extended to lecturers within the UC system through union agreement,
<b>all lecturers are eligible and encouraged to apply</b>. Funds are provided annually by UC Merced administration in accordance with Article 9 of the UC-AFT/UC Memorandum of Understanding.</span><u></u><u></u></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt">The attached guidelines have information on qualifications. If you qualify and wish to complete the application proposal please submit by the deadline below. All instructions are contained within each document.
<u>Be sure to note the activity period covered by this round of applications; it has changed from previous years.</u> We encouraged first-time applicants.</span><u></u><u></u></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt">The <b>deadline for fall applications is: November 1, 2020</b><span style="color:red">
</span>(for expenses incurred July 1, 2020- December 31, 2020). Please forward applications to the Academic Personnel Office:
<a href="mailto:academicpersonnel@ucmerced.edu" target="_blank">academicpersonnel@ucmerced.edu</a>.
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt">For questions, please contact Alexander Khislavsky,
<a href="mailto:akhislavsky@ucmerced.edu" target="_blank">akhislavsky@ucmerced.edu</a> or the Academic Personnel Office.</span><u></u><u></u></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt">Cordially,</span><u></u><u></u></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt">Alex Khislavsky (Chair)</span><u></u><u></u></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt">Dusty Ventura</span><u></u><u></u></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt">Kamal Dulai</span><u></u><u></u></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt">Chai Charles Moua</span><u></u><u></u></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt">Jane Wilson</span><u></u><u></u></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt">De Ette Silbaugh</span><u></u><u></u></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt">***</span><u></u><u></u></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:10.5pt;color:black">Academic Personnel Office</span></b><u></u><u></u></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.5pt;color:black">University of California, Merced</span><u></u><u></u></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.5pt;color:black">5200 North Lake Road</span><u></u><u></u></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.5pt;color:black">Merced, CA 95343</span><u></u><u></u></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.5pt;color:black">Tel: (209) 228-7948</span><u></u><u></u></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.5pt;color:black">Fax: (209) 228-4376</span><u></u><u></u></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.5pt;color:black"><a href="mailto:academicpersonnel@ucmerced.edu" target="_blank">academicpersonnel@ucmerced.edu</a></span><u></u><u></u></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.5pt;color:black"><a href="https://academicpersonnel.ucmerced.edu" target="_blank">https://academicpersonnel.ucmerced.edu</a></span><u></u><u></u></p>
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