<div dir="ltr"><div class="gmail_quote">Dear QSB members,</div><div class="gmail_quote">Please read the following important message about UC Path and the things we need to do to ensure QSB students keep getting paid.<br>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt">Dear Graduate Group Chairs,</span><u></u><u></u></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt">As we approach the start of the semester, we are also gearing up for a major test of how UC Path will work for us.. September will be the first time we have all of the new graduate students going into the
system as well as continuing graduate students coming off of what is called a ‘short work break.” The graduate support staff in the Schools and in the Graduate Division have been working for months to prepare for this, and we have been in close contact with
the UC Path leads on campus and in the Office of the President. I have also been in regular contact with my counterpart at Riverside, as they are the other campus that is piloting UC Path. We are hopeful but a bit nervous given the problems that have arisen
already. Accordingly, I am writing to ask you to help in the following ways:<u></u><u></u></span></p>
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<li class="m_4252763865571688464MsoListParagraph" style="margin-left:0in"><span style="font-size:11.0pt">L</span><span style="font-size:11.0pt">et your students know that if they encounter
<i>any</i> problems or think there are <i>any</i> errors in their pay to please let you know right away; in turn, please let the graduate support staff working with you and my office (<a href="mailto:gradfunding@ucmerced.edu" target="_blank">gradfunding@ucmerced.edu</a>) know
so we are able to follow up</span><u></u><u></u></li><li class="m_4252763865571688464MsoListParagraph" style="margin-left:0in"><span style="font-size:11.0pt">Make sure
</span><span style="font-size:11.0pt">all of the new students have their original work authorization and other new hire paperwork ready so they can be processed by HRPC August 13, 14, 15.
</span><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif;color:#666666">Necessary documentation for Hiring Paperwork (<a href="https://www.uscis.gov/i-9-central/acceptable-documents" target="_blank"><span style="color:#3366cc;text-decoration:none">see I-9 Form in
hiring paperwork for acceptable documents</span></a>).</span><span style="font-size:11.0pt"><u></u><u></u></span></li><li class="m_4252763865571688464MsoListParagraph" style="margin-left:0in"><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif">Remind all of your
</span><span style="font-size:11.0pt">students to make sure their banking information and address are current in the UC Path portal -
</span><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif;color:#666666;background:white"> </span><a href="https://idpproxy-ucpath.universityofcalifornia.edu/simplesaml/module.php/ucpathdiscovery/disco.php?entityID=https%3A%2F%2Fucpath.universityofcalifornia.edu&return=https%3A%2F%2Fidpproxy-ucpath.universityofcalifornia.edu%2Fsimplesaml%2Fmodule.php%2Fsaml%2Fsp%2Fdiscoresp.php%3FAuthID%3D_f848ea408ba27fad687209d2d4717d9f7bbaa27a46%253Ahttps%253A%252F%252Fidpproxy-ucpath.universityofcalifornia.edu%252Fsimplesaml%252Fsaml2%252Fidp%252FSSOService.php%253Fspentityid%253Dhttps%25253A%25252F%25252Fucpath.universityofcalifornia.edu%25253A443%25252Fsimplesaml%25252Fmodule.php%25252Fsaml%25252Fsp%25252Fmetadata.php%25252Fdefault-sp%2526cookieTime%253D1527625622%2526RelayState%253Dhttps%25253A%25252F%25252Fucpath.universityofcalifornia.edu%25252Fsaml_login&returnIDParam=idpentityid" target="_blank"><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif;color:#3366cc;background:white;text-decoration:none">payroll
record</span></a><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif;color:#666666;background:white">.</span><span style="font-size:11.0pt"><u></u><u></u></span></li></ol>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt">Thank you!<u></u><u></u></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt">Best always,</span><u></u><u></u></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-autospace:none"><span style="font-size:11.0pt">Marjorie</span><u></u><u></u></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-autospace:none"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">Marjorie S. Zatz, Ph.D.</span><u></u><u></u></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-autospace:none"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">Vice Provost and Graduate Dean
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-autospace:none"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">Professor of Sociology</span><u></u><u></u></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-autospace:none"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">Graduate Division</span><u></u><u></u></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-autospace:none"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">University of California, Merced</span><u></u><u></u></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-autospace:none"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">5200 N. Lake Rd., Merced CA 95343</span><u></u><u></u></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-autospace:none"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">209-228-2408,
</span><a href="mailto:Mzatz@ucmerced.edu" target="_blank"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:blue">Mzatz@ucmerced.edu</span></a><u></u><u></u></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-autospace:none"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">Recent Books:</span><u></u><u></u></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-autospace:none"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif"><a href="http://www.amazon.com/Dreams-Nightmares-Immigration-Policy-Families/dp/0520283066" target="_blank"><span style="color:blue">Dreams and Nightmares: Immigration
Policy, Youth, and Families,</span></a> University of California Press, 2015 (with Nancy Rodriguez)</span><u></u><u></u></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-autospace:none"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif"><a href="https://www.amazon.com/Punishing-Immigrants-Politics-Injustice-Perspectives-ebook/dp/B0095VEZAQ/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1527720864&sr=8-1&keywords=zatz+++punishing" target="_blank">Punishing
Immigrants: Policy, Politics, and Injustice</a>, New York University Press, 2012 (ed., with Charis Kubrin and Ramiro Martinez, Jr).</span><u></u><u></u></p>
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</div><br><br clear="all"><div><br></div>-- <br><div class="gmail_signature" data-smartmail="gmail_signature"><div dir="ltr"><div><div dir="ltr">Miriam Barlow</div><div dir="ltr">Founding Faculty and Associate Professor<div>Chair, Quantitative and Systems Biology</div><div>University of California, Merced</div><div><br></div><div>209.228.4174</div><div><a href="mailto:miriam.barlow@gmail.com" target="_blank">miriam.barlow@gmail.com</a></div><div><br></div></div></div></div></div>
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