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<div style="text-align: center;" class=""><span style="font-size: 15px;" class="">Hi everyone!</span></div>
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<div class="">I’m contacting you because we are <b class="">seeking new leadership</b> for BiotaQ! BiotaQ is a STEM outreach organization composed primarily of UC Merced grad and undergrad students. </div>
<div class="">Each year, we do a series of educational modules with Merced County high school students on topics ranging from soil biology, microscopy, physics, microbiology, to biological modeling (and we’d like to add more!). We also have a yearly campus
visit where local high schoolers visit the UC Merced campus and a career panel for students and their familes with local Central Valley professionals who use STEM in their careers. </div>
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<div class="">It is currently led by myself, QSB graduate student Sabah Ul-Hasan, ES grad student Kimber Moreland, UCM alum and new CSU Fresno faculty Mario Banuelos. <b class="">We would like to bring in new leadership and help facilitate BiotaQ’s sustained
activity as a STEM outreach group connecting UC Merced and the Merced community. It is an excellent opportunity to gain skills in teaching, mentoring, leadership, STEM communication and visualization, organization management, and more!</b></div>
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<div class="">This year, in place of our usual Spring module schedule, <span style="white-space: pre-wrap;" class="">BiotaQ’s 2019 event will be a 2-hour program for Yosemite High School students with demos of our modules, a short module presenting potential
careers in STEM, and will focus on promoting enthusiasm for STEM education events generally.
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<div class=""><b class="">Check out our <a href="https://biotaq.wordpress.com/" class="">website</a> for more information and please reply to me contact us at
<a href="mailto:biotaqucmerced@gmail.com" class="">biotaqucmerced@gmail.com</a> with any questions you have!</b></div>
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<div class="">Thanks for your time and interest,</div>
<div class="">Noelle Anderson</div>
<div class="">QSB PhD Candidate</div>
<div class="">BiotaQ Co-Lead</div>
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