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<p class="MsoNormal">Thanks Sauci et al. <o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">Also, I have working listserves for QSB faculty [qsb-faculty@lists.ucmerced.edu] and QSB grad students [qsb-grads@lists.ucmerced.edu]. Who maintains these listserves? How do I see who is on these listserves?<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">Thanks, and sorry for all the questions.<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">chris<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:12.0pt;color:black">From: </span></b><span style="font-size:12.0pt;color:black">Sauci Xiong <sxiong34@ucmerced.edu><br>
<b>Date: </b>Thursday, September 5, 2019 at 8:47 AM<br>
<b>To: </b>Jan Zarate <jzarate2@ucmerced.edu>, Josephine Vang <jvang43@ucmerced.edu><br>
<b>Cc: </b>Chris Amemiya <camemiya@ucmerced.edu><br>
<b>Subject: </b>RE: Wondering if there is a list serve of QSB postdocs <o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Centaur",serif;color:#1F497D">Hi Jan,
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Centaur",serif;color:#1F497D">Yes, it’s:
<a href="mailto:postdoc@ucmerced.edu">postdoc@ucmerced.edu</a> but I believe only certain folks have access to use it. Let me know if you have any issues.
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Centaur",serif;color:#1F497D">Best Regards,
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Centaur",serif;color:#1F497D">University of California, Merced | School of Natural Sciences</span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Centaur",serif;color:#1F497D">5200 N. Lake Rd. Merced, CA 95343</span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Centaur",serif;color:#1F497D">Phone (209) 228-2286</span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Centaur",serif;color:#1F497D"><a href="http://naturalsciences.ucmerced.edu/" target="_blank">http://naturalsciences.ucmerced.edu/</a></span><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><i><span style="font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Centaur",serif;color:#1F497D">Futuristic, Relator, Achiever, Strategic, Self-Assurance</span></i><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b>From:</b> Jan Zarate <br>
<b>Sent:</b> Thursday, September 05, 2019 8:43 AM<br>
<b>To:</b> Sauci Xiong <sxiong34@ucmerced.edu>; Josephine Vang <jvang43@ucmerced.edu><br>
<b>Cc:</b> Chris Amemiya <camemiya@ucmerced.edu><br>
<b>Subject:</b> RE: Wondering if there is a list serve of QSB postdocs <o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">Thanks, Ladies. Do you know the name of that listserve?<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b>From:</b> Sauci Xiong <br>
<b>Sent:</b> Thursday, September 5, 2019 8:40 AM<br>
<b>To:</b> Josephine Vang <<a href="mailto:jvang43@ucmerced.edu">jvang43@ucmerced.edu</a>>; Jan Zarate <<a href="mailto:jzarate2@ucmerced.edu">jzarate2@ucmerced.edu</a>><br>
<b>Cc:</b> Chris Amemiya <<a href="mailto:camemiya@ucmerced.edu">camemiya@ucmerced.edu</a>><br>
<b>Subject:</b> RE: Wondering if there is a list serve of QSB postdocs <o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Centaur",serif;color:#1F497D">Hi Jan,
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Centaur",serif;color:#1F497D">There is not a list for QSB postdocs but there is a list for all current postdocs at UC Merced.
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Centaur",serif;color:#1F497D">Best Regards,
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Centaur",serif;color:#1F497D">Sauci Xiong </span></b><span style="font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Centaur",serif;color:#1F497D">| Academic Personnel Specialist
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Centaur",serif;color:#1F497D">University of California, Merced | School of Natural Sciences</span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Centaur",serif;color:#1F497D">5200 N. Lake Rd. Merced, CA 95343</span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Centaur",serif;color:#1F497D">Phone (209) 228-2286</span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Centaur",serif;color:#1F497D"><a href="http://naturalsciences.ucmerced.edu/" target="_blank">http://naturalsciences.ucmerced.edu/</a></span><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b>From:</b> Josephine Vang <br>
<b>Sent:</b> Thursday, September 05, 2019 8:38 AM<br>
<b>To:</b> Jan Zarate <<a href="mailto:jzarate2@ucmerced.edu">jzarate2@ucmerced.edu</a>>; Sauci Xiong <<a href="mailto:sxiong34@ucmerced.edu">sxiong34@ucmerced.edu</a>><br>
<b>Cc:</b> Chris Amemiya <<a href="mailto:camemiya@ucmerced.edu">camemiya@ucmerced.edu</a>><br>
<b>Subject:</b> RE: Wondering if there is a list serve of QSB postdocs <o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:#1F497D">Hi Jan,</span><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:#1F497D">Not sure if there is. Sauci – Do you know if this exists?</span><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b>From:</b> Jan Zarate <br>
<b>Sent:</b> Thursday, September 05, 2019 8:18 AM<br>
<b>To:</b> Josephine Vang <<a href="mailto:jvang43@ucmerced.edu">jvang43@ucmerced.edu</a>><br>
<b>Cc:</b> Chris Amemiya <<a href="mailto:camemiya@ucmerced.edu">camemiya@ucmerced.edu</a>><br>
<b>Subject:</b> FW: Wondering if there is a list serve of QSB postdocs <o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">Hi Josephine,<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">Do you know if there is a listserve for QSB postdocs? <o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b>From:</b> Chris Amemiya <br>
<b>Sent:</b> Wednesday, September 4, 2019 11:53 AM<br>
<b>To:</b> Jan Zarate <<a href="mailto:jzarate2@ucmerced.edu">jzarate2@ucmerced.edu</a>><br>
<b>Subject:</b> Re: Wondering if there is a list serve of QSB postdocs <o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.5pt;font-family:Ayuthaya">Do you know if there is a QSB postdoc listserve?</span><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:12.0pt;color:black">From: </span></b><span style="font-size:12.0pt;color:black">Jan Zarate <<a href="mailto:jzarate2@ucmerced.edu">jzarate2@ucmerced.edu</a>><br>
<b>Date: </b>Wednesday, September 4, 2019 at 7:19 AM<br>
<b>To: </b>Chris Amemiya <<a href="mailto:camemiya@ucmerced.edu">camemiya@ucmerced.edu</a>><br>
<b>Subject: </b>Re: Graduate Program Initiatives: Pre-GROW Campaigns & Online SNS GROW Schedule; question about QSB</span><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">Hi Chris, <br>
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The sites I think they mainly use is our website naturalsciencesgrads.ucmerced.edu and qsb.ucmerced.edu.
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Jan <o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="color:black">From:</span></b><span style="color:black"> Chris Amemiya <<a href="mailto:camemiya@ucmerced.edu">camemiya@ucmerced.edu</a>><br>
<b>Sent:</b> Saturday, August 31, 2019 9:44:52 AM<br>
<b>To:</b> Jan Zarate <<a href="mailto:jzarate2@ucmerced.edu">jzarate2@ucmerced.edu</a>><br>
<b>Subject:</b> Re: Graduate Program Initiatives: Pre-GROW Campaigns & Online SNS GROW Schedule; question about QSB</span>
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<p class="xmsonormal">These are great. I’m wondering if you could send me sites that our QSB students go to for info.<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="xmsonormal">Thanks,<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="xmsonormal">chris<o:p></o:p></p>
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</b><span style="font-size:12.0pt;color:black">Paul Roberts <<a href="mailto:proberts@ucmerced.edu">proberts@ucmerced.edu</a>><br>
<b>Date: </b>Thursday, August 29, 2019 at 8:32 AM<br>
<b>To: </b>Erik Menke <<a href="mailto:emenke@ucmerced.edu">emenke@ucmerced.edu</a>>, Sayantani Ghosh <<a href="mailto:sghosh@ucmerced.edu">sghosh@ucmerced.edu</a>>, Chris Amemiya <<a href="mailto:camemiya@ucmerced.edu">camemiya@ucmerced.edu</a>>, Roummel Marcia
<<a href="mailto:rmarcia@ucmerced.edu">rmarcia@ucmerced.edu</a>><br>
<b>Cc: </b>Betsy Dumont <<a href="mailto:edumont@ucmerced.edu">edumont@ucmerced.edu</a>>, Angie Salinas <<a href="mailto:asalinas8@ucmerced.edu">asalinas8@ucmerced.edu</a>><br>
<b>Subject: </b>Graduate Program Initiatives: Pre-GROW Campaigns & Online SNS GROW Schedule</span><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="xmsonormal">Dear Graduate Chairs,<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="xmsonormal">I want to share with you a few initiatives we started with this year’s cohort. The first is our Pre-GROW campaigns. Our goal was to stay in contact with the incoming cohort from their initial admission notification until they arrived on
campus. In the past there was approximately a two month break from students receiving communications regarding admissions to them receiving communications regarding GROW. I believe it was important to bridge that gap. More importantly was the information we
sent them before they arrived. We selected our PRE-GROW communications based on feedback from prior cohorts and needs identified by staff. We also created an online GROW schedule for our graduate students. We felt it necessary to improve upon the PDF schedule
Graduate Division provides all incoming students. Below and attached are the Pre-GROW campaigns we sent to our new cohort. Also, below is a link to the GROW schedule. <o:p></o:p></p>
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<b><a href="https://conta.cc/2EDYQoV" target="_blank">Course Registration Information</a> May 29th</b><o:p></o:p></li><li class="xmsolistparagraph" style="margin-left:0in;line-height:150%;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo2">
<b><a href="https://conta.cc/2QOjrvy" target="_blank">Teaching Assistant Appointment Information</a> June 3rd</b><o:p></o:p></li><li class="xmsolistparagraph" style="margin-left:0in;line-height:150%;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo2">
<b><a href="https://conta.cc/2R2kbO5" target="_blank">Graduate Housing Information</a> June 12th</b><o:p></o:p></li><li class="xmsolistparagraph" style="margin-left:0in;line-height:150%;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo2">
<b><a href="https://conta.cc/2Y19b67" target="_blank">Funding & Employment Information: Hiring Paperwork</a> June 26th</b><o:p></o:p></li><li class="xmsolistparagraph" style="margin-left:0in;line-height:150%;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo2">
<b><a href="https://conta.cc/2Nds4BX" target="_blank">Preliminary Exam Information</a> July 10th</b><o:p></o:p></li><li class="xmsolistparagraph" style="margin-left:0in;line-height:150%;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo2">
<b><a href="https://conta.cc/32zAVSa" target="_blank">Registration Reminder</a> July 24th</b><o:p></o:p></li><li class="xmsolistparagraph" style="margin-left:0in;line-height:150%;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo2">
<b><a href="https://conta.cc/2Y0KmGA">Campus Resources</a> July 17th</b><o:p></o:p></li><li class="xmsolistparagraph" style="margin-left:0in;line-height:150%;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo2">
<b><a href="https://conta.cc/2SGFupa">GROW Registration Reminder</a> June 19th
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<b><a href="http://https/conta.cc/2SYELQe">Hiring Paperwork Reminder</a> July 31st</b><o:p></o:p></li></ol>
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<p class="xmsonormal">SNS GROW Schedule: <a href="https://naturalsciencesgrads.ucmerced.edu/GROW-Schedule">
https://naturalsciencesgrads.ucmerced.edu/GROW-Schedule</a>. We are already modifying this schedule to have the events listed by graduate group instead of a daily breakdown. <o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="xmsonormal">I am hoping that one of the positive outcomes of our Pre-GROW emails are better preliminary exam results from the new cohort. We are currently working on a list of communication campaigns that will be sent to our new and current students.
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<p class="xmsonormal">Thank you,<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="xmsonormal">Paul<o:p></o:p></p>
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