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<span style="font-size:24px">School of Social Sciences, Humanities and Arts<br>
SSHAwesome News<br>
Spring 2021</span>
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<span style="font-size:20px"><span style="font-family:times new roman,times,baskerville,georgia,serif">Message from the Dean:</span></span><br>
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<span style="font-size:14px">Greetings SSHA Faculty and Staff-<br>
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Spring is in the air! The bad piece of that for us climate watchers is that it has been in the air since winter!<br>
<br>
As you may have heard, campus plans to increase activities over the summer, with a target of on-campus teaching in fall ’21. We will also be in the process of ‘relaunching’ on-campus research activities beyond what we have going on at this time. </span><br>
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<span style="font-size:16px"><span style="font-family:times new roman,times,baskerville,georgia,serif">The COVID and vaccine numbers suggest flexible schedule for teaching and research as active as possible on campus. Many people are working on this and as soon as I have specifics and guidelines, I will let you know. I would add that SSHA is developing a plan for the transition, and we are thinking about activities to help staff and faculty ‘reorient’ themselves.</span></span><br>
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<span style="font-size:14px">This newsletter contains some updates as to staffing. To best serve our constituents, we continue to adapt and change our processes. In the background, we also continue to advocate strongly for SSHA support and the infrastructures we need to maintain our quality work and reduce the levels of stress.<br>
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As always, my ‘door’ is open, and I would love to hear from you at any time. I want to thank you again for all that you have done, and for your persistence under these difficult circumstances. Without you, our campus would not exist. <br>
<br>
Jeff</span>
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<span style="font-size:20px"><span style="font-family:times new roman,times,baskerville,georgia,serif">New SSHA Senate Faculty (Start: 01/01/2021):</span></span>
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<li style="mso-line-height-rule: exactly;-ms-text-size-adjust: 100%;-webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%;"><span style="font-size:16px"><span style="font-family:times new roman,times,baskerville,georgia,serif">Yiran Xu, Assistant Professor, GAMWS </span></span></li>
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<span style="font-size:18px"><span style="font-family:times new roman,times,baskerville,georgia,serif">Planning to Hire? Let us help you!</span></span><br>
<span style="font-size:16px"><span style="font-family:times new roman,times,baskerville,georgia,serif"> <br>
To initiate a hire or contract, please contact:<br>
· <a href="mailto:jswann@ucmerced.edu" style="mso-line-height-rule: exactly;-ms-text-size-adjust: 100%;-webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%;color: #007C89;font-weight: normal;text-decoration: underline;">Joe Swann</a> – Undergraduate Students and Independent Contractors<br>
· <a href="mailto:vwoodruff@ucmerced.edu" style="mso-line-height-rule: exactly;-ms-text-size-adjust: 100%;-webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%;color: #007C89;font-weight: normal;text-decoration: underline;">Vanessa Woodruff</a> – Academic Readers and Unit 18 Lecturers<br>
· <a href="mailto:jfuller7@ucmerced.edu" style="mso-line-height-rule: exactly;-ms-text-size-adjust: 100%;-webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%;color: #007C89;font-weight: normal;text-decoration: underline;">Jeff Fuller</a> – Senate Faculty<br>
· <a href="mailto:rsmith7@ucmerced.edu" style="mso-line-height-rule: exactly;-ms-text-size-adjust: 100%;-webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%;color: #007C89;font-weight: normal;text-decoration: underline;">Rebecca Smith</a> – Staff and all other academic appointments</span></span><br>
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<span style="font-size:18px">Timecard Reminder: </span><a href="https://ucmerced.us7.list-manage.com/track/click?u=df1b3d84678244bec7b71868b&id=5936c08867&e=1ff9558755" style="mso-line-height-rule: exactly;-ms-text-size-adjust: 100%;-webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%;color: #007C89;font-weight: normal;text-decoration: underline;"><span style="font-size:18px">https://trs.ucmerced.edu/</span></a><br>
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Please ensure that timecards are submitted and approved by the required date. Delays can impact employee’s pay.<br>
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<strong>Bi-weekly</strong> paid employees will submit their timesheets by the end of their scheduled workday, every other Friday (Saturday if scheduled to work). <br>
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<span style="font-size:14px">Our Academic Advisor & Transfer Coordinator position is currently vacant. Transfer students have been assigned to, and notified of, a temporary academic advisor. SSHA academic advising assignments, as well as campus-wide academic advising assignments, may be found via the <a href="https://ucmerced.us7.list-manage.com/track/click?u=df1b3d84678244bec7b71868b&id=58b1db1a5e&e=1ff9558755" style="mso-line-height-rule: exactly;-ms-text-size-adjust: 100%;-webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%;color: #656565;font-weight: normal;text-decoration: underline;">Who is My Advisor?</a> webpage.<br>
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We are continuing to work with and assist students via our virtual walk-in hours and appointments. We recently updated our <a href="https://ucmerced.us7.list-manage.com/track/click?u=df1b3d84678244bec7b71868b&id=1052d64d28&e=1ff9558755" style="mso-line-height-rule: exactly;-ms-text-size-adjust: 100%;-webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%;color: #656565;font-weight: normal;text-decoration: underline;">walk-in hours process</a> to provide our students improved accessibility to an academic advisor or peer mentor. Students may access their academic advisor’s and peer mentor’s walk-in and appointment availability via the<br>
<a href="https://ucmerced.us7.list-manage.com/track/click?u=df1b3d84678244bec7b71868b&id=86edb96aeb&e=1ff9558755" style="mso-line-height-rule: exactly;-ms-text-size-adjust: 100%;-webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%;color: #656565;font-weight: normal;text-decoration: underline;">Meet With Your Advisor</a> webpage.<br>
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Over the Spring semester, our team will be working on the following:</span><br>
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<span style="font-size:14px"><a href="https://ucmerced.us7.list-manage.com/track/click?u=df1b3d84678244bec7b71868b&id=d7f31c2b9c&e=1ff9558755" style="mso-line-height-rule: exactly;-ms-text-size-adjust: 100%;-webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%;color: #656565;font-weight: normal;text-decoration: underline;">Jump Start Your 3<sup>rd</sup> Year Meetings</a></span><br>
<span style="font-size:14px"><a href="https://ucmerced.us7.list-manage.com/track/click?u=df1b3d84678244bec7b71868b&id=24c53b8f0e&e=1ff9558755" style="mso-line-height-rule: exactly;-ms-text-size-adjust: 100%;-webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%;color: #656565;font-weight: normal;text-decoration: underline;">Transfer Transition Meeting</a></span><br>
<span style="font-size:14px"><a href="https://ucmerced.us7.list-manage.com/track/click?u=df1b3d84678244bec7b71868b&id=d2e6953d89&e=1ff9558755" style="mso-line-height-rule: exactly;-ms-text-size-adjust: 100%;-webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%;color: #656565;font-weight: normal;text-decoration: underline;">Mid-Semester Grade Interventions</a></span><br>
<span style="font-size:14px"><a href="https://ucmerced.us7.list-manage.com/track/click?u=df1b3d84678244bec7b71868b&id=8fdc8c87fa&e=1ff9558755" style="mso-line-height-rule: exactly;-ms-text-size-adjust: 100%;-webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%;color: #656565;font-weight: normal;text-decoration: underline;">Peer Mentor Workshops for student support</a></span><br>
<span style="font-size:14px">Summer 2021 and Fall 2021 Registration</span><br>
<span style="font-size:14px">Spring 2021 Graduation Clearances</span>
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<span style="font-size:20px"><span style="font-family:times new roman,times,baskerville,georgia,serif">Center for the Humanities:</span></span><br>
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<span style="font-size:14px">The Center for the Humanities continues to host the Medical Humanities Seminar with monthly talks, a monthly virtual concert series in collaboration with UptART, and several workshops on digital tools, publishing and community-engaged research (the latter in collaboration with the Luce Grant).<br>
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We’re excited to announce Dean Gilger was co-PI of a successful MRPI grant from UCOP in collaboration with humanities Deans at all other UCs. The MRPI grant benefits the UC Humanities Consortium (including our Center) and UCHRI. This provides funding for workshops, the Junior Faculty Exchange,<br>
and for grants and fellowships to faculty and graduate students<br>
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<span style="font-size:14px">Spring 2021 processes are well underway!<br>
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The Fall 2021 schedule will be going live soon, Summer 2021 Registration has begun, General Catalog Revisions have been submitted to UGC, and the largest wave of our course proposal cycle is over!<br>
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We have enjoyed our Mid-Year Course Scheduling and Articulation Check-Ins with Department Chairs – these connections have helped us to understand what parts of our processes are working well, and which ones we can continue to refine.<br>
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During the Spring semester, our team will be focusing in particular on:</span><br>
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<span style="font-size:14px">Spring 2021 Course Evaluations</span><br>
<span style="font-size:14px">Course Articulation Requests</span><br>
<span style="font-size:14px">Fall 2021 Planning and Enrollment Tracking</span><br>
<span style="font-size:14px">Summer 2021 Enrollment Tracking</span><br>
<span style="font-size:14px">Spring 2022 Schedule Drafting and Submission </span><br>
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<span style="font-size:14px">Lastly, we would like to express our excitement for Casey Delfino and her maternity leave! Our Instructional Services team appreciates your patience over the next few months, while we work to balance her roles and responsibilities among our team members!</span>
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<span style="font-size:20px"><span style="font-family:times new roman,times,baskerville,georgia,serif">Graduate Services:</span></span><br>
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SSHA Graduate Services is excited to announce the launch of our new <a href="https://ucmerced.us7.list-manage.com/track/click?u=df1b3d84678244bec7b71868b&id=4a6145e383&e=1ff9558755" style="mso-line-height-rule: exactly;-ms-text-size-adjust: 100%;-webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%;color: #656565;font-weight: normal;text-decoration: underline;">website</a>! We want to extend a huge thank you to Arnold Khampaseut, our Student Success Intern, and Yash Sharma, the SSHA undergraduate student supporting our teams with website updates this year, for their many contributions to this project. Please explore our new website for faculty and student resources, information about the SSHA graduate programs and important information related to graduate studies. <br>
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Our team successfully conducted Spring Graduate Research Week (GROW) live via zoom in January for the admitted students who had to defer admission to Spring semester 2021. Additionally, to welcome prospective graduate students to UC Merced and the SSHA graduate programs, SSHA Graduate Services conducted the first Virtual Graduate Visitation Days (VGVD) live via zoom on February 19, 2021. Sixty-one of the sixty-four invitees registered for the VGVD events and the SSHA events were well attended! We look forward to continuing to provide updated through the <em>SSHA Graduate Services Monthly Digest</em>, conduct monthly Virtual Office Hours, and updating our website.<br>
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<div style="text-align: left;"><strong>Department Support Services</strong><br>
After meeting with the SSHA department chairs and assessing their needs the department support team is adding two additional tasks to their list of activities, i.e., preparing and disseminating communications digest on behalf of the department chairs, and assisting with hiring student assistants & course readers. A full list of these services can be found in <a href="https://ucmerced.us7.list-manage.com/track/click?u=df1b3d84678244bec7b71868b&id=87413f14ad&e=1ff9558755" style="mso-line-height-rule: exactly;-ms-text-size-adjust: 100%;-webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%;color: #656565;font-weight: normal;text-decoration: underline;">this link</a>.<br>
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<strong>Expect Delays with Honorarium Processing </strong><br>
Due to system updates and procedures changes, we are experiencing delays in the processing of speaker payments. We are actively working to resolve this and hope to provide a simplified process with clear timeline for your guest speaker payments soon.<br>
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<strong>SSHA Virtual Events Support</strong><br>
SSHA Seminars is here to continue to support your virtual events with our relaxed semester timeline for submitting requests. We ask you to give us at least <strong><u>two weeks advance notice</u></strong> to assist you with your online event needs. We are here to help you plan engaging and successful events!<br>
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Our Virtual Event Services include: Event Design Consultation, Zoom Meeting Set Up, Zoom Webinar (by special request), Zoom Meeting Moderation (controlling microphones, break out rooms, chat/time monitor, etc), Zoom Event Registration, Live Broadcasting, Flyer Design, Online Advertisement, Record Meetings, and Guest Speaker Arrangements and Payments.<br>
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Requests can be submitted on our <a href="https://ucmerced.us7.list-manage.com/track/click?u=df1b3d84678244bec7b71868b&id=a13b629a7e&e=1ff9558755" style="mso-line-height-rule: exactly;-ms-text-size-adjust: 100%;-webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%;color: #656565;font-weight: normal;text-decoration: underline;">Virtual Event Request form</a>. For more resources, check out our <a href="https://ucmerced.us7.list-manage.com/track/click?u=df1b3d84678244bec7b71868b&id=b5b5a06107&e=1ff9558755" style="mso-line-height-rule: exactly;-ms-text-size-adjust: 100%;-webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%;color: #656565;font-weight: normal;text-decoration: underline;">Resources Webpage</a>.<br>
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We look forward to assisting you in your next event! Please feel free to contact us at <a href="mailto:ssha.seminars@ucmerced.edu" style="mso-line-height-rule: exactly;-ms-text-size-adjust: 100%;-webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%;color: #656565;font-weight: normal;text-decoration: underline;">ssha.seminars@ucmerced.edu</a> with any questions or to set up an individual consultation.<br>
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<strong>SSHA Spotlights</strong><br>
The UC Merced School of Social Sciences, Humanities and Arts is home to top notch scholars, research, and students at UC Merced. To help share the amazing work being done in our school, we are looking to gather stories from our experiences in SSHA and highlight them through short videos.<br>
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SSHA Spotlight stories aim to inspire and inform the campus community and focus on the richness of the experience that comes with pursuing education at UC Merced. These one-minute videos will raise the profile of SSHA by featuring student experiences, scholar experiences, and special research projects.<br>
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SSHA Spotlight videos will highlight stories in three categories:</div>
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The Administrative Coordination Team (ACT) has changed its name to the Center for Business Services and Solutions, or CBS2. Purchases, reimbursements, and travel requests can be submitted via the<br>
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All purchases, reimbursements and travel reservations require a Chart String (COA) or Project Name, such as: Incidentals, Startup, Chair, COR, Endowment, Grant, etc. Faculty are highly encouraged to contact <a href="mailto:ssha.financial@ucmerced.edu" style="mso-line-height-rule: exactly;-ms-text-size-adjust: 100%;-webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%;color: #656565;font-weight: normal;text-decoration: underline;">ssha.financial@ucmerced.edu</a> if they have questions regarding their COA information.<br>
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<strong>Support offered by CBS2:</strong><br>
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<a href="https://ucmerced.us7.list-manage.com/track/click?u=df1b3d84678244bec7b71868b&id=541a377aa6&e=1ff9558755" style="mso-line-height-rule: exactly;-ms-text-size-adjust: 100%;-webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%;color: #656565;font-weight: normal;text-decoration: underline;">Purchasing</a>:<br>
FedEx Shipping Labels<br>
Purchase Order Requisitions (General Purchases)<br>
Computers – All prices listed in Bobcat Buy include pre-negotiated discounts and warranty. IT provides recommendations for computer hardware devices and peripherals/auxiliaries.<br>
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Invoice Processing/Payment<br>
Mobile Device Purchases (Cellular Phone/MiFi)<br>
UCM discount pricing on devices (iPhone 12 mini at $249.99 vs $972.09 retail)<br>
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Software Purchases<br>
IT provides consultation, sourcing and strive to provide price quotes and purchasing at academic or volume discount whenever possible. Software purchasing requires research, review of terms and conditions and other criteria that UCM must abide to. This might take longer to purchase the software you need to order but ensures we meet all UCOP, campus and other requirements.<br>
Vendor Setup<br>
Procurement Card (P-Card) Receipt Process<br>
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<a href="https://ucmerced.us7.list-manage.com/track/click?u=df1b3d84678244bec7b71868b&id=d2e7629b1f&e=1ff9558755" style="mso-line-height-rule: exactly;-ms-text-size-adjust: 100%;-webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%;color: #656565;font-weight: normal;text-decoration: underline;">Reimbursements</a>:<br>
General Reimbursements<br>
Travel & Entertainment<br>
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<a href="https://ucmerced.us7.list-manage.com/track/click?u=df1b3d84678244bec7b71868b&id=59ed088a42&e=1ff9558755" style="mso-line-height-rule: exactly;-ms-text-size-adjust: 100%;-webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%;color: #656565;font-weight: normal;text-decoration: underline;">Travel and Entertainment</a>:<br>
Travel Reservations<br>
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To track the status of a request, select ServiceNow in the <a href="https://ucmerced.us7.list-manage.com/track/click?u=df1b3d84678244bec7b71868b&id=28a8bc7de7&e=1ff9558755" style="mso-line-height-rule: exactly;-ms-text-size-adjust: 100%;-webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%;color: #656565;font-weight: normal;text-decoration: underline;">CBS2</a> website and select My CBS2 Requests.<br>
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<strong>SSHA CBS2 Liaison:</strong><br>
CBS2 has designated a team member as the primary point of contact for each school. If you have any questions, need assistance, or are having trouble with an order please contact SSHA’s liaison, Michelle Escalante, by email at <a href="mailto:cbs2@ucmerced.edu" target="_blank" style="mso-line-height-rule: exactly;-ms-text-size-adjust: 100%;-webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%;color: #656565;font-weight: normal;text-decoration: underline;">cbs2@ucmerced.edu</a>. Start the email subject with the school’s acronym, i.e., SSHA<em>: Question about ordering materials.</em> You also can use the Bobcat Buy help desk phone number – (209) 228-3600 for support on procurement and travel requests.<br>
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<strong>Reimbursement Reminders:</strong></div>
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<li style="text-align: left;mso-line-height-rule: exactly;-ms-text-size-adjust: 100%;-webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%;">Seek a quote, but do not purchase or commit to any goods or services.</li>
<li style="text-align: left;mso-line-height-rule: exactly;-ms-text-size-adjust: 100%;-webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%;">Reimbursements are not guaranteed until reviewed and deemed in line with University’s guidelines (even under $500).</li>
<li style="text-align: left;mso-line-height-rule: exactly;-ms-text-size-adjust: 100%;-webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%;">Reimbursement of services are not allowable.</li>
<li style="text-align: left;mso-line-height-rule: exactly;-ms-text-size-adjust: 100%;-webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%;">Reimbursed items belong to UCM.</li>
<li style="text-align: left;mso-line-height-rule: exactly;-ms-text-size-adjust: 100%;-webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%;">All general reimbursement expenses claimed must be accompanied by an itemized receipt detailing the item, quantity, unit price, and method of payment.</li>
<li style="text-align: left;mso-line-height-rule: exactly;-ms-text-size-adjust: 100%;-webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%;">Detailed justifications are required and should not be stated as simply research or teaching, think of answering the who/what/when/where/why.</li>
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<div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size:20px"><span style="font-family:times new roman,times,baskerville,georgia,serif">Research:</span></span><br>
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<div style="text-align: left;"><a href="https://ucmerced.us7.list-manage.com/track/click?u=df1b3d84678244bec7b71868b&id=5e3af9a68a&e=1ff9558755" style="mso-line-height-rule: exactly;-ms-text-size-adjust: 100%;-webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%;color: #656565;font-weight: normal;text-decoration: underline;">External Peer Review Program for SSHA Faculty</a>:<br>
The External Peer Review Program for SSHA Faculty provides financial support as incentive for external reviewers to assist SSHA faculty in the development of their proposals. This program has been designed to assist SSHA faculty in the development of grant and foundation proposals that do not meet the monetary or other eligibility criteria of the <a href="https://ucmerced.us7.list-manage.com/track/click?u=df1b3d84678244bec7b71868b&id=80a1a823eb&e=1ff9558755" style="mso-line-height-rule: exactly;-ms-text-size-adjust: 100%;-webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%;color: #656565;font-weight: normal;text-decoration: underline;">Faculty Success Initiative Peer Review Pre-submission Review Program</a> through the Office of Research and Economic Development.<br>
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<a href="https://ucmerced.us7.list-manage.com/track/click?u=df1b3d84678244bec7b71868b&id=82fba19876&e=1ff9558755" style="mso-line-height-rule: exactly;-ms-text-size-adjust: 100%;-webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%;color: #656565;font-weight: normal;text-decoration: underline;">Highlight your research and scholarship activities</a> to be presented in <a href="https://ucmerced.us7.list-manage.com/track/click?u=df1b3d84678244bec7b71868b&id=d28fa236ab&e=1ff9558755" style="mso-line-height-rule: exactly;-ms-text-size-adjust: 100%;-webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%;color: #656565;font-weight: normal;text-decoration: underline;">SSHA’s Monthly Research and Scholarship News</a>.<br>
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The <a href="https://ucmerced.us7.list-manage.com/track/click?u=df1b3d84678244bec7b71868b&id=f193e01816&e=1ff9558755" style="mso-line-height-rule: exactly;-ms-text-size-adjust: 100%;-webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%;color: #656565;font-weight: normal;text-decoration: underline;">Sponsored Projects Office (SPO)</a> is providing overview sessions to each department this spring. Please check with your department chair for details.<br>
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Please feel free to reach out to discuss any and all things research: <a href="mailto:ssha.research@ucmerced.edu" style="mso-line-height-rule: exactly;-ms-text-size-adjust: 100%;-webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%;color: #656565;font-weight: normal;text-decoration: underline;">ssha.research@ucmerced.edu</a></div>
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<span style="font-family:times new roman,times,baskerville,georgia,serif"><span style="font-size:18px">March 2021:</span></span></div>
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<li style="text-align: left;mso-line-height-rule: exactly;-ms-text-size-adjust: 100%;-webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%;"><span style="font-size:16px"><span style="font-family:times new roman,times,baskerville,georgia,serif"><span style="line-height:107%">March 16: Spring 2021 Mid-Semester Grades Deadline at noon</span></span></span></li>
<li style="text-align: left;mso-line-height-rule: exactly;-ms-text-size-adjust: 100%;-webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%;"><span style="font-size:16px"><span style="font-family:times new roman,times,baskerville,georgia,serif"><span style="line-height:107%">March 16: SSHA Graduate Services Virtual Office Hours 1:00pm-2:00pm</span></span></span></li>
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<div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family:times new roman,times,baskerville,georgia,serif"><span style="font-size:18px"><span style="line-height:107%">April </span></span><span style="font-size:16px"><span style="font-size:18px">2021:</span></span></span></div>
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<li style="text-align: left;mso-line-height-rule: exactly;-ms-text-size-adjust: 100%;-webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%;"><span style="font-size:16px"><span style="font-family:times new roman,times,baskerville,georgia,serif"><span style="line-height:107%">April 6: Last<span style="letter-spacing:.65pt"> </span>Day<span style="letter-spacing:.7pt"> </span>to<span style="letter-spacing:.7pt"> </span>Withdraw<span style="letter-spacing:.7pt"> </span>from<span style="letter-spacing:.7pt"> </span>Class<span style="letter-spacing:.65pt"> </span>with<span style="letter-spacing:.7pt"> </span>Instructor<span style="letter-spacing:.7pt"> </span>and<span style="letter-spacing:.7pt"> </span>Dean<span style="letter-spacing:.7pt"> </span>Permission</span></span></span></li>
<li style="text-align: left;mso-line-height-rule: exactly;-ms-text-size-adjust: 100%;-webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%;"><span style="font-size:16px"><span style="font-family:times new roman,times,baskerville,georgia,serif"><span style="line-height:107%">April 26-May 7: Spring 2021 SSHA Course Evaluations</span></span></span></li>
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<div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family:times new roman,times,baskerville,georgia,serif"><span style="font-size:11pt; line-height:107%"><span style="font-size:18px">May 2021:</span></span></span></div>
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<li style="text-align: left;mso-line-height-rule: exactly;-ms-text-size-adjust: 100%;-webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%;"><span style="font-size:16px"><span style="font-family:times new roman,times,baskerville,georgia,serif"><span style="line-height:107%">May 7: Spring 2021 Graduate Students Graduates: Recommended last day to file dissertation with committee (Ph.D.) or thesis (M</span>.A.)</span></span></li>
<li style="text-align: left;mso-line-height-rule: exactly;-ms-text-size-adjust: 100%;-webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%;"><span style="font-size:16px"><span style="font-family:times new roman,times,baskerville,georgia,serif">May 7: Spring Instruction Ends</span></span></li>
<li style="text-align: left;mso-line-height-rule: exactly;-ms-text-size-adjust: 100%;-webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%;"><span style="font-size:16px"><span style="font-family:times new roman,times,baskerville,georgia,serif">May 8, May10-14: Spring 2021 Final Exams</span></span></li>
<li style="text-align: left;mso-line-height-rule: exactly;-ms-text-size-adjust: 100%;-webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%;"><span style="font-size:16px"><span style="font-family:times new roman,times,baskerville,georgia,serif"><span style="line-height:107%">May 14: Spring 2021 Graduate Students Graduates: Last day to file dissertation with committee (Ph.D.) or thesis (M.A</span>.)</span></span></li>
<li style="text-align: left;mso-line-height-rule: exactly;-ms-text-size-adjust: 100%;-webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%;"><span style="font-size:16px"><span style="font-family:times new roman,times,baskerville,georgia,serif">May 18: Spring 2021 Final Grade Deadline at noon</span></span></li>
<li style="text-align: left;mso-line-height-rule: exactly;-ms-text-size-adjust: 100%;-webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%;"><span style="font-size:16px"><span style="font-family:times new roman,times,baskerville,georgia,serif">May 24-July 2: Summer Session A (First Six-Week)</span></span></li>
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<div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family:times new roman,times,baskerville,georgia,serif"><span style="font-size:11pt; line-height:107%"><span style="font-size:18px">June </span></span><span style="font-size:18px">2021:</span></span></div>
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<li style="text-align: left;mso-line-height-rule: exactly;-ms-text-size-adjust: 100%;-webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%;"><span style="font-size:16px"><span style="font-family:times new roman,times,baskerville,georgia,serif">June 21-August 13: Summer Session B (Eight-Week)</span></span></li>
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<span style="font-family:times new roman,times,baskerville,georgia,serif"><span style="font-size:11pt; line-height:107%"><span style="font-size:18px">July 2021:</span></span></span></div>
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<li style="text-align: left;mso-line-height-rule: exactly;-ms-text-size-adjust: 100%;-webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%;"><span style="font-size:16px"><span style="font-family:times new roman,times,baskerville,georgia,serif"><span style="line-height:107%">July 6-August 13: Summer Session C (Second Six-Week)</span></span></span></li>
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