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<p class="xxmsonormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">I am happy to announce Isabel de Santiago as our new SSHA Graduate Services Coordinator! Isabel has been with UC Merced for five years and previously worked as the Graduate
Programs Assistant in the School of Engineering. Isabel is an alumna of UC Berkeley who graduated in 2016 with a major in Development Studies.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">Isabel joined SSHA Graduate Services on March 21, 2022 and is located in COB1 257. She may be reached at
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<p class="xmsonormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">Isabel has begun her training to support the SSHA graduate programs; our
</span><a href="https://ssha-grad.ucmerced.edu/"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">website</span></a><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif"> will be updated once she officially has designated graduate
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">Please join me in welcoming Isabel to SSHA and UC Merced!<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">Monica I Garcia
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:7.5pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;text-transform:uppercase">Lead Graduate Services Coordinator</span></b><span style="font-size:9.0pt"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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</span><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:#999999">5200 Lake Road </span><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:#DAAC00">|</span><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:#999999"> Merced,
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