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<span style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); text-transform: none;"><b>UC Merced</b> invites departments to celebrate
</span><span style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); font-weight: 700; text-transform: none;">National Student Employee Appreciation Week: April 13th - 18th, 2026</span><span style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); text-transform: none;">.
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<span style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); text-transform: none;">Designated by the National Student Employment Association, National Student Employment Week is celebrated annually to recognize the invaluable service of student employees. </span></div>
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<span style="text-transform: none;">To ensure student employees understand their impact and contributions to our campus.</span></div>
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Enhance awareness of student employees and the crucial role they play in higher education.</div>
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<span style="font-size: 16px;">To </span>thank<span style="font-size: 16px;"> YOU, the employer, for providing students with invaluable part-time opportunities and career readiness skills.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; color: rgb(0, 36, 81); background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);">During National Student Employment Week, departments are encouraged to recognize and celebrate the valuable
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; color: rgb(0, 36, 81); text-transform: none;">Showing appreciation for student employees can be easy, fun, and inexpensive. Small acts of recognition foster a sense
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<span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 24px;">💡</span><span style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 24px;"><b><u>Ways to
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<span style="line-height: 24px;"><a href="https://ucmerced.box.com/s/62ody3sq54scg4qkrb8nq5yvitrd216z" data-outlook-id="1a99e233-bff5-45b2-9304-f8b867917523">Access Budget Friendly Ideas in the Toolkit!</a></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 24px;">💡</span><span style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 24px; text-transform: none;"><b><u>How to Show Appreciation - Participate in the UCM Department Decorating Contest!</u> </b></span></div>
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<span style="line-height: 24px;"><b>Decorate </b>a Department, Office, or Student Employee workspace~</span></p>
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<span style="line-height: 24px;"><b><a href="https://ucmerced.az1.qualtrics.com/jfe/form/SV_ey9s03RCOD3P9WK" data-outlook-id="fbb7f665-19cc-4a87-94de-c9e867b5f358" style="margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px;">Submit Entry Form</a></b> by 5pm on
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<span style="line-height: 24px;"><b>Keep Decorations Up from April 13-18, 2026 </b></span></div>
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<b>Thank you for taking the time to r</b><span style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); text-transform: none;"><b>ecognize the dedication, skill, and impact of our campus student workforce.</b></span></div>
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