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<p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto"><span style="color:black">To increase the profile of sustainability work being undertaken by faculty, the Faculty Advisory Committee on Sustainability (FACS) is interested in publishing
a series of profiles on the campus Sustainability website. We would be very grateful if you would bring this opportunity to the notice of your faculty. We invite any faculty working in sustainability to send a short (~1000 word, total) profile to<span class="gmail-m-9126121391031096609apple-converted-space"> <a href="mailto:sustainabilitynews@ucmerced.edu" target="_blank"><span style="color:#000064">sustainabilitynews@ucmerced.edu</span></a></span>.
The text should include<span class="gmail-m-9126121391031096609apple-converted-space"> </span></span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto"><span style="color:black">(1) your name,<span class="gmail-m-9126121391031096609apple-converted-space"> </span></span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto"><span style="color:black">(2) your school & department & any professional appointments</span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto"><span style="color:black">(3) a short paragraph on each of the following:</span><o:p></o:p></p>
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<span style="color:black">your research,<span class="gmail-m-9126121391031096609apple-converted-space"> </span></span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;text-indent:.5in">
<span style="color:black">your teaching in sustainability, especially the courses you teach and the learning outcomes,</span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;text-indent:.5in">
<span style="color:black">“How did you get engaged with sustainability?”</span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;text-indent:.5in">
<span style="color:black">“How is your teaching and/or research in sustainability making a difference?”</span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto"><span style="color:black">(4) a list of research grants in sustainability in the past 5 years</span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto"><span style="color:black">(5) several photos that illustrate the profile.</span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto"><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto"><span style="color:black">An example highlight is available here:<span class="gmail-m-9126121391031096609apple-converted-space"> </span><a href="https://sustainability.ucmerced.edu/facs/sustainability-faculty/faculty-highlight" target="_blank"><span style="color:#000051">https://sustainability.ucmerced.edu/facs/sustainability-faculty/faculty-highlight</span></a> </span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto"><span style="color:black">Our goal is to update the feature once every 2-4 weeks, but we will be happy to update it more often if there are enough submissions, so we heartily encourage
people to submit.</span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto"><span style="color:black">After being used for the highlight, the posts will be archived and still available online and linked to the list of sustainability faculty,<span class="gmail-m-9126121391031096609apple-converted-space"> </span><a href="https://sustainability.ucmerced.edu/facs/sustainability-faculty-0" target="_blank"><span style="color:#000051">here</span></a>.</span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto"><span style="color:black">If you have any questions, please don’t hesitate to contact me.</span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto"><span style="color:black">With best regards,<span class="gmail-m-9126121391031096609apple-converted-space"> </span></span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto"><span style="color:black">Mike
<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto"><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto"><span style="color:black">Michael Dawson </span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto"><span style="color:black">on behalf of FACS</span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto"><span style="color:black"><a href="https://sustainability.ucmerced.edu/facs" target="_blank" title="https://sustainability.ucmerced.edu/facs"><span style="color:#000051">https://sustainability.ucmerced.edu/facs</span></a></span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto"><span style="color:black"> </span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto"><span style="color:black">p.s. if you are not currently listed as sustainability faculty,<span class="gmail-m-9126121391031096609apple-converted-space"> </span><a href="https://sustainability.ucmerced.edu/facs/sustainability-faculty-0" target="_blank"><span style="color:#000051">here</span></a>,
please let us know and we will add you!</span><o:p></o:p></p>
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