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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:#1F497D">The Student Success Definition is ever present in our student interactions when they come see us for guidance, support, and encouragement. It’s evident when we have students who share their wonderful experiences
in being able to join a faculty research lab or take a leadership role in a club and organization. I also see this in our students who are thriving to succeed. Students bouncing back from a difficult semester coming back from an educational leave, to students
who have come back through reinstatement energized, motivated, and focused to attain their degree.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:#1F497D">Our advisors, academic coaches, and student support team has their heart in the right place. We help support the educational journey of our students.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:#1F497D">Best,<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:#1F497D">Maricela<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="color:#1F497D">Maricela Melendrez, M.A.</span></b><span style="color:#1F497D">
</span><span style="color:#214263">|</span><span style="color:#1F497D"> Academic Advisor for Biological Sciences (P-Z)<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><i><span style="font-size:9.0pt;color:#1F497D">Pronouns: She, Hers, Her<o:p></o:p></span></i></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:#1F497D">University of California, Merced
</span><span style="color:#214263">|</span><span style="color:#1F497D"> School of Natural Sciences<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:#1F497D">Science & Engineering 1 270<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:#1F497D">5200 N. Lake Rd. Merced, CA 95343<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:#1F497D">Tel (209) 228-2455 </span><span style="color:#A6A6A6">▪</span><span style="color:#1F497D"> Fax (209) 228-4060
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:#00B0F0"><a href="ns-advising.ucmerced.edu"><span style="color:#00B0F0">NS Advising website</span></a>|
<a href="mailto:mmelendrez2@ucmerced.edu"><span style="color:#00B0F0">Email</span></a><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:#00B0F0"></span><span style="font-size:8.5pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:#EEEEEE;letter-spacing:1.9pt;background:#092F44">BUILDING THE FUTURE IN THE HEART OF CALIFORNIA</span><span style="color:#2F5496"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b>From:</b> UCM-Student-Success [mailto:ucm-student-success-bounces@lists.ucmerced.edu]
<b>On Behalf Of </b>Erica Robbins<br>
<b>Sent:</b> Thursday, November 21, 2019 3:15 PM<br>
<b>To:</b> ucm-student-success@lists.ucmerced.edu<br>
<b>Subject:</b> [UCM-Student-Success] Student Success at UC Merced<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">Hello all,<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">The last several weeks have been very busy in the academic advising world as we encountered the typical rush of students for academic advising before spring registration, plus unforeseen technical outages that negatively impacted how we
were able to assist students. <o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">The chaos of the last few weeks started me thinking about my work in relation to our campus
<a href="https://studentsuccess.ucmerced.edu/student-success-definition">definition of student success</a>. The definition was intentionally structured broadly so everyone on-campus could see their own work present within the definition. I feel the statement
“providing support, guidance, and resources that equip students to pursue their educational journey creates the foundation for student success” directly aligns with the work we do in academic advising and in pre-health advising. Sometimes the lines are long
and the emails come in faster than we can reply, but at the heart of it all, we are here to support our students on their journeys to success, no matter what that looks like for each student.<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">How do you all see your work reflected in the Student Success definition?<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">Thanks!<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">Erica<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-family:"Minion Pro";color:#00004C">Erica Robbins, M.S.</span></b><span style="font-family:"Minion Pro";color:#00004C"> | Pronouns: She/Her/Hers<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Minion Pro";color:#00004C">Director of Student Services & Pre-Health Advisor<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Minion Pro";color:#00004C">University of California, Merced | School of Natural Sciences<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Minion Pro";color:#00004C">5200 N. Lake Rd. | Merced, CA 95343 | Science & Engineering 1 Room 270<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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