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<div><b style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 0);">ALL ENGINEERING FACULTY ARE WELCOME TO ATTEND THE NSM FACULTY DEVELOPMENT WORKSHOP SERIES.</b></div>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><u><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;">Sent on behalf of Donna Pattison, Ph.D.<o:p></o:p></span></u></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;">Dear NSM Faculty:
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;">An NSM Faculty Development Workshop is scheduled for
<b>Friday, April 20, </b>from <b>Noon – 1 pm</b> in the <b>Classroom and Business Building (CBB), Room 238.
</b>Light refreshments will be provided. Please RSVP using the link below. A flyer is attached. <o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="Default"><b><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;">Topic:</span></b><b><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; color: windowtext;"> “</span></b><b><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;">Developing
the Diverse Department We Want: How do we cultivate it at the undergraduate, graduate, and faculty levels?”<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;">Presenter:<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;">Dr. Clifton Poodry<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;">Senior Fellow, Science Education Department<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;">Howard Hughes Medical Institute<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;">The presentation and conversation will reflect on our values and offer strategies to fulfil our aspirations for a first rate, inclusive and diverse department at all levels
from the student body to the faculty to the administrative team.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; background-color: white; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial;">RSVP:</span></b><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; background-color: white; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial;"></span><a href="http://www.signupgenius.com/go/10C0D4FADAF28A5FB6-developing"><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;">www.SignUpGenius.com/go/10C0D4FADAF28A5FB6-developing</span></a><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; color: black;">I hope you will join us
</span><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;">on April 20<span style="color:black">!<o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;">Donna Pattison<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">____________________________________<span style="font-size:11.0pt"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">Donna L. Pattison, PhD<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">Instructional Professor<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">Assistant Chair of Undergraduate Affairs<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">University of Houston<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">Department of Biology and Biochemistry<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">713-743-2642<o:p></o:p></p>
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