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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt">Dear COE Community,<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt">Many of you saw the news yesterday of my imminent departure from the University of Oregon to become the Provost of Michigan State University. Yesterday my inbox was flooded with thoughtful notes and kind words
(if I haven’t responded back to you, I promise I will!) and my cell phone was pinging all day long. Your collective reactions to the news were a reminder of the community we have here – we are a community who cares, appreciates, respects, and includes. I’m
so grateful to have experienced this place, and all of you, for many years. <o:p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt">To say that my decision to leave is bittersweet is quite the understatement. Oregon – and our College of Education – has been my beloved home for 16 years. My husband and I have raised a family here, and while
I’m a California Native and Bill is a New Yorker, we have two Oregonian kids who have never lived anywhere else. You can imagine that they (and we as a family) are experiencing all the possible emotions. Thank you for your support and your grace as we navigate
this transition. My last day in the office will be June 25<sup>th</sup>. That day will be here before I know it, it will be after the term ends and we celebrate our students’ graduation and all of their collective accomplishments.
<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt">I have appreciated the opportunity to work with you and learn from you these past 16 years. Although I will be transitioning to another Big Ten school (whose mascot is not as cool as ours, but the school also
wears the color green - convenient), you will always be in my heart. I credit the University of Oregon, and all the amazing people I’ve had a chance to learn from, for positioning me to continue my journey and pursue this next advancement. It’s another chapter
of the book we’re all reading…the book that focuses on advancing our world through education, research, service, and equity.
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt">To be continued…I’m not gone yet.
</span><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Segoe UI Emoji",sans-serif">😉</span><span style="font-size:11.0pt"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt">Warmly,<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt">Laura Lee <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:11.0pt"><o:p> </o:p></span></b></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><u><span style="font-size:11.0pt">Updates and Upcoming</span></u></b><b><span style="font-size:11.0pt"> <o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:11.0pt">COE Faculty/Staff Meeting & Picnic Friday June 6 <o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt">Our final faculty/staff meeting of the year – inclusive of COE awards – will be held on Friday June 6 from 2-3:30 pm in HEDCO 220. Following our meeting, we will be hosting our annual (and not to be missed)
picnic from 4:00 –6:30 pm. More details to follow. <b> <o:p></o:p></b></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:11.0pt">Undergraduate Research Symposium this Thursday May 22 <o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt">Two graduating College of Education HEDCO Institute scholars, Samantha Martinez, BA, Educational Foundations and Hana Dussan, BA, Communication Disorders and Sciences will be presenting this Thursday, May
22, 2025 at the Undergraduate Research Symposium, Mind the Gap: Research Meets Practice session, from 10:45 a.m. - 12:15 p.m., in the Swindells Room, EMU 230. We hope to see you all there!<b> <o:p></o:p></b></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><u><span style="font-size:11.0pt">Spotlights and Recognition</span></u></b><b><span style="font-size:11.0pt"> <o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:11.0pt">Ducks Give was a huge success for the College of Education! <o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt">We raised over $128,000 from 183 gifts, unlocking $94,000 of challenge gifts throughout the day. Once again, we were the highest academic unit across campus for number of gifts! A huge thank you to everyone
who gave, shared, or cheered the COE on. Your participation helped push us over the finish line and truly made the difference in reaching our goal and further raise funds for COE students.<b> <o:p></o:p></b></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:11.0pt"><img width="1600" height="900" style="width:16.6666in;height:9.375in" id="Picture_x0020_4" src="cid:image001.jpg@01DBCB1A.22EB3630" alt="Picture"></span></b><b><span style="font-size:11.0pt"> <o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt">Image description: A line of smiling students in regalia at commencement with text superimposed on top stating “Ducks Give 5/15/25” and “$128,233, 183 gifts”<b> <o:p></o:p></b></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:11.0pt"><o:p> </o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:11.0pt">Congratulations to Jennifer McGovney – Employee of the Year Award <o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt">Huge congratulations to EDST Business Manager, Jennifer McGovney, on receiving a University of Oregon Employee of the Year Award. Jennifer was honored yesterday for her leadership, problem-solving and people-centered
orientation, equity, and inclusion as business manager. Thanks so much to Julie Heffernan and Dylan Lee for the nomination and to Chris Krabiel for your support of this nomination. Jennifer is so deserving of this recognition!<b> <o:p></o:p></b></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:11.0pt"><img width="641" height="481" style="width:6.675in;height:5.0083in" id="Picture_x0020_3" src="cid:image002.png@01DBCB1A.22EB3630" alt="Picture"></span></b><span style="font-size:11.0pt"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt">Image description: Julie Heffernan (Director of UOTeach), Dylan Lee (Academic Program Coordinator), Jennifer McGovney (with award plaque), and Dean Laura Lee McIntyre<b> <o:p></o:p></b></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:11.0pt"><o:p> </o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:11.0pt">New $11 million NIH Center Grant funded <o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt">Congratulations to PIs Beth Stormshak and John Seeley and a team from the Prevention Science Institute, College of Education, and the Ballmer Institute on a new $11+ million center grant funded by the National
Institute on Mental Health. This competitive center grant will focus on improving the lives of children and families in schools, and builds on our national expertise in this area.
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt">The overall goal of our transdisciplinary center for
<b>Expanding Access and Accelerating Delivery of Interventions to Promote Mental Health for Underserved Adolescents (ACCESS)
</b>is to improve the mental health of underserved youth, families, and school communities through an optimized, multi-tiered focus on contextual, behavioral, and individual systems. The focus will be testing effectiveness-implementation models of school-based
prevention during the middle school years, a time when escalating rates of mental health distress in early adolescence culminate in mental health and behavioral disorders that can last a lifetime.
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:11.0pt">Graduate Spotlights <o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt">Learn more about <b><a href="https://education.uoregon.edu/marquel-holiday-sapsikwala" target="_blank"><span style="font-weight:normal">Marquel Holiday</span></a><span style="font-weight:normal">, 2025 Sapsik'</span></b></span><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">ʷ</span><span style="font-size:11.0pt">a</span><span style="font-size:11.0pt">łá</span><span style="font-size:11.0pt">
Teacher Education program graduate, and <b><a href="https://education.uoregon.edu/susan-coleman-prevsci" target="_blank"><span style="font-weight:normal">Susan Coleman</span></a><span style="font-weight:normal">, Prevention Science graduate.</span> <o:p></o:p></b></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:11.0pt"><a href="https://education.uoregon.edu/hedco-institute-graduate-spotlights" target="_blank">HEDCO Institute Graduate Spotlights</a> <o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt">Learn more about Samantha Martinez, BA, 2023 HEDCO Institute Scholar, and Hana Dussan, BA, 2024 HEDCO Institute Scholar.<b> <o:p></o:p></b></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><u><span style="font-size:11.0pt">Reminders</span></u></b><b><span style="font-size:11.0pt"> <o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:11.0pt">COE Career Faculty | 2025-26 Promotion Info Session <o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt">Career faculty are invited to attend an information session about promotion on Friday, May 30th from 12:00 pm to 1:30 pm in HEDCO 230T/Zoom (lunch provided!). Learn about the promotion process and timelines
for AY 2025-26, elements of the career faculty promotion file, and resources for preparing your promotion materials. Although information will be targeted to COE career faculty who are eligible for promotion review in 2025-26, all career faculty are welcome
to attend. Please <b><a href="https://oregon.qualtrics.com/jfe/form/SV_bqtdGu81NWILo9M" target="_blank"><span style="font-weight:normal">RSVP via this link</span></a><span style="font-weight:normal">.</span> <o:p></o:p></b></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><u><span style="font-size:11.0pt">Job Opportunities</span></u></b><b><span style="font-size:11.0pt"> <o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
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<li class="MsoNormal" style="mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1"><b><span style="font-size:11.0pt"><a href="https://careers.uoregon.edu/en-us/job/535416/assistantassociateteaching-professor-couples-and-family-therapy" target="_blank"><span style="font-weight:normal">Assistant/Associate/Teaching
Professor - Couples and Family Therapy</span></a><span style="font-weight:normal">: Applications due June 9</span> <o:p></o:p></span></b></li></ul>
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<b><span style="font-family:"Source Sans Pro",sans-serif;color:black">Laura Lee McIntyre | Dean & Castle-McIntosh-Knight Professor</span></b><span style="font-family:"Source Sans Pro",sans-serif;color:black"> <br>
</span><b><span style="font-family:"Source Sans Pro",sans-serif;color:#737373">University of Oregon | College of Education</span></b><span style="font-family:"Source Sans Pro",sans-serif;color:black"><br>
230 Hedco Education Building | Eugene, OR 97403-1215<br>
<a href="mailto:email@uoregon.edu"><span style="color:blue">llmcinty@uoregon.edu</span></a> |
<a href="https://education.uoregon.edu/"><span style="color:blue">https://education.uoregon.edu</span></a>
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