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<p class="MsoNormal" style="page-break-after:avoid"><span style="font-size:20.0pt;color:#0F4761;mso-ligatures:none">The Weekly Vol. 7 #31<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="page-break-after:avoid"><span style="font-size:16.0pt;font-family:"Aptos Display",sans-serif;color:#0F4761;mso-ligatures:none">Dean’s Message</span><span style="color:#0F4761;mso-ligatures:none"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;mso-ligatures:none">Dear COE Community,<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;mso-ligatures:none">Thank you for making Ducks Give 2026 such a huge success last week!
</span><span style="font-size:11.0pt;color:black;mso-ligatures:none">We exceeded our goal of 180 gifts, ending the day with
<b>195 gifts</b> <b>raising more than $132,000</b>. Of that total, $63,000 was unlocked through eight challenge gifts. We finished
<b>#5 </b>on the leaderboard for <b>number of gifts</b> and were the<b> top academic unit</b> in this category. This marks the third year in a row we earned this top spot!</span><span style="font-size:10.0pt;color:black;mso-ligatures:none"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="background:white"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;color:black;mso-ligatures:none">This year we featured three funds on our giving page: the COE General Scholarship Fund, the Sapsik’</span><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black;mso-ligatures:none">ʷ</span><span style="font-size:11.0pt;color:black;mso-ligatures:none">ałá
Teacher Education Program Fund, and the HEDCO Clinic Discretionary Fund. But donors who gave to any COE fund counted toward our total goal. Thanks to the generosity of our supporters, the funds raised will support our student scholarships and programming
in the years ahead.</span><span style="font-size:10.0pt;color:black;mso-ligatures:none"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="background:white"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;color:black;mso-ligatures:none">Thank you for your generosity, advocacy, and the many ways you contributed to this shared success! And a special shout out to our incredible COE Development
Team, Esther Harclerode, Laura King, and Andrea Olson, for their hard work making the event such a success.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background:white"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;color:black;mso-ligatures:none">Best wishes,<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background:white"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;color:black;mso-ligatures:none">Emily</span><span style="font-size:11.0pt;mso-ligatures:none"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="page-break-after:avoid"><span style="font-size:16.0pt;color:#0F4761;mso-ligatures:none">Spotlights and Recognition</span><span style="font-size:11.0pt;color:#0F4761;mso-ligatures:none"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="mso-ligatures:none"><a href="https://vimeo.com/1192039160"><b><span style="font-size:11.0pt;color:#467886">SPED Alum Win Eugene 4J's 2026 Golden Apple Award</span></b></a><br>
</span><span style="font-size:11.0pt;mso-ligatures:none">Congrats to COE alum Mike Seager, MEd ’12 (Special Education), winner of Eugene School District 4J’s 2026 Golden Apple Award in the teacher/licensed specialist category. Mike is a special education teacher
at Roosevelt Middle School. Core to his work with students is his Academic Success Rubric, a comprehensive list of skills needed for them to be successful in the classroom.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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</span><b><span style="font-size:11.0pt;mso-ligatures:none">Faculty Shoutout: Associate Professor Nichole Kelly</span></b><span style="mso-ligatures:none"><br>
</span><span style="font-size:11.0pt;mso-ligatures:none">Dr. Nichole Kelly's research team was well represented at the UO Undergraduate Research Symposium. The FHS students who were presenting said that Dr. Kelly came by to support them, as did several of the
graduate students. One of them even explained the high variance in one subgroup’s confidence interval- impressive! The students said they love the supportive environment of Dr. Kelly's lab.</span><span style="mso-ligatures:none"><br>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:11.0pt;mso-ligatures:none">Welcome HEDCO Institute Postdoctoral Scholar</span></b><span style="mso-ligatures:none"><br>
</span><span style="font-size:11.0pt;mso-ligatures:none">Deborah Han, PhD has joined the HEDCO Institute as a Postdoctoral Scholar working directly with Dr. Elizabeth Day on bridging research, practice, and policy. Dr. Han recently completed her doctoral training
in developmental psychology at the University of Denver and brings a well-rounded set of skills and experiences to this role. We are excited to welcome Deborah to the HEDCO Institute team!<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><i><span style="font-size:11.0pt;color:black;mso-ligatures:none">Submit Achievements to be Featured in future Weekly newsletters:
</span></i><span style="mso-ligatures:none"><a href="https://oregon.qualtrics.com/jfe/form/SV_6VRZUU99jDOx6NE"><i><span style="font-size:11.0pt;color:#467886">Celebration, Accolades, Kudos, and Excellence (CAKE) Survey</span></i></a></span><span style="font-size:11.0pt;color:black;mso-ligatures:none"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="background:white"><b><span style="font-size:11.0pt;color:black;mso-ligatures:none">COE Career Faculty | 2026-27 Promotion Info Session
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="background:white"><b><span style="font-size:11.0pt;color:black;mso-ligatures:none">THIS FRIDAY May 22nd, 12-1:20pm on Zoom</span></b><b><span style="font-size:11.0pt;mso-ligatures:none"><o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background:white"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;color:black;mso-ligatures:none">Career faculty are invited to attend this information session about promotion. Learn about the promotion process and timelines for AY 2026-27, components
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 2026-27, all career faculty are welcome to attend.
</span><span style="color:black;mso-ligatures:none"><a href="https://forms.cloud.microsoft/Pages/ResponsePage.aspx?id=jxkLj0f0_ky6A1JrRsZh-NpMt7VDc6VOhGx_2czZJvFUQ0hVSFdIUTZXWUFUN1M3WEc5R01DQTZSWi4u"><span class="MsoSmartlink"><span style="font-size:11.0pt">Please
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="background:white"><b><span style="font-size:11.0pt;color:black;mso-ligatures:none">HEDCO Café Closed for Summer</span></b><b><span style="font-size:11.0pt;mso-ligatures:none"><o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background:white"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;color:black;mso-ligatures:none">The Education Station Café in the HEDCO Lobby will be closed this summer. The café will have limited hours during finals week (open 8:00-4:00 Monday
through Wednesday and open 8:00-2:00 Thursday and Friday) and then will be closed for summer starting Monday June 15<sup>th</sup>. The café will re-open during the Week of Welcome starting Monday September 21<sup>st</sup>. This year’s café closure extends
to the library café as well. All retail cafes in the academic buildings will be closed for summer except for Riverfront Bistro in the Knight Campus Building 2.</span><b><span style="font-size:11.0pt;mso-ligatures:none"><o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-family:"Source Sans Pro",sans-serif;color:black;mso-ligatures:none">Emily Tanner-Smith | Dean, Thomson Professor</span></b><span style="font-family:"Source Sans Pro",sans-serif;color:black;mso-ligatures:none"> (she/her)</span><span style="mso-ligatures:none"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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