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<p class="MsoNormal"><b>From:</b> Leslie Leve <leve@uoregon.edu> <br>
<b>Sent:</b> Thursday, December 7, 2023 11:36 AM<br>
<b>To:</b> prevscilist-bounces@lists.uoregon.edu<br>
<b>Subject:</b> FW: DEC 15 deadline - Science Policy Advocacy for Research Competition (SPARC) for STEM graduate students<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">Hi PrevSci students,<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">This science policy communication skills competition may be of interest to some of you—see attached flier, and the second attachment is the fields they request in the application. Note the 12/15 due date.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">Leslie<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><i><span style="font-size:8.0pt;color:#1F497D">******************</span></i><span style="font-size:12.0pt;color:black"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><i><span style="font-size:8.0pt;color:#1F497D">Leslie Leve, Professor
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<p class="MsoNormal"><i><span style="font-size:8.0pt;color:#1F497D">Lorry Lokey Chair in Education</span></i><span style="font-size:12.0pt;color:black"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><i><span style="font-size:8.0pt;color:#1F497D">Department Head, Department of Counseling Psychology and Human Services, College of Education</span></i><span style="font-size:12.0pt;color:black"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><i><span style="font-size:8.0pt;color:#1F497D">Scientist, Prevention Science Institute</span></i><span style="font-size:12.0pt;color:black"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><i><span style="font-size:8.0pt;color:#1F497D">University of Oregon</span></i><span style="font-size:12.0pt;color:black"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><i><span style="font-size:8.0pt;color:#2F5597">Web:</span></i><span style="font-size:8.0pt;color:#2F5597"> <i><a href="https://levelab.uoregon.edu/" title="https://levelab.uoregon.edu/"><span style="color:#2F5597">https://levelab.uoregon.edu/</span></a> and
<a href="https://education.uoregon.edu/people/prevsci/leve" title="https://education.uoregon.edu/people/prevsci/leve"><span style="color:#2F5597">https://education.uoregon.edu/people/prevsci/leve</span></a><o:p></o:p></i></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><i><span style="font-size:8.0pt;color:#2F5597">Member, National Scientific Council on Adolescence, <a href="https://urldefense.com/v3/__https:/developingadolescent.org/__;!!C5qS4YX3!AMcuWrczmaw6Po7oMhRNIivsh7eYmz3L9VUP80iFUL8_NRHnRXS6hIzsn23Qsqk3HY9JTJxCaXeRC6BudvY0oR4KCOvAwLEB6SEL$" title="https://developingadolescent.org/"><span style="color:#2F5597">https://developingadolescent.org/</span></a><o:p></o:p></span></i></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><i><span style="font-size:8.0pt;color:#2F5597">The University of Oregon is located on Kalapuya Ilihi, the traditional indigenous homeland of the Kalapuya people. Today, descendants are citizens of the Confederated Tribes of the Grand Ronde
Community of Oregon and the Confederated Tribes of Siletz Indians of Oregon, and they continue to make important contributions in their communities, at UO, and across the land we now refer to as Oregon.</span></i><span style="font-size:12.0pt;color:black"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:12.0pt;color:black">From: </span></b><span style="font-size:12.0pt;color:black">Vice Provost for Graduate Studies <<a href="mailto:vpgradstudies@uoregon.edu">vpgradstudies@uoregon.edu</a>><br>
<b>Date: </b>Thursday, December 7, 2023 at 11:10 AM<br>
<b>Subject: </b>DEC 15 deadline - Science Policy Advocacy for Research Competition (SPARC) for STEM graduate students<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="mso-ligatures:standardcontextual">I received the following information just this week. The deadline is quickly approaching. Please distribute to interested students.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="mso-ligatures:standardcontextual">Thank you,<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="mso-ligatures:standardcontextual">Krista <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="mso-ligatures:standardcontextual">____________________________________<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="mso-ligatures:standardcontextual">Krista M. Chronister, PhD (<a href="https://urldefense.com/v3/__https:/namedrop.io/kristachronister__;!!C5qS4YX3!AMcuWrczmaw6Po7oMhRNIivsh7eYmz3L9VUP80iFUL8_NRHnRXS6hIzsn23Qsqk3HY9JTJxCaXeRC6BudvY0oR4KCOvAwOnnYCV7$">hear
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<span style="color:black;background:white">| she|her<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="color:black">Sent:</span></b><span style="color:black"> Thursday, December 7, 2023 5:09 AM<br>
<b>To:</b> Lourdes Garcia-Ruiz <<a href="mailto:lgruiz@ura-hq.org">lgruiz@ura-hq.org</a>><br>
<b>Cc:</b> SPARC <<a href="mailto:sparc@ura-hq.org">sparc@ura-hq.org</a>><br>
<b>Subject:</b> Science Policy Advocacy for Research Competition (SPARC) for STEM graduate students</span>
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<p class="xmsonormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:105%;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:black">Dear URA members,</span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="xmsonormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:105%;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:black">We would sincerely appreciate your sharing the</span><span style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:105%;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif"> attached<span style="color:black">
announcement of URA’s new <b>Science Policy Advocacy for Research Competition (SPARC) for STEM graduate students</b> to<span class="xapple-converted-space"> </span>your university's STEM departments.<span class="xapple-converted-space"> The goal of the competition
series is to equip graduate STEM students with science communication skills to spark advocacy for their scientific research.</span></span></span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="xmsonormal"><span class="xapple-converted-space"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:105%;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:black">Application</span></span><span style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:105%;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:black">,
programming, and competition details are included in the attached pdf. <b>The application deadline is December 15<sup>th</sup>, 202</b></span><b><span style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:105%;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">3<span style="color:black">.</span></span></b><u><span style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:105%;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:black">
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John Mester</span><br>
<span style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:105%;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:black">President & CEO</span><o:p></o:p></p>
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