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<div dir="ltr">Hope this email finds you all well. Refer to email below regarding update on international students. Sent on behalf of Provost. </div>
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<b>Sent:</b> Tuesday, July 7, 2020 3:26 PM<br>
<b>To:</b> Rodriguez Lorta, Nancy G - (nancyr)<br>
<b>Cc:</b> Staten, Michael E - (statenm); Hunt, James E - (jeh)<br>
<b>Subject:</b> FW: Updated US visa rules require some in-person learning for international students
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:#1F497D">As requested by Provost Folks, Nancy.</span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:9.0pt; color:#0070C0; background:white">My mask protects you, your mask protects me</span></b><b><span style="font-size:9.0pt; color:#0070C0">.</span></b><span style="font-size:9.0pt; color:#0070C0"> We’ve controlled
infectious diseases without vaccines for thousands of years.</span><span style="font-size:9.0pt; color:#1F497D">
</span><b><span style="font-size:9.0pt; color:red">Wearing our masks</span></b><span style="font-size:9.0pt; color:#1F497D">
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<u>and </u>concurrently save thousands of lives</span><span style="font-size:9.0pt; color:red">.</span><span style="font-size:9.0pt; color:#1F497D"></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><u><span style="font-size:9.0pt; color:#0070C0; background:white">All UA employees must</span></u><u><span style="font-size:9.0pt; color:#0070C0"> wear a face covering inside all UA buildings</span></u><span style="font-size:9.0pt; color:#0070C0">
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:14.0pt; color:#0C234B">Shane C. Burgess</span></b><span style="font-size:10.0pt; font-family:"Times New Roman",serif; color:#767676"><br>
</span><span style="font-size:10.0pt; color:#767676">Vice President for Agriculture, Life and Veterinary Sciences, and Cooperative Extension Charles-Sander Dean of the College of Agriculture & Life Sciences
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</span><span style="font-size:10.0pt; color:#767676">THE UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA</span><span style="font-size:10.0pt; font-family:"Times New Roman",serif; color:#767676"><br>
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P.O. Box 210036 | Tucson, AZ 85721-0036<br>
Office: 520-621-7621<br>
<a href="mailto:sburgess@cals.arizona.edu"><span style="color:#767676; text-decoration:none">sburgess@cals.arizona.edu</span></a><br>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:11.0pt">From:</span></b><span style="font-size:11.0pt"> Folks, Liesl - (liesl) <liesl@arizona.edu>
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<b>Sent:</b> Tuesday, July 7, 2020 1:20 PM<br>
<b>To:</b> Demetriou, Cynthia P - (cpd) <cpd@arizona.edu>; Urquidez, Kasandra Kay - (kasandra) <kasandra@arizona.edu>; Durand, Alain-Philippe - (adurand) <adurand@arizona.edu>; Schulz, Andrew - (apschulz) <apschulz@arizona.edu>; White, Brent T - (brentwhite)
<brentwhite@arizona.edu>; Johnson, Bruce - (brucej) <brucej@arizona.edu>; Carnie, Andrew H - (carnie) <carnie@arizona.edu>; Hahn, David W - (dwhahn) <dwhahn@arizona.edu>; Reed, Guy - (guyreed) <guyreed@arizona.edu>; Hakim, Iman A - (ihakim) <ihakim@arizona.edu>;
Moore, Ida M - (imoore) <imoore@arizona.edu>; Jones, John Paul - (jpjones) <jpjones@arizona.edu>; Cheu, Elliott C - (echeu) <echeu@arizona.edu>; Funk, Julie Ann - (juliefunk) <juliefunk@arizona.edu>; Abecassis, Michael M I - (mabecassis) <mabecassis@arizona.edu>;
Miller, Marc L - (miller47) <miller47@arizona.edu>; Denno, Linda Lee - (ldenno) <ldenno@arizona.edu>; Goes, Paulo B - (pgoes) <pgoes@arizona.edu>; Pollock-Ellwand, Nancy Dorothy - (pollockellwand) <pollockellwand@arizona.edu>; Burgess, Shane C - (shaneburgess)
<sburgess@cals.arizona.edu>; Rick Schnellmann <schnell@pharmacy.arizona.edu>; Hunt, Terry L - (tlhunt) <tlhunt@arizona.edu>; tlk <tlkoch@optics.arizona.edu><br>
<b>Cc:</b> Robles-Parra, Clarisa Marie - (clarisarobles) <clarisarobles@arizona.edu>; White, Brent T - (brentwhite) <brentwhite@arizona.edu><br>
<b>Subject:</b> Updated US visa rules require some in-person learning for international students</span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt">Dear Academic College deans, Kasey and Cynthia,</span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt">Would you please share the memo below out to your advisement teams?
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt">I’ll send it out to all faculty separately.</span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt">WIth thanks, Liesl</span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt">Dear concerned colleagues,</span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt">We have learned this week that the US Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) has issued <a href="https://www.ice.gov/news/releases/sevp-modifies-temporary-exemptions-nonimmigrant-students-taking-online-courses-during">new
guidance</a> for the Student and Exchange Visitor Program (SEVP), under which our international students obtain their visas to study in the US. Specifically, for the Fall 2020 semester, F-1 and M-1 students may <b><i>not</i></b> take a full online course
load and remain in the United States. </span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt">Please know that we have a team working swiftly to ensure that we will have at least some in-person options available for all undergraduate and graduate international students in the US on the affected visas that
will comply with SEVP requirements, so that they may remain in country to complete their academic plans.</span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt">ISS will host multiple question and answer sessions on the topic on Wednesday, July 15<sup>th</sup>. Registration will be available on the <a href="https://global.arizona.edu/international-students/programs-events">ISS
Programs and Events page</a> shortly. As always, International Student Services staff is available for advising via <a href="https://global.arizona.edu/international-students/contact-iss">email</a> and <a href="https://global.arizona.edu/iss/advising">Zoom</a>.</span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt">More information will follow as soon as we have developed an updated plan to support these students. In the meantime, I appreciate your help in supporting our international students through this new challenge.</span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt">With thanks,</span></p>
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Professor, Electrical and Computer Engineering<br>
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