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Yesterday, President Biden signed a bill that recognizes <i>Juneteenth</i> as a federal holiday. Federal employees will observe Juneteenth for the first time today.</div>

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<i>Juneteenth </i>commemorates June 19, 1865 -- two and a half years after President Lincoln signed the Emancipation Proclamation -- when many Black people still held in bondage in Texas learned of their freedom.</div>

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The UA remains open today because adopting a federal holiday across Arizona is the State Legislature's purview.</div>

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After signing the bill yesterday, President Biden said, "It's also a day for us to reaffirm and rededicate ourselves to action."</div>

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Please join me in stopping what you are doing for a moment to remember those who suffered in, from, and because of slavery in the U.S. and its appalling legacy.</div>

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Please join me also in considering what you will do to rededicate yourself to acting consistently with our shared ideals and values so that we can

<i>be the most sought-after place to be a part of</i> -- for everyone.</div>

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<span style="color:rgb(0,0,0); font-family:Calibri,Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size:12pt">Thank you for all you continue you to do for those you love, your friends and colleagues, and for those you don't know and won't know you, but whose lives your Extension,

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Regards,</div>

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<p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px;margin:0in; font-size:11pt"><b><span style="color:blue; font-family:Calibri,Helvetica,sans-serif">UA FACE MASK REQUIREMENTS

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<p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px;margin:0in; font-size:11pt"><b><span style="color:blue; font-family:Calibri,Helvetica,sans-serif">A. Regardless of your Vaccination Status you must wear a mask</span></b><span style="color:blue; font-family:Calibri,Helvetica,sans-serif">:</span><span style="color:blue"><span style="font-family:Calibri,Helvetica,sans-serif"> </span></span></p>

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<span style="color:blue; font-family:Calibri,Helvetica,sans-serif">In </span><span style="color:blue; font-family:Calibri,Helvetica,sans-serif"><u>all indoor classrooms</u></span><span style="color:blue; font-family:Calibri,Helvetica,sans-serif">, other

</span><span style="color:blue; font-family:Calibri,Helvetica,sans-serif"><u>group instructional</u></span><span style="color:blue; font-family:Calibri,Helvetica,sans-serif"> settings and in

</span><span style="color:blue; font-family:Calibri,Helvetica,sans-serif"><u>any University library.</u></span><span style="color:blue"><span style="font-family:Calibri,Helvetica,sans-serif"> </span></span></p>

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<span style="font-size:8pt; color:blue; font-family:Calibri,Helvetica,sans-serif">In a CatTran or any other public transportation provided by the University</span><span style="font-size:8.0pt; color:blue"><span style="font-family:Calibri,Helvetica,sans-serif"> </span></span></p>

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<span style="font-size:8pt; color:blue; font-family:Calibri,Helvetica,sans-serif">In any University operated or affiliated building or facility where patients are seen, including Campus Health and Banner University Medical Center buildings

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<span style="font-size:8pt; color:blue; font-family:Calibri,Helvetica,sans-serif">At the University of Arizona state of Arizona Vaccine Point of Distribution (POD)</span><span style="font-size:8.0pt; color:blue"><span style="font-family:Calibri,Helvetica,sans-serif"> </span></span></p>

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 in </span><span style="color:blue; font-family:Calibri,Helvetica,sans-serif"><u>indoor and outdoor</u></span><span style="color:blue; font-family:Calibri,Helvetica,sans-serif"> activities

</span><span style="color:blue; font-family:Calibri,Helvetica,sans-serif"><u>without a mask or physically distancing

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<p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px;margin:0in; font-size:11pt"><b><span style="color:blue; font-family:Calibri,Helvetica,sans-serif">C. Non-fully vaccinated people must wear masks:

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<span style="color:blue; font-family:Calibri,Helvetica,sans-serif">in all classrooms and other group instructional settings.</span><span style="color:blue"><span style="font-family:Calibri,Helvetica,sans-serif"> </span></span></p>

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<span style="color:blue; font-family:Calibri,Helvetica,sans-serif">in all university buildings, except when alone in a single occupancy office.</span><span style="color:blue"><span style="font-family:Calibri,Helvetica,sans-serif"> </span></span></p>

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<span style="color:blue; font-family:Calibri,Helvetica,sans-serif">in any University of Arizona outdoor space where continuous physical distancing of at least 6 feet cannot be easily maintained.</span><span style="color:blue"><span style="font-family:Calibri,Helvetica,sans-serif"> </span></span></p>

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<div><b><span style="font-size:14.0pt; line-height:107%; font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif; color:#0C234B">Shane C. Burgess</span></b><span style="font-size:10.0pt; line-height:107%; font-family:"Times New Roman",serif; color:#767676"><br>

</span><span style="font-size:10.0pt; line-height:107%; font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif; color:#767676">Vice President for the Division of Agriculture, Life and Veterinary Sciences, and

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P.O. Box 210036 | Tucson, AZ 85721-0036<br>

Office: 520-621-7621<br>

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<span style="font-size:10.0pt; color:#1F4E79">The University of Arizona is located statewide on the ancestral homelands of indigenous peoples.</span></p>

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