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<i>Forwarding on behalf of Ed Martin, AVP and Director Cooperative Extension.</i>
<span style="color: rgb(237, 92, 87);">Please share with your faculty and staff.</span> </div>
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Dear Faculty and Staff,</div>
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<p style="margin: 0in; font-family: Aptos, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;">Starting in January 2025, Dr. Ethan Orr will no longer serve as Associate Director of Agriculture and Natural Resource Programs for UA Cooperative Extension.</p>
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<p style="margin: 0in; font-family: Aptos, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;">I am actively seeking someone willing to serve as an Interim Associate Director of Agriculture and Natural Resource Programs. Self-nominations as encouraged. If you nominate someone besides
yourself, please be sure to have their permission to do so.</p>
<p style="margin: 0in; font-family: Aptos, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;">Also, please add a few sentences explaining why you (or the person you are nominating) would make a good Associate Director.</p>
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<p style="margin: 0in; font-family: Aptos, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;">I need these nominations by Wednesday, December 4, to ensure we can have someone onboard by January 2025.</p>
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<p style="margin: 0in; font-family: Aptos, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;">Regards,</p>
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<p style="margin: 0in; font-family: Aptos, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;">Ed Martin</p>
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<span style="font-size: 14pt; color: rgb(12, 35, 75); line-height: 105%;"><b>Edward C. Martin, Ph.D.</b></span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 10pt; color: rgb(118, 118, 118); line-height: 105%;"><br>
</span><span style="font-size: 10pt; line-height: 105%;">Associate Vice President and Director</span></p>
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<span style="font-size: 10pt; line-height: 105%;">Division of Agriculture, Life, & Veterinary Sciences, and Cooperative Extension</span></p>
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</span><span style="font-size: 10pt; line-height: 105%;">Professor/Extension Specialist - Biosystems Engineering</span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 10pt; line-height: 105%;"><br>
</span><span style="font-size: 10pt; line-height: 105%;">THE UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA</span></p>
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<span style="font-size: 10pt; line-height: 105%;">P.O. Box 210036 | Tucson, AZ 85721-0036<br>
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<span style="font-size: 10pt; line-height: 105%;">We respectfully acknowledge the University of Arizona is on the land and territories of Indigenous peoples. Today, Arizona is home to 22 federally recognized tribes, with Tucson being home to the O'odham and
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