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<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:105%"><b><span style="font-size:14.0pt;line-height:105%;color:#0C234B">Edward C. Martin, Ph.D.</span></b><span style="font-size:10.0pt;line-height:105%;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:#767676"><br>
</span><span style="font-size:10.0pt;line-height:105%">Associate Vice President and Director</span><span style="font-size:10.0pt;line-height:105%;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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</span><span style="font-size:10.0pt;line-height:105%">Professor/Extension Specialist - Biosystems Engineering</span><span style="font-size:10.0pt;line-height:105%;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif"><br>
</span><span style="font-size:10.0pt;line-height:105%">THE UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:105%"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;line-height:105%;border:none windowtext 1.0pt;padding:0in">P.O. Box 210036 | Tucson, AZ 85721-0036</span><span style="font-size:10.0pt;line-height:105%"><br>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:105%"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;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 the Yaqui. Committed to diversity and inclusion, the University strives to build sustainable relationships with sovereign Native Nations and Indigenous communities through education offerings, partnerships, and community
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<b>Sent:</b> Wednesday, December 18, 2024 7:35 AM<br>
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<b>Subject:</b> [EXT] Save the Date: 2026 National Urban Extension Conference<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif">Please save the dates May 11-14, 2026, for the National Urban Extension Conference hosted in Detroit, MI by Michigan State University Extension. This upcoming event’s focus
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif">The event will take place at The Westin Book Cadillac at 1114 Washington Blvd, Detroit, MI 48226. Registration and room block information will be released in late 2025. Please
visit <a href="https://www.canr.msu.edu/nuec/index">
canr.msu.edu/nuec</a> for updates.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">Thank you, <o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">Shelby Warner</span></b><b><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;mso-ligatures:none"><o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">Michigan State University Extension</span><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">Project/Event Coordinator, ANR Event Services<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">Pronouns: she/her/hers<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">Justin S. Morrill Hall of Agriculture<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">446 W. Circle Drive, Room 11<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">East Lansing, MI 48824-1039<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">517-884-7076<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><a href="mailto:warner80@msu.edu"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#0563C1">warner80@msu.edu</span></a><b><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#C00000"><o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><i><span style="font-size:12.0pt">MSU is an affirmative-action, equal-opportunity employer. Michigan State University Extension programs and materials are open to all without regard to race, color, national origin, gender, gender identity,
religion, age, height, weight, disability, political beliefs, sexual orientation, marital status, family status or veteran status.</span></i><i><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif"><o:p></o:p></span></i></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><i><span style="font-size:12.0pt">“Michigan State University occupies the ancestral, traditional and contemporary lands of the Anishinaabeg – Three Fires Confederacy of Ojibwe, Odawa and Potawatomi peoples. In particular, the university
resides on land ceded in the 1819 Treaty of Saginaw. We recognize Michigan’s 12 federally recognized Native Nations, historic Indigenous communities in Michigan, Indigenous individuals and communities who live here now, and those who were forcibly removed
from their homelands. In offering this land acknowledgement, we affirm Indigenous sovereignty, history and experiences.”<o:p></o:p></span></i></p>
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