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Hello Extension Faculty!</div>
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Welcome to <b>Annual Review Season 2026</b>! I wanted to share some key information up front to help make this process as smooth as possible.</div>
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<b>A few important highlights:</b></div>
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We will be using the <b>same format as last year</b> (please see the attached <i>
APR 2026 Guidance</i> document).</div>
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<b>Monday, February 2 at 11:59:59 p.m.</b> is the deadline to have all Extension work entered in the UA Faculty Portfolio (UA Vitae) system.</div>
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<b>Peer Review assignments</b> will be available by <b>Thursday, February 5</b>, with reviews due by
<b>Thursday, March 5</b>.<br>
As in past years, each Agent will be assigned <b>three peers</b> to review within their programmatic area.</div>
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More details will be shared as we get closer, but the process will remain the same as last year.</div>
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<b>For those newer to the process:</b></div>
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Submitting your Faculty Portfolio is the <b>first step</b> in the Annual Review Process.</div>
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If you are in an <b>Agent role</b>:</div>
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The Activity Input Form titled <b>“2025 Cooperative Extension Annual Review (APR)”</b> is now live on your Faculty Portfolio Dashboard.</div>
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This step initiates your APR for peer review.</div>
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<b>What you’ll need to do:</b></div>
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Click on <b>2025 Cooperative Extension Annual Review (APR)</b> from your Dashboard.</div>
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Review and verify that all <b>2025 information</b> is correct and make updates as needed.</div>
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You will not be able to select <b>“Ready for Peer Review”</b> until any required items (shown in red) are cleared. These are typically tied to activities marked as
<i>ongoing</i>.</div>
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<b>To clear those items:</b></div>
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Verify the information and click <b>Update</b>, or</div>
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Edit the activity end date and click <b>Update</b>.</div>
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Once you select <b>Ready for Peer Review</b>, the item will be removed from your UA Vitae
<i>To Do</i> list. This step simply lets the system know your content is ready for peer review for 2026.</div>
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You may <b>save your work and return later</b>—you do not need to complete everything in one sitting.</div>
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<b>A few additional notes:</b></div>
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If you need to pull <b>AAP-5 data</b>, please submit a request through the <a title="https://arizonace.quickbase.com/nav/app/bmipv6bik/table/bmipv6buc/action/nwr?originalQid=td&page=1" href="https://arizonace.quickbase.com/nav/app/bmipv6bik/table/bmipv6buc/action/nwr?originalQid=td&page=1">
Support Tracker</a> so it can be assigned and processed.</div>
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If you do not yet have access to Faculty Portfolio, please work with your <b>business team</b> to request access. I’m not provisioned to grant access.</div>
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In addition to the attached resources, seasoned Agents have shared helpful materials on Confluence, including the
<i><a title="https://arizona.hosted.panopto.com/Panopto/Pages/Viewer.aspx?id=867e6359-adfa-41e4-8722-b0d9016bf061" href="https://arizona.hosted.panopto.com/Panopto/Pages/Viewer.aspx?id=867e6359-adfa-41e4-8722-b0d9016bf061">Completing Your APR Using Faculty
Portfolio</a></i> recording.</div>
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Please don’t hesitate to reach out if you have questions.</div>
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Thanks,<br>
Kelly</div>
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<span style="font-weight: 700;">Kelly Montez,</span></div>
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Executive Assistant to the Associate Vice President and Director</div>
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Cooperative Extension</div>
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THE UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA</div>
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Forbes Building</div>
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Room 301</div>
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1140 E. South Campus Drive, Tucson AZ 85721</div>
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520-621-7145</div>
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kellymontez@arizona.edu</div>
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<span style="font-weight: 700;"><a style="color: rgb(139, 0, 21); text-decoration: none; display: block;" data-init-text="www.arizona.edu" data-init-url="https://www.arizona.edu" class="sig-item OWAAutoLink" id="OWA40e36bd1-8e82-6b99-ede6-ef3274956a62" href="https://extension.arizona.edu/">extension.arizona.edu</a></span></div>
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