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<p class="MsoNormal"><span class="contentpasted0"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;color:black;background:white">This morning we launched a search for the new director of the School of Plant Sciences. Not only is a successful search critical to PLS faculty, staff,
and students, but it will be important to the Division of Agriculture, Life, and Veterinary Sciences, and Cooperative Extension, the rest of the UA, and Arizona’s economy.</span></span><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span class="contentpasted0"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;color:black;background:white">Following the
<a href="https://facultygovernance.arizona.edu/sites/default/files/2022-08/Shared%20Governance%20Faculty%20Letter%20and%20MOU.pdf" title="https://facultygovernance.arizona.edu/sites/default/files/2022-08/Shared Governance Faculty Letter and MOU.pdf">
Spring 2022 updates to the MOU on Shared Governance</a>, we are grateful and thankful to those who have agreed to serve on the search committee. This search will require significant investment in time and work. It is essential that the committee engage with
you proactively and vis versa. Confirmed committee members are listed below; three nominees are pending confirmation and we will update the list if there are any additional committee members.</span></span><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span class="contentpasted0"><b><span style="font-size:12.0pt;color:black;background:white">Ethan Orr</span></b></span><span class="contentpasted0"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;color:black;background:white">, Extension Administration -
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span class="contentpasted0"><b><span style="font-size:12.0pt;color:black;background:white">Amanda Armendariz</span></b></span><span class="contentpasted0"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;color:black;background:white">, Plant Sciences</span></span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span class="contentpasted0"><b><span style="font-size:12.0pt;color:black;background:white">Judith Brown</span></b></span><span class="contentpasted0"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;color:black;background:white">, Plant Sciences</span></span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span class="contentpasted0"><b><span style="font-size:12.0pt;color:black;background:white">David Dierig</span></b></span><span class="contentpasted0"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;color:black;background:white">, Bridgestone Americas, Inc.</span></span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span class="contentpasted0"><b><span style="font-size:12.0pt;color:black;background:white">Fatemah Dili</span></b></span><span class="contentpasted0"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;color:black;background:white">, Research Administration</span></span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span class="contentpasted0"><b><span style="font-size:12.0pt;color:black;background:white">Vineeth Koneru</span></b></span><span class="contentpasted0"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;color:black;background:white">, undergraduate student,
Plant Sciences</span></span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span class="contentpasted0"><b><span style="font-size:12.0pt;color:black;background:white">Michelle McMahon</span></b></span><span class="contentpasted0"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;color:black;background:white">, Plant Sciences</span></span><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span class="contentpasted0"><b><span style="font-size:12.0pt;color:black;background:white">Samantha Orchard</span></b></span><span class="contentpasted0"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;color:black;background:white">, Plant Sciences</span></span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span class="contentpasted0"><b><span style="font-size:12.0pt;color:black;background:white">Duke Pauli</span></b></span><span class="contentpasted0"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;color:black;background:white">, Plant Sciences</span></span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span class="contentpasted0"><b><span style="font-size:12.0pt;color:black;background:white">Sadhana Ravishankar</span></b></span><span class="contentpasted0"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;color:black;background:white">, Animal and Comparative
Biomedical Sciences</span></span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span class="contentpasted0"><b><span style="font-size:12.0pt;color:black;background:white">Moshe Steyn</span></b></span><span class="contentpasted0"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;color:black;background:white">, graduate student, Plant
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span class="contentpasted0"><b><span style="font-size:12.0pt;color:black;background:white">Alex Strong</span></b></span><span class="contentpasted0"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;color:black;background:white">, Philanthropy and Alumni
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span class="contentpasted0"><b><span style="font-size:12.0pt;color:black;background:white">Glenn Wright</span></b></span><span class="contentpasted0"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;color:black;background:white">, Plant Sciences</span></span><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span class="contentpasted0"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;color:black;background:white">Shane Burgess and Jeannie McLain</span></span><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;color:black">PO Box 210036 | Tucson, Az 85721<br>
520-621-1978<br>
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of the Tohono O’odham and Pascua Yaqui people.</span><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size:8.0pt;line-height:105%;color:#495057">
</span><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size:10.0pt;line-height:105%;color:#495057">We pay our respects to the traditional owners of the lands on which we live and work across Arizona.</span><b><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size:14.0pt;line-height:105%;color:#0C234B"><o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
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