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<p class="xmsonormal" style="margin:0in"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:black">Dear School of Plant Sciences Faculty, Staff, and Students,</span><span style="font-size:13.5pt;color:black"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<b><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:black">Date:</span></b><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:black"> Tuesday, March 26<sup>th</sup></span><span class="apple-converted-space"><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:black"> </span></span><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:black"> </span><span style="font-size:13.5pt;color:black"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<b><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:black">Time:</span></b><span class="apple-converted-space"><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:black"> </span></span><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:black">10:00
am-11:00 am</span><span class="apple-converted-space"><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:black"> <o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="xmsonormal" style="margin:0in"><b><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:black">Location:</span></b><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:black"> Marley Auditorium Room 230</span><span class="apple-converted-space"><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:black"> </span></span><span style="font-size:13.5pt;color:black"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:black">You are invited to our</span><span class="apple-converted-space"><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:black"> </span></span><b><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:black">SPLS
All-Employee</span></b><span class="apple-converted-space"><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:black"> </span></span><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:black">meeting to learn more about the following
timely topics:</span><span class="apple-converted-space"><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:black"> </span></span><span style="font-size:13.5pt;color:black"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:black">What we know and what we don’t know:</span><span style="font-size:13.5pt;color:black"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">College Finances Overview and status going forward – Janis Rutherford</span><o:p></o:p></li><li class="xmsolistparagraph" style="color:black;margin-top:0in;margin-bottom:0in;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1">
<span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">School of Plants Sciences finances status – Leslie Bonilla</span><o:p></o:p></li><li class="xmsolistparagraph" style="color:black;margin-top:0in;margin-bottom:0in;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1">
<span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">Questions regarding University and CALES topics: Jeff Ratje and Jean McLain</span><o:p></o:p></li></ul>
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<span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:black">I hope everyone can attend because I feel this is a great opportunity to learn about the status of the budget and related topics, and ask questions that are on your mind.</span><span style="font-size:13.5pt;color:black"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:black">Thank you,</span><span style="font-size:13.5pt;color:black"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:black">Judy</span><span style="font-size:13.5pt;color:black"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:black">As a reminder, the slides from the ALVSCE All Funds Presentation March 10th were posted to the <a href="https://alvsce.arizona.edu/vp/communications" title="https://alvsce.arizona.edu/vp/communications">division
website</a> on Monday. </span><span class="apple-converted-space"><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:black"> </span></span><span style="font-size:13.5pt;color:black"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:black">Scroll down to “Slides and Recordings…” to find in 2024. Please review before our March 26<sup>th</sup></span><span class="apple-converted-space"><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:black"> </span></span><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:black">meeting. </span><span class="apple-converted-space"><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:black"> </span></span><span style="font-size:13.5pt;color:black"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:black">Direct link: <a href="https://arizona.box.com/s/xb1h7o2o4tzad48x8k5lrbx571xwla24" title="https://arizona.box.com/s/xb1h7o2o4tzad48x8k5lrbx571xwla24">https://arizona.box.com/s/xb1h7o2o4tzad48x8k5lrbx571xwla24</a></span><span style="font-size:13.5pt;color:black"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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