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I serve as our liaison to the Honors College. Some recent announcements might be of interest to you. Please see below.</div>
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Betsy</div>
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>From the Honors College: <span style="font-size: small; display: inline !important; color: rgb(34, 34, 34); background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);" class="ContentPasted1">If you have any questions about any of these initiatives, please reach out to Tori Nardinelli,
Assistant Director of Research, Creative Expression, and Professional Initiatives at</span><span class="ContentPasted0 ContentPasted1" style="font-size: small; margin: 0px; color: rgb(34, 34, 34);"> </span><a href="mailto:outfleet@arizona.edu" target="_blank" id="OWA8a09a164-60fc-8b9b-1520-c2a363fe14f2" class="OWAAutoLink ContentPasted0 ContentPasted1" style="font-size: small; margin: 0px; color: rgb(17, 85, 204);">outfleet@arizona.edu</a><span style="font-size: small; display: inline !important; color: rgb(34, 34, 34); background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);" class="ContentPasted1">.</span></div>
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<b><u class="ContentPasted0">Exploratory Mini-Grants Now OPEN</u></b></p>
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We are excited to announce that applications for new<span class="ContentPasted0"> </span><b class="ContentPasted0">Exploratory Mini-Grants<span class="ContentPasted0"> </span></b>are now available! Please see the<span class="ContentPasted0"> </span><a href="https://frankehonors.arizona.edu/exploratory-mini-grants" target="_blank" data-saferedirecturl="https://www.google.com/url?q=https://frankehonors.arizona.edu/exploratory-mini-grants&source=gmail&ust=1695509827861000&usg=AOvVaw0uZcCxgqys8OZQ4rVcqefD" style="color: rgb(17, 85, 204);" id="OWA3d1ca2f8-2f87-1512-c1e8-d8f5839bd430" class="OWAAutoLink ContentPasted0">webpage</a><span class="ContentPasted0"> </span>for
more details. The application is open through November 8<sup class="ContentPasted0">th</sup><span class="ContentPasted0"> </span>for funding disbursed for the Spring semester. We could really use your help getting the word out to Honors students!</p>
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In an effort to create more resources to help students find faculty mentors, I would like to introduce a new faculty database.... <a href="https://airtable.com/appfAgimJ6RWdpco4/shr4zoDADYspHtk5M" target="_blank" data-saferedirecturl="https://www.google.com/url?q=https://airtable.com/appfAgimJ6RWdpco4/shr4zoDADYspHtk5M&source=gmail&ust=1695509827861000&usg=AOvVaw2mSthY_Skyiu_4hSp2xBTS" style="color: rgb(17, 85, 204);" id="OWA00a0fa6e-6aca-0d6a-73f5-a55156ed6d7a" class="OWAAutoLink ContentPasted0">This
form</a><span class="ContentPasted0"> </span>will allow you to indicate the types of research mentorship that you may be willing to offer honors students. Even if you were on the old list that was piloted for the Quest program last year, please resubmit a
new form. The list will be purged and updated on a yearly basis.</p>
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<b><u class="ContentPasted0">Research Opportunities Kick Off</u></b></p>
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We are hosting a<b class="ContentPasted0"><span class="ContentPasted0"> </span>Research Opportunities Kick Off event in 1067/1068 from 5:00 – 6:30pm on Wednesday, October 11<sup class="ContentPasted0">th</sup>. <span class="ContentPasted0"> </span></b> </p>
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The vision is 45 minutes devoted to a student panel of previous Quest participants and 45 minutes devoted to faculty pitches/mingling/Q&A. If you would like to be included in the faculty pitch (either by video pitch proxy or in-person; in-person preferred),
please<span class="ContentPasted0"> </span><a href="https://forms.gle/BErU8CMSo9nJoeLA9" target="_blank" data-saferedirecturl="https://www.google.com/url?q=https://forms.gle/BErU8CMSo9nJoeLA9&source=gmail&ust=1695509827862000&usg=AOvVaw0iuHVOmJH8UlQ2XZYG97yR" style="color: rgb(17, 85, 204);" id="OWA1e80ee51-9aab-4b9f-847c-fa2096da783c" class="OWAAutoLink ContentPasted0">RSVP
here</a>. We have limited space and priority will be given to our Honors Interdisciplinary Faculty members, so please RSVP early.</p>
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If you are teaching an honors course, please consider posting an announcement on D2L. If you’d like a<span class="ContentPasted0"> </span><a href="https://arizona.box.com/s/ugtz6w117z6ydtkuedqpiewk6lsbbnnk" target="_blank" data-saferedirecturl="https://www.google.com/url?q=https://arizona.box.com/s/ugtz6w117z6ydtkuedqpiewk6lsbbnnk&source=gmail&ust=1695509827862000&usg=AOvVaw00ClNYIF7mTyVr5O5N_37v" style="color: rgb(17, 85, 204);" id="OWAb0fd1d5b-d2aa-89cf-e75d-429a4bede798" class="OWAAutoLink ContentPasted0">template</a>,
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<span><b>Co-Director, NSF NRT: Building Resources for InterDisciplinary training in Genomic and Ecosystem Sciences</b> (<b>BRIDGES</b>) • </span><span>A <b>graduate training program</b> dedicated to diversity, inclusion, belonging, interdisciplinarity, and
scientific excellence at </span><span>the University of Arizona • </span><span><span style="color: rgb(64, 54, 53);">We respectfully acknowledge the University of Arizona is on the land and territories of Indigenous peoples. Today, Arizona is home to 22 federally
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