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Please join us for our SPLS faculty meeting, to be held tomorrow, November 22, 11am-12:15pm. The meeting will be held in hybrid format (Zoom and in person). The in-person meeting will be in Saguaro 219. The link to join the meeting will be
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https://arizona.zoom.us/s/4619575532</a>.</div>
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The agenda is below. As a reminder, lab managers or others with purchasing roles in SPLS research groups are invited for the first 20 minutes. During that time, our business office team will cover some important information for our teams and for us.</div>
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<b>SPLS Faculty meeting: November 22, 2024</b></div>
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• Welcome</div>
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• Messages from our SPLS business office</div>
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• SPLS updates: graduate student support/instructional support, spring teaching, CALES policies/procedures, kudos and thanks</div>
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• The University's budget situation, updates from CALES/ALVSCE, and the state of the School; upcoming budget retreat for the Division</div>
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• Kazakhstan program updates and a related opportunity</div>
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• SPLS retreat</div>
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• Mentorship training</div>
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• Planning ahead for early-career faculty reviews</div>
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• Discussion of courtesy appointment</div>
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• SPLS committees</div>
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• Discussion of benchmarks for our unit: what constitutes success?</div>
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• Q&A/discussion</div>
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<span style="line-height: 1.2; font-weight: 700;">A. Elizabeth Arnold, </span><span style="line-height: 1.2;">PhD</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Calibri; font-size: 10pt; color: rgb(12, 35, 75);">Interim Director and Professor, School of Plant Sciences</span></p>
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<span style="font-family: Calibri; font-size: 10pt; color: rgb(12, 35, 75);">Curator, Gilbertson Mycological Herbarium</span></p>
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<span style="font-family: Calibri; font-size: 10pt; color: rgb(12, 35, 75);">Chair and Director of Graduate Studies,</span></p>
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<span style="font-family: Calibri; font-size: 10pt; color: rgb(12, 35, 75);">Ecosystem Genomics GIDP</span></p>
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THE UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA</div>
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<span style="font-family: Calibri; font-size: 10pt; color: rgb(12, 35, 75);">fungi@arizona.edu</span></p>
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<span style="font-family: Calibri; font-size: 10pt; color: rgb(12, 35, 75);"><a href="http://www.arnoldlab.net" style="margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px;">www.arnoldlab.net</a> |
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www.gilbertsonherbarium.net</a> </span></p>
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<span style="font-family: Calibri; font-size: 10pt; color: rgb(237, 92, 87);"><b><i>To schedule a meeting, please use
</i></b><a href="https://calendly.com/fungi-arizona" style="margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px;">https://calendly.com/fungi-arizona</a></span></p>
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