<div dir="ltr"><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:tahoma,sans-serif"><span id="gmail-docs-internal-guid-9d0d3cc2-7fff-31d3-c09c-9735f22e023d"><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">Colleagues,</span></p><br><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">By now, I hope you have read the communication sent out from the Office of the President on Saturday regarding a traffic stop involving three white officers and two Black female students.  There is also an additional message from UP Chief Pat Rascoe that was sent out last night.  Please make sure you have read both messages.  I met with my team yesterday to discuss how we, in academic affairs, can be part of a campus response that is committed to doing "better," in the words of the President's message: "to do better and be better as a diverse campus that tolerates nothing less than equity and inclusion for all who work and study here."</span></p><br><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">I encourage you as we move through this week to do what you can to support and help any among our campus community--faculty, staff, students--who are struggling with what they have heard.  In terms of classroom work, we know that experiences of trauma negatively impact the ability to learn.  For faculty, there may be feelings that make teaching difficult.  As you meet with our students, please consider asking if there are any students in your classes who wish to share what they are thinking and feeling in relation to what they have heard about this incident.</span></p><br><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">Sincerely,</span></p><br><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">Anne</span></p><br></span></div></div>