<div dir="ltr"><div id="gmail-:pst" class="gmail-ii gmail-gt" style="font-size:0.875rem;direction:ltr;margin:8px 0px 0px;padding:0px;font-family:Roboto,RobotoDraft,Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif"><div id="gmail-:pss" class="gmail-a3s gmail-aiL" style="overflow:hidden;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-stretch:normal;font-size:small;line-height:1.5;font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><h3 style="color:rgb(85,85,85);font-family:sans-serif"><span style="color:black;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;font-size:11pt;font-weight:normal">Dear Colleagues, </span></h3><div dir="ltr" style="color:rgb(85,85,85);font-family:sans-serif;font-size:15px"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:6pt 0in 0in;color:rgb(153,0,255);line-height:20.0933px;background-image:none;font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;background-position:0% 0%"><span style="font-size:11pt;background-color:transparent;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-family:Arial;color:rgb(0,0,0);vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">The Office of Diversity, Equity and Inclusion and Affirmative Action/Human Resource Services would like to thank everyone that submitted nominations. We also still encourage </span><span style="font-size:11pt;background-color:transparent;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-family:Arial;color:rgb(0,0,0);vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">nominations from campus community members for the </span><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial;color:rgb(0,0,255);background-color:transparent;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;text-decoration-line:underline;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap"><a href="https://drive.google.com/file/d/1bFPqSbstCRL_iJrCf90s2H1GF3q3NFTI/view?usp=sharing" target="_blank" style="text-decoration-line:none">Equity Advocate Pilot Program</a></span><span style="font-size:11pt;background-color:transparent;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-family:Arial;color:rgb(0,0,0);vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">. </span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:6pt 0in 0in;color:rgb(153,0,255);line-height:20.0933px;background-image:none;font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;background-position:0% 0%"><span style="font-size:11pt;background-color:transparent;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-family:Arial;color:rgb(0,0,0);vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap"><br></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:6pt 0in 0in;color:rgb(153,0,255);line-height:20.0933px;background-image:none;font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;background-position:0% 0%"><span style="font-size:11pt;background-color:transparent;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-family:Arial;color:rgb(0,0,0);vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">Equity Advocates (EAs) are employees that serve as consultants, resources, and advisors to search committees and who support the search process to engage with a set of diverse candidates. Equity Advocates work closely with the hiring authority, the search committee chair, the Affirmative Action Officer, and Chief Diversity Officer to advocate for principles and practices related to diversity, inclusion and equity throughout the search.</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:6pt 0in 0in;color:rgb(153,0,255);line-height:20.0933px;background-image:none;font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;background-position:0% 0%"><span style="font-size:11pt;background-color:transparent;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-family:Arial;color:rgb(0,0,0);vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap"><br></span></p><span id="gmail-m_868405186657998947gmail-m_8532762981670440126gmail-m_-922903343103555537gmail-m_-6077775116159681083gmail-m_-7841011692058107626m_-7091371956959828860gmail-m_4017614532524134931m_-3788789897541667675gmail-docs-internal-guid-528865f8-7fff-57a1-f927-49eb1e28690b"><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.644;margin-top:6pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial;background-color:transparent;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">Equity Advocates </span><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">can be nominated by the College community, including self-nomination. Nomination forms can be found </span><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial;background-color:transparent;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;text-deco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