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<div><b>From:</b> pdp <<a moz-do-not-send="true"
href="mailto:pdp@msphds.org">pdp@msphds.org</a>><br>
<b>Date:</b> November 10, 2011 11:32:01 AM MST<br>
<b>To:</b> "<a moz-do-not-send="true" href="mailto:hagan@ucar.edu">hagan@ucar.edu</a>"
<<a moz-do-not-send="true" href="mailto:hagan@ucar.edu">hagan@ucar.edu</a>><br>
<b>Subject:</b> <b>Request for AGU Meeting Mentors for MS PHD'S
Students</b><br>
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style="font-size: 12pt; color: black;">Greetings <span>Dr.</span> <span>Hagan</span>:</span></p>
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<span style="font-size: 12pt; color: black;">The <b><i>Minorities
Striving and Pursuing Higher Degrees of Success</i></b>
<b><i>Professional Development Program</i></b> (<b><i>MS PHD¹S PDP</i></b>)
will again sponsor students to attend the 2011 Fall AGU Meeting. We
invite AGU members to serve as mentors to this year¹s cohort of 30
minority undergraduate and graduate students.</span></p>
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<span style="font-size: 12pt; color: black;">Thank you for serving as
a meeting mentor to our student participants during previous AGU Fall
Meetings. The one-on-one interaction of students with established
scientists continues to be a highlight of their experience.</span></p>
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<span style="font-size: 12pt; color: black;">Please let us know if
you plan to attend this year¹s Fall AGU Meeting and whether your
schedule will allow you to mentor one or more of our students. Please
forward this email to your colleagues who might be interested in
serving as Meeting Mentors during the upcoming AGU Meeting.</span></p>
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<span style="font-size: 12pt; color: black;">Science meeting mentors
are asked to:</span></p>
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</span></span><span style="font-size: 12pt; color: black;">Communicate
with selected mentee(s) before the Fall AGU meeting to discuss common
academic interests;</span></p>
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</span></span><span style="font-size: 12pt; color: black;">Attend an
informal mentor/mentee introduction either on Sunday afternoon (Dec. 4<sup>th</sup>)
or Monday afternoon (Dec. 5<sup>th</sup>). Specific times and locations
will be confirmed before AGU meeting;</span></p>
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</span></span><span style="font-size: 12pt; color: black;">Discuss a
minimum of four presentations with your mentee(s) during the meeting;
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</span></span><span style="font-size: 12pt; color: black;">Facilitate
networking by introducing your mentee(s) to other scientists with
similar interests; and,
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</span></span><span style="font-size: 12pt; color: black;">Offer
mentee(s) academic and career advice.
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<span style="font-size: 12pt; color: black;">An <b><i>MS PHD¹S PDP</i></b>
update can be found at:
</span><span style="font-size: 12pt;"><span><u><span
style="color: purple;"><a moz-do-not-send="true"
href="http://www.msphds.org/">http://www.msphds.org/</a></span></u></span></span><span
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<span style="font-size: 12pt; color: black;">Please let us know if
you are available to serve in this capacity by emailing us at
</span><span style="font-size: 12pt; color: rgb(51, 51, 51);"><a
moz-do-not-send="true" href="mailto:pdp@msphds.org">pdp@msphds.org</a> </span><span
style="font-size: 12pt; color: black;">no later than Wednesday,
November 16, 2011.
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<span style="font-size: 12pt; color: black;">Please complete/or (if
needed) update the brief on-line mentor survey found at
</span><span style="font-size: 12pt;"><span><u><span
style="color: purple;"><a moz-do-not-send="true"
href="http://www.msphds.org/mentor_survey.asp">http://www.msphds.org/mentor_survey.asp</a></span></u></span></span><span
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<span style="font-size: 12pt; color: black;">2011 Student profiles
are posted on the
<b><i>MS PHD'S</i></b> website. You may review them by clicking on
the following link: </span><a moz-do-not-send="true"
href="http://www.msphds.org/profiles.asp?type=&cohort=MSPHDS-Cohort8_2011-2012+%28Cohort+8%29&gender=&ethnicity=&institution="><span
style="font-size: 12pt;">Cohort VIII Student Profiles</span></a></p>
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<span style="font-size: 12pt; color: black;">If you are willing to
serve as a Meeting Mentor, please select two or three students with
research/academic areas that best align with your interests. It is our
intent to assign to each AGU meeting mentor student mentees of their
choice. Please include the names of selected students in your RSVP on
or before Wednesday, November 16, 2011.
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<span style="font-size: 12pt; color: black;">Thank you again for
assisting the next generation of scientists to navigate within the AGU
community.
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<span style="font-size: 12pt; color: black;">Sincerely, </span></p>
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<b><i><span style="font-size: 12pt; color: rgb(0, 0, 191);">Dr.
Vivian A. Williamson Whitney</span></i></b><span
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<i><span style="font-size: 12pt; color: rgb(25, 53, 110);">MS PHD'S</span></i><span
style="font-size: 12pt; color: rgb(25, 53, 110);"> Project
Administrator</span></p>
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<span style="font-size: 12pt; color: rgb(25, 53, 110);">Institute for
Broadening Participation </span></p>
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