<div dir="ltr"><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:verdana,sans-serif;font-size:small">Good morning postdocs and graduate students,<br></div><div class="gmail_quote"><div dir="ltr"><div><div><font face="verdana, sans-serif"><br></font></div><div><font face="verdana, sans-serif">There are some articles that might be of interest to you at the "<a href="https://www.chronicle.com/section/Home/5/?cid=UCHESIDENAV1" target="_blank">Chronicle of Higher Education</a>" and "<a href="https://www.insidehighered.com/" target="_blank">Inside Higher Ed</a>" sites. Here are a few that I've picked out for you that may be of help. </font></div><div><font face="verdana, sans-serif"><br></font></div><div><font face="verdana, sans-serif">But first, message of the day:</font></div><div><div><font face="verdana, sans-serif"><br></font></div><div><div><font face="verdana, sans-serif"><img src="cid:ii_k8it7xs40" alt="image.png" width="299" height="172"></font></div><div><font face="verdana, sans-serif">This is a time of huge change and uncertainty, and we need - first and foremost - to take care of ourselves. This means making sure that we are kind to ourselves, relax our expectations, and connect with others and support each other. Please reach out to your peers and others to check on them and to help yourself stay connected. This is a hard time, and <span class="gmail_default" style="font-family:verdana,sans-serif;font-size:small">while we have been focused on providing for our bodies, </span>we<span class="gmail_default" style="font-family:verdana,sans-serif;font-size:small"> also</span> need to nurture our souls<span class="gmail_default" style="font-family:verdana,sans-serif;font-size:small">.</span> Also, please reach out to me or any of us in ASP if you want support or need to connect with someone.</font></div><div><font face="verdana, sans-serif"><br></font></div><div><font face="verdana, sans-serif">Here are the articles:</font></div></div></div></div><div><div><div style="width:1174.81px;clear:both;color:rgb(0,0,0)"><div style="margin-bottom:0.5em;margin-right:0px"><div style="line-height:25px;float:left;width:1174.81px;padding:0px;margin:0px 0px 18px;border:0px"><div><div style="margin-bottom:0px;padding-bottom:0px"><div><div><h1 style="padding:0px;margin:0px 0px 12px;color:rgb(68,68,68);border:0px;background:0px 0px;line-height:25px"><font face="verdana, sans-serif" size="2">1. <a href="https://www.insidehighered.com/advice/2020/04/02/how-continue-push-your-research-forward-while-staying-home-during-pandemic-opinion" target="_blank">Resetting Your Research Agenda</a></font></h1><div><font face="verdana, sans-serif">Even while staying home during the pandemic, you can advance your research through small productivity moves, writes Chrsitine Tulley.</font></div><div><font face="verdana, sans-serif"><br></font></div><div><b><font face="verdana, sans-serif"><a href="https://www.chronicle.com/article/Don-t-Forget-About-Graduate/248389?cid=wcontentgrid_hp_1b" target="_blank"><span class="gmail_default">2. </span>Don’t Forget About Graduate Students</a> </font></b></div><div><font face="verdana, sans-serif">Our labor sustains colleges’ educational mission. Now it’s time for universities to sustain us.<span class="gmail_default"> [This article might give you ideas on what you might ask for in terms of relaxed deadlines and future support.]</span><b><br></b></font></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div><div><p style="box-sizing:border-box;margin:0px 0px 11px;color:rgb(51,51,51)"><font face="verdana, sans-serif"><br></font></p><p style="box-sizing:border-box;margin:0px 0px 11px;color:rgb(51,51,51)"><font face="verdana, sans-serif"><br></font></p><p style="box-sizing:border-box;margin:0px 0px 11px;color:rgb(51,51,51)"><font face="verdana, sans-serif"><br></font></p><p style="box-sizing:border-box;margin:0px 0px 11px;color:rgb(51,51,51)"><font face="verdana, sans-serif"><br></font></p><p style="box-sizing:border-box;margin:0px 0px 11px;color:rgb(51,51,51)"><font face="verdana, sans-serif"><br></font></p></div><font face="verdana, sans-serif"><div><div><h1 style="box-sizing:border-box;margin:20px 0px 11px;line-height:1.1;color:rgb(62,82,102)"><font size="2" face="verdana, sans-serif"><br></font></h1><h1 style="box-sizing:border-box;margin:20px 0px 11px;line-height:1.1;color:rgb(62,82,102)"><font size="2" face="verdana, sans-serif">3. <a href="https://www.chronicle.com/article/Nobody-Signed-Up-for/248298" target="_blank">‘Nobody Signed Up for This’: One Professor’s Guidelines for an Interrupted Semester</a></font></h1></div><div><div></div></div></div><div>
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<p> Not for the sickness, not for the social distancing, not for the
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<p>The humane option is the best option.
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<p>We cannot just do the same thing online.
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<p>unprecedented moment<span class="gmail_default" style="font-family:verdana,sans-serif;font-size:small">.</span></p></li></ul></li></ol></div></div></div></div><div><div><div></div><div><br></div></div></div><div><font face="verdana, sans-serif">P<span class="gmail_default" style="font-family:verdana,sans-serif;font-size:small">lease feel free to share other resources that might be supportive via this email list, including relevant Slack channels, articles, or community building ideas. </span></font></div><div><font face="verdana, sans-serif"><span class="gmail_default" style="font-family:verdana,sans-serif;font-size:small"><br></span></font></div><div><div style="font-family:verdana,sans-serif;font-size:small">Please take care, </div><div style="font-family:verdana,sans-serif;font-size:small"><br></div><div style="font-family:verdana,sans-serif;font-size:small">Val </div><div style="font-family:verdana,sans-serif;font-size:small"><br></div><div style="font-family:verdana,sans-serif;font-size:small">& the ASP team</div></div><div><span style="font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif">-- </span><br></div></font></div></div><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_signature" data-smartmail="gmail_signature"><div dir="ltr"><div><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"><font size="1" face="verdana, sans-serif">* * * * * * * * * * * * * * * </font><div><font size="1" face="verdana, sans-serif">Valerie Sloan, Ph.D.</font></div><div><span style="font-family:verdana,sans-serif;font-size:x-small">Senior Higher Education Specialist</span><br></div><div><span style="font-family:verdana,sans-serif;font-size:x-small">& Director of the GEO REU Network </span><font size="1" face="verdana, sans-serif"><br></font></div><div><font size="1" face="verdana, sans-serif">NCAR Education & Outreach</font></div><div><font size="1" face="verdana, sans-serif">NCAR|UCAR</font></div><div><font size="1" face="verdana, sans-serif">P.O. Box 3000</font></div><div><font size="1" face="verdana, sans-serif">Boulder, CO 80307-3000</font></div><div><font face="verdana, sans-serif" size="1"><span style="color:rgb(17,85,204)">Email: </span><a href="mailto:vsloan@ucar.edu" style="color:rgb(17,85,204)" target="_blank">vsloan@ucar.edu</a><br></font></div><div><br></div><div><img src="https://docs.google.com/uc?export=download&id=1rzQv1DdvTS6-e8I3qv4-gTkhtwu7CTZp&revid=0ByMXZaNaIMEAMDBaLzdRVFdhNEpqOXdXRHBQM0xCRmVBSjc4PQ" width="200" height="75"><br></div><div><br></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div>