<div dir="ltr"><div class="gmail-adn gmail-ads" style="border-left:none;padding:0px;display:flex;font-family:"Google Sans",Roboto,RobotoDraft,Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif;font-size:medium"><div class="gmail-gs" style="margin:0px;padding:0px 0px 20px;width:1311px"><div class="gmail-"><div id="gmail-:yy7" class="gmail-ii gmail-gt" style="direction:ltr;margin:8px 0px 0px;padding:0px;font-size:0.875rem"><div id="gmail-:yy8" class="gmail-a3s gmail-aiL" style="font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-variant-alternates:normal;font-kerning:auto;font-feature-settings:normal;font-stretch:normal;font-size:small;line-height:1.5;font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;overflow:hidden"><div dir="ltr"><p><font face="arial, sans-serif" color="#000000">Aloha mai kākou,</font></p><p><font face="arial, sans-serif" color="#000000">On behalf of the Department of Earth Sciences at the University of Hawaiʻi at Mānoa, we would like to invite you to a series of virtual information sessions, as many of our faculty are seeking funded master's and PhD students for the upcoming academic year (Fall 2024). All of the following sessions will be held on Zoom in Hawaiʻi Standard Time (HST).</font></p><font face="arial, sans-serif" color="#000000"><p style="padding-left:40px">Session 1: Tuesday, October 17, 2023, 2:00–3:00pm HST: General overview and application process</p><p style="padding-left:40px">Session 2: Tuesday, October 24, 2023, 2:00–3:00pm HST: Discussion about specific research themes and opportunities with faculty from our three divisions (Geophysics and Tectonics (G&T), Marine and Environmental Geology (MEG), Volcanology, Geochemistry, and Petrology (VGP)) and our affiliate Hawaiʻi Institute of Geophysics and Planetology (HIGP)</p><p style="padding-left:40px">Session 3: Thursday, October 26, 2023, 2:00–3:00pm HST: Discussion with current graduate students on living and working in Hawaiʻi</p></font><p><font face="arial, sans-serif" color="#000000">If you are interested in the application process, our faculty and their research, and learning more about being a graduate student in Hawaiʻi, we cordially invite you to attend. In continuing our efforts to champion justice, equity, diversity, and inclusion through our <a href="https://www.soest.hawaii.edu/earthsciences/jedi/huliamahi.html" target="_blank">Huliāmahi</a> initiative, we encourage students from all underrepresented populations to attend these sessions and/or apply. Visit our <a href="https://www.soest.hawaii.edu/earthsciences/index.html" target="_blank">departmental website</a> for more information.</font></p><font face="arial, sans-serif" color="#000000"><p>Please email Chris Amado (<a href="mailto:vgp@soest.hawaii.edu" target="_blank">vgp@soest.hawaii.edu</a>) to receive the Zoom link. We hope to see you there!</p><p>Mahalo,<br>Mahinaokalani Robbins and Reed Mershon, PhD students, VGP Division</p></font></div><div class="gmail-yj6qo"></div><div class="gmail-adL"></div></div></div><div class="gmail-hi" style="padding:0px;width:auto;background:rgb(242,242,242);margin:0px;border-bottom-left-radius:1px;border-bottom-right-radius:1px"></div></div></div><div class="gmail-ajx" style="clear:both"></div></div><div class="gmail-gA gmail-gt gmail-acV" style="font-size:0.875rem;padding:0px;width:auto;border-bottom-left-radius:0px;border-bottom-right-radius:0px;border-top:none;margin:0px;background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial;font-family:"Google Sans",Roboto,RobotoDraft,Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif"><div class="gmail-gB gmail-xu" style="border-top:0px;padding:0px"><div class="gmail-ip gmail-iq" style="clear:both;margin:0px;padding:16px 0px;border-top:none"><br class="gmail-Apple-interchange-newline"></div></div></div></div>