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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in"><font face="arial, sans-serif" size="4"><span style="color:rgb(7,55,99)">Do you need some dedicated time to write - or a nudge to sit down and write? Drop into "The Writing Room" to write alongside colleagues. We will meet every other Thursday (opposite weeks to the Postdoc Research Reviews) from 9:30-10:30 am MT. For example, we'll meet this Thursday (Dec. 7th), Dec. 21st, and Jan 4th, and Jan. 18th.</span><br></font></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in"><font size="4" color="#073763" face="arial, sans-serif"><br></font></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in"><font face="arial, sans-serif" size="4" color="#073763"><b>The Writing Room</b></font></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in"><font size="4" color="#073763" face="arial, sans-serif">Thursday, Dec. 7th at 9:30-10:30 am MT </font></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in"><font size="4" color="#073763" face="arial, sans-serif">Locations: </font></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in"></p><ul><li><font face="arial, sans-serif" size="4" color="#073763">Foothills Lab: <b>FL2-3107</b> </font></li><li><font face="arial, sans-serif" size="4" color="#073763">Mesa Lab: <b>ML Tower B room 198</b></font></li><li><a href="https://meet.google.com/uvy-dttq-vfi"><font size="4" face="arial, sans-serif" color="#0000ff">Google Meet link </font></a></li></ul><p></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in"><font size="4" color="#073763" face="arial, sans-serif"><b>Description:</b> The focus will be on writing in relative silence. Later if people want to get feedback, we can organize breakout groups starting Dec. 21st. </font></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in"><font size="4" color="#073763" face="arial, sans-serif"><b>Note sure what to start with? </b>Consider writing a figure caption, working on the methodology, or compiling references. Or perhaps you want to work on a Research Statement for a job application. </font></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in"><font face="arial, sans-serif" size="4"><br></font></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in"><font size="4" color="#073763" face="arial, sans-serif">*This idea was conjured up by the Postdoctoral Professional Development Committee.* We aim to have one committee member at each site/online this Thursday. </font></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in"><font size="4" color="#073763" face="arial, sans-serif">Bring cookies or a treat to share if you like.</font></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in"><font face="arial, sans-serif" size="4" color="#073763"> </font></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in"><font face="arial, sans-serif" size="4" color="#073763">Hope to see you there!</font></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in"><font face="arial, sans-serif" size="4" color="#073763">Val</font></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in"><font face="arial, sans-serif" color="#073763">Valerie Sloan, Ph.D.</font></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in"><font face="arial, sans-serif" color="#073763">Director of the <a href="https://ncar.ucar.edu/what-we-offer/education-outreach/faculty-resources/geo-reu-resource-center" style="" target="_blank">GEO REU Network</a></font></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in"><font face="arial, sans-serif" color="#073763">& NCAR Early Career Professional Development Lead</font></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in"><font face="arial, sans-serif" color="#073763">Education, Engagement and Early-Career Development</font></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in"><font face="arial, sans-serif" color="#073763">NCAR</font></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in"><font face="arial, sans-serif" color="#073763">P.O. Box 3000</font></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in"><font face="arial, sans-serif" color="#073763">Boulder, CO 80307-3000</font></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in"><font face="arial, sans-serif" color="#073763">Email: <a href="mailto:vsloan@ucar.edu" style="" target="_blank">vsloan@ucar.edu</a></font></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in"><font face="arial, sans-serif" color="#073763">I recognize that Boulder, Colorado, sits on the
ancestral homelands and unceded</font></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in"><font face="arial, sans-serif" color="#073763">territory of Indigenous People, including people
of the <a href="https://www.fairobserver.com/region/north_america/indigenous-peoples-native-american-history-us-canada-colonialism-news-16521/" style="" target="_blank">Arapaho, Cheyenne, and </a></font></p>
<font face="arial, sans-serif" style="" color="#073763"><a href="https://www.fairobserver.com/region/north_america/indigenous-peoples-native-american-history-us-canada-colonialism-news-16521/" style="" target="_blank">Ute Nations</a>. <br></font><br></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div>