<div dir="ltr"><div class="gmail_default" style="font-size:small"><span style="color:rgb(7,55,99)"><font face="arial, sans-serif">Good morning,  </font></span></div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-size:small"><span style="color:rgb(7,55,99)"><font face="arial, sans-serif"><br></font></span></div><div class="gmail_quote"><div dir="ltr"><div class="gmail_quote"><div class="gmail_quote"><div><font face="arial, sans-serif" color="#073763">We are <span class="gmail_default" style="font-size:small"></span>happy to be hosting an Early Career Leadership Program (ECLP) in 2024<span class="gmail_default" style="font-size:small"> this coming spring</span>. We hope you'll consider applying or encourage a colleague to apply. <span style="background-color:transparent">There is still room! </span></font></div><div><font face="arial, sans-serif" color="#073763"><span style="background-color:transparent">Details are below and in the attached PDF.<span class="gmail_default" style="font-size:small"></span></span></font></div><div><font face="arial, sans-serif" color="#073763"><span style="background-color:transparent"><br></span></font></div></div><div class="gmail_quote"><font face="arial, sans-serif"><img src="cid:ii_lqcl9fxo1" alt="Screenshot 2023-12-19 at 9.57.41 AM.png" width="433" height="562"></font></div><div class="gmail_quote"><font face="arial, sans-serif"></font></div><div class="gmail_quote"><font face="arial, sans-serif" size="4"><span style="background-color:transparent;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-variant-alternates:normal;vertical-align:baseline"><span class="gmail_default"><font color="#990000"><b><br></b></font></span></span></font></div><div class="gmail_quote"><font face="arial, sans-serif" size="4"><span style="background-color:transparent;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-variant-alternates:normal;vertical-align:baseline"><span class="gmail_default"><font color="#990000"><b>Early Career Leadership Pr</b></font></span><font color="#990000"><b>ogram</b></font></span><span style="background-color:transparent;color:rgb(7,55,99);font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-variant-alternates:normal;vertical-align:baseline"> </span></font></div><div class="gmail_quote"><font face="arial, sans-serif"><span style="background-color:transparent;color:rgb(7,55,99);font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-variant-alternates:normal;vertical-align:baseline"><span class="gmail_default">It will </span></span><span style="background-color:transparent;color:rgb(7,55,99);font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-variant-alternates:normal;vertical-align:baseline">run from Feb. 1 - Mar.15, 2024, with<u> both </u>virtual and in-person components.</span><br></font></div><div class="gmail_quote"><span style="background-color:transparent;color:rgb(7,55,99);font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-variant-alternates:normal;vertical-align:baseline"><font face="arial, sans-serif"><br></font></span></div><div class="gmail_quote"><span style="background-color:transparent;color:rgb(7,55,99);font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-variant-alternates:normal;vertical-align:baseline"><font face="arial, sans-serif"><span style="background-color:transparent;font-weight:700">Part 1: Online sessions with Zoom (mandatory)</span><br style="color:rgb(34,34,34)"><span style="background-color:transparent">Wed, Feb. 21st, 10:30am - 12:00pm MT</span><br style="color:rgb(34,34,34)"><span style="background-color:transparent">Tues. Feb. 27th, 10:30am - 12:00 pm MT</span><br style="color:rgb(34,34,34)"><span style="background-color:transparent">Tues. Mar. 5th, 10:30am - 12:00 pm MT</span><br style="color:rgb(34,34,34)"><font color="#073763"><br></font><span style="background-color:transparent;font-weight:700;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-variant-alternates:normal;vertical-align:baseline">Part 2: In-person sess</span><span style="background-color:transparent;font-weight:700;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-variant-alternates:normal;vertical-align:baseline">ions at the NSF NCAR Mesa Lab (mandatory)</span><br style="color:rgb(34,34,34)"><span style="background-color:transparent">Tues<span class="gmail_default"> - </span>Thurs, Mar.12th - 14th, 9:00 am - 3:00 pm MT<span class="gmail_default"> each day</span></span><br style="color:rgb(34,34,34)"><span style="background-color:transparent">Fri, Mar.15th, 9:00 am - 12:00 pm MT</span><br style="color:rgb(34,34,34)"><font color="#073763"><br></font><span style="background-color:transparent">*Participants must be able to attend all sessions. </span><br style="color:rgb(34,34,34)"><span style="background-color:transparent">**There is no remote option for </span><span class="gmail_default" style="background-color:transparent"></span><span style="background-color:transpar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yle="background-color:transparent;color:rgb(7,55,99);font-weight:700;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-variant-alternates:normal;vertical-align:baseline">Questions?</span><span style="background-color:transparent;color:rgb(7,55,99);font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-variant-alternates:normal;vertical-align:baseline"> Please contact </span><span style="background-color:transparent;color:rgb(7,55,99);font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-variant-alternates:normal;vertical-align:baseline">Val Sloan at </span><a href="mailto:vsloan@ucar.edu" style="text-decoration-line:none" target="_blank"><span style="background-color:transparent;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-variant-alternates:normal;text-decoration-line:underline;vertical-align:baseline">vsloan@ucar.edu<span class="gmail_default"></span></span></a><span style="color:rgb(7,55,99)"> <span class="gmail_default">or </span></span><span style="background-color:transparent;color:rgb(7,55,99);font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-variant-alternates:normal;vertical-align:baseline">John Ferrell in EdEC at  </span><a href="mailto:jferrell@ucar.edu" style="text-decoration-line:none" target="_blank"><span style="background-color:transparent;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-variant-alternates:normal;text-decoration-line:underline;vertical-align:baseline">jferrell@ucar.edu<span class="gmail_default"></span></span></a><span style="color:rgb(7,55,99)">.</span><font color="#073763"><br></font></font></div><div class="gmail_quote"><font face="arial, sans-serif"><span style="color:rgb(7,55,99)"><br></span></font></div><div class="gmail_quote"><font face="arial, sans-serif"><span style="background-color:transparent;color:rgb(7,55,99)">Val</span><br><br><font size="1"><font color="#073763"><br></font><span style="color:rgb(7,55,99)">Valerie Sloan, Ph.D.</span><br><span style="color:rgb(7,55,99)">Director of the </span><a href="https://ncar.ucar.edu/what-we-offer/education-outreach/faculty-resources/geo-reu-resource-center" target="_blank">GEO REU Network</a><span class="gmail_default" style="color:rgb(7,55,99)"> &</span><br><span style="color:rgb(7,55,99)">NCAR Early Career Professional Development Lead</span><br><span style="color:rgb(7,55,99)">Education, Engagement and Early-Career Development</span><br><span style="color:rgb(7,55,99)">NCAR Mesa LabRoom 180A</span><br><span style="color:rgb(7,55,99)">P.O. Box 3000</span><br><span style="color:rgb(7,55,99)">Boulder, CO 80307-3000</span><br><span style="color:rgb(7,55,99)">Email: </span><a href="mailto:vsloan@ucar.edu" target="_blank">vsloan@ucar.edu</a><br><font color="#073763"><br></font><span style="color:rgb(7,55,99)">I recognize that Boulder, Colorado, sits on the ancestral homelands and unceded</span><br><font style="color:rgb(7,55,99)">territory of Indigenous People, including</font><span style="color:rgb(7,55,99)"> people of the </span><a href="https://www.fairobserver.com/region/north_america/indigenous-peoples-native-american-history-us-canada-colonialism-news-16521/" target="_blank">Arapaho, Cheyenne, and </a><br><a href="https://www.fairobserver.com/region/north_america/indigenous-peoples-native-american-history-us-canada-colonialism-news-16521/" target="_blank">Ute Nations</a><span style="color:rgb(7,55,99)">.</span><span style="color:rgb(7,55,99)"> </span><br></font><br></font></div></div></div></div><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_signature" data-smartmail="gmail_signature"><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"><div dir="ltr"><div><br></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div><div name="sortd_readrcpt" style="max-width:0;max-height:0;overflow:hidden"><img alt="" style="width:0;max-height:0;overflow:hidden;" src="https://app.sortd.com/rr/6581cd90ccad5214f5e63838?from=b57b3fa4a8145e8091afd21eecf7ea2e"></div></div>