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<span style="font-family:"Helvetica",sans-serif;color:#202020">We invite you to join us for a webinar given by Dr. Susan Singer scheduled for April 26th at 8:00 am Pacific Time. This first event of the Undergraduate Field Experiences Research Network is free
and open to all. A very quick and easy registration is required. </span><a href="https://zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_jA0K47m9QgqAgLzxjOk1LA" target="_blank"><span style="font-family:"Helvetica",sans-serif;color:#2BAADF">Register here.</span></a><span style="font-family:"Helvetica",sans-serif;color:#202020"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<a href="http://ufern.net/ufern-speaker-series-ep-1/" target="_blank"><strong><span style="font-family:"Helvetica",sans-serif;color:green">Undergraduate field experiences:</span></strong><b><span style="font-family:"Helvetica",sans-serif;color:green"><br>
<strong><span style="font-family:"Helvetica",sans-serif">Challenges and opportunities</span></strong></span></b></a><span style="font-family:"Helvetica",sans-serif;color:#202020"><br>
Thursday, April 26th, 2018<br>
8:00 am Pacific Time<br>
</span><a href="https://zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_jA0K47m9QgqAgLzxjOk1LA" target="_blank"><span style="font-family:"Helvetica",sans-serif;color:#2BAADF">Register here </span></a><span style="font-family:"Helvetica",sans-serif;color:#202020"><br>
<em><span style="font-family:"Helvetica",sans-serif">-login information will be provided after registration-</span></em><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<span style="font-family:"Helvetica",sans-serif;color:#202020">Dr. Singer is Provost and VP of Academic Affairs at Rollins College and will be our first speaker in the webinar series. She will provide an overview of the national landscape about undergraduate
STEM education, will talk about authentic field experiences and the evidence for their value, and will highlight opportunities this network might address in using evidence to both improve undergraduate field experiences and broaden participation in STEM.<br>
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Feel free to forward this message to colleagues. And if you haven't had a chance, be sure to check out our website at
</span><a href="http://ufern.net" target="_blank"><span style="font-family:"Helvetica",sans-serif;color:#2BAADF">http://ufern.net</span></a><span style="font-family:"Helvetica",sans-serif;color:#202020">!<br>
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All the best,<br>
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<strong><span style="font-family:"Helvetica",sans-serif">Kari O'Connell and the U-FERN Project Team</span></strong></span><o:p></o:p></p>
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