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<p class="MsoNormal" style="background:white"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">I work for the Office of the Provost and the Graduate School and oversee the Husky Seed Fund award program. Created by students for students, the
fund brings to life innovative ideas by students that are inclusive, impactful, and inventive to the UW. I'm reaching out on behalf of 2022 awardee, Leigh West, a Biology PhD student and her project, Sisu mentoring program. Leigh is recruiting undergraduate
mentees to participate, and Biology is a good match as Sisu aims to support under-represented genders i</span><span style="font-size:12.0pt;color:black;background:white"> I work for the Office of the Provost and the Graduate School and oversee the </span><span style="font-size:12.0pt;color:black"><a href="https://www.washington.edu/strategicplanning/husky-seed-fund/" target="_blank" title="https://www.washington.edu/strategicplanning/husky-seed-fund/"><span style="color:blue;background:white">Husky
Seed Fund</span></a><span style="background:white"> award program. </span></span><span style="font-size:12.0pt;color:#373A3C;background:white">Created <i>by</i> students <i>for</i> students, the fund brings to life innovative ideas by students that are inclusive,
impactful, and inventive to the UW. </span><span style="font-size:12.0pt;color:black;background:white">I'm reaching out on behalf of 2022 awardee, Leigh West, a Biology PhD student and her project, <b><a href="https://urldefense.com/v3/__https:/www.sisumentor.org/__;!!K-Hz7m0Vt54!my0U4wRW2bN1c2t-fNINqezLPNGk0OGGHW1vHofvRZgN7clP0azjSF66MZPBhS45-tuRhX8CGulqgw$" target="_blank" title="https://www.sisumentor.org/"><span style="color:blue">Sisu</span></a> </b>mentoring
program. Leigh is recruiting undergraduate mentees to participate, and Biology is a good match as Sisu aims to support under-represented genders in STEM. More details from Leigh (cc'd here):</span><span style="font-size:12.0pt;color:black"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="background:white"><span style="font-size:13.0pt;color:black">Leigh's Brief Overview of Sisu</span><span style="font-size:12.0pt;color:black"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="background:white"><span style="font-size:11.5pt;color:#242424">My name is Leigh West, and I am a third-year PhD candidate in the Biology Department. I am getting in touch to request your assistance recruiting undergraduate students
to participate in a mentoring program I founded to support under-represented genders in STEM. This is a new program, launched with support from the Husky Seed Fund, and aims to match University of Washington undergraduate students with mentors working in science
and science-adjacent fields. Husky undergraduates will be matched with a mentor whose expertise is most related to the students’ interests, and mentees will meet with their mentors quarterly (4 times per year). Any student is welcome to apply, and the program
particularly welcomes students from gender-marginalized groups, as the current mentors identify this way. Currently, the mentor base primarily consists of Ecologists / Biologists, with a few others in fields such as Science Communication, Computer Programming,
and Medicine. Here is a brief description of the program from the <a href="https://urldefense.com/v3/__http:/www.sisumentor.org/__;!!K-Hz7m0Vt54!mBo5lJNEz2D7CPYI7BowQeulRBuJG2eEDK4GWl_NBOwgc1NTKnYI-mC_tEf46Z95W5BuHaVYKC8b5g$" target="_blank" title="https://urldefense.com/v3/__http://www.sisumentor.org/__;!!K-Hz7m0Vt54!mBo5lJNEz2D7CPYI7BowQeulRBuJG2eEDK4GWl_NBOwgc1NTKnYI-mC_tEf46Z95W5BuHaVYKC8b5g$">
<span style="color:blue">Sisu website</span></a>:</span><span style="font-size:11.5pt;font-family:"Segoe UI",sans-serif;color:#242424"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="background:white"><i><span style="font-size:11.5pt;color:#242424">Sisu positions undergraduates to address the barriers that can be experienced by those from marginalized gender groups by providing students interested in STEM careers,
regardless of gender, with resources, community, and inspiration.</span></i><span style="font-size:11.5pt;font-family:"Segoe UI",sans-serif;color:#242424"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="background:white"><span style="font-size:13.0pt;color:black">Leigh's Request for Your Assistance</span><span style="font-size:12.0pt;color:black"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="background:white"><span style="font-size:11.5pt;color:#242424">I<b>f you would share this program with the undergraduates in your department to help find students interested in becoming mentees, that would be incredibly helpful</b>. You
can direct them to the <a href="https://urldefense.com/v3/__https:/www.sisumentor.org/get-matched__;!!K-Hz7m0Vt54!my0U4wRW2bN1c2t-fNINqezLPNGk0OGGHW1vHofvRZgN7clP0azjSF66MZPBhS45-tuRhX8p4fX7gw$" target="_blank" title="https://www.sisumentor.org/get-matched"><span style="color:blue">Sisu
mentor matching form</span></a> so they can complete it to help me match students with a relevant mentor. Please feel free to reach out if you have any questions or require additional information.</span><span style="font-size:11.5pt;font-family:"Segoe UI",sans-serif;color:#242424"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:green">Academic Counselor Senior, Department of Biology
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif"><a href="mailto:patterj@u.washington.edu"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;color:navy">patterj@u.washington.edu</span></a></span><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:green"> </span><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:green">318 HCK, University of Washington,
<b>BOX</b> 355320 Phone: 206-543-7767</span><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><u><span style="font-size:10.0pt;color:navy"><a href="http://www.biology.washington.edu/programs/undergraduate">http://www.biology.washington.edu/programs/undergraduate</a><o:p></o:p></span></u></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:green">Biology Zoom drop-in advising hours (10-15 min meetings):<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:green">Monday - Thursday 9 a.m. - 12:00 p.m. and 1:00 p.m. - 4:00 p.m.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:green">My Regular Drop in Zoom days:
<b>Tues, Thurs 1-4 pm, and Mon, Tues, Weds, Thursday 9-12pm. </b> <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:green">Zoom link for those hours:
</span></b><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Helvetica",sans-serif;color:#232333;background:white"><a href="https://washington.zoom.us/j/97207369544">https://washington.zoom.us/j/97207369544</a><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:#763E9B;background:white">Advising Sessions Via EMAIL, PHONE, and ZOOM. In person individual advising available by appointment only.</span><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><u><span style="color:#0C882A">Appointments by request. Please include your name and student number in your emails.</span></u></b><i><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:green">
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