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</o:shapelayout></xml><![endif]--></head><body lang=EN-US link=blue vlink=purple><div class=WordSection1><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><b><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif"'>From:</span></b><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif"'> Karen May-Newman [mailto:kmaynewm@sdsu.edu] <br><b>Sent:</b> Tuesday, April 03, 2018 6:07 PM<br><b>To:</b> Arlene Gibson<br><b>Subject:</b> Invitation to STEM Diversity seminar on Friday, April 6 at 2pm in A&L 101<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:9.5pt'>Arlene, could you please share this with the COE faculty?</span><o:p></o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:9.5pt'><o:p> </o:p></span></p></div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:9.5pt'>Dear Colleagues,</span><o:p></o:p></p><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:9.5pt'><o:p> </o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:9.5pt'>The SDSU student chapter of the Biomedical Engineering Society (BMES) has invited a renowned speaker on the topic of STEM Diversity to campus this Friday. Dr. Manu Platt, Associate Professor of Bioengineering at Georgia Institute of Technology, was the Diversity Award recipient at the BMES annual meeting last year, and his talk was excellent. The SDSU BMES chapter received funds from the Associated Students to host Dr. Platt, and would like to share this experience with SDSU faculty, staff and students.<o:p></o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:9.5pt'><o:p> </o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:9.5pt'>The seminar will be held on Friday, April 6, at 2pm in the Arts & Letters room 101. A flyer is attached, please feel free to share with anyone interested, and let me know if you have any questions.<o:p></o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:9.5pt'><o:p> </o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:9.5pt'>Kind regards,<o:p></o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:9.5pt'><o:p> </o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:9.5pt'>Karen<o:p></o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:9.5pt'><o:p> </o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:9.5pt'><o:p> </o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'>Karen May-Newman, Ph.D.<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'>SDSU BMES Faculty Advisor<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'>Professor<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'>Department of Mechanical Engineering<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'>San Diego State University<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'>5500 Campanile Dr.<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'>San Diego, CA 92182-1323<o:p></o:p></p></div></div></div></body></html>