<div dir="ltr"><div dir="auto"><blockquote type="cite"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div class="gmail_default"><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in;line-height:normal;background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial"><font face="arial, sans-serif">Dear Colleagues,</font></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in;line-height:normal;background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial"><font face="arial, sans-serif"><br>SDSU was recently awarded a new Center grant, SDSU FUERTE, designed to hire a cluster of 11 faculty who conduct Latinx health disparity research. The SDSU FUERTE abstract is attached.</font></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in;line-height:normal;background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial"><font face="arial, sans-serif"> </font></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in;line-height:normal;background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial"><font face="arial, sans-serif">As part of this process, the FUERTE PIs, Drs. Mark Reed and Mari Zúñiga, are reaching out to colleges in which the 11 new faculty may eventually be hired (Arts & Letters, Engineering, Health and Human Services, Professional Studies and Fine Arts, Sciences, and SDSU Imperial Valley) to request self-nominations of faculty who may be willing to serve on one of three Hiring Committees. <b>At this time, your self-nomination or nomination of a fellow faculty (with their permission) is requested to establish a pool from which the three Committees will be formed</b>. </font></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in;line-height:normal;background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial"><font face="arial, sans-serif"> </font></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in;line-height:normal;background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial"><font face="arial, sans-serif">Selection of the three Hiring Committees will be based on faculty expertise in Latinx health disparities and FUERTE core research area coverage, feedback from the Recruitment Committee, and in consultation with College Deans.</font></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in;line-height:normal;background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial"><font face="arial, sans-serif"> </font></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in;line-height:normal;background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial"><font face="arial, sans-serif">The pool is open to faculty with expertise in Latinx health disparities broadly and/or any of the three FUERTE research areas falling under Latinx health disparities (1. Environmental Health, 2. Obesity/Physical Activity/Nutrition Science, 3. Cancer Disparities) and who would be willing to serve on the hiring committee.</font></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in;line-height:normal;background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial"><font face="arial, sans-serif"><br></font></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in;line-height:normal;background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial"><font face="arial, sans-serif"><u>Once the pool is formed, College T/TT faculty will be asked to vote on the pool of nominations.</u><br><br></font></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in;line-height:normal;background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial"><font face="arial, sans-serif">Recognizing that the Hiring Committee will be asked to review applications during the December 2021/January 2022 winter break period, members will be offered $1,000 as compensation for their time. Attached are details of the committee formation process and a pdf overview of the FUERTE program.</font></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in;line-height:normal;background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial"><font face="arial, sans-serif"><br>Self nominations or a fellow faculty nominations can be made through the Google link: <a href="https://forms.gle/2yEw2JGE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