<div dir="ltr">FYI...<br><br><div class="gmail_quote"><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_attr">---------- Forwarded message ---------<br>From: <strong class="gmail_sendername" dir="auto">Gonzalez Jr., Roberto - OPPE, Calexico, CA</strong> <span dir="auto"><<a href="mailto:roberto.gonzalez@usda.gov">roberto.gonzalez@usda.gov</a>></span><br>Date: Mon, Feb 7, 2022 at 5:39 PM<br>Subject: INVITE to the USDA Hispanic Serving Institutions Fellowship Program Virtual Workshop for faculty, staff, and administrators at SDSU | Tuesday, February 15, 2022 (11:00AM – 11:30AM) via Zoom Webinar<br>To: Gonzalez Jr., Roberto - OPPE, Calexico, CA <<a href="mailto:roberto.gonzalez@usda.gov">roberto.gonzalez@usda.gov</a>><br></div><br><br>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">We would like to invite you and your colleagues to the USDA Hispanic Serving Institutions Fellowship Program Virtual Workshop for faculty, staff, and administrators at
SDSU on Tuesday, February 15, 2022 (11:00AM – 11:30AM) via Zoom Webinar. If you and your colleagues could also please widely/broadly share with other faculty, staff, and administrators at SDSU.</span></b><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif"><u></u><u></u></span></p>
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<a href="https://SDSU.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_bBPE__M3SgyVLstoUn2okw" target="_blank">https://SDSU.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_bBPE__M3SgyVLstoUn2okw</a><u></u><u></u></span></p>
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<p class="m_7893182458103182041xmsonormal" style="margin-left:1.0in"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">Presentation by Acting Program Lead, Hispanic Serving Institutions National Program, USDA w/Q&A geared toward SDSU Community<u></u><u></u></span></p>
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<p class="m_7893182458103182041xmsonormal" style="margin-left:1.0in"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">USDA E. Kika De La Garza Fellowship Program offers faculty, staff, and administrators from Hispanic Serving Institutions (HSI) the unique opportunity
to gain insight into USDA programs, services, and resources along with other Federal Agencies.<u></u><u></u></span></p>
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<p class="m_7893182458103182041xmsonormal" style="margin-left:1.0in"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">USDA-HSI Fellowship Program (USDA E. Kika De La Garza Fellowship Program)… provides travel, housing, and per diem stipend!!!<u></u><u></u></span></p>
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<p class="m_7893182458103182041xmsonormal" style="margin-left:1.5in"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">Education Fellowship Track: To learn about the varied and wide-ranging USDA programs, services, and resources with linkages and collaborative
partnership opportunities in research, education/teaching, and extension. Mutual Areas of Interest for education fellows, such as student outreach, recruitment, and retention; career pathways for students and recent grads (internships, scholarships, volunteering,
service-learning, employment prospects); competitive grants and funding sources; partnerships and collaborations; multidisciplinary connections; community engagement.<u></u><u></u></span></p>
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<p class="m_7893182458103182041xmsonormal" style="margin-left:1.5in"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">Science Fellowship Track: To partner and collaborate with leading scientists and nationwide network of researchers at a USDA-Agricultural Research
Service (ARS) Research Location or with the USDA-Natural Resources Conservation Service (NRCS) Soil Science Division. The science fellows will expand their expertise and research topic/interests in the food, agriculture, natural resources, human sciences,
and related disciplines.<u></u><u></u></span></p>
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<p class="m_7893182458103182041xmsonormal" style="margin-left:1.0in"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">These summer professional development opportunities for faculty, staff, and administrators from Hispanic Serving Institutions (HSI) brings together
nationwide representatives with meaningful learning experiences to increase and expand its overall understanding of USDA and obtain a greater understanding of the federal<span style="color:#1f497d">
</span>government, to identify collaborative partnership opportunities and mutual areas of interest for the professional, scientific/research, and technical workforce at USDA on food, agriculture, natural resources, rural development, nutrition, and related
issues.<u></u><u></u></span></p>
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<p class="m_7893182458103182041xmsonormal" style="margin-left:1.0in"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">President Abraham Lincoln founded USDA in 1862, calling it “The People’s Department.” USDA is continuing its legacy, providing access and facilitating
participation to educational, professional, and capacity-building opportunities.</span><u></u><u></u></p>
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