<div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr">Dear Faculty and Staff,</div><div dir="ltr"><br></div><div>As a friendly reminder, Dr. Benjamin Fell, one of three finalists for the CoE Associate Dean for Undergraduate Studies position, is having his Presentation & Open Forum, today, Thursday, March 12 (please see attached seminar flyer, CV and position description):</div><div><br></div><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><b>Thursday, March 12, 10:15–11:30 a.m. (Presentation & Open Forum)</b></div><div dir="ltr"><b>Bioscience Center, Gold Auditorium  <br>Title: "</b><font face="arial, sans-serif"><span style="color:black;font-weight:bold;text-align:center">Opportunities for Undergraduate Education in the College of Engineering at San Diego State</span><b>"</b></font></div><div dir="ltr">Dr. <span class="gmail-il">Benjamin</span> <span class="gmail-il">Fell</span>, CSU Sacramento<br>Professor & Department Chair of Civil Engineering</div></div><div dir="ltr"><br></div><div>In addition to Dr. Fell's presentation, time has been allocated for Faculty & Staff to meet with Dr. Fell, this is an informal meeting and any Faculty & Staff can stop by during the following time:</div><div><br></div><div><b>Thursday, March 12, 4:00pm-4:45pm (CoE Faculty & Staff Informal Mtg)</b></div><div><b>Engineering Dean's Conference Room, E-203E</b></div><div><div dir="ltr">Dr. <span class="gmail-il">Benjamin</span> <span class="gmail-il">Fell</span>, CSU Sacramento<br>Professor & Department Chair of Civil Engineering </div><div dir="ltr"> <br></div></div><div><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_signature" data-smartmail="gmail_signature"><div dir="ltr">Thank you!<br clear="all"><div><div><div dir="ltr">Marcie Morihiro<br>Assistant to the Dean<br>College of Engineering<br>San Diego State University<br>5500 Campanile Drive<br>San Diego, CA 92182-1326<br><br>Office:  E-203B<br>Phone:  <a href="tel:(619)%20594-6062" value="+16195946062" style="color:rgb(17,85,204)" target="_blank">619-594-6062</a><br>E-mail:  <a href="mailto:mmorihiro@mail.sdsu.edu" style="color:rgb(17,85,204)" target="_blank">mmorihiro@sdsu.edu</a></div></div></div></div></div></div><br></div><div class="gmail_quote"><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0px 0px 0px 0.8ex;border-left:1px solid rgb(204,204,204);padding-left:1ex"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div class="gmail_quote"><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0px 0px 0px 0.8ex;padding-left:1ex;border-left:1px solid rgb(204,204,204)"><div dir="ltr"><div class="gmail_quote"><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0px 0px 0px 0.8ex;padding-left:1ex;border-left:1px solid rgb(204,204,204)"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div><div><div dir="ltr"><br></div></div></div></div></div></div></div><div class="gmail_quote"><div class="gmail_attr" dir="ltr">On Fri, Feb 21, 2020 at 10:55 AM Marcie Morihiro <<a href="mailto:mmorihiro@sdsu.edu" target="_blank">mmorihiro@sdsu.edu</a>> wrote:<br></div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0px 0px 0px 0.8ex;padding-left:1ex;border-left:1px solid rgb(204,204,204)"><div dir="ltr"><div class="gmail_attr">Dear Faculty and Staff,</div><div class="gmail_attr"><br></div><div class="gmail_attr">Dr. Asfaw Beyene, Chair of the Associate Dean for
Undergraduate Studies Search Committee, has asked that I forward you his e-mail and attachments below regarding the <span>Presentations</span> & <span>Open</span> Forum for the three finalists for the Associate Dean for
Undergraduate Studies of the College of Engineering.  </div><div class="gmail_attr"><br></div><div><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr">Thank you!<br clear="all"><div><div><div dir="ltr">Marcie Morihiro<br>Assistant to the Dean<br>College of Engineering<br>San Diego State University<br>5500 Campanile Drive<br>San Diego, CA 92182-1326<br><br>Office:  E-203B<br>Phone:  <a style="color:rgb(17,85,204)" href="tel:(619)%20594-6062" value="+16195946062" target="_blank">619-594-6062</a><br>E-mail:  <a style="color:rgb(17,85,204)" href="mailto:mmorihiro@mail.sdsu.edu" target="_blank">mmorihiro@sdsu.edu</a></div></div></div></div></div></div><div class="gmail_quote"><div class="gmail_attr" dir="ltr"><br></div><div class="gmail_attr" dir="ltr">******************************************************************************</div><br><div dir="ltr"><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in 0in 0pt;line-height:normal;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif;font-size:11pt"><span style="font-family:Arial,sans-serif;font-size:12pt">Dear College of Engineering Faculty,
Staff and Students,</span></p>

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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in 0in 0pt;line-height:normal;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif;font-size:11pt"><span style="font-family:Arial,sans-serif;font-size:12pt">As Chair of the Associate Dean for
Undergraduate Studies Search Committee, I am pleased to invite you to the
Campus Presentations of the three finalists for the Associate Dean for
Undergraduate Studies of the College of Engineering.  </span></p>

<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in 0in 0pt;line-height:normal;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif;font-size:11pt"><b><span style="font-family:Arial,sans-serif;font-size:12pt"> </span></b><span style="font-family:Arial,sans-serif;font-size:12pt"></span></p>

<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in 0in 0pt;line-height:normal;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif;font-size:11pt"><span style="font-family:Arial,sans-serif;font-size:12pt">The presentation dates and times for
each candidate are below and seminar flyers will be sent closer to the event.
In addition, the public CV’s for each candidate are attached.</span></p>

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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in 0in 0pt;line-height:normal;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif;font-size:11pt"><span style="font-family:Arial,sans-serif;font-size:12pt">We informed all finalists that they
should prepare a 45-minute presentation followed by a 30-minute Open Forum
format.  Your active participation in these gatherings
is critically important as we want to select the very best candidate
for this important post.</span></p>

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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in 0in 0pt;line-height:normal;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif;font-size:11pt"><span style="font-family:Arial,sans-serif;font-size:12pt">As you probably know, one of the
finalists is an internal candidate: Dr. Yusuf Ozturk.  In order to
keep the integrity of this search intact, I have asked Marcie
Morihiro to create a <b>separate list </b>of the College of
Engineering faculty that <b>excludes Dr. Ozturk</b> from the list.
Thus, this message does not go to him as it does not go to any other candidate.</span></p>

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The presentations are scheduled as follows:<br>
<br>
<b>Monday, March 2, 10:15–11:30 a.m.<br>
Bioscience Center, Gold Auditorium</b><br>
Dr. Yusuf Ozturk, San Diego State University<br>
Interim Associate Dean for Undergraduate Studies, College of Engineering<br>
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<b>Monday, March 9, 10:15–11:30 a.m.<br>
Bioscience Center, Gold Auditorium</b><br>
Dr. Matthew Gordon, University of Denver<br>
Chair, Mechanical & Materials Engineering Department, The Ritchie School of
Engineering and Computer Science</span></p>

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Bioscience Center, Gold Auditorium</span></b><span style="font-family:Arial,sans-serif;font-size:12pt"><br>
Dr. Benjamin Fell, California State University, Sacramento<br>
Chair, Civil Engineering Department, College of Engineering</span></p>

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would like to strongly encourage you all to attend the presentations
by all of our three finalists.</span></p>

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