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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt">Good Morning,<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt">As a reminder </span><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:#202020;background:white">The <a href="https://biology.mit.edu/about/community/">Biology Community Council</a> is seeking
to bring on new members to the </span><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:#202020">council<span style="background:white"> for the ’25-‘26 academic year which runs from July 2025 to July 2026. This is a great opportunity to
engage in community in the department and to encourage programs and policies you are interested in and that would benefit the community. Examples of programs that the council work on are community building events, mentoring programs, policy changes and more.
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express interest</a> until <b>July 11<sup>th</sup></b>! Please express interest and encourage other community members to do so as well.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:black">Hallie Dowling-Francisco, She/Her pronouns<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:black">Community and Professional Support Specialist, Department of Biology<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:#212121">Massachusetts Institute of Technology</span><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:black"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><a href="mailto:halliedh@mit.edu"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:#0563C1">halliedh@mit.edu</span></a><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:black">
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:black">Office location: 68-323A, working remotely Mondays and Fridays<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:12.0pt"><b><span style="font-size:12.0pt;color:black">From:
</span></b><span style="font-size:12.0pt;color:black">Hallie Dowling-Francisco <halliedh@mit.edu><br>
<b>Date: </b>Monday, June 9, 2025 at 10:13</span><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black"> </span><span style="font-size:12.0pt;color:black">AM<br>
<b>To: </b>biofac <biofac@mit.edu>, biostaff <biostaff@mit.edu>, biograds <biograds@mit.edu>, bioundgrd <bioundgrd@mit.edu>, biopdaf <biopdaf@mit.edu>, biomisc <biomisc@mit.edu>, biokitchen <biokitchen@mit.edu>, bioinstructors <bioinstructors@mit.edu><br>
<b>Subject: </b>Biology Community Council seeking new members <o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:#202020;background:white">The </span><a href="https://biology.mit.edu/about/community/"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;background:white">Biology
Community Council</span></a><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:#202020;background:white"> is seeking to bring on new members to the </span><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:#202020">council<span style="background:white"> for
the ’25-‘26 academic year which runs from July 2025 to July 2026. This is a great opportunity to engage in community in the department and to encourage programs and policies you are interested in and that would benefit the community. Examples of programs
that the council work on are community building events, mentoring programs, policy changes and more. Please encourage members of the Biology community to apply! </span></span><span style="font-size:12.0pt"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:#202124;background:white">The council is looking for new members from the following groups: </span><span style="font-size:12.0pt"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background:white"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:#202124">1 faculty member </span><span style="font-size:12.0pt"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background:white"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:#202124">1-2 staff members</span><span style="font-size:12.0pt"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="background:white"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:#202124">2-3 graduate students </span><span style="font-size:12.0pt"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background:white"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:#202124">2 undergraduate students</span><span style="font-size:12.0pt"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:#202020">Council<span style="background:white"> members are expected to serve for a minimum of one academic year. Time commitment expected to serve on the </span>council<span style="background:white"> is
about 1 hour of meetings each month and 2-4 hours of monthly collaborative work beyond that and is very flexible depending on individual schedules. </span></span><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:#212121">Please fill out </span><a href="https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSeEOO7yipucm7XiG5sppLZ4YzHS_yuL2XPQs0IB58D50aVU9w/viewform?usp=header" title="https://forms.gle/Jy4JoDD5YoUbykyj8"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif">this
short form </span></a><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:#212121">to express interest in the Biology</span><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:#00A2C2"> </span><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:#212121">Community
Council by</span><b><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:#00A2C2"> </span></b><b><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif">Friday, July 11th<span style="color:#212121">.
</span></span></b><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:black;background:white"> </span><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:#202020;background:white">Feel free to contact me with any questions.</span><span style="font-size:12.0pt"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:black">Hallie Dowling-Francisco, She/Her pronouns</span><span style="font-size:12.0pt"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:black">Community and Professional Support Specialist, Department of Biology,
</span><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:#212121">Massachusetts Institute of Technology</span><span style="font-size:12.0pt"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><a href="mailto:halliedh@mit.edu"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:#0563C1">halliedh@mit.edu</span></a><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:black">
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:black">617-715-2448</span><span style="font-size:12.0pt"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:black">Office location: 68-323A</span><span style="font-size:12.0pt"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:black">Summer 2025 schedule: In office Mondays and Tuesdays, working remotely Wednesday-Friday</span><span style="font-size:12.0pt"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:black">In-person office hours: Mondays 12-1 and Tuesdays 1-2
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