<div dir="ltr"><span id="gmail-docs-internal-guid-e7205d4a-7fff-343e-718c-b3a1f19764a7" style="color:rgb(0,0,0)"><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.9872;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="font-family:Arial,sans-serif;color:rgb(34,34,34);font-variant-ligatures:normal;font-variant-alternates:normal;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline">Hello!</span></p><br><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.9872;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="font-family:Arial,sans-serif;color:rgb(34,34,34);font-variant-ligatures:normal;font-variant-alternates:normal;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline">Students Explore Aquatic Sciences (SEAS) is excited to invite you to showcase your aquatic research at our annual spring</span><a href="https://fish.uw.edu/alumni-community/students-explore-aquatic-sciences-seas/uw-aquatic-science-open-house/" style="text-decoration:none"><span style="font-family:Arial,sans-serif;color:rgb(34,34,34);font-variant-ligatures:normal;font-variant-alternates:normal;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline"> </span><span style="font-family:Arial,sans-serif;font-variant-ligatures:normal;font-variant-alternates:normal;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;text-decoration:underline;vertical-align:baseline">Aquatic Sciences Open House</span></a><span style="font-family:Arial,sans-serif;color:rgb(34,34,34);font-variant-ligatures:normal;font-variant-alternates:normal;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline"> on </span><span style="font-family:Arial,sans-serif;color:rgb(34,34,34);font-weight:700;font-variant-ligatures:normal;font-variant-alternates:normal;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline">Saturday, May 18th, 2024 from 10 am - 4 pm.</span></p><br><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.9872;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="font-family:Arial,sans-serif;color:rgb(34,34,34);font-weight:700;font-style:italic;font-variant-ligatures:normal;font-variant-alternates:normal;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline">What is the Aquatic Sciences Open House?</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.9872;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="font-family:Arial,sans-serif;color:rgb(34,34,34);font-variant-ligatures:normal;font-variant-alternates:normal;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline">The Open House is open to the public and offers a free and family-friendly day of hands-on learning to celebrate science and research that relates to water. We’ll have hands-on activities led by current UW students, staff, postdocs, and faculty across the College of the Environment and by organizations from the greater Seattle area.</span></p><br><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.9872;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="font-family:Arial,sans-serif;color:rgb(34,34,34);font-weight:700;font-style:italic;font-variant-ligatures:normal;font-variant-alternates:normal;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline">How can I get involved?</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.656;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="font-family:Arial,sans-serif;color:rgb(34,34,34);font-variant-ligatures:normal;font-variant-alternates:normal;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline">If you and your lab or student group would like to showcase your aquatic research to a broad audience of all ages, please use </span><a href="https://forms.gle/F1Kq8hdpm5iLSDZx8" style="text-decoration:none"><span style="font-family:Arial,sans-serif;font-variant-ligatures:normal;font-variant-alternates:normal;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;text-decoration:underline;vertical-align:baseline">this form</span></a><span style="font-family:Arial,sans-serif;color:rgb(34,34,34);font-variant-ligatures:normal;font-variant-alternates:normal;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline"> to reserve a booth/room.  If you have previously completed the form from our Save the Date email, you do not need to re-submit. </span><span style="font-family:Arial,sans-serif;color:rgb(34,34,34);font-style:italic;font-variant-ligatures:normal;font-variant-alternates:normal;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline">Priority will be given in the order that groups fill out the form</span><span style="font-family:Arial,sans-serif;color:rgb(34,34,34);font-variant-ligatures:normal;font-variant-alternates:normal;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline">; please complete the form by </span><span style="font-family:Arial,sans-serif;color:rgb(34,34,34);font-weight:700;font-variant-ligatures:normal;font-variant-alternates:normal;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline">Friday, April 19</span><span style="font-family:Arial,sans-serif;color:rgb(34,34,34);font-variant-ligatures:normal;font-variant-alternates:normal;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline">.</span></p><br><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.656;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="font-family:Arial,sans-serif;color:rgb(34,34,34);font-variant-ligatures:normal;font-variant-alternates:normal;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline">Hosting a booth at the Open House is a wonderful opportunity to inspire the next generation of aquatic scientists and enthusiasts and hone your skills in interpreting your work for a K-12 audience.</span></p><br><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.656;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="font-family:Arial,sans-serif;color:rgb(34,34,34);font-variant-ligatures:normal;font-variant-alternates:normal;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline">Haven't presented your research to K-12 students before? Email me at </span><span style="font-family:Arial,sans-serif;color:rgb(17,85,204);font-variant-ligatures:normal;font-variant-alternates:normal;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline"><a href="mailto:jhstern@uw.edu">jhstern@uw.edu</a></span><span style="font-family:Arial,sans-serif;color:rgb(34,34,34);font-variant-ligatures:normal;font-variant-alternates:normal;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline">, and we can brainstorm ways to make your research, or the scientific concepts related to it, accessible and fun for kids of all ages.</span></p><br><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.656;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="font-family:Arial,sans-serif;color:rgb(34,34,34);font-variant-ligatures:normal;font-variant-alternates:normal;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline">In addition to booth hosts, we will need several volunteers to ensure the event runs smoothly. Please use </span><a href="https://forms.gle/htSYBdxWBjmvs83F6" style="text-decoration:none"><span style="font-family:Arial,sans-serif;font-variant-ligatures:normal;font-variant-alternates:normal;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;text-decoration:underline;vertical-align:baseline">this form</span></a><span style="font-family:Arial,sans-serif;color:rgb(34,34,34);font-variant-ligatures:normal;font-variant-alternates:normal;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline"> if you are interested in volunteering.</span></p><br><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.656;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="font-family:Arial,sans-serif;color:rgb(34,34,34);font-variant-ligatures:normal;font-variant-alternates:normal;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline">If you have any questions, please feel free to email me. We look forward to having you at the Open House!</span></p><br><br><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.9872;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="font-family:Arial,sans-serif;color:rgb(34,34,34);font-variant-ligatures:normal;font-variant-alternates:normal;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline">Jenny Stern</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.9872;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="font-family:Arial,sans-serif;color:rgb(17,85,204);font-variant-ligatures:normal;font-variant-alternates:normal;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline"><a href="mailto:jhstern@uw.edu">jhstern@uw.edu</a></span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.656;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="font-family:Arial,sans-serif;color:rgb(34,34,34);font-variant-ligatures:normal;font-variant-alternates:normal;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline">2024 SEAS Open House Coordinator</span></p></span><br class="gmail-Apple-interchange-newline" style="color:rgb(0,0,0)"></div>