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For those in their PhD years - see below for opportunity with SURF mentorship in Journal Club. Having participated in the past does not preclude you from reregistering.</div>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt;">Andrea Cifonelli (she, her, hers)</span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt;">Coordinator of Combined Programs and Special Initiatives</span></p>
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<b>From: </b>GradStudies <gradstudies-bounces@lists.upstate.edu> on behalf of Cherylene Small <SmallC@upstate.edu><br>
<b>Date: </b>Monday, April 6, 2026 at 2:06 PM<br>
<b>To: </b>gradstudies@lists.upstate.edu <gradstudies@lists.upstate.edu><br>
<b>Subject: </b>[gradstudies] GS647-009 Nanocourse: SURF Journal Club - Opportunity for Teaching Experience<br>
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Dear Graduate Students,</div>
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-size: 12pt; color: rgb(34, 34, 34);">Are you looking to add some teaching experience to your CV?
</span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-size: 12pt; color: black;">GS467-009
</span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-size: 12pt; color: rgb(34, 34, 34);">Nanocourse: SURF Journal Club is scheduled to begin in late May with a kick-off meeting. </span></p>
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-size: 12pt; color: rgb(34, 34, 34);">This course was created to give graduate students the opportunity to organize, moderate, and evaluate undergraduates who are participating in Upstate’s Summer Undergraduate
Research Fellowship (SURF) program. </span></p>
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-size: 12pt; color: rgb(34, 34, 34);">There will be an initial meeting for registered participants in late May (date/time TBD). You will meet with your undergraduate students during the week of June 1, when the
program starts. The program will meet weekly on Wednesday mornings and run for ~6 weeks until each SURF student has had a chance to present.</span></p>
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-size: 12pt; color: rgb(34, 34, 34);">Your responsibilities will be to organize the journal club, moderate each meeting, and provide feedback to the students. If enough students register, there will be two organizers
per journal club. If you are interested, please contact Andrea Cifonelli in the College of Graduate Studies (</span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-size: 12pt; color: rgb(0, 120, 215);"><a href="mailto:cifonela@upstate.edu" target="_blank" title="mailto:cifonela@upstate.edu" data-outlook-id="bb4c406a-7f4b-49b0-8186-d12b2d9fc08f" style="color: rgb(0, 120, 215); margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px;">cifonela@upstate.edu</a></span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-size: 12pt; color: rgb(34, 34, 34);">)
stating your interest, along with your Upstate ID number.</span></p>
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-size: 12pt; color: rgb(34, 34, 34);">Best regards,</span></p>
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-size: 12pt; color: rgb(34, 34, 34);">Samuel Herberg, PhD (SURF Director)</span></p>
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-size: 12pt; color: rgb(34, 34, 34);">Bruce Knutson, PhD (SURF Codirector)</span></p>
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-size: 12pt; color: rgb(34, 34, 34);">Andrea Cifonelli (SURF Coordinator)</span></p>
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