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<p class="MsoNormal">Hello INES! <o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">This is a reminder of the online event Friday for Gary, and additional information on timing: the
<i>virtual</i> program won’t begin until 2:30 pm eastern, not noon. <o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:black">If you have not yet responded, please do so at<span class="apple-converted-space"> </span><a href="https://nam04.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fvirginiatech.questionpro.com%2Ft%2FAV9knZt3RF&data=05%7C01%7Cjmsmith%40mines.edu%7Cffedd2d6f7224df8bcec08da90f85573%7C997209e009b346239a4d76afa44a675c%7C0%7C0%7C637981693509222173%7CUnknown%7CTWFpbGZsb3d8eyJWIjoiMC4wLjAwMDAiLCJQIjoiV2luMzIiLCJBTiI6Ik1haWwiLCJXVCI6Mn0%3D%7C3000%7C%7C%7C&sdata=V%2BWb7sDHRJiZd%2FPTX%2FdYEZqGazmUXGBW6YY16EQdywg%3D&reserved=0" title="Original URL:
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:black">All the best,<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:black">Jessica<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:black"><a href="https://www.jessicamsmith.net/">Jessica M. Smith</a> (she/her/hers)<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:black">Professor, <a href="https://www.mines.edu/eds/">Engineering, Design, and Society Department</a><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:black">Director, <a href="https://humanitarian.mines.edu/mshes/">Humanitarian Engineering and Science Graduate Program
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:black">Colorado School of Mines<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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this link</a>. </span><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:12.0pt;color:black">From: </span></b><span style="font-size:12.0pt;color:black">Jessica Smith <jmsmith@mines.edu><br>
<b>Date: </b>Monday, August 15, 2022 at 3:01 PM<br>
<b>To: </b>"announce@lists.inesweb.org" <announce@lists.inesweb.org><br>
<b>Subject: </b>Gary Downey Retirement Celebration - September 9<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">Dear INES,<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">Please see the below invitation in honor of Gary Downey’s retirement from Virginia Tech. As you know, Gary was the driving force behind the creation of INES and our Engineering Studies journal.<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">All the best,<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">Jessica<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:black"><a href="https://www.jessicamsmith.net/">Jessica M. Smith</a> (she/her/hers)<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:black">Professor, <a href="https://www.mines.edu/eds/">Engineering, Design, and Society Department</a><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:black">Director, <a href="https://humanitarian.mines.edu/mshes/">Humanitarian Engineering and Science Graduate Program
</a><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:black">Colorado School of Mines<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:12.0pt;color:black">From: </span></b><span style="font-size:12.0pt;color:black">"shalfon@vt.edu" <shalfon@vt.edu><br>
<b>Date: </b>Monday, August 8, 2022 at 2:39 PM<br>
<b>To: </b>'sts Discussion List' <sts-g@vt.edu><br>
<b>Subject: </b>[External] Gary Downey Retirement Celebration - September 9<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:8.0pt;line-height:105%">Dear Members of the STS Community and Family, Friends, and Colleagues of Gary Downey,<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:8.0pt;line-height:105%">On September 9, please join us in celebrating Gary Downey’s retirement from Virginia Tech.
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:8.0pt;line-height:105%">After a long and illustrious career at VT STS we will gather to celebrate Gary’s passion for mentoring and infrastructural building by highlighting some of the profound influences that he has
had on students and colleagues through direct mentorship and building spaces, places, and opportunities in which others could flourish.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:8.0pt;line-height:105%">Where and when:<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:8.0pt;line-height:105%">September 9, 2022<o:p></o:p></p>
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2:00 – 4:00 pm. Reflections on Gary’s mentorship. Newman Library Multipurpose Room (1<sup>st</sup> Floor) and via Zoom at
<a href="https://nam04.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fvirginiatech.zoom.us%2Fj%2F89062759003&data=05%7C01%7Cjmsmith%40mines.edu%7Cfe72fbdc39c04104360908da797e108d%7C997209e009b346239a4d76afa44a675c%7C0%7C0%7C637955879609548264%7CUnknown%7CTWFpbGZsb3d8eyJWIjoiMC4wLjAwMDAiLCJQIjoiV2luMzIiLCJBTiI6Ik1haWwiLCJXVCI6Mn0%3D%7C3000%7C%7C%7C&sdata=MXp3Cc59%2FcNmAnNmyhs7mnEmEFSxDbmKHpeQsg1lZi8%3D&reserved=0">
https://virginiatech.zoom.us/j/89062759003</a>. <o:p></o:p></p>
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5:00 – 8:00 pm. Reception. The house of Saul Halfon. 302 Cherokee Dr, Blacksburg.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:8.0pt;line-height:105%">Please RSVP at:
<a href="https://nam04.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fvirginiatech.questionpro.com%2Ft%2FAV9knZt3RF&data=05%7C01%7Cjmsmith%40mines.edu%7Cfe72fbdc39c04104360908da797e108d%7C997209e009b346239a4d76afa44a675c%7C0%7C0%7C637955879609548264%7CUnknown%7CTWFpbGZsb3d8eyJWIjoiMC4wLjAwMDAiLCJQIjoiV2luMzIiLCJBTiI6Ik1haWwiLCJXVCI6Mn0%3D%7C3000%7C%7C%7C&sdata=ieE59SGV%2ByLfhM5J7Z76iVqeETCssjcNgsmt1WFjqE8%3D&reserved=0">
https://virginiatech.questionpro.com/t/AV9knZt3RF</a>. (But, come even if you thought you couldn’t).
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<p class="MsoNormal">Thank you, and I look forward to seeing you there.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">Saul<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">Saul Halfon<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">Department Chair & Associate Professor<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">Science, Technology, and Society (0247)<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">280 Alumni Mall<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">Virginia Tech<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">Blacksburg, VA 24061<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><a href="mailto:shalfon@vt.edu">shalfon@vt.edu</a><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">540-231-1648<o:p></o:p></p>
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