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<p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto">Dear Colleagues,
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto">Our research team is seeking your expertise in recommending focus group participants for the study,
<i>Moving from Age-Friendly Principles to Practices in U.S. Higher Education: Strategies to Enhance Learning and Workplace Environments,
</i>funded by the RRF Foundation for Aging<i>.</i><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto">We aim to develop age-friendly campus strategies related to teaching and learning, personnel, and student affairs. We are using virtual focus groups with campus administrators,
staff, faculty, and older students to develop these practical strategies.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto">The focus group will take approximately 1 hour to complete and each participant will receive a $50 gift card.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto"><b>More details are explained in the attached letter. You may send your recommendation using this
</b><u><a href="https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://umassboston.co1.qualtrics.com/jfe/form/SV_79BTCE7Sol3jB6C__;!!PhOWcWs!i-ZAXcmdqi1SDInpI3jiXk8F4MVsS0YjmdlzRTbdjCsRULr0XwBCM9SDlWM09BB_oHGbGsg$" target="_blank" title="Focus Group Recommendations"><b><span style="color:windowtext">LINK</span></b></a></u><b>. You may also volunteer to participate!</b><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto">We are happy to address any questions:
<a href="mailto:UMass.AFUStudy@umb.edu" target="_blank">UMass.AFUStudy@umb.edu</a><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto"><b>Thank you for your input!</b><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto"><i>Best regards,
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto">(PI) Nina M. Silverstein, PhD<br>
Professor of Gerontology<br>
John W. McCormack Graduate School of Policy and Global Studies<br>
University of Massachusetts Boston<br>
<a href="mailto:nina.silverstein@umb.edu" target="_blank">nina.silverstein@umb.edu</a> <o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto">(Co-PI) Susan Krauss Whitbourne, PhD<br>
Professor Emerita of Psychological and Brain Sciences<br>
University of Massachusetts Amherst<br>
<a href="mailto:swhitbo@psych.umass.edu" target="_blank">swhitbo@psych.umass.edu</a> <o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto">(Co-PI) Joann M. Montepare, PhD<br>
Professor of Psychology<br>
Director, RoseMary B. Fuss Center for Research on Aging and Intergenerational Studies<br>
Lasell University<br>
<a href="mailto:jmontepare@lasell.edu" target="_blank">jmontepare@lasell.edu</a><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto">(Co-PI) Lauren Marshall Bowen, PhD<br>
Associate Professor of English, College of Liberal Arts<br>
University of Massachusetts Boston<br>
<a href="mailto:Lauren.Bowen@umb.edu" target="_blank">Lauren.Bowen@umb.edu</a><br>
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(Research Assistant) Shu Xu, PhD Candidate<br>
University of Massachusetts Boston<br>
<a href="mailto:Shu.Xu@umb.edu" target="_blank">Shu.Xu@umb.edu</a> <o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:#2F5496">Joann M. Montepare, Ph.D. <o:p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:#2F5496">Director, RoseMary B. Fuss Center for Research
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:#2F5496">on Aging and Intergenerational Studies
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:#2F5496">Professor of Psychology <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:#2F5496">Lasell University<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:#2F5496">1844 Commonwealth Avenue<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:#2F5496">Newton, MA 02466<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:#2F5496">617-663-7006<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:#2F5496"><a href="mailto:jmontepare@lasell.edu" target="_blank"><span style="color:#2F5496">jmontepare@lasell.edu</span></a><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="text-align:center"><b><span style="color:#2F5496"><o:p> </o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="text-align:center"><span style="color:#2F5496"><a href="https://urldefense.com/v3/__http://www.lasell.edu/academics/academic-centers/rosemary-b-fuss-center-for-research-on-aging-and-intergenerational-studies/talk-of-ages/age-friendly-university.html__;!!PhOWcWs!i-ZAXcmdqi1SDInpI3jiXk8F4MVsS0YjmdlzRTbdjCsRULr0XwBCM9SDlWM09BB_X3j0RtY$"><b><span style="color:#2F5496">On
Being an Age-Friendly Institution of Higher Education</span></b></a><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="text-align:center"><img border="0" width="119" height="48" style="width:1.2375in;height:.5in" id="Picture_x0020_1" src="cid:image001.jpg@01D843A5.AE4BD5E0" alt="AFU_rgb"><b><span style="color:#2F5496"><o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="text-align:center"><span style="color:#2F5496"><a href="https://urldefense.com/v3/__http://www.lasell.edu/talkofages__;!!PhOWcWs!i-ZAXcmdqi1SDInpI3jiXk8F4MVsS0YjmdlzRTbdjCsRULr0XwBCM9SDlWM09BB_bUm9XIY$"><b><span style="color:#2F5496">Visit Talk of Ages</span></b></a>
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<p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="text-align:center"><span style="color:#2F5496">A Fuss Center age-friendly resource for integrating aging content and intergenerational activities into college classes<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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