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<p class="MsoNormal">Dear NHERI Council: <o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">It was wonderful seeing you all on Thursday! As I shared with great joy during our last call, our fifth CONVERGE training module is now available. We will be hosting a brief 30 minute demonstration webinar on Thursday, October 8, from 2-2:30
p.m. Mountain time. And as noted, I hope you or members of your lab will provide feedback on this one, especially the section on engineers and emotionally challenging research! Thank you, as always, for your inspired effort.
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<p class="MsoNormal">Kind regards, <o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">Lori<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p style="margin:0in"><b><span style="font-size:14.0pt;color:black"><a href="https://hazards.colorado.edu/news/center-news/new-converge-training-module-available-conducting-emotionally-challenging-research">Conducting Emotionally Challenging Research Training
Module and Demonstration Webinar</a></span></b><span style="font-size:12.0pt"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p style="margin:0in"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;color:black">The NHERI CONVERGE facility, headquartered at the Natural Hazards Center at the University of Colorado Boulder, is excited to announce the release of a fifth CONVERGE Training Module. This online
course focuses on <b><i>Conducting Emotionally Challenging Research</i>.<i> </i>
</b>You can register for the free module here:</span><a href="http://converge-training.colorado.edu/courses/cultural-competence/"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;color:black">
</span></a><a href="https://converge.colorado.edu/training-modules"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;color:#1155CC">https://converge.colorado.edu/training-modules</span></a><span style="font-size:12.0pt;color:black">.</span><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p style="margin:0in"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;color:black">To learn more, please join us
<b>Thursday, October 8, 2020, from 2:00-2:30 p.m. Mountain Daylight Time</b> for a live webinar where our team will provide a demonstration of the CONVERGE
<i>Conducting Emotionally Challenging Research Training Module.</i> To register for the upcoming webinar, please visit:</span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p style="margin:0in"><a href="https://converge.colorado.edu/communications/webinar-series/converge-emotionally-challenging-research-training-module-a-demonstration-webinar"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;color:#1155CC">https://converge.colorado.edu/communications/webinar-series/converge-emotionally-challenging-research-training-module-a-demonstration-webinar</span></a><span style="font-size:12.0pt;color:black">. </span><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p style="margin:0in"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;color:black">This new module is part of a larger series designed to accelerate the training of a diverse hazards and disaster workforce. The new module focuses on the dynamics of conducting emotionally challenging
research and helps researchers learn how to manage and harness the power of emotions. This module, like the others in the series, concludes with a 10-question quiz. Upon successful completion of the quiz, users receive a certificate. These modules can be useful
for classroom assignments as well as other activities. Please see the CONVERGE Assignment Bank for sample activities:
</span><a href="https://converge.colorado.edu/resources/training-modules/assignment-bank"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;color:#1155CC">https://converge.colorado.edu/resources/training-modules/assignment-bank</span></a><span style="font-size:12.0pt;color:black">. </span><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p style="margin:0in"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;color:black">You can sign up for additional free resources and updates at the CONVERGE website at:
</span><a href="https://converge.colorado.edu/signup"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;color:#1155CC">https://converge.colorado.edu/signup</span></a><span style="font-size:12.0pt;color:black">. Thank you! </span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p style="margin:0in;background:#FAFAFA"><span style="color:black"> </span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p style="margin:0in;background:#FAFAFA"><b><i><span style="font-size:12.0pt;color:black">Acknowledgements:
</span></i></b><i><span style="font-size:12.0pt;color:black">The CONVERGE Training Modules are based upon work supported by the National Science Foundation (NSF Award #1841338). Any opinions, findings, conclusions, or recommendations expressed in this material
are those of the authors and do not necessarily reflect the views of the NSF.</span></i><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">Lori Peek, Ph.D. <o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">Professor, <span style="color:#4472C4"><a href="https://www.colorado.edu/sociology/"><span style="color:#4472C4">Department of Sociology</span></a></span>
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<p class="MsoNormal">Director, <span style="color:#4472C4"><a href="https://hazards.colorado.edu/"><span style="color:#4472C4">Natural Hazards Center</span></a></span>
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<p class="MsoNormal">Principal Investigator, Natural Hazards Engineering Research Infrastructure
<span style="color:#4472C4"><a href="https://converge.colorado.edu/"><span style="color:#4472C4">CONVERGE Facility</span></a></span>, Social Science Extreme Events Research (<span style="color:#4472C4"><a href="https://converge.colorado.edu/research-networks/sseer"><span style="color:#4472C4">SSEER</span></a></span>)
Network, and Interdisciplinary Science and Engineering Extreme Events Research (<span style="color:#4472C4"><a href="https://converge.colorado.edu/research-networks/iseeer"><span style="color:#4472C4">ISEEER</span></a></span>) Network
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:#4472C4"><a href="https://hazards.colorado.edu/biography/lori-peek"><span style="color:#4472C4">https://hazards.colorado.edu/biography/lori-peek</span></a><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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