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<p class="MsoNormal">Hardrocker Student-Athletes:<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">Please take 5 minutes to complete this survey below by 11:59 pm Sunday. In order to have accurate information to help guide us, we need an increased participation from you all. The information from this survey, along with our coaches/staff
responses, will help determine what actions we will take moving forward.<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">If you are interested in being involved beyond just the survey, please let me or your coaches know. We will be looking for individuals to be a part of a smaller group session later this month.<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">Thank you for your help with this!<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">Cassie<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b>From:</b> Kosiba, Cassie M. <br>
<b>Sent:</b> Tuesday, September 1, 2020 9:00 AM<br>
<b>To:</b> HardrockerstudentAthletes@mailman.sdsmt.edu<br>
<b>Cc:</b> Flohr, Charles M. <Charles.Flohr@sdsmt.edu>; Torvi, Lauren B. <Lauren.Torvi@sdsmt.edu>; Johnson, Steven P. <Steven.Johnson@sdsmt.edu>; Thompson, Ryan W. <Ryan.Thompson@sdsmt.edu>; Glenn, Eric M. <Eric.Glenn@sdsmt.edu>; Jacobson, Jeri K. <Jeri.Jacobson@sdsmt.edu>;
Wheeler, Lucas R. <Lucas.Wheeler@sdsmt.edu>; Vander Heyden, Michael L. <Michael.VanderHeyden@sdsmt.edu><br>
<b>Subject:</b> Hardrocker Athletics Partners with RISE - participation requested<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p style="background:white"><span style="color:#323130">Student-Athletes:<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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Hardrocker Athletics is partnering with the Ross Initiative in Sports for Equality (<a href="https://risetowin.org/what-we-do/educate/index.html">RISE</a>) for the 2020-2021 Academic year. RISE has been working with professional, college and high school athletic
programs across the country since 2015. Personally, I had the pleasure of working with them at my former institution and received positive feedback from our student athletes on the programming offered. RISE has established what they call the Discovery Phase
to help us assess the perspectives and experiences from student-athletes, coaches and staff in order to inform strategic plans designed to meet the athletic department’s goals in the area of diversity and inclusion. Please take a few minutes to complete the
survey below.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p style="background:white"><b><span style="color:#323130">Student-Athlete Perceptions <span class="xxmarkqhpufjpqr">Survey</span></span></b><o:p></o:p></p>
<p style="background:white"><span style="color:#323130">Thank you for taking the time to complete the college student-athlete perceptions <span class="xxmarkqhpufjpqr">survey</span>. This <span class="xxmarkqhpufjpqr">survey</span> was designed by the Ross
Initiative in Sports for Equality (RISE) to gather perceptions about the impact that race and diversity have on your collegiate athletic experience and what role you think you can play in such conversations. Thousands of student-athletes across the country
have completed the <span class="xxmarkqhpufjpqr">survey</span> and we believe that it’s important for your opinions to be included as well.</span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p style="background:white"><span style="color:#323130">Information gathered from this <span class="xxmarkqhpufjpqr">survey</span> will be used to help the university develop a comprehensive diversity and inclusion plan. Your input is extremely important in
this process. </span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p style="background:white"><span style="color:#323130">Your information and the data collected is strictly confidential and will not be shared individually. </span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p style="background:white"><span style="color:#323130">Please complete the <span class="xxmarkqhpufjpqr">survey</span> online by</span><span style="color:#212121"> </span><b><span style="color:#2D3F3F">Sunday, September 13<sup>th</sup> by 11:59pm.</span></b><o:p></o:p></p>
<p style="background:white"><span class="xxmarkqhpufjpqr"><b><span style="color:#2D3F3F">Survey</span></b></span><b><span style="color:#2D3F3F"> link: </span></b><span style="color:black"><a href="https://urldefense.proofpoint.com/v2/url?u=https-3A__survey.az1.qualtrics.com_jfe_form_SV-5F0Goeq8YgFMLFFVX&d=DwMFAg&c=PnG8RxK5kHAJiKMq2qdoyA&r=HOv_v6-yaRijMZV_MSBqpjqXZawTehdu5El-BXSFpnA&m=DLJZODPAyYX8bjvYvJX_5uFjM3p_4agvq0Bp7zNpzgg&s=Q-HxK91Hc0Ffu6KIv1aEa_xTFiF22AfV9Hui437cM-s&e=" target="_blank"><b><span style="color:#0070C0">bit.ly/risecollegesurvey
[<span class="xxmarkqhpufjpqr">survey</span>.az1.qualtrics.com]</span></b></a></span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p style="background:white"><span style="color:black">Password: rise2020</span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:#323130">For questions please contact Cassie Kosiba (<a href="mailto:cassie.kosiba@sdsmt.edu">cassie.kosiba@sdsmt.edu</a>)<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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Athletic Director of Internal Operations & SWA</span><span style="font-size:13.5pt;font-family:"Segoe UI",sans-serif;color:#002554"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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