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FREE APRA VIRTUAL SEMINAR REPLAY

DON'T MISS OUT ON THIS FREE EDUCATIONAL AND NETWORKING OPPORTUNITY!
**Several Locations in Northern & Southern California**

The following sites will offer a free replay of the APRA Virtual Seminar titled “Finding the Time and the People: How to Include Proactive Research in Your Workload” presented by Sarah Cadbury of LaSalle University.

For a full description of the seminar, see: 

http://www.aprahome.org/Education/OnlineCoreCurriculum/tabid/83/Default.aspx

  1. Free for CARA Members and Host Site Staff
  2. $10 for Non-Members  

**Please register online, no later than Friday, March 27, 2010,

Note: as specified, seating is limited at each site and there may be a charge for parking. In addition, some sites will include a "Dutch" networking lunch at a local restaurant immediately following the seminar (location of networking lunch will be provided to attendees at the event).

SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA (5 Sites)

California State University, Fullerton
Fullerton, CA
Date/Time: Thursday, April 1, 2010 at 10 a.m.
Site Coordinator: Stephanie Petty
Tel: 657-278-4172
Email: spetty@fullerton.edu

Address:
2600 Nutwood Avenue, Suite 850
Fullerton, CA 92831
Room Location at Site: College Park Building, Room 850 (8th floor)

Directions: http://www.fullerton.edu/campusmap/
Parking: $5 (at Fullerton Marriott, 2701 E. Nutwood Avenue)

Limit: 15 Registrants
* Optional Dutch Networking Lunch Following Seminar

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University of California, Irvine
Irvine, CA
Date/Time: Wednesday, March 31, 2010 at 10 a.m.
Site Coordinator: Dori Watanabe
Tel: 949.824.1093
Email: ndwatana@uci.edu

Address:
University of California, Irvine
University Tower
4199 Campus Drive, Suite 380
Irvine, CA 92612
(Conference Room, 3rd Floor, Suite 380)

Directions: http://www.uci.edu/campusmaps.php
Parking: No Charge. However, please do not park behind the tower in the employee section.

Limit: 15 Registrants
* Optional Dutch Networking Lunch Following Seminar

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Cal Poly Pomona
Pomona, CA
Date/Time: Wednesday, April 7, 2010 at 10 a.m.
Site Coordinator: Sara M. Boretz
Tel: 909.869.2969
Email: smboretz@csupomona.edu

Address:
3801 W. Temple
Pomona, CA 91786
Room Location at Site: CLA Building T-5-5

Directions: http://www.csupomona.edu/map/
Parking: $5

Limit: 10 Registrants
* Optional Dutch Networking Lunch Following Seminar

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University of Southern California
Viterbi School of Engineering
Los Angeles, CA
Date/Time: Monday, March 29, 2010 at 9:30 a.m.
Site Coordinator: Tina Herod
Tel: 231.821.4016
Email: herod@usc.edu

Address:
University of Southern California
Hughes Aircraft Electrical Engineering Building (EEB)
3740 McClintock Avenue
Los Angeles, CA 90089
Room Location at Site: Hughes Building (EEB-248)

Directions: http://ee.usc.edu/about/maps.htm
Parking: No Charge (Guests Pick up Passes at Gate 6 Kiosk for Parking Structure “A”)

Limit: 40 Registrants
*Continental Breakfast Networking Reception Prior to Seminar

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The San Diego Foundation
San Diego, CA 
Date/Time: Thursday, April 1, 2010 at 10 a.m.
Site Coordinator: Amy Walling  
Tel: 619-235-2300  
Email: amy@sdfoundation.org

Address:
2508 Historic Decatur Road, #200  
San Diego, CA  92106  

Directions: http://www.sdfoundation.org/pdf/tsdf_directions.pdf
Parking: No Charge

Limit: 10 Registrants
*No Lunch Following Seminar

 

NORTHERN CALIFORNIA (4 Sites)

San Francisco State University
San Francisco, CA
Date/Time: Tuesday, April 6, 2010 at 10 a.m.
Site Coordinator: Maggie O'Brien  
Tel:  415-405-2420  
Email: m1obrien@sfsu.edu

Address:
1600 Holloway Avenue (cross street 19th Avenue) 
San Francisco, CA  94132  
Room Location at Site: Administration Building, Room 157 (first floor)

Directions: http://www.sfsu.edu/~parking/directions
Campus Map: http://www.sfsu.edu/~sfsumap
Parking: $5 min. (Public Lots are 25 and 20)

Limit: 15 Registrants
*Optional Dutch Networking Lunch Following Seminar

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Lucile Packard Foundation for Children’s Health
Palo Alto, CA
Date/Time: Friday, April 2, 2010 at 10 a.m. – Noon*
Site Coordinator: Nathan Fay
Tel: 650.497.8161
Email: Nathan.fay@lpfch.org

Address:
400 Hamilton Ave Suite 340 (Red brick Wells Fargo Building / cross street Waverley St.)
Palo Alto, CA 94301

Map & Directions: http://www.bing.com/maps/OneClickDirections.aspx?rtp=~pos.37.44635_-122.15908
 Parking: Free off-street parking available

Limit: 20 Registrants.
*Optional Dutch Networking Lunch Following Seminar.

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Alta Bates Summit Foundation
Berkeley, CA
Date/Time: April 6, 2010 at 9 a.m. – 12 noon.*
Site Coordinator: Gerry Nagatani, Associate Director Development Services

Tel: 510.204.5685
Email: NagataG@sutterhealth.org

Address:  
2855 Telegraph Avenue, Suite 601, Conference Room
Berkeley, CA  94705

Directions: 
http://www.mapquest.com/maps?city=Berkeley&state=CA&address=2855+Telegraph+Ave&zipcode=94705-1128&country=US&latitude=37.8582&longitude=-122.2594&geocode=ADDRESS
Parking:  Maximum $10; also street parking available.

Limit:  15 registrants
*Optional Dutch Networking Lunch Following Seminar

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Betty Irene Moore School of Nursing
UC Davis Health System
Sacramento, CA
Date/Time: Tuesday, March 30, 2010 at 9:30 a.m. – 11:45 a.m.
Site Coordinator: Michael Tomlinson
Tel: 916.734.9182
Day of event phone: 916.396.4989
Email: michael.tomlinson@ucdmc.ucdavis.edu
 
Address:
Education building
4610 X Street, Suite 4202
Sacramento, CA 95817

Directions & Map:  http://www.ucdmc.ucdavis.edu/medschool/maps_directions/
Parking: $5 or limited free 2 hour visitor parking

Limit: 15 Registrants
*No member lunch following seminar

 

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