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</o:shapelayout></xml><![endif]--></head><body lang=EN-US link=blue vlink=purple style='word-wrap:break-word'><div class=WordSection1><p class=MsoNormal>Good evening all, <o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>Please find the note below sent to me by a person seeking participants to complete a survey from Penn State University. While I do not know this person, it does look to be correct information and not a scam so I’m passing it on as requested. <o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>Thank you. <o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>Simon. <o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><div><div style='border:none;border-top:solid #E1E1E1 1.0pt;padding:3.0pt 0in 0in 0in'><p class=MsoNormal><b>From:</b> Spencer, David Brett <dbs21@psu.edu> <br><b>Sent:</b> Sunday, April 24, 2022 11:08 AM<br><b>To:</b> sbonenfant2@gmail.com<br><b>Subject:</b> COVID & College Students with Disabilities<o:p></o:p></p></div></div><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:12.0pt;color:black'>Dear President Bonenfant:<o:p></o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:12.0pt;color:black'><o:p> </o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:12.0pt;color:black'>I hope this note finds you and your members doing as well as can be during these difficult times. My name is Brett Spencer, I'm a librarian at Penn State Berks near Reading, PA collaborating with rehabilitation and human services faculty here as part of a newly formed research group (the Anti-Ableism Research Team). We are conducting a study of college students with disabilities and their experiences during the COVID crisis. Since students with disabilities have been hit disproportionately hard by the pandemic, we hope to give them a space for their voices. All the members of our research team either have disabilities or have immediate family members with disabilities. <o:p></o:p></span></p><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:12.0pt;color:black'><o:p> </o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:12.0pt;color:black'>We would be thrilled to have the voices of students you in your Association be part of the study. As we view students with disabilities as lived experience experts, we can offer gift cards for their valuable time. I am therefore writing to ask: would you be willing to share the study announcement under my web signature below with your members? <o:p></o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:12.0pt;color:black'><o:p> </o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:12.0pt;color:black'>Best Wishes for Good Health,<o:p></o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:12.0pt;color:black'>Brett Spencer<o:p></o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:12.0pt;color:black'>Reference Librarian<o:p></o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:12.0pt;color:black'>Thun Library<o:p></o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:12.0pt;color:black'>PO Box 7009<o:p></o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:12.0pt;color:black'>Tulpehocken Road<o:p></o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:12.0pt;color:black'>Penn State Berks<o:p></o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:12.0pt;color:black'>Reading, PA 19610-6009<o:p></o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:12.0pt;color:black'>Phone: 610-396-6261<o:p></o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:12.0pt;color:black'>Email: <a href="mailto:dbs21@psu.edu">dbs21@psu.edu</a><o:p></o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:12.0pt;color:black'>__________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________<o:p></o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><b><span style='font-size:12.0pt;color:black'>Subject Line: Opportunity to Participate in a Survey PLUS AMAZON GIFT CARD PRIZES!!</span></b><span style='font-size:12.0pt;color:black'><o:p></o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:12.0pt;color:black'><o:p> </o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:12.0pt;color:black'>Dear Students: <o:p></o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:12.0pt;color:black'><o:p> </o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:12.0pt;color:black'>We would like to hear from you!<o:p></o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:12.0pt;color:black'><o:p> </o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:12.0pt;color:black'>If you are a college student who identifies as having any type of disability (sensory, physical, developmental, mental health), we would like to hear from you! We are conducting a study on the emotional and educational impact of COVID-19 on students with disabilities. We hope that the results of our study will help us all advocate for safer, more accessible conditions on our campuses.<o:p></o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:12.0pt;color:black'><o:p> </o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:12.0pt;color:black'>Survey respondents will be entered into a random drawing to win a $50 Amazon gift card (5 offered) and all focus group participants will be provided $20 Amazon gift cards to thank you for your valuable time. <o:p></o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:12.0pt;color:black'><o:p> </o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:12.0pt;color:black'>This study has been approved as exempt by the PSU IRB (Study ID #00017435). Participants with questions can contact the principal investigator, Deniz Aydemir-Doke at <a href="mailto:dxa227@psu.edu">dxa227@psu.edu</a>. <o:p></o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:12.0pt;color:black'><o:p> </o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:12.0pt;color:black'>Please follow the link below to complete a survey, which should take approximately 15 minutes of your time. You will also have the additional option to select a zoom focus group to participate in.<o:p></o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:12.0pt;color:black'><o:p> </o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:12.0pt;color:black'>Study Link: <a href="https://pennstate.qualtrics.com/jfe/form/SV_6rmBa7TPs5tCXEa">https://pennstate.qualtrics.com/jfe/form/SV_6rmBa7TPs5tCXEa</a><o:p></o:p></span></p></div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:12.0pt;color:black'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:12.0pt;color:black'>Thank you for considering!<o:p></o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:12.0pt;color:black'>Brett Spencer<o:p></o:p></span></p></div></div><div><div id=Signature><div id=divtagdefaultwrapper><p><span style='font-size:12.0pt;color:black'>Reference Librarian<o:p></o:p></span></p><p><span style='font-size:12.0pt;color:black'>Thun Library<o:p></o:p></span></p><p><span style='font-size:12.0pt;color:black'>PO Box 7009<o:p></o:p></span></p><p><span style='font-size:12.0pt;color:black'>Tulpehocken Road<o:p></o:p></span></p><p><span style='font-size:12.0pt;color:black'>Penn State Berks<o:p></o:p></span></p><p><span style='font-size:12.0pt;color:black'>Reading, PA 19610-6009<o:p></o:p></span></p><p><span style='font-size:12.0pt;color:black'>Phone: 610-396-6261<o:p></o:p></span></p><p><span style='font-size:12.0pt;color:black'>Email: <a href="mailto:dbs21@psu.edu">dbs21@psu.edu</a><o:p></o:p></span></p><p><span style='font-size:12.0pt;color:black'>Library News: <a href="https://sites.psu.edu/thunlibrary/">https://sites.psu.edu/thunlibrary/</a><o:p></o:p></span></p></div></div></div></div></body></html>