<div dir="ltr"><p class="gmail-font_8" style="background:transparent;border:0px;margin:0px;outline:0px;padding:0px;vertical-align:baseline;font-size:16px;line-height:normal"><span style="background:transparent;border:0px;margin:0px;outline:0px;padding:0px;vertical-align:baseline"><span style="background:transparent;border:0px;margin:0px;outline:0px;padding:0px;vertical-align:baseline"><span style="background:transparent;border:0px;margin:0px;outline:0px;padding:0px;vertical-align:baseline;font-weight:bold">Making it Memorable with the Beaty Biodiversity Museum</span></span></span></p><p class="gmail-font_8" style="background:transparent;border:0px;margin:0px;outline:0px;padding:0px;vertical-align:baseline;font-size:14px;line-height:normal"><span style="background:transparent;border:0px;margin:0px;outline:0px;padding:0px;vertical-align:baseline;font-style:italic"><span style="background:transparent;border:0px;margin:0px;outline:0px;padding:0px;vertical-align:baseline"><span style="background:transparent;border:0px;margin:0px;outline:0px;padding:0px;vertical-align:baseline"><span style="background:transparent;border:0px;margin:0px;outline:0px;padding:0px;vertical-align:baseline;font-weight:bold">with the Beaty’s Teaching & Learning Team</span></span></span></span></p><p class="gmail-font_8" style="background:transparent;border:0px;margin:0px;outline:0px;padding:0px;vertical-align:baseline;font-size:16px;line-height:normal"><span style="background:transparent;border:0px;margin:0px;outline:0px;padding:0px;vertical-align:baseline"><span style="background:transparent;border:0px;margin:0px;outline:0px;padding:0px;vertical-align:baseline"><span class="gmail-wixGuard" style="background:transparent;border:0px;margin:0px;outline:0px;padding:0px;vertical-align:baseline"></span></span></span></p><p class="gmail-font_8" style="background:transparent;border:0px;margin:0px;outline:0px;padding:0px;vertical-align:baseline;font-size:16px;line-height:normal"><span style="background:transparent;border:0px;margin:0px;outline:0px;padding:0px;vertical-align:baseline"><span style="background:transparent;border:0px;margin:0px;outline:0px;padding:0px;vertical-align:baseline">In the first LMME speaker series of 2023, join the <span style="background:transparent;border:0px;margin:0px;outline:0px;padding:0px;vertical-align:baseline;text-decoration-line:underline"><a style="background:transparent;border:0px;margin:0px;outline:0px;padding:0px;vertical-align:baseline;text-decoration-line:none;color:inherit">Beaty Biodiversity Museum </a></span><a style="background:transparent;border:0px;margin:0px;outline:0px;padding:0px;vertical-align:baseline;color:inherit">for</a> a dive into our public programming, teaching, and learning. The Beaty Museum is a leader in creating personal, memorable, interpretive experiences for visitors. This afternoon, you’ll experience a variety of activities that highlight our successes! Feed two birds with one seed: you’ll get some professional development AND networking opportunities.</span></span></p><p class="gmail-font_8" style="background:transparent;border:0px;margin:0px;outline:0px;padding:0px;vertical-align:baseline;font-size:16px;line-height:normal"><span style="background:transparent;border:0px;margin:0px;outline:0px;padding:0px;vertical-align:baseline"><span style="background:transparent;border:0px;margin:0px;outline:0px;padding:0px;vertical-align:baseline"><span class="gmail-wixGuard" style="background:transparent;border:0px;margin:0px;outline:0px;padding:0px;vertical-align:baseline"></span></span></span></p><p class="gmail-font_8" style="background:transparent;border:0px;margin:0px;outline:0px;padding:0px;vertical-align:baseline;font-size:16px;line-height:normal"><span style="background:transparent;border:0px;margin:0px;outline:0px;padding:0px;vertical-align:baseline"><span style="background:transparent;border:0px;margin:0px;outline:0px;padding:0px;vertical-align:baseline">Join us on a half-hour-highlight, get hands-on with real museum specimens in our Discovery Lab, and wrap up with networking and informal conversation. You’re invited to stay for <span style="background:transparent;border:0px;margin:0px;outline:0px;padding:0px;vertical-align:baseline;text-decoration-line:underline"><a href="https://beatymuseum.ubc.ca/events/event/beaty-nocturnal-pressed-plants-making-a-herbarium/" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener" style="background:transparent;border:0px;margin:0px;outline:0px;padding:0px;vertical-align:baseline;text-decoration-line:none;color:inherit">Nocturnal</a></span>, focusing on pressed plants for museum and personal use, between 6-8 pm. </span></span></p><p class="gmail-font_8" style="background:transparent;border:0px;margin:0px;outline:0px;padding:0px;vertical-align:baseline;font-size:14px;line-height:normal"><span style="background:transparent;border:0px;margin:0px;outline:0px;padding:0px;vertical-align:baseline"><span style="background:transparent;border:0px;margin:0px;outline:0px;p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span style="color:rgb(237,125,49);font-family:Arial,sans-serif;font-size:14.66px"><a href="http://www.museum.bc.ca/" style="color:rgb(17,85,204)" target="_blank">museum.bc.ca</a></span></p><p style="margin:0in 0in 1pt"><font><font><span style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;color:rgb(102,102,102);font-size:11pt"><font color="#ed7d31" face="Arial, sans-serif"><span style="font-size:14.66px"><br></span></font></span></font></font></p><p style="margin:0in 0in 1pt"><font><font><br></font></font></p></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div>