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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:18.75pt;text-align:center;background:white none repeat scroll 0% 0%;vertical-align:baseline" align="center"><b><span style="font-size:17.5pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:rgb(51,153,0)">SLA Award for Public
Outreach and Community Service: Call for Nominations</span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:14.25pt;background:white none repeat scroll 0% 0%"><span style="font-size:12pt;color:rgb(51,51,51)">The submission deadline is </span><b><span style="font-size:12pt;color:rgb(204,0,0)">October
15, 2016.</span></b><span style="font-size:12pt;color:rgb(34,34,34)"></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:14.25pt;background:white none repeat scroll 0% 0%"><span style="font-size:12pt;color:rgb(51,51,51)">Created and awarded for the first time by
the </span><a href="http://linguisticanthropology.org/about/prizes/" target="_blank"><span style="font-size:12pt;color:rgb(17,85,204)">SLA in 2014</span></a><span style="font-size:12pt;color:rgb(51,51,51)">, this award honors an SLA member or members
for work that effectively impacts public awareness of social issues
involving language and communication and/or represents a
significant service to a particular community outside of the
academy.<span style="mso-spacerun:yes"> </span>Applicants may self-nominate or
be nominated. <span style="mso-spacerun:yes"> </span>Such work may be in any </span><span style="font-size:12pt">medium
including but not limited to books, reports, exhibits, pedagogical
materials/curricula, documentary films, newspaper or magazine articles, blogs,
digitized or broadcast media, and lectures. Eligible work must have published,
presented, or aired during the five years immediately preceding the submission
deadline.</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:14.25pt;background:white none repeat scroll 0% 0%"><span style="font-size:12pt">Each nomination should include:</span><span style="font-size:12pt;background:white none repeat scroll 0% 0%"><br>
<span class="im">(1) A brief description of the work for which the nominee is
being considered (up to 250 words);</span><br>
<span class="im">(2) Relevant supporting materials as evidence of increased
public awareness or performance of community service. </span><br>
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<span class="im">A Selection Committee appointed by the SLA President will
consider all applications and may request additional materials as needed.
Awards will be announced at the Annual SLA Business meeting. Since an
individual’s representative work is eligible for five years, this evidence of
accomplishment, with any relevant updates, could be considered in more than one
annual award cycle.</span></span><span style="font-size:12pt"></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:14.25pt;background:white none repeat scroll 0% 0%"><b><span style="font-size:12pt">Send nominations or inquiries to</span></b><span style="font-size:12pt"> </span><a href="mailto:burciuol@hamilton.edu"><span style="font-size:12pt">burciuol@hamilton.edu</span></a><span style="font-size:12pt"> </span></p>
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