<div dir="ltr"><p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="margin-bottom:18.75pt;font-size:12.800000190734863px;text-align:center;background-image:none;vertical-align:baseline;background-position:0% 0%"><b><span style="font-size:17.5pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;color:rgb(51,153,0)"><span class="gmail-il">SLA</span> <span class="gmail-il">Award</span> for Public <span class="gmail-il">Outreach</span> and Community Service: Call for Nominations</span></b></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-size:12.800000190734863px;line-height:14.25pt;background-image:none;background-position: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"></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-size:12.800000190734863px;line-height:14.25pt;background-image:none;background-position:0% 0%"><span style="font-size:12pt;color:rgb(51,51,51)">Created and <span class="gmail-il">awarded</span> for the first time by the </span><a href="http://linguisticanthropology.org/about/prizes/" target="_blank"><span style="font-size:12pt"><span class="gmail-il">SLA</span> in 2014</span></a><span style="font-size:12pt;color:rgb(51,51,51)">, this <span class="gmail-il">award</span> honors an <span class="gmail-il">SLA</span> 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.  Applicants may self-nominate or be nominated.  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="font-size:12.800000190734863px;line-height:14.25pt;background-image:none;background-position:0% 0%"><span style="font-size:12pt">Each nomination should include:</span><span style="font-size:12pt;background-image:none;background-position:0% 0%"><br><span class="gmail-m_2332448311020645286im">(1) A brief description of the work for which the nominee is being considered (up to 250 words);</span><br><span class="gmail-m_2332448311020645286im">(2) Relevant supporting materials as evidence of increased public awareness or performance of community service.  </span><br><br><span class="gmail-m_2332448311020645286im">A Selection Committee appointed by the <span class="gmail-il">SLA</span> President will consider all applications and may request additional materials as needed. <span class="gmail-il">Awards</span> will be announced at the Annual <span class="gmail-il">SLA</span> 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 <span class="gmail-il">award</span> cycle.</span></span><span style="font-size:12pt"></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-size:12.800000190734863px;line-height:14.25pt;background-image:none;background-position: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" target="_blank"><span style="font-size:12pt">burciuol@hamilton.edu</span></a></p><div><br></div>-- <br><div class="gmail_signature"><div dir="ltr"><div><div dir="ltr"><div style="text-align:center"><b style="font-size:12.8px"><font face="garamond, serif">Society for Linguistic Anthropology Online</font></b></div><div style="text-align:center"><font face="garamond, serif"><br></font></div><div style="text-align:center"><font face="garamond, serif"><span style="font-size:12.8px">Digital Content Editor: Mariam Durrani (Harvard Graduate School of Education)</span><br></font></div><div style="text-align:center"><font face="garamond, serif"><br></font></div><div style="text-align:center"><font face="garamond, serif">SLA Web Assistant: Diego Arispe-Bazan (University of Pennsylvania)</font></div><div style="text-align:center"><br></div><div style="text-align:center"><img src="https://docs.google.com/uc?export=download&id=0ByB6DqUOyxBHV1FQazl0RXBnVEU&revid=0ByB6DqUOyxBHTEppR2cyQjVwdEJIMXJkcWJnSEs1V1MzQXVZPQ" width="96" height="96"><br></div><div><br></div><div><br></div></div></div></div></div>
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