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<p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="margin-bottom:18.75pt;text-align:center;vertical-align:baseline"><b><span style="font-size:17.5pt;font-family:Arial;color:rgb(51,153,0)">SLA Award for Public Outreach and Community
Service: Call for Nominations<span></span></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0.0001pt;line-height:14.25pt"><span style="font-size:12pt;color:rgb(51,51,51)">The submission deadline HAS BEEN EXTENDED TO </span><b><span style="font-size:12pt;color:rgb(204,0,0)">OCTOBER
15, 2017.</span></b><span style="font-size:12pt"><span></span></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0.0001pt;line-height:normal"><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">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. 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><span class="gmail-im"><span style="font-size:12pt">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. </span></span><span style="font-size:12pt"><span></span></span></p>
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<p class="gmail-MsoListParagraph" style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt 31.5pt;line-height:normal"><b><span style="font-size:12pt;color:rgb(51,51,51)">1.<span style="font-weight:normal;font-stretch:normal;font-size:7pt;line-height:normal;font-family:"Times New Roman""> </span></span></b><b><span style="font-size:12pt;color:rgb(51,51,51)">Applicants may self-nominate or be
nominated. </span></b><b><span style="font-size:12pt">Each nomination should include a</span></b><span class="gmail-im"><b><span style="font-size:12pt"> description of the work for which the nominee is being considered,
providing </span></b></span><b><span style="font-size:12pt">the
details, extent, and scope of the project, in a statement of at least 500
words. Please also include, whenever possible,
evidence of impact (such as the effectiveness of a public outreach project) or
testimonials to community service by community members (2-3 pages suggested
length). </span></b><b><span style="font-size:12pt"><span></span></span></b></p>
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<p class="gmail-MsoListParagraph" style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt 31.5pt;line-height:normal"><b><span style="font-size:12pt;color:rgb(51,51,51)">2.<span style="font-weight:normal;font-stretch:normal;font-size:7pt;line-height:normal;font-family:"Times New Roman""> </span></span></b><b><span style="font-size:12pt">To facilitate the review process, please submit all a</span></b><b><span style="font-size:12pt">pplication materials in the form of PDF files
and make sure that key materials submitted in other languages are translated
into or summarized in English to facilitate their optimal evaluation.<span></span></span></b></p>
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<p class="gmail-MsoListParagraph" style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt 31.5pt;line-height:normal"><span class="gmail-im"><b><span style="font-size:12pt;color:rgb(51,51,51)">3.<span style="font-weight:normal;font-stretch:normal;font-size:7pt;line-height:normal;font-family:"Times New Roman"">
</span></span></b></span><span class="gmail-im"><b><span style="font-size:12pt">Since an individual’s
representative work is eligible for five years, this evidence of
accomplishment, with any relevant updates, may be considered in more than one
annual award cycle. This means that
applicants who have been unsuccessful in a given cycle may reapply based on the
same materials so long as they do so within the five-year eligibility window;
we also ask that if necessary their application be reformatted as per 1 and 2
above.</span></b></span><span class="gmail-im"><span style="font-size:12pt"><span></span></span></span></p>
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<p class="gmail-MsoListParagraph" style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt 31.5pt;line-height:normal"><b><span style="font-size:12pt;color:rgb(51,51,51)">4.<span style="font-weight:normal;font-stretch:normal;font-size:7pt;line-height:normal;font-family:"Times New Roman""> </span></span></b><b><span style="font-size:12pt">Send
nominations or inquiries to</span></b><b><span style="font-size:12pt"> </span></b><a href="mailto:burciuol@hamilton.edu"><b><span style="font-size:12pt">burciuol@hamilton.edu</span></b></a><b><span style="font-size:12pt"> <span></span></span></b></p>
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