28.1512, An urgent word from Clare, Featured Staff of the week!

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LINGUIST List: Vol-28-1512. Mon Mar 27 2017. ISSN: 1069 - 4875.

Subject: 28.1512, An urgent word from Clare, Featured Staff of the week!

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Date: Mon, 27 Mar 2017 10:50:23
From: LINGUIST List [linguist at linguistlist.org]
Subject: An urgent word from Clare, Featured Staff of the week!

 
Dear LINGUIST Listers,

My name is Clare, and you may know me from the occasional list posting... or
somewhat more-than-occasional email correspondence! I'm an editor for the
LINGUIST List, and am now almost halfway through my MS in Computational
Linguistics at Indiana University. I'm writing this letter today to tell you
more about myself, in order to express how grateful I am, and how so many of
us should be, that an organization like the LINGUIST List exists.

I started working at the LINGUIST List as a summer intern in May of 2016.
Hearing back about the summer internship was incredibly exciting for me, and
arriving here in person didn't disappoint! As an intern, I spent my summer
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speech and language technologies. Before long, I was able to take on some
additional duties, like editing some Jobs, Supports and Reviews postings for
the List. I was even able to attend the LSA annual meeting this year with some
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I'm lucky to have experienced the many different facets of the LINGUIST List,
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It may seem an exaggeration to say that you, personally, can make such a
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Sincerely,
Clare Harshey







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