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</o:shapelayout></xml><![endif]--></head><body lang=EN-US link=blue vlink=purple><div class=WordSection1><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:0in;margin-right:0in;margin-bottom:9.6pt;margin-left:1.3pt;text-align:justify'><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Georgia","serif";color:black'>Dear members:<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:0in;margin-right:0in;margin-bottom:9.6pt;margin-left:1.3pt;text-align:justify'><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Georgia","serif";color:black'>Happy New Year (and a warm welcome to our new members)!<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:0in;margin-right:0in;margin-bottom:9.6pt;margin-left:1.3pt;text-align:justify'><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Georgia","serif";color:black'>The most recent issue of </span><i><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Georgia","serif";color:#330000'>NewsNet</span></i><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Georgia","serif";color:black'>, <a href="http://aseees.org/newsnet/2014-01.pdf"><b><span style='color:#993333;background:white;text-decoration:none'>January 2014</span></b></a>, is now available online as a PDF.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:0in;margin-right:0in;margin-bottom:9.6pt;margin-left:1.3pt;text-align:justify'><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Georgia","serif";color:black'><a href="http://aseees.org/newsnet/2014-01.pdf"><b><span style='color:#993333;background:white;text-decoration:none'>The January issue</span></b></a> includes:<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:37.3pt;text-align:justify;text-indent:-.25in;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1'><![if !supportLists]><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Symbol;color:black'><span style='mso-list:Ignore'>·<span style='font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"'> </span></span></span><![endif]><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Georgia","serif";color:black'>"Revolutions: A Guided Tour: 2013 Presidential Address" by Diane P. Koenker (University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign); <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:37.3pt;text-align:justify;text-indent:-.25in;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1'><![if !supportLists]><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Symbol;color:black'><span style='mso-list:Ignore'>·<span style='font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"'> </span></span></span><![endif]><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Georgia","serif";color:black'>"Enhancing the Opportunities and Avoiding Mistakes: the Value of Area Studies to Business" — Benjamin Loring (Georgetown U) interviews Trevor Gunn (Medtronic); <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:37.3pt;text-align:justify;text-indent:-.25in;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1'><![if !supportLists]><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Symbol;color:black'><span style='mso-list:Ignore'>·<span style='font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"'> </span></span></span><![endif]><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Georgia","serif";color:black'>"How the Olympics in Sochi Differ from Previous Games" by Robert W. Orttung (George Washington University)<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:37.3pt;text-align:justify;text-indent:-.25in;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1'><![if !supportLists]><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Symbol;color:black'><span style='mso-list:Ignore'>·<span style='font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"'> </span></span></span><![endif]><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Georgia","serif";color:black'>ASEEES Executive Director Lynda Park's 2013 Year-End Report; <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:37.3pt;text-align:justify;text-indent:-.25in;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1'><![if !supportLists]><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Symbol;color:black'><span style='mso-list:Ignore'>·<span style='font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"'> </span></span></span><![endif]><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Georgia","serif";color:black'>2014 Members of the ASEEES Board and Committees<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:37.3pt;text-align:justify;text-indent:-.25in;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1'><![if !supportLists]><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Symbol;color:black'><span style='mso-list:Ignore'>·<span style='font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"'> </span></span></span><![endif]><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Georgia","serif";color:black'>Winners of ASEEES Affiliate Organizations' 2013 Prizes and Travel Grants; <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:37.3pt;text-align:justify;text-indent:-.25in;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1'><![if !supportLists]><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Symbol;color:black'><span style='mso-list:Ignore'>·<span style='font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"'> </span></span></span><![endif]><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Georgia","serif";color:black'>Affiliate and Institutional Member News;<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:37.3pt;text-align:justify;text-indent:-.25in;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1'><![if !supportLists]><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Symbol;color:black'><span style='mso-list:Ignore'>·<span style='font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"'> </span></span></span><![endif]><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Georgia","serif";color:black'>Publications;<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:37.3pt;text-align:justify;text-indent:-.25in;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1'><![if !supportLists]><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Symbol;color:black'><span style='mso-list:Ignore'>·<span style='font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"'> </span></span></span><![endif]><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Georgia","serif";color:black'>Personages;<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:37.3pt;text-align:justify;text-indent:-.25in;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1'><![if !supportLists]><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Symbol;color:black'><span style='mso-list:Ignore'>·<span style='font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"'> </span></span></span><![endif]><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Georgia","serif";color:black'>Calendar of Events.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><a href="http://aseees.org/newsnet/2014-01.pdf">http://aseees.org/newsnet/2014-01.pdf</a><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Georgia","serif"'>We are working on adding more interactive features, beginning with the navigation buttons on the bottoms of each page and with a link to a video that complements one of our feature articles. We hope to be able to improve the functionality of the electronic version of our NewsNet. (The print edition is on the way to those who prefer to receive a hard copy of NewsNet).<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Georgia","serif"'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Georgia","serif"'>As we get ready for our March edition, please feel free to send me news and ideas for features and webinars.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Georgia","serif"'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Georgia","serif"'>Mary Arnstein<o:p></o:p></span></p></div></body></html>