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<p class="MsoNormal">Dear Members:<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">The Honors Committee has extended the deadline for nominations for the
<b>2015</b> <b>ASEEES Distinguished Contributions in Slavic, East European, and Eurasian Studies Award</b> to
<b><span style="color:red">May 8 (</span></b><b><span style="color:red">Deadline Extended).
</span></b>Please consider submitting a nomination for our most distinguished award:
<a href="http://www.aseees.org/programs/aseees-prizes/distinguished-contributions-award">
http://www.aseees.org/programs/aseees-prizes/distinguished-contributions-award</a>
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<b>Upcoming ASEEES Webinar: </b>Please join us for our next ASEEES webinar, sponsored by CLIR: “<b>The World of LibGuides -- Thinking Beyond Your University</b>,” on
<b><span style="color:red">Wed,</span></b><span style="color:red"> <b>Apr 22, 2:00 PM - 3:00 PM EDT</b></span><o:p></o:p></p>
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LibGuides is a Content Management System used to curate knowledge and share information by creating online Guides on any topic, subject, course, process, etc. Jon Giullian (University of Kansas) and Erik Zitser (Duke University) will teach attendees how LibGuides
can be used to save time and effort by enabling content sharing locally and globally (the Springshare community will be highlighted as an example of broader content-sharing).<o:p></o:p></p>
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For more information and to register:<b> </b><a href="http://www.aseees.org/programs/webinars">http://www.aseees.org/programs/webinars</a> <o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="background:white"><b>ASEEES Mentoring Program:</b> The deadline to sign up for the 2015-2016 ASEEES Mentoring Program is
<b><span style="color:red">April 20</span></b>. For more information see <a href="http://www.aseees.org/programs/mentoring">
http://www.aseees.org/programs/mentoring</a> <o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="background:white"><b>Nominations for Graduate Student Representative:</b> ASEEES invites graduate students or their advisors to submit nominations for the position of Graduate Student Representative on the ASEEES Board of Directors<span style="color:#312F30">.
</span>All materials must be submitted to ASEEES by<b> <span style="color:#FF3300">April 27 (</span></b><b><span style="color:red">Deadline Extended)</span></b><span style="color:#312F30">. For more information see:
<a href="http://www.aseees.org/news-events/aseees-news-feed/call-nominations-graduate-student-representative-board-directors">
http://www.aseees.org/news-events/aseees-news-feed/call-nominations-graduate-student-representative-board-directors</a></span><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="background:white"><b>Return of Title VIII Program: </b>
We are delighted to announce that the Title VIII program received appropriations of $1.5 million for this year. The U.S. State Department has announced the competition for institutions to apply for funding to run their programs. We should know by late summer/early
fall which programs will be supported by Title VIII: <a href="http://www.aseees.org/news-events/aseees-news-feed/title-viii-funding-returns">
http://www.aseees.org/news-events/aseees-news-feed/title-viii-funding-returns</a>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="background:white"><b>Renew Your Membership:</b> Please renew your ASEEES membership for 2015,<u> if</u> you have not already done so. Your membership is essential in the Association’s work:
<a href="http://www.aseees.org/membership/individual"><span style="text-decoration:none">http://www.aseees.org/membership/individua</span>l</a> If you are uncertain or have questions about your membership status, please contact
<a href="mailto:aseees@pitt.edu">aseees@pitt.edu</a> or (412) 648-9911.<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">Lynda Park, Executive Director<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">Association for Slavic, East European, and Eurasian Studies <o:p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">203C Bellefield Hall | University of Pittsburgh | Pittsburgh, PA 15260-6424 USA<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">+1 (412) 648-9788 (direct), +1 (412) 648-9911 (main)<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">+1 (412) 648-9815 (fax)<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><a href="http://www.aseees.org/"><span style="color:#0563C1">www.aseees.org</span></a><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><a href="http://www.aseees.org/donate"><span style="color:#C00000">Support ASEEES</span></a><span style="color:#C00000">
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