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<p><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif">Dear Members:<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif">The 2017 ASEEES Annual Convention will be in held in Chicago, Illinois, on Nov 9-12, 2017. We received more proposals this year than the 2016 Washington DC Convention, which was one of our largest conventions.
We hope that you are as excited as we are about 2017 Chicago Convention. For more info see:
<span style="color:#333333"><a href="http://www.aseees.org/convention">www.aseees.org/convention</a>
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<p><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:#333333"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p><b><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif">Notifications:</span></b><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif"> The proposal acceptance/rejection notifications have now been sent out. If you have not received your notification, please check your
spam folder first. The email is sent through our convention management software and coming from “@allacademic.com”. It is the responsibility of the session organizers to notify the session participants, although we did cc them in the email notifications.
The convention program schedule notification will be sent out by the end of May.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:#333333"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p><b><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif">ASEEES Membership:</span></b><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif"> If you are a session participant, please review the
<a href="http://www.aseees.org/convention/rules#membership">membership rules</a> and become a member by
<b><span style="color:red">April 30</span></b>, if you have not already done so: <span style="color:#333333">
<a href="http://www.aseees.org/membership/individual">www.aseees.org/membership/individual</a>
</span><span style="color:black"><o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p style="orphans:2;text-align:start;widows:2;word-spacing:0px"><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p style="orphans:2;text-align:start;widows:2;word-spacing:0px"><b><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif">Registration:
</span></b><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif">The convention registration is now open: <span style="color:#333333"><a href="http://www.aseees.org/convention/registration"><span style="color:#0563C1">www.aseees.org/convention/registration</span></a>
</span>The early bird registration ends on <b>Aug 11</b>.<span style="color:black"><o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p style="orphans:2;text-align:start;widows:2;word-spacing:0px"><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:black"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p style="orphans:2;text-align:start;widows:2;word-spacing:0px"><b><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif">Hotel Reservation:</span></b><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif"> The reservation site for the Chicago Marriott Downtown Magnificent
Mile is also open: <span style="color:#333333"><a href="http://www.aseees.org/convention/hotel ">www.aseees.org/convention/hotel </a> <o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:#333333"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p><b><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif">Visa Invitation Letter:</span></b><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif"> If you need an invitation letter for a US visa, please complete this form:
<span style="color:#333333"><a href="http://www.aseees.org/convention/visa">www.aseees.org/convention/visa</a><o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:black"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p style="orphans:2;text-align:start;widows:2;word-spacing:0px"><b><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif">Travel Grants:</span></b><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif"> We are delighted to offer four travel grant programs for the convention
this year, including the <b>new Russian Scholar Travel Grant </b>program, sponsored by Carnegie Corporation of New York. All applications are due
<b><span style="color:red">May 22</span></b><span style="color:#333333">. </span>For more information on all four grant programs see: <span style="color:#333333"><a href="http://www.aseees.org/convention/grants">www.aseees.org/convention/grants</a><o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:#333333"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p><b><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif">Donate</span></b><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif">:
<span style="background:white">Help us increase the number of travel grants that we can award. Please consider donating to the<span class="apple-converted-space"> </span><strong><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;font-weight:normal">General Investment
Fund</span></strong><b>,</b> the<b> </b><strong><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;font-weight:normal">Kathryn Davis Student Travel Grant Fund</span></strong><span class="apple-converted-space"><b> </b></span>or the<span class="apple-converted-space"> </span><strong><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;font-weight:normal">Regional
Scholar Travel Grant Fund</span></strong></span></span><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#312F30;background:white">:</span><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:#333333">
<a href="http://www.aseees.org/donate">www.aseees.org/donate</a> <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:#333333"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif">Question?</span></b><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif"> With any inquiries about the convention, please contact Margaret Manges, the convention manager, at
<a href="mailto:aseees.convention@pitt.edu">aseees.convention@pitt.edu</a> If you need assistance logging into the ASEEES members site or are experiencing other technical difficulties, please contact
<a href="mailto:aseees@pitt.edu">aseees@pitt.edu</a> <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:black"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:black">Regards,<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:black"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:#333333">Lynda Park<br>
Executive Director<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:#333333">Association for Slavic, East European, and Eurasian Studies
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