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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:black;background:white">Dear members:<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="color:black;background:white"><o:p> </o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="color:black;background:white">Upcoming Webinars:<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:black;background:white">ASEEES, in partnership with the Humanities Commons, is offering two webinars:
<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:black;background:white"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><u><span style="color:black;background:white">Developing Your Professional Online Identity</span></u><span style="color:black;background:white">: (tomorrow), Thursday, August 17, at 2:00 p.m. EDT.
<a href="https://register.gotowebinar.com/register/3939451590578880257?source=HC+Insider+post&utm_source=newsletter&utm_medium=email&utm_content=Sign%20up%20to%20attend%20the%20webinar&utm_campaign=HCwebinar">
Register here </a> <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-indent:.5in"><span style="color:black;background:white">The webinar will help you cultivate an online presence and shape what people find when they search for you online. It will be aimed at graduate students and early career
PhDs preparing for a job search, but anyone is welcome. <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:black;background:white">The webinar will cover the following topics:<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:black;background:white">• Sharing scholarship and teaching materials<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:black;background:white">• Creating a space to showcase your experience<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:black;background:white">• Using strategies to help people discover your profile or site<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:black;background:white">• Connecting with colleagues on social networks, including Humanities Commons<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:black;background:white"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><u><span style="color:black;background:white">Using ASEEES Commons to Prepare for the Convention</span></u><span style="color:black;background:white">: Thursday, August 24, at 3:00 p.m. EDT. To register,
<a href="http://aseees.org/programs/webinars">click here</a><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:black;background:white">This webinar will teach participants how to:
<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoListParagraph" style="text-indent:-.25in;mso-list:l1 level1 lfo1"><![if !supportLists]><span style="font-family:Symbol;color:black"><span style="mso-list:Ignore">·<span style="font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"">
</span></span></span><![endif]><span style="color:black;background:white">Use the Commons to help copresenters prepare talking points, discussion questions, and more
<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoListParagraph" style="text-indent:-.25in;mso-list:l1 level1 lfo1"><![if !supportLists]><span style="font-family:Symbol;color:black"><span style="mso-list:Ignore">·<span style="font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"">
</span></span></span><![endif]><span style="color:black;background:white">Spark pre-convention conversation with the Commons community
<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoListParagraph" style="text-indent:-.25in;mso-list:l1 level1 lfo1"><![if !supportLists]><span style="font-family:Symbol;color:black"><span style="mso-list:Ignore">·<span style="font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"">
</span></span></span><![endif]><span style="color:black;background:white">Use ASEEES Commons to extend the life of your convention session
<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:black;background:white"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="color:black;background:white">August NewsNet is now available online:<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:black;background:white">The </span><a href="https://www.aseees.pitt.edu/sites/default/files/downloads/08-2017%20Newsnet.pdf"><span style="color:#0B7097;background:white">August 2017</span></a><span style="color:black;background:white"> issue
of NewsNet includes "Broadening Career Opportunities and Training for PhDs: A Discussion at ASEEES," by Melissa Bokovoy (University of New Mexico); three "alt-ac" career Member Spotlights from Elana Jakel (US Holocaust Memorial Museum), Faith Wilson Stein
(Stanford University Press), and Daniel Peris (Federated Investors); and "Portable Practices of Critical Social Inquiry: Taking East Central Europe Global," by Jonathan Larson (Grinnell College). In addition to our usual features, we are proud to announce
the 2017 Distinguished Contributions to Slavic, East European, and Eurasian Studies award recipient. </span><a href="https://www.aseees.pitt.edu/sites/default/files/downloads/08-2017%20Newsnet.pdf">https://www.aseees.pitt.edu/sites/default/files/downloads/08-2017%20Newsnet.pdf</a>.
The August NewsNet has been mailed to members as well.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b>Reminders of important dates:<o:p></o:p></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:12.0pt;color:#C00000">September 1:
<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoListParagraph" style="text-indent:-.25in;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo2"><![if !supportLists]><span style="font-family:Symbol"><span style="mso-list:Ignore">·<span style="font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"">
</span></span></span><![endif]>The 2017 ASEEES Board of Directors Election voting ends September 1.
<a href="http://www.aseees.org/about/board-elections"><span style="color:#0563C1">www.aseees.org/about/board-elections</span></a>. If you are having difficulties voting, please contact the membership coordinator at
<a href="mailto:aseees@pitt.edu"><span style="color:#0563C1">aseees@pitt.edu</span></a> <o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoListParagraph" style="text-indent:-.25in;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo2"><![if !supportLists]><span style="font-family:Symbol"><span style="mso-list:Ignore">·<span style="font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"">
</span></span></span><![endif]>The next deadline for the First Book Subvention is
<b><span style="color:red">Sept. 1</span></b>. <a href="http://www.aseees.org/programs/firstbook-subvention"><span style="color:#0563C1">www.aseees.org/programs/firstbook-subvention</span></a>
<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:12.0pt;color:#C00000">September 5:<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">Please check the online program: <a href="http://aseees.org/convention/program">
<span style="color:#0563C1">aseees.org/convention/program</span></a> and report any needed changes to participants, panel/paper titles to
<a href="mailto:aseees.proposal@pitt.edu"><span style="color:#0563C1">aseees.proposal@pitt.edu</span></a> by
<b><span style="color:red">Sept. 5. </span></b><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p class="MsoPlainText"><b><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif">Send us your news:<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">As always, please send along news of new jobs, publications, promotions, fellowships or awards to
<a href="mailto:newsnet@pitt.edu">newsnet@pitt.edu</a>.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">Mary Arnstein<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">ASEEES Communications Coordinator <o:p></o:p></p>
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