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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:#1F497D">This is a great opportunity to highlight the great work of some women geoscientists.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Helvetica",sans-serif;color:black">Department of Geosciences<br>
Fort Hays State University</span><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:black"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:windowtext">From:</span></b><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:windowtext"> Pranoti Asher via American Geophysical Union [mailto:Mail@ConnectedCommunity.org]
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<b>Sent:</b> Friday, February 09, 2018 4:48 AM<br>
<b>To:</b> Grady Dixon <pgdixon@fhsu.edu><br>
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I am posting this on behalf of AWG leadership,<br>
Pranoti<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<h3><em><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">Is there a woman geoscientist professor who made a difference in your life? Please take the time to honor her with a nomination!</span></em><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif"><o:p></o:p></span></h3>
<p><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">The Association for Women Geoscientists established the Outstanding Educator Award in 1988 to honor well-established women college or university teachers who have played a significant role in the education and
support of geoscientists within and beyond the classroom, in advancing the persistence of females and underrepresented minorities in geoscience careers, and in raising the profile of the geosciences by teaching to and for the broadest audience of students.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">The deadline for nominations is <strong>
<span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">April 1</span></strong>. The committee will review nominations for women educators with at least 20 years of service to the international geoscience community who have made outstanding contributions in at least
<strong><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">two </span></strong>of the three categories of mentoring, instruction and curriculum, and outreach. Nominations must include a current vitae and at least six letters of recommendation from professional colleagues,
former students, and current students (male or female). Nomination materials are encouraged to directly address the review criteria (available online at
<a href="http://awg.org/images/awards/AWG_Outstanding_Educator_Award_U.pdf" title="http://awg.org/images/awards/AWG_Outstanding_Educator_Award_U.pdf">
awg.org/images/awards/...</a>). Compile all documents in <strong><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">one pdf file</span></strong> and email your nomination as an attachment to Chair of the AWG Outstanding Educator Award selection committee Dr. Kelsey
Bitting at <a href="mailto:kbitting.awg@gmail.com" title="mailto:kbitting.awg@gmail.com">
kbitting.awg@gmail.com</a>.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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Pranoti Asher Ph.D.<br>
Manager, Higher Education<br>
American Geophysical Union<br>
<a href="mailto:pasher@agu.org">pasher@agu.org</a><br>
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