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Hi Lu...<div><br></div><div>I am the coordinator for the 2009 Awards Convocation. This is the prestigious event ceremony that honors students, student organizations, staff and faculty. (<a href="http://web.mit.edu/awards">http://web.mit.edu/awards</a>) I need you assistance in getting the 'word' out to the membership of CSSA. The nomination deadline is three weeks away and I am sure that members of CSSA could win one of many prestigious student awards that are presented (Compton, Stewart, Wiesner, etc). </div><div><br></div><div>Please forward the following email to your constituency or would you like me to forward it to a list and you will approve it.</div><div><br></div><div>Thank you</div><div><br></div><div>Fran Miles<br><br></div><div><br></div><div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; "><font face="Times New Roman" size="5" style="font: 16.0px Times New Roman">At MIT, you get to witness greatness on a daily basis... now's your chance to make sure the outstanding people and projects at MIT get the recognition they deserve!</font></div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; font: normal normal normal 16px/normal 'Times New Roman'; min-height: 18px; "><br></div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; "><font face="Times New Roman" size="5" style="font: 16.0px Times New Roman">You still have a few weeks to nominate for the 2009 Awards Convocation. March 13th may seem like a long time from now, but it's never too early to get started on nominating a student, student group, professor or staff member for the 2009 Awards Convocation! We know you have lots to do between now and then, so we've made the process nice and easy:</font></div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; font: normal normal normal 16px/normal 'Times New Roman'; min-height: 18px; "><br></div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; "><font face="Times New Roman" size="5" style="font: 16.0px Times New Roman">1. READ some of the award descriptions at <a href="http://web.mit.edu/awards/"><font color="#0000ff" style="color: #0000ff"><u>http://web.mit.edu/awards/</u></font></a> </font></div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; "><font face="Times New Roman" size="5" style="font: 16.0px Times New Roman">2. WRITE a nomination letter</font></div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; "><font face="Times New Roman" size="5" style="font: 16.0px Times New Roman">3. SEND to <a href="mailto:awards@mit.edu"><font color="#0000ff" style="color: #0000ff"><u>awards@mit.edu</u></font></a></font></div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; "><font face="Times New Roman" size="5" style="font: 16.0px Times New Roman">4. ATTEND the Convocation in 10-250 on Tuesday, May 5th at 4 p.m. (followed by a reception in the Lobby 10)</font></div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; font: normal normal normal 16px/normal 'Times New Roman'; min-height: 18px; "><br></div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; "><font face="Times New Roman" size="5" style="font: 16.0px Times New Roman">Here’s a sampling of some of the awards that may interest you:</font></div><p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px"><font face="Times New Roman" size="5" style="font: 16.0px Times New Roman"> </font></p><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; "><font face="Times New Roman" size="5" style="font: 16.0px Times New Roman">-William L. Stewart Awards, awarded to undergraduate students, graduate students, student organizations who have made outstanding contributions to extracurricular activities and events during the preceding year.</font></div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; "><font face="Times New Roman" size="5" style="font: 16.0px Times New Roman">- Karl Taylor Compton Prize awarded to an undergraduate and graduate student in recognition of excellent achievements in citizenships and devotion to the welfare of MIT. </font></div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; "><font face="Times New Roman" size="5" style="font: 16.0px Times New Roman">- Gordon Y Billard Award, awarded a member of the faculty, non-faculty employee or one not necessarily affiliated with the Institute, for special service of outstanding merit performed for the Institute.</font></div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; "><font face="Times New Roman" size="5" style="font: 16.0px Times New Roman">- Laya Wiesner Community Award, presented to a member or friend of the MIT community for conspicuously effective service that reflects Mrs. Wiesner's concerns for enhancing life at the Institute.</font></div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; "><font face="Times New Roman" size="5" style="font: 16.0px Times New Roman">- Numerous awards for faculty and staff. </font></div><p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px"><font face="Times New Roman" size="5" style="font: 16.0px Times New Roman"> </font></p><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; font: normal normal normal 16px/normal 'Times New Roman'; min-height: 18px; "><br></div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; "><font face="Times New Roman" size="5" style="font: 16.0px Times New Roman">Read the full descriptions and read about all of the awards at</font></div><p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 16.0px 0.0px"><font face="Times New Roman" size="5" color="#0000f0" style="font: 16.0px Times New Roman; color: #0000f0"><a href="http://web.mit.edu/awards/browse/students-grad.html"><u>http://web.mit.edu/awards/</u></a></font><font face="Times New Roman" size="5" style="font: 16.0px Times New Roman"><br> <br> <b>Our nomination deadline of March 13th is just a few weeks away</b>!</font></p><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; "><font face="Times New Roman" size="5" style="font: 16.0px Times New Roman">Please feel free to contact me with any questions. We look forward to receiving your nominations ! </font></div><p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px"><font face="Times New Roman" size="5" style="font: 16.0px Times New Roman"> </font></p><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; "><font face="Times New Roman" size="5" style="font: 16.0px Times New Roman">Regards,</font></div><p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px"><font face="Arial" size="4" style="font: 13.0px Arial"> </font></p><p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px"><font face="Arial" size="4" style="font: 13.0px Arial"> </font></p><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; "><font face="Times" size="5" color="#0000ff" style="font: 16.0px Times; color: #0000ff"><b>Fran Miles</b></font></div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; "><font face="Times" size="5" color="#0000ff" style="font: 16.0px Times; color: #0000ff">Coordinator</font></div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; "><font face="Times" size="5" color="#0000ff" style="font: 16.0px Times; color: #0000ff">2009 Awards Convocation</font></div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; "><font face="Times" size="5" color="#0000ff" style="font: 16.0px Times; color: #0000ff">W20-549</font></div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; "><font face="Times" size="5" color="#0000ff" style="font: 16.0px Times; color: #0000ff">617.253.7546</font></div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; "><font face="Times" size="5" color="#0000f0" style="font: 16.0px Times; color: #0000f0"><a href="mailto:awards@mit.edu"><u>awards@mit.edu</u><u></u></a></font></div><p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px"><font face="Times New Roman" size="5" style="font: 16.0px Times New Roman"> </font></p><div> <span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: separate; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 12px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: normal; orphans: 2; text-align: auto; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-border-horizontal-spacing: 0px; -webkit-border-vertical-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: none; -webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: separate; -webkit-border-horizontal-spacing: 0px; -webkit-border-vertical-spacing: 0px; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 12px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: normal; -webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: none; text-indent: 0px; -webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; text-transform: none; orphans: 2; white-space: normal; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px; "><div><font class="Apple-style-span" color="#0000FF"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 255); "><font class="Apple-style-span" face="'Lucida Calligraphy'" size="4"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 14px; "><i>Fran Miles</i></span></font></span></font></div><div><font class="Apple-style-span" color="#0000FF"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 255); "><font class="Apple-style-span" face="'Lucida Calligraphy'" size="4"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 14px; "><i>Coordinator</i></span></font></span></font></div><div><font class="Apple-style-span" color="#0000FF"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 255); "><font class="Apple-style-span" face="'Lucida Calligraphy'" size="4"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 14px; "><i>Awards Convocation</i></span></font></span></font></div><div><font class="Apple-style-span" color="#0000FF"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 255); "><font class="Apple-style-span" face="'Lucida Calligraphy'" size="4"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 14px; "><i>617.253.7546</i></span></font></span></font></div><div><br class="khtml-block-placeholder"></div><div><br class="khtml-block-placeholder"></div><br class="Apple-interchange-newline"></span></span><br class="Apple-interchange-newline"> </div><br></div></body></html>