Hi, please forward this to your mailing lists and friends. <i>Spread the word</i> and <b>nominate</b>!! <br><div class="gmail_quote">
<br><br><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; text-align: center;" align="center"><span style="font-size: 12px;"><img src="https://mail.google.com/mail/?ui=2&ik=7b4ed140e2&view=att&th=12e7f57b2e11fb8f&attid=0.1&disp=emb&realattid=fd85fdcfb90a065f_0.1.1&zw" height="149" width="124"></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; text-align: center;" align="center">The MIT Arab Students’ Organization invites you to attend</p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; text-align: center;" align="center"><b><span style="font-size: 14pt;">The 8<sup>th</sup> Annual
Science and Technology Awards Banquet</span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; text-align: center;" align="center"><b>Saturday, April 9<sup>th</sup>, 2011</b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; text-align: center;" align="center"> The Ballroom at the Mandarin Oriental Boston</p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; text-align: center;" align="center">With keynote speaker</p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; text-align: center;" align="center"><font size="4"><span>Dr.
Fawwaz Ulaby</span></font></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; text-align: center;" align="center">Former Vice President for Research at the University of
Michigan</p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; text-align: center;" align="center">Former Founding Provost of King Abdullah University of
Science and Technology (KAUST)</p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; text-align: center;" align="center">2011 MIT ASO Lifetime Achievement Award Recipient</p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; text-align: center;" align="center"> </p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; text-align: center;" align="center"><b>Buy your tickets now through this secure <a href="http://mit.universitytickets.com/user_pages/event.asp?id=163" target="_blank">link</a>. </b><br>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; text-align: center;" align="center">Regular tickets $50</p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; text-align: center;" align="center">Student tickets $25 (limited quantity)</p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; text-align: center;" align="center">
Prices <i>go up</i> to $75 on <i>April 6th</i></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; text-align: center;" align="center">Business attire is suggested.</p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; text-align: center;" align="center">Event webpage:</p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; text-align: center;" align="center"><a href="http://arab.mit.edu/events/science-tech-awards/" target="_blank">http://arab.mit.edu/events/science-tech-awards/</a></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; text-align: center;" align="center"><b><span style="font-size: 13pt;">The
MIT ASO is seeking nominations for the Young Professional Award, <br></span></b></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; text-align: center;" align="center"><b><span style="font-size: 13pt;">the Graduate
Student Award, and the Undergraduate Student Award.</span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; text-align: center;" align="center"><span>The student awards each come with a $1,000 cash scholarship.</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; text-align: center;" align="center"><span>The deadline for submitting nominations is <b>Sunday,
March 13, 2011</b>.</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; text-align: center;" align="center"><span>Nomination
guidelines and criteria can be found at:</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; text-align: center;" align="center"><span><a href="http://arab.mit.edu/events/science-tech-awards/nominations/" target="_blank">http://arab.mit.edu/events/science-tech-awards/nominations/</a></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; text-align: center;" align="center"><span> </span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0.0001pt;"><b><span>About the MIT ASO Science and
Technology Awards:</span></b><span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0.0001pt;"><span> </span><span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0.0001pt;"><span>Every year, the Arab Students'
Organization at MIT organizes the MIT ASO Science and Technology Awards Banquet
to recognize outstanding Arab and Arab-American contributions to science and
technology. The ceremony draws over 100 members of the Arab and Arab-American
communities to celebrate the career-long accomplishments of the Lifetime
Achievement Award recipient. The following awards will also be given:</span><span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0.0001pt;"><span>1. The Young Professional Award
recognizes the early career achievements of a young Arab or Arab-American
scientist or technologist.</span><span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0.0001pt;"><span>2. The Student Awards, given to
one Undergraduate student and one Graduate student, recognize the academic and
leadership achievements of outstanding Arab or Arab-American students in
any US campus. Each of these awards comes with a $1,000 cash
scholarship.</span><span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0.0001pt;"><span> </span><span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0.0001pt;"><span>This is a great opportunity to
be recognized by the Arab and Arab-American community not only in the Boston area,
but nationwide. The success of previous ceremonies is a testimony to how award
winners and nominees attain a great deal of recognition from the Arab and
Arab-American community and beyond.</span><span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0.0001pt;"><span> </span><span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0.0001pt;"><font size="2"><b><span>Please
nominate professionals and students that you think have made great
contributions to the community. Remember: you can nominate yourself!</span></b></font></p>
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