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</o:shapelayout></xml><![endif]--></head><body lang=EN-US link=blue vlink=purple><div class=WordSection1><p class=MsoPlainText>The application period for the 2014 Harold T. Pinkett Minority Student Award is now open!<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoPlainText><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoPlainText>The Pinkett Award was established in 1993 and recognizes and acknowledges minority graduate students, such as those of African, Asian, Latino or Native American descent, who, through scholastic and personal achievement, manifest an interest in becoming professional archivists and active members of the Society of American Archivists.<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoPlainText>The recipients of the award will receive full complimentary registration to the SAA Annual Meeting and related expenses for hotel and travel for attending the Joint Annual Meeting of CoSA, NAGARA, and SAA in Washington, D.C. in August 2014. <o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoPlainText>In addition, each recipient receives a complimentary one-year membership in SAA.<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoPlainText><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoPlainText>Eligibility: The Pinkett is awarded to minority students, with preference given to full-time students possessing a minimum scholastic grade point average of 3.5 while enrolled in a graduate program focusing on archival management during the academic year proceeding the date on which the award is given.<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoPlainText><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoPlainText>For more details or to download the application form please visit:<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoPlainText><a href="https://urldefense.proofpoint.com/v1/url?u=http://www2.archivists.org/governance/handbook/section12-pinkett&k=ux7ohqYFcw1oDo0gOpSLlw%3D%3D%0A&r=W%2FsuYH1VNPYl8HDYSplSf%2FWQd8yaXsgyHJAf14uTops%3D%0A&m=%2FJzUCVeNfKexeJuR6DdKywoTa06adqfSPSATwR%2Bzd1s%3D%0A&s=8c86bbdc7b6d9c97ca0e7d3fb29dcae037e03e401840eeb46e294c7c2cfdcd43">https://urldefense.proofpoint.com/v1/url?u=http://www2.archivists.org/governance/handbook/section12-pinkett&k=ux7ohqYFcw1oDo0gOpSLlw%3D%3D%0A&r=W%2FsuYH1VNPYl8HDYSplSf%2FWQd8yaXsgyHJAf14uTops%3D%0A&m=%2FJzUCVeNfKexeJuR6DdKywoTa06adqfSPSATwR%2Bzd1s%3D%0A&s=8c86bbdc7b6d9c97ca0e7d3fb29dcae037e03e401840eeb46e294c7c2cfdcd43</a><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoPlainText><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoPlainText>The deadline to apply is February 28, 2014.<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoPlainText><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoPlainText><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoPlainText><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoPlainText>Best regards,<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoPlainText><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoPlainText>Derek Mosley<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoPlainText>Chair,The Harold T. Pinkett Minority Student Award Committee<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoPlainText><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoPlainText><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoPlainText>--<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoPlainText>Derek T. Mosley<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoPlainText>Director & Archivist<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoPlainText>Ernest J. Gaines Center<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoPlainText>University of Louisiana at Lafayette<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoPlainText>337-482-1848 (office)<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoPlainText><a href="https://urldefense.proofpoint.com/v1/url?u=http://library.louisiana.edu/Gaines/&k=ux7ohqYFcw1oDo0gOpSLlw%3D%3D%0A&r=W%2FsuYH1VNPYl8HDYSplSf%2FWQd8yaXsgyHJAf14uTops%3D%0A&m=%2FJzUCVeNfKexeJuR6DdKywoTa06adqfSPSATwR%2Bzd1s%3D%0A&s=a479fed37d86054e3ef964fddfa454bc99c06d0573cfab38fa36ecf67f8b49da">https://urldefense.proofpoint.com/v1/url?u=http://library.louisiana.edu/Gaines/&k=ux7ohqYFcw1oDo0gOpSLlw%3D%3D%0A&r=W%2FsuYH1VNPYl8HDYSplSf%2FWQd8yaXsgyHJAf14uTops%3D%0A&m=%2FJzUCVeNfKexeJuR6DdKywoTa06adqfSPSATwR%2Bzd1s%3D%0A&s=a479fed37d86054e3ef964fddfa454bc99c06d0573cfab38fa36ecf67f8b49da</a><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoPlainText><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoPlainText><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoPlainText>Question everything. Every stripe, every star, every word spoken. Everything. -Ernest J. Gaines<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p></div></body></html>