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<span style="font-size:12.0pt;color:#373737">The Ohio Historical Records Advisory Board (OHRAB) is pleased to announce a development opportunity for students, volunteers, and records professionals.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<span style="font-size:12.0pt;color:#373737">OHRAB, with funding provided by the National Historical Publications and Records Commission (NHPRC), is offering scholarships up to $300 to support continuing education for graduate students and individuals who care
for the historic record. The Board will award scholarships to assist individuals in attending a professional development opportunity of their choosing. The meeting may be in person or virtual. Applications are due on
<b>April 30, 2024</b>.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<span style="font-size:12.0pt;color:#373737">Funding is available to support attendance at development opportunities offered by such organizations as:<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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</span></span></span><![endif]><span style="font-size:12.0pt;color:#373737">The Midwest Archives Conference,<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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</span></span></span><![endif]><span style="font-size:12.0pt;color:#373737">The Society of American Archivists,<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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</span></span></span><![endif]><span style="font-size:12.0pt;color:#373737">The Society of Ohio Archivists,<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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</span></span></span><![endif]><span style="font-size:12.0pt;color:#373737">The Ohio Local History Alliance,<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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</span></span></span><![endif]><span style="font-size:12.0pt;color:#373737">The Academic Library Association of Ohio,<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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</span></span></span><![endif]><span style="font-size:12.0pt;color:#373737">The Ohio Municipal Clerks Association,<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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</span></span></span><![endif]><span style="font-size:12.0pt;color:#373737">The Ohio Township Association,<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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</span></span></span><![endif]><span style="font-size:12.0pt;color:#373737">The National Association of Government Archives & Records Administrators,<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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</span></span></span><![endif]><span style="font-size:12.0pt;color:#373737">The Ohio Genealogical Society, or<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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</span></span></span><![endif]><span style="font-size:12.0pt;color:#373737">Other professional development opportunities subject to approval by OHRAB.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<span style="font-size:12.0pt;color:#373737">Applicants must be individuals who are full-time (minimum of 9 credits) graduate students currently enrolled in an Ohio institution of higher education; individuals working or volunteering in an Ohio library, archive,
special collection, or government repository; individuals who serve as a state, county, municipal, or township official or their designee whose main responsibilities is to maintain public records; and those who work or volunteer in other roles caring for or
providing access to records within the State of Ohio.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:105%">Please see the attached Scholarship Description and Application for eligibility and requirements. Or go to
<u><span style="color:blue;mso-ligatures:standardcontextual"><a href="https://urldefense.com/v3/__https:/ohrab.org/__;!!BJspS0a0Bgg!sGAGNa6w468eL1wqswDu3HQtVn5bPEOwz6TqOUXK3ow4lljx0lJYqKAFTe7W1sKj6vlL93Traqj0WoZrlU3LeObVmLu1fI4$">https://ohrab.org/ [ohrab.org]</a></span></u>
<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:normal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt">The completed application and required narrative should be sent or emailed to: Tina Ratcliff, Montgomery County Records Center & Archives, 117 South Main Street, 6th Floor, Dayton,
OH, 45422. Or <a href="mailto:ratclifft@mcohio.org">ratclifft@mcohio.org</a>.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="xmsonormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt">If you have any questions, please feel free to contact me.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="xmsonormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt">Tina Ratcliff<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="xmsonormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt">Awards Committee Chair, OHRAB<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0in;line-height:normal"><span style="mso-ligatures:standardcontextual">Montgomery County Records & Information Manager<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0in;line-height:normal"><span style="mso-ligatures:standardcontextual">117 S. Main St.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0in;line-height:normal"><span style="mso-ligatures:standardcontextual">PO Box 972<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0in;line-height:normal"><span style="mso-ligatures:standardcontextual">Dayton OH 45422<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0in;line-height:normal"><span style="mso-ligatures:standardcontextual">(937) 496-6932<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0in;line-height:normal"><span style="mso-ligatures:standardcontextual"><a href="mailto:ratclifft@mcohio.org">ratclifft@mcohio.org</a><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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