<div dir="ltr">FOS students and faculty,<div><br></div><div>The attached information about a summer research initiative program might be of interest to undergraduates in sociolinguistics and adjacent social science fields. Please circulate widely.</div><div><br></div><div>Best,</div><div>Suzanne<br><br><div class="gmail_quote"><div dir="ltr">---------- Forwarded message ---------<br>From: BSOS Summer Research Initiative (SHARED) <<a href="mailto:bsossri@umd.edu">bsossri@umd.edu</a>><br>Date: Wed, Jan 3, 2018 at 3:31 PM<br>Subject: University of Maryland Summer Research Initiative 2018: Application Now Open<br>To: <br></div><br><br><div dir="ltr"><p class="m_2982495211732623974gmail-m_2835668332027224133gmail-m_260583173513920328gmail-m_-857565865482174316gmail-m_3596468500504704364gmail-MsoNormal" style="font-size:12.8px;text-align:justify;line-height:16px"><span style="line-height:16px;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif"><font size="4">January 3, 2018</font></span></p><p class="m_2982495211732623974gmail-m_2835668332027224133gmail-m_260583173513920328gmail-m_-857565865482174316gmail-m_3596468500504704364gmail-MsoNormal" style="font-size:12.8px;text-align:justify;line-height:16px"><span style="line-height:16px;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif"><font size="4"> </font></span></p><p class="m_2982495211732623974gmail-m_2835668332027224133gmail-m_260583173513920328gmail-m_-857565865482174316gmail-m_3596468500504704364gmail-MsoNormal" style="font-size:12.8px;text-align:justify;line-height:16px"><font size="4"><span style="line-height:22.5px;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif"><span class="m_2982495211732623974gmail-m_2835668332027224133gmail-m_260583173513920328gmail-il">Dear</span> <span class="m_2982495211732623974gmail-m_2835668332027224133gmail-m_260583173513920328gmail-il">University</span> <span class="m_2982495211732623974gmail-m_2835668332027224133gmail-m_260583173513920328gmail-il">Mentor</span></span>,<span style="line-height:22.5px;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif"></span></font></p><p class="m_2982495211732623974gmail-m_2835668332027224133gmail-m_260583173513920328gmail-m_-857565865482174316gmail-m_3596468500504704364gmail-MsoNormal" style="font-size:12.8px"><font size="4"><span style="text-align:justify;line-height:22.5px;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">Our records indicate that in the past you provided a letter of recommendation to supplement one of your student’s applications to the Summer Research Initiative (SRI) here at the <span class="m_2982495211732623974gmail-m_2835668332027224133gmail-m_260583173513920328gmail-il">University</span> of Maryland, College Park. We would appreciate your assistance in distributing information to other students who might be interested in our 2018 SRI. Please find enclosed a promotional brochure on the upcoming 2018 initiative. This information can also be found on our website</span><span style="text-align:justify;line-height:22.5px;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">at </span><a href="https://urldefense.proofpoint.com/v2/url?u=http-3A__go.umd.edu_BSOSSRI&d=DwMFaQ&c=nE__W8dFE-shTxStwXtp0A&r=QmhZA4PVAobB5LX6f20h_A&m=zqo7F5LorZBFa7yJHucTnX94GMxbxX0p8pW5yKP_aLc&s=bBPXlyzzLWh-QNcMYJ66Q1SP91ykeJTQ0KpxEwOb2fU&e=" style="font-family:"times new roman",serif;text-align:justify" target="_blank">http://go.umd.edu/BSOSSRI</a>. <span style="font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;text-align:justify">The application is now available. </span></font></p><p class="m_2982495211732623974gmail-m_2835668332027224133gmail-m_260583173513920328gmail-m_-857565865482174316gmail-m_3596468500504704364gmail-MsoNormal" style="font-size:12.8px;text-align:justify;line-height:16px"><span style="line-height:16px;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif"><font size="4">Your assistance is invaluable in helping students find meaningful undergraduate research experiences. These experiences often prove very valuable to their success at the graduate level.</font></span></p><p class="m_2982495211732623974gmail-m_2835668332027224133gmail-m_260583173513920328gmail-m_-857565865482174316gmail-m_3596468500504704364gmail-MsoNormal" style="font-size:12.8px;text-align:justify;line-height:16px"><span style="line-height:16px;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif"><font size="4"> </font></span></p><p class="m_2982495211732623974gmail-m_2835668332027224133gmail-m_260583173513920328gmail-m_-857565865482174316gmail-m_3596468500504704364gmail-MsoNormal" style="font-size:12.8px;line-height:16px"><span style="line-height:16px;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif"><font size="4">Sincerely,</font></span></p><p class="m_2982495211732623974gmail-m_2835668332027224133gmail-m_260583173513920328gmail-m_-857565865482174316gmail-m_3596468500504704364gmail-MsoNormal" style="font-size:12.8px;margin-bottom:1pt;line-height:16px"><span style="line-height:16px;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif"><font size="4">Kim J. 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