<html> <head> <meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=Windows-1252"> <style type="text/css" style="display:none;"> P {margin-top:0;margin-bottom:0;} </style> </head> <body dir="ltr"> <div style="font-family: Calibri, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"> FOS,</div> <div style="font-family: Calibri, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"> <br> </div> <div style="font-family: Calibri, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"> Please consider contacting Dr. Charlene Polio if you or someone you know would like to nominate an individual for this award.</div> <div style="font-family: Calibri, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"> <br> </div> <div style="font-family: Calibri, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"> Many thanks,</div> <div style="font-family: Calibri, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"> Suzanne</div> <div> <div style="font-family: Calibri, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"> <br> </div> <div id="appendonsend"></div> <hr tabindex="-1" style="display:inline-block; width:98%"> <div id="divRplyFwdMsg" dir="ltr"><font face="Calibri, sans-serif" color="#000000" style="font-size:11pt"><b>From:</b> Polio, Charlene<br> <b>Sent:</b> Wednesday, April 10, 2019 7:33 AM<br> <b>To:</b> De Costa, Peter; Schuster-Craig, Johanna; Wagner, Suzanne; Suleiman, Camelia; Symons, Carrie<br> <b>Subject:</b> public service award</font> <div> </div> </div> <div> <div class="WordSection1"> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;margin-bottom:7.5pt"> <span style="font-size:10.5pt; font-family:"Helvetica",sans-serif; color:#383640">Dear Colleagues,</span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;margin-bottom:7.5pt"> <span style="font-size:10.5pt; font-family:"Helvetica",sans-serif; color:#383640">I have the honor of being on the American Association for Applied Linguistics Executive Committee, and one of my assignment is The Distinguished Public Service Award Committee. We are looking for suggestions of people to nominate. The purpose of the award is to honor someone who is NOT an academic and has made language-related contributions to society. The description is below. If you know of anyone doing language rights or policy work who might qualify, please let me know.</span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;margin-bottom:7.5pt"> <span style="font-size:10.5pt; font-family:"Helvetica",sans-serif; color:#383640">Thanks.</span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;margin-bottom:7.5pt"> <span style="font-size:10.5pt; font-family:"Helvetica",sans-serif; color:#383640">Charlene</span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;margin-bottom:7.5pt"> <span style="font-size:10.5pt; font-family:"Helvetica",sans-serif; color:#383640">---------------------</span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;margin-bottom:7.5pt"> <span style="font-size:10.5pt; font-family:"Helvetica",sans-serif; color:#383640">The award recognizes individuals outside of the field of applied linguistics – writers, journalists, politicians, lawyers, etc. – whose work (1) raises public awareness of important social issues connected to language and (2) makes exceptional contributions to promotion of multilingualism, linguistic social justice, and language-related human rights. The Award is given annually and is not to be confused with the AAAL Distinguished Scholarship and Service Award, given to members of AAAL. </span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;margin-bottom:7.5pt"> <span style="font-size:10.5pt; font-family:"Helvetica",sans-serif; color:#383640"><br> <b>Eligibility</b><br> <br> Criteria for eligibility include but are not limited to the following:</span></p> <ul type="disc" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"> <li class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;color:#383640"> <span style="font-size:10.5pt; font-family:"Helvetica",sans-serif">significance of language issues addressed by the nominee’s work;</span></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;color:#383640"> <span style="font-size:10.5pt; font-family:"Helvetica",sans-serif">demonstrability of the public impact of nominee’s work and community engagement (e.g., impact on language policies in education and other institutional settings);</span></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;color:#383640"> <span style="font-size:10.5pt; font-family:"Helvetica",sans-serif">attention to vulnerable and minoritized populations, such as immigrant children and indigenous language speakers; and</span></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;color:#383640"> <span style="font-size:10.5pt; font-family:"Helvetica",sans-serif">equitable engagement with communities outside academia, grassroots language activism, championing the voices of community partners, and cultivating leadership among stakeholders.</span></li></ul> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;"> </p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;"> </p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;"> Charlene Polio</p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;"> Professor and Associate Chair</p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;"> <a href="http://linglang.msu.edu/">Linguistics & Germanic, Slavic, Asian, & African Languages</a></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;"> Michigan State University</p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;"> 619 Red Cedar Road, B251 Wells Hall</p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;"> East Lansing, MI 48824</p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;"> 517-884-1502</p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;"> </p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;"> <a href="http://polio.msu.domains/">polio.msu.domains</a></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;"> Co-editor of <a href="https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/page/journal/15457249/homepage/ProductInformation.html"> TESOL Quarterly</a></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;"> Faculty member in <a href="http://linglang.msu.edu/degree-programs/tesol/">TESOL</a> and <a href="http://sls.msu.edu/">Second Language Studies</a> programs</p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;"> </p> </div> </div> </div> </body> </html>