<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);"> <div style="margin: 0px; font-size: 12px; font-family: "Segoe UI", "Segoe UI Web", Arial, Verdana, sans-serif; background-color: white; clear: both"> Save the date for <a href="https://msulinguists.weebly.com/calms.html" title="https://msulinguists.weebly.com/calms.html" style="">Careers, Alumni, & Linguistics at Michigan State (CALMS)</a> <span lang="en-US" style="margin: 0px; font-variant-ligatures: none !important; font-weight: bold; font-size: 12pt; font-family: Calibri, Calibri_MSFontService, sans-serif; color: rgb(29, 33, 41); text-align: left; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255)">Friday, November 22nd <span lang="en-US" style="margin: 0px; font-variant-ligatures: none !important; font-weight: bold; font-size: 12pt; font-family: Calibri, Calibri_MSFontService, sans-serif; color: rgb(29, 33, 41); text-align: left; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255)">and <span lang="en-US" style="margin: 0px; font-variant-ligatures: none !important; font-weight: bold; font-size: 12pt; font-family: Calibri, Calibri_MSFontService, sans-serif; color: rgb(29, 33, 41); text-align: left; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255)">Saturday, November 23rd<span lang="en-US" style="margin: 0px; font-variant-ligatures: none !important; font-weight: 400; font-size: 12pt; font-family: Calibri, Calibri_MSFontService, sans-serif; color: rgb(29, 33, 41); text-align: left; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255)"> <span lang="en-US" style="margin: 0px; font-variant-ligatures: none !important; font-weight: 400; font-size: 12pt; font-family: Calibri, Calibri_MSFontService, sans-serif; color: rgb(29, 33, 41); text-align: left; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255)">B-342 Wells Hall What do linguists do when they graduate? What’s it like to work as a professor? What can you do with a linguistics degree outside of academia? </div> <div style="margin: 0px; font-size: 12px; font-family: "Segoe UI", "Segoe UI Web", Arial, Verdana, sans-serif; background-color: white; clear: both"> Hosted by the Linguistics program, these professional development workshops are primarily for graduate students, but are relevant to students and alumni at any level, in any field of language-related studies. </div> <div style="margin: 0px; font-size: 12px; font-family: "Segoe UI", "Segoe UI Web", Arial, Verdana, sans-serif; background-color: white; clear: both"> </div> <div style="margin: 0px; font-size: 12px; font-family: "Segoe UI", "Segoe UI Web", Arial, Verdana, sans-serif; background-color: white; clear: both"> At our hands-on Saturday morning workshops: </div> <div style="margin: 0px; font-size: 12px; font-family: "Segoe UI", "Segoe UI Web", Arial, Verdana, sans-serif; background-color: white; clear: both"> Ai Taniguchi will use her experience as a professor at Carleton University to teach you how to develop a 5-minute elevator pitch, and explain your research in accessible ways to students, community members and future employers. </div> <div style="margin: 0px; font-size: 12px; font-family: "Segoe UI", "Segoe UI Web", Arial, Verdana, sans-serif; background-color: white; clear: both"> Steve Johnson is a Lead Curriculum Designer at IXL Learning. He’ll help you navigate the career landscape outside academia, and to develop a resumé that translates your linguistic skills into business terms. </div> <div style="margin: 0px; font-size: 12px; font-family: "Segoe UI", "Segoe UI Web", Arial, Verdana, sans-serif; background-color: white; clear: both"> Also: Join us Friday afternoon to meet Ai and Steve and hear about their career journeys. You can also watch a research lightning talk competition judged by Ai, who was <a href="https://www.linguisticsociety.org/content/five-minute-linguist-contest-2019" title="https://www.linguisticsociety.org/content/five-minute-linguist-contest-2019"> the winner of the 2019 Linguistics Society of America 5-minute Linguist competition</a>. Come and hear some fun and accessible bite-size talks about how language works! </div> <div style="margin: 0px; font-size: 12px; font-family: "Segoe UI", "Segoe UI Web", Arial, Verdana, sans-serif; background-color: white; clear: both"> Events start at 2pm on Friday afternoon and end at 2pm Saturday afternoon. Join us for snacks on Friday and coffee, bagels, and catered lunch on Saturday. <a href="https://forms.office.com/Pages/ResponsePage.aspx?id=MHEXIi9k2UGSEXQjetVofTOEJwDxm6dOvf1jyBTZUXNUNFZWWlVTVkRNOUlNV05PQjA5OUdNSjAxTyQlQCN0PWcu" title="https://forms.office.com/Pages/ResponsePage.aspx?id=MHEXIi9k2UGSEXQjetVofTOEJwDxm6dOvf1jyBTZUXNUNFZWWlVTVkRNOUlNV05PQjA5OUdNSjAxTyQlQCN0PWcu">The event is free but please RSVP here!</a> </div> <div style="margin: 0px; font-size: 12px; font-family: "Segoe UI", "Segoe UI Web", Arial, Verdana, sans-serif; background-color: white; clear: both"> </div> <div style="margin: 0px; font-size: 12px; font-family: "Segoe UI", "Segoe UI Web", Arial, Verdana, sans-serif; background-color: white; clear: both"> Please visit <span style="margin: 0px; border-width: 0px 0px 1px; border-bottom-style: solid; border-bottom-color: transparent; font-family: Times, "Times New Roman", serif; background-position: left bottom; background-repeat: repeat-x">our <a href="https://www.facebook.com/events/1182712061933521/" title="https://www.facebook.com/events/1182712061933521/"> Facebook event</a>, <span lang="en-US" style="margin: 0px; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 20.5042px; font-family: Calibri, Calibri_MSFontService, sans-serif; color: rgb(29, 33, 41); text-decoration: underline; font-variant-ligatures: none !important;"><a href="https://msulinguists.weebly.com/calms.html" title="https://msulinguists.weebly.com/calms.html">CALMS website</a>, or see the attached flyer for more information! </div> <div style="margin: 0px; font-size: 12px; font-family: "Segoe UI", "Segoe UI Web", Arial, Verdana, sans-serif; background-color: white; clear: both"> For any more questions, please contact one of our co-chairs: Shannon Cousins (<a href="mailto:cousin63@msu.edu" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer" style="margin: 0px"><span lang="en-US" style="margin: 0px; font-variant-ligatures: none !important; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 20.5042px; font-family: Calibri, Calibri_MSFontService, sans-serif; color: rgb(29, 33, 41); text-decoration: underline">cousin63@msu.edu</a>) and Josh Herrin (<a href="mailto:herrinjo@msu.edu" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer" style="margin: 0px"><span lang="en-US" style="margin: 0px; font-variant-ligatures: none !important; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 20.5042px; font-family: Calibri, Calibri_MSFontService, sans-serif; color: rgb(29, 33, 41); text-decoration: underline">herrinjo@msu.edu</a>) </div> <div style="margin: 0px; font-size: 12px; font-family: "Segoe UI", "Segoe UI Web", Arial, Verdana, sans-serif; background-color: white; clear: both"> </div> <div style="margin: 0px; font-size: 12px; font-family: "Segoe UI", "Segoe UI Web", Arial, Verdana, sans-serif; background-color: white; clear: both"> On behalf of the Linguistics Student Organization Alumni Committee, </div> <div style="margin: 0px; font-size: 12px; font-family: "Segoe UI", "Segoe UI Web", Arial, Verdana, sans-serif; background-color: white; clear: both"> Shannon Cousins and Josh Herrin </div> </div> <div style="font-family: Calibri, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"> </div> <div style="font-family: Calibri, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"> <img size="471307" contenttype="image/jpeg" unselectable="on" tabindex="-1" style="max-width: 100%; user-select: none;" data-outlook-trace="F:1|T:1" src="cid:29e78633-40ab-4f5f-ba2c-085b4487b31e"> </div> <div style="font-family: Calibri, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"> </div> <div id="Signature"> <div></div> <div id="divtagdefaultwrapper" dir="ltr" style="font-size:12pt; color:#000000; font-family:Calibri,Helvetica,sans-serif"> <div style="color:rgb(34,34,34); font-family:sans-serif; font-size:13px"> </div> <div style="color:rgb(34,34,34); font-family:sans-serif; font-size:13px">-----------------------</div> <div style="color:rgb(34,34,34); font-family:sans-serif; font-size:13px">Suzanne Evans Wagner | she, her, hers </div> <div style="color:rgb(34,34,34); font-family:sans-serif; font-size:13px">Associate Professor of Linguistics and Director of Graduate Studies</div> <div style="color:rgb(34,34,34); font-family:sans-serif; font-size:13px">B-401 Wells Hall Department of Linguistics and Languages Michigan State University East Lansing, MI 48824 Tel: +1 (517) 355-9739 <a href="http://wagnersu.msu.domains" class="OWAAutoLink">wagnersu.msu.domains</a> <a href="http://sociolab.wagnersu.msu.domains" class="OWAAutoLink">sociolab.wagnersu.msu.domains</a></div> <div style="color:rgb(34,34,34); font-family:sans-serif; font-size:13px"> </div> <div style="color:rgb(34,34,34); font-family:sans-serif; font-size:13px">Office hours: <a href="http://swagner.youcanbook.me/" target="_blank" style="color:rgb(17,85,204)">http://swagner.youcanbook.me</a></div> <div style="color:rgb(34,34,34); font-family:sans-serif; font-size:13px"> </div> <div style="color:rgb(34,34,34); font-family:sans-serif; font-size:13px">Co-editor, <a href="http://www.routledge.com/books/series/RSLC/" target="_blank" style="color:rgb(17,85,204)">Routledge Studies in Language Change</a> </div> </div> </div> </body> </html>