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<p class="MsoNormal"><b>From:</b> NCWIT Aspirations in Computing &lt;erika.karsh@ncwit.org&gt;
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<b>Sent:</b> Monday, October 07, 2019 4:19 PM<br>
<b>To:</b> Keith Vander Linden &lt;kvlinden@calvin.edu&gt;<br>
<b>Subject:</b> Deadline Approaching - Apply for NCWIT Collegiate Award by Oct. 15!<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p style="margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt"><span style="font-family:&quot;Arial&quot;,sans-serif;color:black">Greetings from the National Center for Women &amp; Information Technology (NCWIT)! This is a reminder that time is running out for students at Calvin College to
 apply for the </span><span style="font-family:&quot;Arial&quot;,sans-serif"><a href="https://urldefense.proofpoint.com/v2/url?u=http-3A__trackmyemails.org_1335d7434899ea4b8b5896caea46cfa5_2975a4c05971350fe3eb6573405ed21e_10d514d8b8925f3d63a5b98e62a3547f.html&amp;d=DwMFaQ&amp;c=4rZ6NPIETe-LE5i2KBR4rw&amp;r=JhDWCBnuRQzO1O3Wnrh_-5Tq_lbjhPfN9dvv-oAoHUw&amp;m=MJnicqQL6Q7USAHXDHHR84NhIy2jNv34xHorpitWFTs&amp;s=X-F0-7L2cH7x344ziXPnJ1K02PsFXm599mHgOVXeMBs&amp;e="><b>NCWIT
 Collegiate Award</b></a><b><span style="color:black"> </span></b><span style="color:black">-
<b>applications are due October 15th! </b>While the deadline is nearing, the application does not take long to complete and students will not want to miss the opportunity to win up to $10,000 cash.</span></span><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p style="margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt"><span style="font-family:&quot;Arial&quot;,sans-serif;color:black">Please
</span><span style="font-family:&quot;Arial&quot;,sans-serif"><a href="https://urldefense.proofpoint.com/v2/url?u=http-3A__trackmyemails.org_1335d7434899ea4b8b5896caea46cfa5_2975a4c05971350fe3eb6573405ed21e_9d5896ae7580ca4a8043b83b63a57e06.html&amp;d=DwMFaQ&amp;c=4rZ6NPIETe-LE5i2KBR4rw&amp;r=JhDWCBnuRQzO1O3Wnrh_-5Tq_lbjhPfN9dvv-oAoHUw&amp;m=MJnicqQL6Q7USAHXDHHR84NhIy2jNv34xHorpitWFTs&amp;s=HkpD9zs0ytzS41enxyhmyCGzuXhT7Op5eA6zp6WF4HE&amp;e=">share
 the opportunity</a><span style="color:black"> with your students and</span><a href="https://urldefense.proofpoint.com/v2/url?u=http-3A__trackmyemails.org_1335d7434899ea4b8b5896caea46cfa5_2975a4c05971350fe3eb6573405ed21e_7d7023fcefbb6961ec4fbcb6fe2b8b98.html&amp;d=DwMFaQ&amp;c=4rZ6NPIETe-LE5i2KBR4rw&amp;r=JhDWCBnuRQzO1O3Wnrh_-5Tq_lbjhPfN9dvv-oAoHUw&amp;m=MJnicqQL6Q7USAHXDHHR84NhIy2jNv34xHorpitWFTs&amp;s=4PQ6mP6ufBcXhgw6uSGiGk63GK5o7jUOcErE0SonmSk&amp;e="><span style="color:black">
</span>encourage students to apply</a><span style="color:black"> for the NCWIT Collegiate Award. You will find information below and you can easily share the attached one-pager with your community.&nbsp;</span></span><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p style="margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt"><a href="https://urldefense.proofpoint.com/v2/url?u=http-3A__trackmyemails.org_1335d7434899ea4b8b5896caea46cfa5_2975a4c05971350fe3eb6573405ed21e_10d514d8b8925f3d63a5b98e62a3547f.html&amp;d=DwMFaQ&amp;c=4rZ6NPIETe-LE5i2KBR4rw&amp;r=JhDWCBnuRQzO1O3Wnrh_-5Tq_lbjhPfN9dvv-oAoHUw&amp;m=MJnicqQL6Q7USAHXDHHR84NhIy2jNv34xHorpitWFTs&amp;s=X-F0-7L2cH7x344ziXPnJ1K02PsFXm599mHgOVXeMBs&amp;e="><b><span style="font-family:&quot;Arial&quot;,sans-serif">NCWIT
 Collegiate Award - Preliminary Round Deadline is October 15, 2019</span></b></a><o:p></o:p></p>
<p style="margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt"><span style="font-family:&quot;Arial&quot;,sans-serif;color:black">Are you or someone you know making a significant contribution to an innovative and impactful technical project?</span><span style="font-family:&quot;Arial&quot;,sans-serif"><a href="https://urldefense.proofpoint.com/v2/url?u=http-3A__trackmyemails.org_1335d7434899ea4b8b5896caea46cfa5_2975a4c05971350fe3eb6573405ed21e_10d514d8b8925f3d63a5b98e62a3547f.html&amp;d=DwMFaQ&amp;c=4rZ6NPIETe-LE5i2KBR4rw&amp;r=JhDWCBnuRQzO1O3Wnrh_-5Tq_lbjhPfN9dvv-oAoHUw&amp;m=MJnicqQL6Q7USAHXDHHR84NhIy2jNv34xHorpitWFTs&amp;s=X-F0-7L2cH7x344ziXPnJ1K02PsFXm599mHgOVXeMBs&amp;e=">
 Apply now</a><span style="color:black"> for the NCWIT Collegiate Award!</span></span><o:p></o:p></p>
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