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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="color:#1F497D">FYI, grad students</span></b><br>
<b>Subject:</b> Grad. Student Paper on an int'l topic contest for KU students (due 16 April)<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:12.0pt;text-autospace:none"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;color:#1F497D">Dear Colleague:<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:12.0pt;text-autospace:none"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;color:#1F497D">Would you please share this opportunity with your graduate students? I would like to encourage the students to check out our web page for more
details on this contest for research papers from a course or dissertation chapters written in 2018 on an international topic.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:12.0pt;text-autospace:none"><b><i><span style="font-size:16.0pt;color:#212121">Phi Beta Delta Best Graduate Student Paper on an International Topic</span></i></b><i><span style="font-size:16.0pt;color:#191919">
</span></i><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:12.0pt;text-autospace:none"><b><span style="font-size:14.0pt;color:#191919">Submit to
</span></b><span style="color:#212121"><a href="mailto:pbd@ku.edu"><b><span style="font-size:14.0pt">pbd@ku.edu</span></b></a>
</span><b><span style="font-size:14.0pt;color:#191919">by April 16 at 5 p.m.</span></b><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:12.0pt;text-autospace:none"><b><span style="font-size:12.0pt;color:#212121">The top paper in each category will receive a $50 award, sponsored by Graduate Studies.</span></b><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:13.3pt;text-autospace:none"><span style="font-family:"Calibri Light",sans-serif;color:#212121">Current KU graduate students, especially PBD members, are eligible to submit a paper on one of two categories:</span><o:p></o:p></p>
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<span style="font-family:"Calibri Light",sans-serif;color:#212121">•</span><span style="font-size:7.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:#212121">
</span><span style="font-family:"Calibri Light",sans-serif;color:#212121">Research paper from a course</span><o:p></o:p></p>
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<span style="font-family:"Calibri Light",sans-serif;color:#212121">•</span><span style="font-size:7.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:#212121">
</span><span style="font-family:"Calibri Light",sans-serif;color:#212121">Dissertation chapter
</span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:13.3pt;text-autospace:none"><span style="color:#212121">Papers will be judged on originality,<b>
</b>international studies values and contribution to the field.</span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-family:"Calibri Light",sans-serif;color:#191919">Find paper criteria
<a href="https://international.ku.edu/phi-beta-delta-best-grad-student-paper">here</a>.
</span></b><span style="font-family:"Calibri Light",sans-serif;color:#191919">Contact
<a href="mailto:pbd@ku.edu">pbd@ku.edu</a> with questions</span><span style="font-family:"Calibri Light",sans-serif"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:#1F497D"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:#1F497D">Regards,<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:#1F497D">Lars<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:#1F497D"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:#1F497D">Lars Leon<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:#1F497D">Phi Beta Delta President<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:#1F497D">Librarian<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:#1F497D">University of Kansas Libraries<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:#1F497D">(785) 864 - 3073<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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