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<DIV><FONT lang=0 size=2 face=Arial FAMILY="SANSSERIF" PTSIZE="10">Catharine
Hawks<BR>Conservator, NMNH<BR>(h) 703.876.9176<BR>(o) 202.633.0835<BR>mobile
703.200.4370<BR>mobile 202.701.8458<BR>
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From: info@conservation-us.org<BR>To: cahawks@aol.com<BR>Sent: 7/9/2012
3:22:14 P.M. Eastern Daylight Time<BR>Subj: News from the Emerging
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<P style="TEXT-ALIGN: left"><STRONG><SPAN
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from the Emerging Conservation Professionals Network
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<P style="TEXT-ALIGN: left"><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: x-small">Thursday,
July, 5, 2012</SPAN></P>
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<P style="TEXT-ALIGN: left"><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: x-small">Dear
Catharine,</SPAN></P>
<P style="TEXT-ALIGN: left"><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: x-small">Please see
the latest from AIC's Emerging Conservation Professionals
Network:</SPAN></P>
<P style="TEXT-ALIGN: left"><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: x-small"><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: small"><STRONG>ECPN at AIC’s 40th Annual Meeting
Survey</STRONG></SPAN><BR>Many thanks to all of you who were able to
join us at AIC’s 40th Annual Meeting in Albuquerque. We enjoyed hearing
from you at our informational meeting, socializing at our happy hour,
and seeing many of you (and your work!) at the portfolio session. We
also hope that you were able to visit our poster in the poster session.
If you didn’t, you can find the related blog posts on the AIC blog by
following this link: <A
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href="http://www.conservation-us.org/dsp_emailhandler.cfm?eid=42411&uid=1187">http://www.conservators-converse.org/2012/05/ecpn-outreach.</A><BR><BR>We
would love to hear your thoughts about our annual meeting activities. We
created a brief survey to collect your feedback and we would appreciate
it if you could take the time to respond. To access the survey and leave
your comments, please follow this link: <A
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href="http://www.conservation-us.org/dsp_emailhandler.cfm?eid=42412&uid=1187">www.conservation-us.org/ecpnmeetingsurvey</A>.
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<P style="TEXT-ALIGN: left"><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: x-small">The
Emerging Conservation Professionals Network (ECPN) is pleased to
announce the creation of a new webinar series. These webinars will
be held periodically and will feature guest presenters who will
speak about topics of interest to emerging conservators. The
topics of these webinars are being developed based on feedback
generated from a survey of ECPN members in February
2012.<BR><BR>Our first webinar will be held on Thursday, July 26,
from 1-2pm EST. Please join us and our featured presenter, Debra
Hess Norris, who will be speaking about Self-Advocacy and
Fundraising for Personal Research. In addition to Norris’ remarks,
tailored to recent graduates on subjects including navigating the
field post-graduation, funding opportunities for independent
scholars, and tips for self-advocacy, the webinar will include a
moderated discussion and Q&A session. Participants will also
have the opportunity to ask questions before and after the
webinar.<BR><BR>Attendance is free and open to all AIC members.
Registration is required. To register for the webinar, read more
about our first speaker, Debra Hess Norris, and submit a question,
please visit: <A
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<P style="TEXT-ALIGN: left"><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: x-small"><SPAN
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Program</STRONG></SPAN></SPAN></P><SPAN
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<P style="TEXT-ALIGN: left"><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: x-small">Did
you know that ECPN has a mentoring program for members? In case
you didn’t know or would like to learn more, the mentoring program
matches seasoned conservators with emerging conservators to tackle
issues as large as career path guidance to issues as discrete as
advice on a specific treatment. The program is truly what one
wants to make of it, can last a lifetime or only a few months, and
can be a substantial time commitment or a minor time commitment.
To apply to be a mentor, you must be a Fellow or Professional
Associate AIC member. To apply to be a mentee, you must be a
Student, Interim Year or Associate AIC member. Mentor applications
ask candidates for their strengths and interests, preferred
methods of communication, and available time to dedicate to the
mentoring program to name a few categories. Mentee applications
ask candidates about the types of goals and projects they’d like
to tackle in a mentorship, preferred methods of communication, and
available time, again, to name a few categories. Applications are
accepted on a rolling basis and are reviewed four times a year:
March 1st, June 1st, September 1st, and December 1st. While ECPN
makes every effort to match candidates as efficiently as possible,
sometimes locating the right match can take some time, so we
encourage you to apply early! If you have any questions or
feedback about the mentoring program, please contact Ryan
Winfield, </SPAN><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: x-small">Membership
Coordinator,</SPAN><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: x-small"> at: <A
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