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<span style="font-size:10.5pt; font-family:"Arial",sans-serif; color:#111111">Join Wayne State University students, alumni, staff and friends at MLA 2017 in Lansing this week! Called
<a href="https://rsvp.wayne.edu/your-professional-connection-mla2016/"><b><span style="color:#0C5449"></span></b></a><b><a href="https://rsvp.wayne.edu/your-professional-connection-mla2017" class="OWAAutoLink">“Your Professional Connection”</a></b></span>,
this casual inclusive <span style="font-family:Arial,sans-serif; font-size:10.5pt; background-color:rgb(255,255,255)">reception turned continental breakfast is designed to bring emerging professionals, local MLIS program alumni, exhibitors and established
library professionals from all backgrounds together to network professionally, learn some innovative new projects, network and grow professionally. </span></p>
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<span style="font-size:10.5pt; font-family:"Arial",sans-serif; color:#111111"><span>Whether your goal is to meet new connections, explore collaboration opportunities, or simply put faces with names, this event will help you grow your network. Students are welcome
and encouraged to attend. (Registration at the MLA conference is not required to attend but RSVP is necessary.) Continental breakfast items included.</span></span></p>
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<span style="font-size:10.5pt; font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">Who: Alumni, students, faculty and friends of WSU’s School of Information Sciences</span></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="color:#111111; margin-top:12.0pt; margin-bottom:12.0pt; line-height:13.65pt">
<span style="font-size:10.5pt; font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">When: Thursday, October 19, 2017</span></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="color:#111111; margin-top:12.0pt; margin-bottom:12.0pt; line-height:13.65pt">
<span style="font-size:10.5pt; font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">Time: 8:00am - 9:00am</span>
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<span style="font-size:10.5pt; font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">Where: Exhibit Hall, Lansing Center, 333 East Michigan Ave, Lansing, MI 48933</span></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="color:#111111; margin-top:12.0pt; margin-bottom:12.0pt; line-height:13.65pt">
<font face="Arial, sans-serif">Please RSVP at <a href="https://rsvp.wayne.edu/your-professional-connection-mla2017" class="OWAAutoLink">https://rsvp.wayne.edu/your-professional-connection-mla2017</a></font></li></ul>
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<span style="font-size:10.5pt; font-family:"Arial",sans-serif; color:#111111">For more information on the 2017 MLA Conference, please go to: <a href="http://www.milibraries.org/prof-development-networking/annual-conference/special-events/" class="OWAAutoLink">http://www.milibraries.org/prof-development-networking/annual-conference/special-events/</a></span></p>
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<p style="margin:1em 0px">We look forward to seeing you!</p>
<p style="margin:1em 0px">Stephen T. Bajjaly<br>
Associate Dean and Professor<br>
School of Information Sciences<br>
Wayne State University<br>
<a href="http://www.slis.wayne.edu/" style="font-weight:bold; color:rgb(12,84,73)">www.sis.wayne.edu </a><br>
You can follow SLIS on Facebook at <a href="https://www.facebook.com/siswsu" style="font-weight:bold; color:rgb(12,84,73)">https://www.facebook.com/siswsu</a>.</p>
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