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<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify;background:white"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;color:black">The Wayne State School of Information Sciences requests nominations for its 2024 Professional Service Award.<span style="mso-ligatures:none"><o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="background:white"><b><span style="font-size:12.0pt;color:maroon">THE PROFESSIONAL SERVICE AWARD</span></b><span style="font-size:12.0pt;color:black"> acknowledges Wayne State alumni and other individuals who have made significant
and sustained contributions to the library/information community during their careers and have supported the School of Information Sciences. The Professional Service Award recognizes individuals who, for example, have been leaders in state, regional, and/or
national professional associations, and/or have held leadership roles in activities related to their positions.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="background:white"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;color:black">Recipients of SIS awards are selected by a School committee made up of faculty, staff, and students.
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="background:white"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;color:black">Individuals may nominate themselves or others by completing the
<a href="https://forms.wayne.edu/56f916a26a771">online form</a> by March 27, 2024.
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<p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="text-align:center"><span style="color:black"><a href="http://sis.wayne.edu/" title=""http://sis.wayne.edu/" t "><b><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:blue;text-decoration:none"><img border="0" width="134" height="100" style="width:1.3958in;height:1.0416in" id="Picture_x0020_1" src="cid:image001.png@01DA790F.A6BF0DA0"></span></b></a></span><span style="font-size:12.0pt;color:#323130"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="text-align:center"><b><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#0C5449"><br>
#InformationWarriors</span></b><span style="font-size:12.0pt;color:#323130"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#0C544A">Stephen T. Bajjaly<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#0C544A">Interim Associate Dean and Professor Emeritus<b><o:p></o:p></b></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#0C544A">School of Information Sciences</span><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:#323130"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#0C544A">Wayne State University<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#0C544A"><a href="mailto:bajjaly@wayne.edu"><span style="color:blue">bajjaly@wayne.edu</span></a> /
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