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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif">From:</span></b><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif"> National Small Farm Host Committee [<a href="mailto:NSFCREG2016@vsu.edu">mailto:NSFCREG2016@vsu.edu</a>]
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<b>Sent:</b> Friday, July 08, 2016 7:55 AM<br>
<b>To:</b> CALS Dean's Office <<a href="mailto:dean@cals.arizona.edu">dean@cals.arizona.edu</a>><br>
<b>Subject:</b> Nat’l Small Farm Conference Scholarships Available<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:20.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#212121"><a href="http://www.vsu.edu/nationalsmallfarmconference"><span style="text-decoration:none"><img border="0" width="889" height="266" id="_x0000_i1025" src="http://custom.cvent.com/034BF0FF5EF746299852FED16C798814/pix/b1f0d1c756e44e42975517205bb864bb.jpg" alt="Email Banner"></span></a></span><span style="font-size:11.5pt;font-family:"Segoe UI",sans-serif;color:#212121"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<h2 align="center" style="text-align:center"><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#953734">SCHOLARSHIPS ARE AVAILABLE. DO YOU QUALIFY?</span><span style="font-family:"Segoe UI",sans-serif;color:#212121"><o:p></o:p></span></h2>
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<p><span style="font-size:13.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#212121">Great news! If the cost of attending the 7</span><sup><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#333333">th</span></sup><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#212121"> National
Small Farm Conference in Virginia Beach September 20-22 is holding back you or someone you know from attending, there’s now help.</span><span style="font-size:11.5pt;font-family:"Segoe UI",sans-serif;color:#212121"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#212121">A limited number of scholarships are available to employees of non-government organizations that directly assist limited-resource, socially-disadvantaged or military veteran producers and ranchers.
The program provides financial assistance to up to five employees of one organization. Financial assistance includes a 50% discount on conference registration through August 5, for a total scholarship award of $175 per person.</span><span style="font-size:11.5pt;font-family:"Segoe UI",sans-serif;color:#212121"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#212121">Priority will be given to those:</span><span style="font-size:11.5pt;font-family:"Segoe UI",sans-serif;color:#212121"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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</span></span></span><![endif]><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#212121">Whose participation will enhance their work in their own communities, </span><span style="font-size:11.5pt;font-family:"Segoe UI",sans-serif;color:#212121"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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</span></span></span><![endif]><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#212121">Who are able to transfer the skills and knowledge acquired at this conference to others who can directly assist limited-resource, socially-disadvantaged or military veteran
producers and ranchers, and </span><span style="font-size:11.5pt;font-family:"Segoe UI",sans-serif;color:#212121"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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</span></span></span><![endif]><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#212121">Whose abstracts or presentation have been selected but who would otherwise be unable to attend</span><span style="font-size:11.5pt;font-family:"Segoe UI",sans-serif;color:#212121"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p style="margin-bottom:12.0pt"><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#212121">A scholarship review committee will review and score each application. Applicants will be directly notified of the status of their scholarship request usually within
two weeks of submission. Please know though every attempt will be made to assist as many qualified scholarship applicants as possible, we regret there are only a limited number of scholarships available, and each qualified applicant will be awarded a scholarship
on a first-come, first-served basis.</span><span style="font-size:11.5pt;font-family:"Segoe UI",sans-serif;color:#212121"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#003399"><a href="https://vsumarketing.typeform.com/to/quuBZ3" target="_blank"><strong><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">SCHOLARSHIP APPLICATION</span></strong></a></span><span style="font-size:11.5pt;font-family:"Segoe UI",sans-serif;color:#212121"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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Conference only is <strong>$325</strong> through August 5 (<strong>$400</strong> starting August 6)
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