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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"> Solin, Jeremy [<a href="mailto:jeremy.solin@ces.uwex.edu">mailto:jeremy.solin@ces.uwex.edu</a>]
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<b>To:</b> Solin, Jeremy <<a href="mailto:jeremy.solin@ces.uwex.edu">jeremy.solin@ces.uwex.edu</a>><br>
<b>Subject:</b> 2017 USDA ThinkWater Fellowship announcement<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:#1D2129">Friends and Colleagues,</span><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:black"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:#1D2129">I hope you are doing well and the new year is off to a good start.</span><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:black"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:#1D2129">We're excited to announce the 2017 USDA ThinkWater Fellowship.</span><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:black"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:#1D2129">The 2017 USDA ThinkWater Fellowship is designed to develop the systems thinking capacity of professionals in water education, extension, and outreach from strategic organizations,
states, regions, and American Indian nations across the country.</span><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:black"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:#1D2129">We are seeking professionals who work in positions that would allow them to plan and implement education and outreach programs to teach systems thinking to audiences working on or
concer<span class="textexposedshow">ned with water. Fellows will be expected to develop and implement a comprehensive plan to integrate systems thinking into their water education, extension and outreach work. Fellows will receive focused training and professional
development over the course of several months that will enable them to lead systems thinking education and outreach over the long term. The 3rd annual Cornell Systems Thinking Symposium will provide a venue for Fellows to present their statewide strategy and
early insights about implementation in their state.</span></span><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:black"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:#1D2129">We will select up to 10 outstanding applicants who work on water programming at a state or regional level, including Indian nations. Fellows will be taught the skills, approaches,
and theoretical frameworks of systems thinking to apply directly to their water programming. Specifically, they will be taught a proven method for teaching the universal rules underlying systems thinking that is suitable for all ages and populations. For the
2017 fellowship year, we are particularly interested in educators working on water programming in the following strategic states/regions: California, Colorado, desert Southwest, Southeast United States, Chesapeake Bay region, Great Plains, Great Lakes region,
and the Mississippi River basin.</span><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:black"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:#1D2129">Additional information, including a link to the application, can be found in the attached pdf file.</span><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:black"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:#1D2129">Please share with folks in your organizations and networks who might be interested and I hope you or someone in your organization will apply to be a 2017 TW Fellow. This is going
to be a great experience for the Fellows.</span><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:black"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:black">If you have any questions, let me know!</span><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:black"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:black">Take care,</span><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:black"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:black">Jeremy</span><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:black"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:black">Jeremy Solin, Wisconsin ThinkWater Coordinator and National Program Manager</span><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:black"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:black">UW-Extension Cooperative Extension, Program Development and Evaluation</span><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:black"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:black"><a href="mailto:jeremy.solin@ces.uwex.edu" target="_blank"><span style="font-size:11.0pt">jeremy.solin@ces.uwex.edu</span></a></span><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:black"> l
715.340.0376 l </span><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:black"><a href="http://www.thinkwater.us/"><span style="font-size:11.0pt">www.thinkwater.us</span></a></span><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:black"> </span><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:black"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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