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Patton College of Education and Human Services<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt'><span style='color:black'>205 McCracken Hall<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt'><span style='color:black'>Athens, OH 45701<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt'><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:black'> </span><span style='color:black'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt'><span style='color:black'>Phone: 740-593-0846<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt'><span style='color:black'>E-mail: <a href="mailto:leinbaug@ohio.edu">leinbaug@ohio.edu</a><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt'><span style='color:black'> <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt'><span lang=EN style='color:black'>Show, by your actions, that you choose peace over war, freedom over oppression, voice over silence, service over self-interest, respect over advantage, cooperation over competition, action over passivity, diversity over uniformity, and justice over all. </span><span style='color:black'><o:p></o:p></span></p></div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:black'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><div><div style='border:none;border-top:solid #B5C4DF 1.0pt;padding:3.0pt 0in 0in 0in'><p class=MsoNormal style='margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt'><b><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif"'>From:</span></b><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif"'> mwera2012 mwera2012 [mailto:mwera2012@niu.edu] <br><b>Sent:</b> Wednesday, February 29, 2012 2:18 PM<br><b>To:</b> <b>Subject:</b> Mid-Western Educational Research Assoc. Conference 2012<o:p></o:p></span></p></div></div><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal align=center style='margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;text-align:center'><b><span lang=EN-GB style='font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Book Antiqua","serif"'>CALL FOR PROPOSALS AND PARTICIPATION<o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p class=MsoNormal align=center style='margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;text-align:center'><span lang=EN-GB style='font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Book Antiqua","serif"'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt'><span lang=EN-GB>Dear Colleague,<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt'><span lang=EN-GB><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt'><span lang=EN-GB>This message is to encourage you, your colleagues, and students to participate in the Mid-Western Educational Research Association’s (MWERA) 2012 Annual Meeting being held this year from November 7-10 in Evanston, Illinois, which is next door to Chicago and virtually on the Northwestern University campus! The theme of this year's conference is <i>Integrating Evidence-Based Practices in Education. </i>In usual MWERA style, this year's program promises to be exciting with distinguished invited speakers, peer-reviewed paper presentations, and workshops.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt'><span lang=EN-GB><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt'><span lang=EN-GB>The call for proposals can be found on the MWERA website (<a href="http://www.mwera.org/">www.mwera.org</a>) as can the online proposal system, which is open and ready for submissions (also at <a href="http://www.mwera.org/">www.mwera.org</a> or <a href="http://convention2.allacademic.com/one/mwera/mwera12/" target="_blank" title="http://convention2.allacademic.com/one/mwera/mwera12/">http://convention2.allacademic.com/one/mwera/mwera12/</a></span><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt'><span lang=EN-GB><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt'><span lang=EN-GB>Attached are a flyer and a fact sheet pertaining to MWERA, which in its 35th year continues to be a great professional organization for researchers, practitioners, students, administrators, organizations, and community.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt'><span lang=EN-GB><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt'><span lang=EN-GB>Hope to see you in Evanston!<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt'><span lang=EN-GB><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt'><span lang=EN-GB>David Walker</span><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt'><span lang=EN-GB>MWERA Program Chair, 2012</span><o:p></o:p></p></div></body></html>