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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:14.0pt">2019 AGS Conference to be in North Carolina<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif";color:black">The AGS 2019 Annual Meeting and Conference will be held at Gardner-Webb University, Boiling Springs, North Carolina on June 25-30.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif";color:black">Held in a different location each year since 1978, the conference features lectures, demonstrations, exhibits, conservation and documentation workshops, classroom
sessions, slide presentations, and guided cemetery tours. <o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif";color:black">Registration will open in Spring 2019. <a href="http://r20.rs6.net/tn.jsp?f=001Zju8IPkfcN727tYWtTfOp63Bdd7JFOGwCvasx0JYwn5NOCZKqME_7fHIhwWOYgTgAz-qGSFAGUQyZw3ASk1hIQLIU_KhaSrVZDtLUlewrpukoQwcahqX2jgNqzzJXr1A4P6gZqNm3r8s60-K2JRX2E5-AVfhXW1Xa4lNzi2mooBuyL5SaCNKg3ZsWsidhRrmkBiPPWxFWLWRY9kHL6tqO-mDYv7o4g8jHc64nfuTjTt_klHHQqzCLw==&c=e1rTHjkSKUm_atCH4zwzxROkSeJBgR_raEZeyKSfKMEmEScLFYLyPg==&ch=N8F2RTDQZLq-TyPCpXv7ORkqbvLLz3H9h6IiZ38C2jDX-5-ltF3waQ==" target="_blank">Click
here</a> to see a video about Garder-Webb University. <o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif";color:black">NOTE: The
<a href="https://www.oregon.gov/oprd/HCD/FINASST/pages/scholarships.aspx#EWPOH_Preservation_Scholarship">
Elisabeth Walton Potter Oregon Heritage Preservation Scholarship</a> offered by Oregon Heritage can be used to attend this conference.
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:14.0pt">2019 AGS Conferences Scholarship for Students<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><strong><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif";color:black">STUDENTS</span></strong><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif";color:black">: Have you been doing research on gravestones, cemeteries,
or a closely related topic? Would you like an opportunity to attend the next Association for Gravestone Studies Conference and Annual Meeting as a guest of AGS? Enter the AGS Student Scholarship Competition.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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The next AGS Conference will be held at Gardner-Webb University, Boiling Springs, North Carolina, June 25-30.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><strong><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif";color:black">Requirements</span></strong><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif";color:black">: The applicant must be a graduate or undergraduate
student at an accredited college or university, as well as a member of the Association for Gravestone Studies. A student membership is just $25 per year and includes the next published issue of <em><span style="font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif"">Markers</span></em>,
four issues of the <em><span style="font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif"">AGS Quarterly</span></em>, and more. <o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><strong><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif";color:black">Application</span></strong><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif";color:black">: Each applicant should submit a proposal for
a twenty-minute presentation: a scholarly paper suitable for delivery at an academic conference, or a report of comparable quality on an on-going research project, to be presented at the Friday evening lecture session. PowerPoint is the preferred presentation
medium. <o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif";color:black">Each entry should include the title, a summary or abstract and a PDF of the PowerPoint program, as well as a letter of recommendation from an academic adviser.
Your entry should consist of a cover letter, with attachments, emailed to <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif";color:black"><a href="mailto:info@gravestonestudies.org" target="_blank">info@gravestonestudies.org</a>.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif";color:black">The award will cover registration and activities fees, plus room and board for the full conference (about $525) and will include a cash prize of $200, which will
be presented at the conference.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif";color:black">Deadline: March 31, 2019<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif";color:black">Call for Nominations: Forbes Award and Oakley Certificates of Merit</span></b><span style="font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif";color:black"><br>
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AGS is seeking proposals for the 2019 Forbes and Oakley Awards. The deadline for applications is December 1, 2018. Awards will be presented at the 2019 Conference in Boiling Springs, North Carolina. Visit
<a href="http://r20.rs6.net/tn.jsp?f=001Zju8IPkfcN727tYWtTfOp63Bdd7JFOGwCvasx0JYwn5NOCZKqME_7Xu0PPLxJ1xHx2QHq9tHJIZAVolkyu5gYuadKSvqW7l0QBD5foPbBrpWT-ZxNNJ4mz8xb01CmTZzuxqPFXBRgFQ1xVxBU35_8OXjPaVHF8J_dwD7abURivqtI7rg9yvoHg==&c=e1rTHjkSKUm_atCH4zwzxROkSeJBgR_raEZeyKSfKMEmEScLFYLyPg==&ch=N8F2RTDQZLq-TyPCpXv7ORkqbvLLz3H9h6IiZ38C2jDX-5-ltF3waQ==" target="_blank">
www.gravestonestudies.org </a>and click on "Awards" for descriptions and nomination forms.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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