<div dir="ltr"><div><span class="gmail-im" style="color:rgb(80,0,80)"><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="font-family:Arial;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">Dear All, </span></p><br><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="font-family:Arial;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">Greetings from the CCCC Wikipedia Initiative. (<i>Apologies for cross-posting) </i></span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="font-family:Arial;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap"><br></span></p></span><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="font-family:Arial;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">Here is an opportunity to get involved (or involve your graduate student colleagues) in advancing and expanding the knowledge equity and public scholarship aims of the CCCC Wikipedia initiative. I am writing to ask for your help in getting the word out about our new </span><span style="font-family:Arial;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-weight:700;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">CCCC Wikipedia Graduate Fellowship Program or </span><span style="font-family:Arial;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">be part of it. </span><span style="font-family:Arial;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap"> </span></p><div class="gmail-adL"><span class="gmail-im" style="color:rgb(80,0,80)"><br><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:10pt"><span style="font-family:Arial;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">Graduate students in writing studies and related fields are </span><a href="https://docs.google.com/document/d/1I5z4330rnUfCNUlnxxEqMMnTn6NHvsBlmvgymdhJlII/edit?usp=sharing" target="_blank" style="text-decoration-line:none"><span style="font-family:Arial;background-color:transparent;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;text-decoration-line:underline;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">invited to apply</span></a><span style="font-family:Arial;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">. The fellowship is aimed at emerging scholars who are 1) invested in knowledge equity and the international scholarly community and 2) interested in hands-on experience with Wikipedia and the digital public humanities. </span><span style="font-family:Arial;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">2021-2022 CCCC Wikipedia Graduate Fellows will have the opportunity to </span><span style="font-family:Arial;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">work with a mentor of their choice on a project of their own design that actively addresses knowledge equity on Wikipedia.</span><span style="font-family:Arial;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap"> </span><span style="font-family:Arial;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap"><b>Fellows will receive a stipend of $2,000.</b></span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="font-family:Arial;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">For full fellowship details, see the full </span><a href="https://docs.google.com/document/d/1I5z4330rnUfCNUlnxxEqMMnTn6NHvsBlmvgymdhJlII/edit?usp=sharing" target="_blank" style="text-decoration-line:none"><span style="font-family:Arial;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;text-decoration-line:underline;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">call for applications</span></a><span style="font-family:Arial;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">.</span></p><br><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:10pt"><b style="white-space:pre-wrap;color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:Arial">More information here: </b><br></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:10pt"><span style="font-family:Arial;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">The Conference on College Composition and Communication (CCCC) Wikipedia Initiative is accepting applications for the 2021-22 CCCC Wikipedia Graduate Fellowship Program. Graduate students in writing studies and related fields are </span><a href="https://docs.google.com/document/d/1I5z4330rnUfCNUlnxxEqMMnTn6NHvsBlmvgymdhJlII/edit?usp=sharing" target="_blank" style="text-decoration-line:none"><span style="font-family:Arial;background-color:transparent;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;text-decoration-line:underline;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">invited to apply</span></a><span style="font-family:Arial;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">. The fellowship is aimed at emerging scholars who are 1) invested in knowledge equity and international scholarly community and 2) interested in hands-on experience with Wikipedia and the digital public humanities.</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:10pt"><span style="font-family:Arial;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">Established in 2019, the </span><a href="https://cccc.ncte.org/cccc/wikipedia-initiative/" target="_blank" style="text-decoration-line:none"><span style="font-family:Arial;background-color:transparent;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;text-decoration-line:underline;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">CCCC Wikipedia Initiative</span></a><span style="font-family:Arial;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap"> proceeds from the conviction that public scholarship and knowledge equity on Wikipedia serve as fundamental groundwork for social justice. We are developing skills, cultivating inclusive community, and building structures of support and recognition for scholars of writing, rhetoric, literacy, and language studies who want to engage with Wikipedia as a form of global public scholarship.</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:10pt"><span style="font-family:Arial;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">2021-22 CCCC Wikipedia Graduate Fellows will receive a $2,000 stipend in recognition of their one-year appointment to advance and expand the work of the CCCC Wikipedia Initiative. </span><a href="https://forms.gle/8Hmb9fYzgmffmHxu5" target="_blank" style="text-decoration-line:none"><span style="font-family:Arial;background-color:transparent;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;text-decoration-line:underline;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">Applications</span></a><span style="font-family:Arial;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap"> are due </span><span style="font-family:Arial;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-weight:700;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">Monday, July 19, 2021</span><span style="font-family:Arial;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">. </span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="font-family:Arial;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">For full fellowship details, see the full </span><a href="https://docs.google.com/document/d/1I5z4330rnUfCNUlnxxEqMMnTn6NHvsBlmvgymdhJlII/edit?usp=sharing" target="_blank" style="text-decoration-line:none"><span style="font-family:Arial;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;text-decoration-line:underline;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">call for applications</span></a><span style="font-family:Arial;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">.</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-right:16pt;margin-top:8pt;margin-bottom:8pt"><span style="font-family:Arial;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">Cheers, </span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-right:16pt;margin-top:8pt;margin-bottom:8pt"><span style="background-color:transparent;color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:Arial;white-space:pre-wrap">Sweta </span></p></span></div></div>-- <br><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_signature" data-smartmail="gmail_signature"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><font face="arial, sans-serif"><span style="color:rgb(136,136,136)">Sweta Baniya, Ph.D. (she/her/hers)</span><br></font></div><div style="color:rgb(136,136,136)"><font face="arial, sans-serif">Assistant Professor of Rhetoric, Professional & Technical Writing </font></div><div style="color:rgb(136,136,136)"><font face="arial, sans-serif">Department of English at Virginia Tech<br></font></div><div style="color:rgb(136,136,136)"><font face="arial, sans-serif">181 Turner Street NW (0112), Blacksburg, VA 24061<br></font></div><div style="color:rgb(136,136,136)"><font face="arial, sans-serif"> <a href="https://sbaniya.com/" target="_blank">sbaniya.com </a>| @Sunkesharee</font></div></div></div></div></div></div></div>