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<p style="margin:0;padding:0;font-family: arial; font-size: 12pt; word-wrap: break-word;"><span style="background: white;">The NASIG Awards & Recognition committee is pleased to announce the 2017 award winners:</span></p>
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<p style="margin:0;padding:0;font-family: arial; font-size: 12pt; word-wrap: break-word;"><strong><span style="background: white;">First-Timer Award:</span></strong></p>
<p style="margin:0;padding:0;font-family: arial; font-size: 12pt; word-wrap: break-word;"><span style="background: white;">Ricardo Andrade, Columbia University </span></p>
<p style="margin:0;padding:0;font-family: arial; font-size: 12pt; word-wrap: break-word;"><span style="background: white;">Kimberly DeRosa, University of Colorado – Denver </span></p>
<p style="margin:0;padding:0;font-family: arial; font-size: 12pt; word-wrap: break-word;"><span style="background: white;">Moon Kim, California State University – Fullerton </span></p>
<p style="margin:0;padding:0;font-family: arial; font-size: 12pt; word-wrap: break-word;"><span style="background: white;">Katherine Mason, Eastern Michigan University </span></p>
<p style="margin:0;padding:0;font-family: arial; font-size: 12pt; word-wrap: break-word;">Dejah Rubel, Ferris State University </p>
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<p style="margin:0;padding:0;font-family: arial; font-size: 12pt; word-wrap: break-word;"><strong><span style="background: white;">Fritz Schwartz Serials Education Scholarship</span></strong><span style="background: white;">:</span></p>
<p style="margin:0;padding:0;font-family: arial; font-size: 12pt; word-wrap: break-word;"><span style="background: white;">Celia Gavett, University of Buffalo </span></p>
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<p style="margin:0;padding:0;font-family: arial; font-size: 12pt; word-wrap: break-word;"><strong><span style="background: white;">Horizon Award (sponsored by EBSCO):</span></strong></p>
<p style="margin:0;padding:0;font-family: arial; font-size: 12pt; word-wrap: break-word;"><span style="background: white;">Fiona McNabb, PubMed Central </span></p>
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<p style="margin:0;padding:0;font-family: arial; font-size: 12pt; word-wrap: break-word;"><strong><span style="background: white;">John Merriman Joint NASIG/UKSG Award:</span></strong></p>
<p style="margin:0;padding:0;font-family: arial; font-size: 12pt; word-wrap: break-word;"><span style="background: white;">Melissa Cantrell (NASIG), University of Colorado – Denver </span></p>
<p style="margin:0;padding:0;font-family: arial; font-size: 12pt; word-wrap: break-word;"><span style="background: white;">Eimear Evans (UKSG), Queen’s University - Belfast (sponsored by Taylor & Francis)</span></p>
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<p style="margin:0;padding:0;font-family: arial; font-size: 12pt; word-wrap: break-word;"><strong><span style="background: white;">John Riddick Student Grant:</span></strong></p>
<p style="margin:0;padding:0;font-family: arial; font-size: 12pt; word-wrap: break-word;"><span style="background: white;">Bethany Greene, University of North Carolina – Chapel Hill </span></p>
<p style="margin:0;padding:0;font-family: arial; font-size: 12pt; word-wrap: break-word;"><span style="background: white;">Courtney McAllister – University of South Carolina – </span><a href="mailto:Columbia%20%20%20cmcallis@citadel.edu"><span style="font-family: 'Georgia',serif; background: white;">Columbia </span></a><span style="background: white;"> </span></p>
<p style="margin:0;padding:0;font-family: arial; font-size: 12pt; word-wrap: break-word;"><span style="background: white;">Sarah Paige, University of North Texas </span></p>
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<p style="margin:0;padding:0;font-family: arial; font-size: 12pt; word-wrap: break-word;"><strong><span style="background: white;">Mexican Student Grant Award:</span></strong></p>
<p style="margin:0;padding:0;font-family: arial; font-size: 12pt; word-wrap: break-word;">Eva Gabriela Leyva Contreras<span style="background: white;">, </span>Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México</p>
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<p style="margin:0;padding:0;font-family: arial; font-size: 12pt; word-wrap: break-word;"><strong><span style="background: white;">Paraprofessional Specialist Award:</span></strong></p>
<p style="margin:0;padding:0;font-family: arial; font-size: 12pt; word-wrap: break-word;"><span style="background: white;">Patrick Kenney, Wheaton College </span></p>
<p style="margin:0;padding:0;font-family: arial; font-size: 12pt; word-wrap: break-word;"><span style="background: white;">Tamara Finch, Ferris State University </span></p>
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<p style="margin:0;padding:0;font-family: arial; font-size: 12pt; word-wrap: break-word;"><strong><span style="background: white;">Rose Robischon Scholarship:</span></strong></p>
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