{"id":669,"date":"2016-11-28T15:24:12","date_gmt":"2016-11-28T20:24:12","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.nmrt.ala.org\/notes\/?p=669"},"modified":"2016-11-28T15:24:12","modified_gmt":"2016-11-28T20:24:12","slug":"apply-now-for-the-ala-nmrt-student-chapter-of-the-year-award","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.nmrt.ala.org\/notes\/apply-now-for-the-ala-nmrt-student-chapter-of-the-year-award\/","title":{"rendered":"Apply now for the ALA NMRT Student Chapter of the Year Award!"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>In the spirit of ALA&#8217;s NMRT, the?Student?Chapter?of the?Year?Award is presented in recognition of a?chapter&#8217;s outstanding contributions to the American Library Association, their school, and the profession. The purpose of the award is to increase?student involvement in ALA through?student?chapters, and to recognize future leaders in the profession. The?Student?Chapter?winner will receive $1,000 to help defray travel expenses to ALA Annual;?the winning?chapter?and?the runner up will each receive a certificate. Both will be recognized at the NMRT?Student?Reception at the 2017 ALA Annual Conference in Chicago, IL. The seven categories of?Student?Chapter?of the?Year?Award criteria include:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Membership Engagement<\/li>\n<li>Programs<\/li>\n<li>Communications<\/li>\n<li>Leadership<\/li>\n<li>Financial Health<\/li>\n<li>Awards and Honors<\/li>\n<li>Student?Chapter?Advisor Statement<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>All ALA?Student?Chapters?in good standing are eligible to receive the ALA?Student?Chapter?of the?Year?Award. There is no limit on the number of times a?student?chapter?may win the award. Any ALA?Student?Chapter?advisor,?Student?Chapter?officer or member, or ALA member may nominate a?Student?Chapter, and?self-nominations are encouraged.<\/p>\n<p>Please e-mail the completed form and any supporting documents in either Microsoft Word or Adobe PDF format to the committee chair, Kristen Mapes (<a href=\"mailto:kmapes86@gmail.com\">kmapes86@gmail.com<\/a>).?<strong>Deadline for submitting completed nomination forms is March 3, 11:59pm EST.<\/strong>?All nominations will be acknowledged upon receipt.<\/p>\n<p>More information, including the nomination form, may be found here:<a href=\"http:\/\/www.ala.org\/nmrt\/oversightgroups\/comm\/awscotya\/scotya\">http:\/\/www.ala.org\/nmrt\/oversightgroups\/comm\/awscotya\/scotya<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>In the spirit of ALA&#8217;s NMRT, the?Student?Chapter?of the?Year?Award is presented in recognition of a?chapter&#8217;s outstanding contributions to the American Library Association, their school, and the profession. The purpose of the award is to increase?student involvement in ALA through?student?chapters, and to &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nmrt.ala.org\/notes\/apply-now-for-the-ala-nmrt-student-chapter-of-the-year-award\/\">Continue reading <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":13,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"spay_email":"","footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_is_tweetstorm":false},"categories":[1],"tags":[6,110,12,120,119],"class_list":["post-669","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized","tag-ala","tag-ala-nmrt","tag-nmrt","tag-scoya","tag-student-chapter-of-the-year-award"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/pbhMj7-aN","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.nmrt.ala.org\/notes\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/669","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.nmrt.ala.org\/notes\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.nmrt.ala.org\/notes\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.nmrt.ala.org\/notes\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/13"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.nmrt.ala.org\/notes\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=669"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.nmrt.ala.org\/notes\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/669\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.nmrt.ala.org\/notes\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=669"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.nmrt.ala.org\/notes\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=669"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.nmrt.ala.org\/notes\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=669"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}