<div dir="ltr"><div><span style="color:black;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;font-size:12pt">Dear MWERA Colleague,</span><br></div><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"><div dir="ltr"><div class="gmail-adn gmail-ads" style="border-left:none;padding:0px;display:flex;font-family:Roboto,RobotoDraft,Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif;font-size:medium"><div class="gmail-gs" style="margin:0px;padding:0px 0px 20px;width:1504px"><div class="gmail-"><div id="gmail-:1jl" class="gmail-ii gmail-gt" style="font-size:0.875rem;direction:ltr;margin:8px 0px 0px;padding:0px"><div id="gmail-:1jk" class="gmail-a3s gmail-aiL" style="overflow:hidden;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-stretch:normal;font-size:small;line-height:1.5;font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif"><div dir="ltr"><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;font-size:12pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif"><span style="font-family:-webkit-standard,serif;color:black"><br></span><span style="color:black">I'm sending out the information about the MWERA Conference in October, just in case you didn't receive the first email. </span><span style="font-size:12pt;color:black">The 2021 MWERA Annual Meeting Online Program is now available at:</span><span style="font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:small"><a href="https://nam11.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fconvention2.allacademic.com%2Fone%2Fmwera%2Fmwera20%2F&data=04%7C01%7Cmwera%40listserv.ohio.edu%7Cb65b39688ac94e9e160608d959108a22%7Cf3308007477c4a70888934611817c55a%7C0%7C0%7C637638749846788610%7CUnknown%7CTWFpbGZsb3d8eyJWIjoiMC4wLjAwMDAiLCJQIjoiV2luMzIiLCJBTiI6Ik1haWwiLCJXVCI6Mn0%3D%7C1000&sdata=iVFD6A352D7tw6pQ4J4o3LPS61K2%2BFva5rQrbNWhL7A%3D&reserved=0" originalSrc="https://convention2.allacademic.com/one/mwera/mwera20/" shash="IIN94o7Znm6UqKohVvbU06WQgBAMzRHkgm7AIzBDE5UvNCyBKTb4AP8yfWfUy6Ca4XTeewVhWslJqimM7RqiaP+8HzJu9dlVIERbwVj0Dh9owkABfkzpa4KhvXpo30NZqscE5jqqgb3SGpwSJJgEyVGAnrLfxJWQLetU95KsssM=" target="_blank">https://convention2.allacademic.com/one/mwera/mwera20/</a>. </span><span style="font-size:12pt"> </span><span style="font-size:12pt">You may also access the online program via our MWERA website at </span><a href="https://nam11.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.mwera.org%2Fprogram-information.html&data=04%7C01%7Cmwera%40listserv.ohio.edu%7Cb65b39688ac94e9e160608d959108a22%7Cf3308007477c4a70888934611817c55a%7C0%7C0%7C637638749846788610%7CUnknown%7CTWFpbGZsb3d8eyJWIjoiMC4wLjAwMDAiLCJQIjoiV2luMzIiLCJBTiI6Ik1haWwiLCJXVCI6Mn0%3D%7C1000&sdata=oHp9WqrdjLkqh1nver%2FFRhv%2BbjYgvrJNX8ZNztb3vD8%3D&reserved=0" originalSrc="https://www.mwera.org/program-information.html" shash="A9+3zgTGydh6dcXm+lD1yAwoR+uV1lLhGW1+h+fw0KcA8pITSx649gMkjSI3U7sPxHlbIb6+yvGgAUt5QzW14+OePp+CRLOZCtbO3CTPYT7M17wASZU2LLroba214NtAWyQwHc1V4KtS5D3IBllLTloXRi4TWyMSE4UvzWPoQeA=" target="_blank" style="font-size:12pt;color:blue">https://www.mwera.org/program-information.html</a><span style="font-size:12pt"> by clicking on the “Link to All-Academic.”</span><span style="font-size:12pt"> </span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;font-size:12pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif"><span style="font-size:12pt"><br></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;font-size:12pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif"><span style="font-size:12pt">As a reminder, </span><b style="font-size:12pt"><u><span style="background:yellow">please search for your name in the online program</span></u></b><span style="font-size:12pt"> to check for your role as a presenter, discussant, and/or chair.</span><span style="font-size:12pt"> </span><span style="font-size:12pt">The Division Chairs have also sent out accept/reject proposal notifications as well as discussant and chair reminders.</span><span style="font-size:12pt"> </span><span style="font-size:12pt">You should have received your notifications.</span><span style="font-size:12pt"> </span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;font-size:12pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif"> </p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;font-size:12pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">If you were accepted as a presenter, you will need to upload your full paper to All-Academic (visit the online program website, sign in, and click on Main Menu, and then under Submitter Menu, click on Submit or Edit a Proposal). <b><u><span style="background:yellow">You should upload your full paper for the discussants to read before September 14, 2021</span></u></b>. Please also bring a few hard copies of your paper to the presentation. </p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;font-size:12pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif"><span style="font-family:-webkit-standard,serif;color:black"><br></span><span style="color:black">Our secure online store is available at: </span><a href="https://nam11.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fmwera.ipage.com%2Fstore%2Findex.html&data=04%7C01%7Cmwera%40listserv.ohio.edu%7Cb65b39688ac94e9e160608d959108a22%7Cf3308007477c4a70888934611817c55a%7C0%7C0%7C637638749846798597%7CUnknown%7CTWFpbGZsb3d8eyJWIjoiMC4wLjAwMDAiLCJQIjoiV2luMzIiLCJBTiI6Ik1haWwiLCJXVCI6Mn0%3D%7C1000&sdata=%2BfP8Wn4iirmG5V2ADFPjjJDpFW8N3RW21qRUWTiICQc%3D&reserved=0" originalSrc="https://mwera.ipage.com/store/index.html" shash="XJ8pBXSk1HFjqpkOYEaMz6WRLwX58+IpMzFrAGw+ebOne8j8kghsZ/6L/8o09NCmtyn/seZWbH0TmkRso32oKYBOKeJJn4Lim+tMtHKBlUHeyuKljA2WTtvCIcy3Cy+6Gc2eRT9D4zaewfzuo/006vnulVo+XtAaA7HjTcosKl4=" target="_blank" style="color:blue">https://mwera.ipage.com/store/index.html</a> <span style="color:black">where you may join MWERA or renew your membership as well as pay for your conference registration online. <b><u><span style="background:yellow">The "early bird" conference registration ends September 12, 2021. We will be drawing two names and giving away two MWERA memberships at the Business meeting on Friday for those who complete the early bird registrations. </span></u></b> After that, the conference registration will increase to the full price. You may choose to pay for both the 2021 membership and conference registration together, or you may do membership and conference registration separately. Please remember that if you are participating in the program, you must both be a member and be registered for the conference. And, please join at least one division appropriate for your academic and professional interests. *Please note that submitting your proposal through All-Academic did not register you for the conference.<br><br>Our block of rooms at the Graduate Hotels in Cincinnati is only guaranteed through September 12, 2021 (or until our block of rooms is full), so book your room early. Please be sure to identify yourself as an attendee of the Mid-Western Educational Research Association room block and use the code 211012MWER. More hotel information is below:</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;font-size:12pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif"><br></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;font-size:12pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif"><b><u><span style="color:black">Hotel Reservations</span></u></b><span style="color:black"></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;font-size:12pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif"><b><span style="color:black">Direct Link to book your room: </span></b><span style="color:black"></span><a href="https://nam11.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fbe.synxis.com%2F%3Fadult%3D1%26arrive%3D2021-10-12%26chain%3D21643%26child%3D0%26currency%3DUSD%26depart%3D2021-10-15%26group%3D211012MWER%26hotel%3D6518%26level%3Dhotel%26locale%3Den-US%26rooms%3D1&data=04%7C01%7Cmwera%40listserv.ohio.edu%7Cb65b39688ac94e9e160608d959108a22%7Cf3308007477c4a70888934611817c55a%7C0%7C0%7C637638749846798597%7CUnknown%7CTWFpbGZsb3d8eyJWIjoiMC4wLjAwMDAiLCJQIjoiV2luMzIiLCJBTiI6Ik1haWwiLCJXVCI6Mn0%3D%7C1000&sdata=NRPUl4gs9jwsErao4IXiu5rBCVCJm935OO%2BwFSA%2B5cs%3D&reserved=0" originalSrc="https://be.synxis.com/?adult=1&arrive=2021-10-12&chain=21643&child=0¤cy=USD&depart=2021-10-15&group=211012MWER&hotel=6518&level=hotel&locale=en-US&rooms=1" shash="b33+JCnVyce/Zd4YhwsvxFttqjoqywuAF8iIo8Fj8uL1StPtanhsmrQfeyKoUNe8puuGMXovpvjy5bcn5/gIqnBlD1B7RWJnDZlEP44BoeZywxCVsaOeVOlQCwVgB72t3vtlerMB3yK0g8vpfkJtaWZtmCWhbfgKQqpcSb/UZVg=" title="https://be.synxis.com/?adult=1&arrive=2021-10-12&chain=21643&child=0¤cy=USD&depart=2021-10-15&group=211012MWER&hotel=6518&level=hotel&locale=en-US&rooms=1" target="_blank" style="color:blue;font-size:12pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif">MWERA 2021</a></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;font-size:12pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif"><b><font color="#000000">Website Link with Group Code: </font><font color="#954f72">Graduate Hotels - </font></b><span style="font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:small"><a href="https://nam11.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.graduatehotels.com%2Fcincinnati%2F&data=04%7C01%7Cmwera%40listserv.ohio.edu%7Cb65b39688ac94e9e160608d959108a22%7Cf3308007477c4a70888934611817c55a%7C0%7C0%7C637638749846808591%7CUnknown%7CTWFpbGZsb3d8eyJWIjoiMC4wLjAwMDAiLCJQIjoiV2luMzIiLCJBTiI6Ik1haWwiLCJXVCI6Mn0%3D%7C1000&sdata=yqA60QNOnMhIIjPxWTck4tbfMD%2Fn1rt7O6VKOiqI%2B68%3D&reserved=0" originalSrc="https://www.graduatehotels.com/cincinnati/" shash="qX3c/IWFSxejbdC5fpnBFw4+3it39ogoAxQCP/U9F/gyNC63ney/Yp5ef/qCbcOzvJvSAJlIUq8Ii6VCJKF1sPxMu4CaGLOifmi7Xs91K08k3qYpVtiHQ+dpe4yFqMivoRgROpk4AqeWZU70+frNXq9sM0nZ3APCXEd09mC0SNw=" target="_blank">https://www.graduatehotels.com/cincinnati/</a></span><span style="font-size:12pt">; </span><span style="color:black;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif;font-size:12pt">211012MWER</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;font-size:12pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif"><b><span style="color:black">Reservations by Phone:</span></b><span style="color:black"> </span><span style="color:black">(513) 487-3800 and ask for the Midwestern Education Research Association at the Graduate Hotels</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;font-size:12pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif"><b><span style="color:black">Rate:</span></b><span style="color:black"> </span><span style="color:black">$154</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;font-size:12pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif"><b><span style="color:black">Parking:</span></b><span style="color:black"> </span><span style="color:black">$5/night</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;font-size:12pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif"><b><span style="color:black">Reservation Method:</span></b><span style="color:black"> </span><span style="color:black">Individual to reserve</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;font-size:12pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif"><b><span style="color:black">Billing Method:</span></b><span style="color:black"> </span><span style="color:black">Individual to pay</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;font-size:12pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif"><b><span style="color:black">Block Room Cutoff Date:</span></b><span style="color:black"> </span><span style="color:black">September 12, 2021</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;font-size:12pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif"></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;font-size:12pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif"> </p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;font-size:12pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif"><span style="color:black">Finally, whether you plan to attend the conference or not, you can always join or renew your annual MWERA membership using our Online Store. Your membership helps us pay for things such as our website (where we publish our Mid-Western Educational Researcher journal) and our annual membership in the State & Regional Educational Research Associations SIG at AERA.<br><br></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;font-size:12pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif"><span style="color:black;font-size:12pt">We hope to see you at the Graduate Hotels in Cincinnati in October.</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;font-size:12pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif"><br></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt">Teresa Young, Ed.D.</p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt">Program Chair</p><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div><div dir="ltr"><div><div dir="ltr"><div><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><span style="color:black;font-size:11pt">2021 MWERA Annual Meeting </span><br></div><div dir="ltr"><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;font-size:12pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><img src="https://docs.google.com/uc?id=0BzFoGqytfaN0WVlLRS15OEJONU0&export=download" width="200" height="47" class="gmail-CToWUd"><span style="font-size:11pt;color:black"><br></span></p></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div><div class="gmail-yj6qo"></div><div class="gmail-adL"></div></div></div><div class="gmail-hi" style="border-bottom-left-radius:1px;border-bottom-right-radius:1px;padding:0px;width:auto;background:rgb(242,242,242);margin:0px"></div></div></div><div class="gmail-ajx" style="clear:both"></div></div><div class="gmail-gA gmail-gt gmail-acV" style="font-size:0.875rem;padding:0px;width:auto;border-bottom-left-radius:0px;border-bottom-right-radius:0px;border-top:none;margin:0px;background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial;font-family:Roboto,RobotoDraft,Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif"><div class="gmail-gB gmail-xu" style="border-top:0px;padding:0px"><div class="gmail-ip gmail-iq" style="clear:both;margin:0px;padding:16px 0px;border-top:none"><div id="gmail-:1jm"><table class="gmail-cf gmail-wS" role="presentation" style="border-collapse:collapse"><tbody><tr><td class="gmail-amq" style="padding:0px 16px;vertical-align:top;width:44px"><img id="gmail-:x6_2" name=":x6" src="https://ssl.gstatic.com/ui/v1/icons/mail/no_photo.png" class="gmail-ajn gmail-bofPge" style="display: block; width: 40px; height: 40px; border-radius: 50%;"></td><td class="gmail-amr" style="padding:0px;width:1504px"><div class="gmail-nr gmail-wR" style="box-sizing:border-box;border-radius:1px;padding:0px;border:none;margin:0px"><div class="gmail-amn" style="color:inherit;height:auto;padding:0px;display:flex;line-height:20px"><span id="gmail-:1jf" role="link" tabindex="0" class="gmail-ams gmail-bkH" style="border:none;display:inline-flex;font-family:"Google Sans",Roboto,RobotoDraft,Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif;font-size:0.875rem;letter-spacing:0.25px;background:none;border-radius:4px;box-sizing:border-box;color:rgb(95,99,104);height:36px;outline:none;padding:0px 16px 0px 12px;min-width:104px;margin-right:12px">Reply</span><span id="gmail-:1jg" role="link" tabindex="0" class="gmail-ams gmail-bkI" style="border:none;display:inline-flex;font-family:"Google Sans",Roboto,RobotoDraft,Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif;font-size:0.875rem;letter-spacing:0.25px;background:none;border-radius:4px;box-sizing:border-box;color:rgb(95,99,104);height:36px;outline:none;padding:0px 16px 0px 12px;min-width:104px;margin-right:12px">Reply all</span><span id="gmail-:1jh" role="link" tabindex="0" class="gmail-ams gmail-bkG" style="border:none;display:inline-flex;font-family:"Google Sans",Roboto,RobotoDraft,Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif;font-size:0.875rem;letter-spacing:0.25px;background:none;border-radius:4px;box-sizing:border-box;color:rgb(95,99,104);height:36px;outline:none;padding:0px 16px 0px 12px;min-width:104px;margin-right:12px">Forward</span></div></div></td></tr></tbody></table><br></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div>