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<p class="MsoNormal">Hi ESIP community,<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">I hope to see many of you next week at the meeting.<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">Two students and I from the University of Tennessee’s College of Communication and Information’s Land Grant Films [<a href="http://www.landgrantfilms.org/">http://www.landgrantfilms.org/</a>] are conducting short interviews/oral histories
of the variety and multitude of amazing people working in Earth science data.<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">Last year, one of our 2023 FUNding Friday projects [<span style="font-size:11.0pt;mso-fareast-language:EN-US"><a href="https://www.esipfed.org/funding-friday-microfunding-marker-magic/#hope">https://www.esipfed.org/funding-friday-microfunding-marker-magic/#hope</a></span>]
set out to collect stories of ESIP's 25-year history. The "History of the People of ESIP (HOPE)" is working with a student media team and will be recording interviews at the ESIP Meeting in Asheville. They will take place on the Tuesday, Wednesday, and Thursday
of the conference.<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">If you’d like to share your story please contact me and we can start scheduling the dates/times that work best for you.<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">Email <a href="mailto:wade.bishop@utk.edu" target="_blank">wade.bishop@utk.edu</a><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">Wade Bishop<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">Professor<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">Associate Dean for Faculty Development<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">Director of Graduate Studies<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">Research Security Ambassador<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">Research Data Management Coordinator<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">School of Information Sciences<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">College of Communication and Information<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">University of Tennessee<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><u>1345 Circle Park Dr. Room 454</u><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><u>Communications Bldg</u>.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">Knoxville, TN 37996<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><a href="mailto:wade.bishop@utk.edu">wade.bishop@utk.edu</a><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><u>865-974-2775</u><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><a href="https://bradleywadebishop.github.io/website/index.html">https://bradleywadebishop.github.io/website/index.html</a><o:p></o:p></p>
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