DEADLINES COMING UP MONDAY  for  RESEARCH PAPER, AWARDS AND SCHOLARSHIP  Note:  These deadlines have been extended.

 

 

MPMA Awards 

The Mountain-Plains Museums Association (MPMA) is accepting nominations for its annual awards ceremony to be held at MPMA's 2014 conference in Snowmass/Aspen, Colorado, September 28-October 2, 2014.

Deadline: All nominations must be postmarked no later than June 30, 2014.

 

HOW TO ENTER:  Nomination and Competition forms are online  

 

*Rodeck Award:  This award recognizes an individual member of MPMA who has contributed significant service to the museum

                 field  within the MPMA region and to MPMA.

*Leadership and Innovation  Award:  This award recognizes an MPMA member institution for its innovation and leadership.

*Carolyn Garrett Pool Award:  This award is given to an outstanding museum student in the MPMA region 

*Publication Design Competition

*Technology Competition

*MPMA EdCom Award:  Programming Excellence and MPMA Regional Award

 

MPMA Scholarships   MPMA's 2014 Scholarships:  Deadline is June 30th    MPMA's 2014 conference scholarship application deadline is fast approaching.   Please click on the link below to fill out your application.    There are three categories of Conference scholarships: * Emerging Professional * Mid-career Professional * Student   These scholarships are available: MPMA's General Scholarships MPMA's Tribal Scholarship RC-MPMATerry Dowd Scholarship RC-MPMA Scholarship CWAM Scholarship   MPMA's Scholarship Program provides financial assistance to those studying and/or working in MPMA's 10-state region so that they may attend its annual conference.    Applications must be emailed by midnight, June 30, 2014.   Here's the link to the application:   click here    For assistance, contact MPMA at [log in to unmask] or Brian Lee Whisenhunt, MPMA's Scholarship Chair (Executive Director, Museum of the Southwest, Midland, TX) at [log in to unmask]

 

Current Research from the Field:  Deadline is June 30th    MPMA has a new session this year aimed at researchers!  The session, Current Research from the Field, offers an opportunity for professionals in the museum and heritage fields to present their research in a session at the MPMA Annual Meeting. The purpose of this new session is to broaden eligibility of participants and to maintain MPMA's academic and research focus.   This Call for Papers invites proposals of 300 words maximum from students, emerging professionals, and established professionals who work or study in the MPMA region, on current research or work in progress on any matter relating to museums or heritage. The deadline for submission of proposals is June 30, 2014. Submissions will be anonymously evaluated by a panel comprising representatives of MPMA-COMPT, MPMA-AAMG, and others to be decided. Three proposals will be selected which, in the opinion of the panelists, will be of greatest interest to the Annual Meeting participants.   The winning authors then will develop the proposal into papers to be presented in the Current Research from the Field session. Notification of the results will be via email by 14th July.   Please submit proposals to Nicky Ladkin at [log in to unmask] as a pdf attachment to an email. Please enter "Current Research Proposal" in the subject line. The proposal should include a title but should not include the name of the author. It should be typed double-spaced and the pages should be numbered.

 

MPMA's 2014 Conference Details   THEME * DATE * LOCATION        MPMA'S 2014 CONFERENCE WILL BE   IN THE MOUNTAINS THIS YEAR    No heels or ties, just hiking and biking clothes!        Registration is live   Online Registration:  click here            Preliminary Conference Schedule:  click here            innovation @ elevation -------a museum summit    Snowmass/Aspen, Colorado    September 28-October 2, 2014       Aspen and Snowmass may have celebrity visitors and residents (the Goldie Hawn-Kurt Russell clan, Hunter S. Thompson, and John Denver, just to name a few). It also may have all the comforts ofa  world-class ski resort.  But it also goes easy on the clothes. Ditch the heels and go for hiking boots or sneaks.  Bring the fleece jacket, outer shell, warm shirt, T-shirt, your favorite socks and thin gloves. Shorts can be worn but bring long pants for chilly nights. FALL is THE best time and the most beautiful.

 

MPMA: A Ten-state museum network
Colorado, Kansas, Montana, Nebraska, New Mexico, North Dakota, Oklahoma, South Dakota, Texas and Wyoming

Mark your calendar:
2014 MPMA Conference: September 28 - October 2 Snowmass/Aspen, Colorado
2015 MPMA Conference:  September 27 – October 1  Wichita, Kansas

Mountain-Plains Museums Association
7110 West David Drive
Littleton, Colorado 80128-5404
303-979-9358 www.mpma.net