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VERY cool opportunity for students or recent graduates! See below info from Elliot.</div>
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As a reminder, the Great Lakes Aquaculture Day is a <b><u>free</u></b> event on October 10th! We may see less aquaculture conferences early next year due to COVID, so get your education fix while you can!</div>
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<b>Sent:</b> Friday, September 18, 2020 11:22 AM<br>
<b>To:</b> Smith, Matthew A. <smith.11460@osu.edu><br>
<b>Subject:</b> FW: Great Lakes Aquaculture Day Cooking Competition: Call for contestants
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<b>From:</b> Nelson, Elliot <br>
<b>Sent:</b> Tuesday, September 15, 2020 4:02 PM<br>
<b>To:</b> Nelson, Elliot <elliotne@msu.edu><br>
<b>Subject:</b> Great Lakes Aquaculture Day Cooking Competition: Call for contestants
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<p style="margin:0in"><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif; color:black">Hello! I am writing to invite
</span><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">any post-secondary<span style="color:black"> student</span> who likes cooking with seafood<span style="color:black"> to apply to participate in a fun live virtual cooking competition</span></span></p>
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<p style="margin:0in"><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">We are <span style="color:black">
member</span>s<span style="color:black"> of the Sea Grant </span></span><a href="https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://greatlakesseagrant.com/aquaculture/__;!!KGKeukY!gIq1JfJAwSfqsAVq37Yl_FQQIGKiqPbNBCzd8bD-_F6mONGFgpNNRG7zQH2RVxkd-b-3WQ$"><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif; color:#1155CC">Great
Lakes Aquaculture Collaborative</span></a><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif; color:black">, a project formed around aquaculture whose members come from Sea Grant programs throughout the Great Lakes states. </span></p>
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<p style="margin:0in"><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif; color:black">We’re hosting a 2020 Great Lakes Aquaculture Day and want to share an exciting “fishy” opportunity for culinary students.</span></p>
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<p style="margin:0in"><b><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif; color:black">When?
</span></b><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif; color:black">As part of the
</span><a href="https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://greatlakesseagrant.com/aquaculture/__;!!KGKeukY!gIq1JfJAwSfqsAVq37Yl_FQQIGKiqPbNBCzd8bD-_F6mONGFgpNNRG7zQH2RVxkd-b-3WQ$"><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif; color:#1155CC">Great Lakes Aquaculture
Collaborative</span></a><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif; color:black"> we will be hosting our first annual Great Lakes Aquaculture Day October 10, 2020. The day will be an opportunity for aquaculture farmers and consumers around the region to learn
more about how aquaculture works and what sort of products are available. The entire event will be hosted virtually using zoom webinar technology. </span></p>
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<p style="margin:0in"><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif; color:black">At the end of the day we will be hosting a live cooking competition using a key ingredient and aquaculture products from the Great Lakes region. </span></p>
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<p style="margin:0in"><b><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif; color:black">Who?
</span></b><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif; color:black">Here’s where we’re looking for a few talented culinary students.</span></p>
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<p style="margin:0in"><b><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif; color:black">What?
</span></b><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif; color:black">If you are an enthusiastic culinary student from across the Great Lakes region with an interest in fish we encourage you to apply to be one of our contestants in our 2020 Great Lakes Aquaculture
Day cooking competition. You will cook from your kitchen of choice and will be able to use ingredients of your choosing along with one key ingredient of the day and a local aquaculture product selected by the Great Lakes Aquaculture Collaborative team. </span></p>
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<p style="margin:0in"><b><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif; color:black">Money?
</span></b><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif; color:black">Participation stipends of $250 dollars will be awarded to the chosen students to compensate them for materials and time. The winner of the competition will be featured on a variety of Great
Lakes and National Sea Grant websites and publications. </span></p>
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<p style="margin:0in"><b><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif; color:black">How to apply?
</span></b><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif; color:black">Interested culinary students can</span><a href="https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSdG3YS8eD8OWYD4He5O09DSzY9qenZJgJE83jY4gitDWuf5cw/viewform?usp=sf_link__;!!KGKeukY!gIq1JfJAwSfqsAVq37Yl_FQQIGKiqPbNBCzd8bD-_F6mONGFgpNNRG7zQH2RVxk4NIAcQQ$"><b><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif; color:#1155CC">
apply using this google survey link</span></b></a><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif; color:black">. You will need to answer a handful of questions and submit a 30-60 second video showcasing your skills and enthusiasm for cooking with freshwater seafood. </span></p>
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<p style="margin:0in"><b><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif; color:black">Practice?
</span></b><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif; color:black">Students chosen to participate will be contacted to set up a practice session and given additional details about the competition. </span></p>
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<p style="margin:0in"><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif; color:black">We encourage you to share this call for participants widely and to register for the Great Lakes Aquaculture Day. Application to be a participant closes September 28<sup>th</sup>.
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<p style="margin:0in"><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif; color:black">Best, </span></p>
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<b><span style="font-size:12.0pt; font-family:Nyala; color:black">Elliot Nelson</span></b><span style="font-size:12.0pt; font-family:"Times New Roman",serif"></span></p>
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<span style="font-size:12.0pt; font-family:Nyala; color:black">Michigan Sea Grant Extension Educator</span><span style="font-size:12.0pt; color:black"></span></p>
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<span style="font-size:12.0pt; font-family:Nyala; color:black">Michigan State University Extension</span><span style="font-size:12.0pt; color:black"></span></p>
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